AsiaTechDaily

MAY 15, 2023

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Olympic gold medalist Greysia Polii has made an investment in Ayo Indonesia, a Jakarta-based sports tech company, joining its seed round. Polii’s interest in the world of investments follows the growing trend of renowned athletes supporting sports technology companies.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

Robin Godenrath Contributor Robin Godenrath is founding partner and managing director at Picus Capital. His focus is early-stage technology investments, particularly in HR tech, robotics, and healthcare industries. Alex Rohregger Contributor Share on Twitter Alex Rohregger is an Investor at Picus Capital. His focus is on early-stage robotics, AI, and DevTool investments.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 15, 2023

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Financial technology (fintech) firm Jenfi , renowned for its pioneering work in revenue-based financing for digital-native companies, has successfully secured US$6.6 million in a Pre-Series B fundraising round. The funding round was spearheaded by Headline Asia , and saw participation from Monk’s Hill Ventures, ICU Ventures, Granite Oak, Korea Investment Partners & Golden Equator C

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

TechCrunch Live had some amazing shows over the last few months. I know it’s hard to keep up. Every Wednesday, at 12:00 pm PDT, the live event features top founders and investors talking through issues facing their industries right now. The interviews are led by top TechCrunch editors (and me). If you can’t make the live shows, they’re available on YouTube for viewing and the podcasts embedded here.

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Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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Deskmag

MAY 15, 2023

What types of workspaces are most in demand right now? And how are coworking spaces responding? We answer these questions in the second article on the new business trends in coworking spaces.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 15, 2023

Great pitch decks are like works of art. Are you ready to become a pitch deck artist?

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

Operator experience has become critical in venture capital over the last few years. Pure-play financial VCs are falling out of favor with startups compared to investors who bring building experience alongside their cash. But not all operating backgrounds are equally helpful. If a VC has experience in a different field, it may not translate well — if at all — to a startup, and advice around certain business decisions could quickly become outdated.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 15, 2023

A product manager today faces a key architectural question with AI : to use a small language model or a large language model? The pace of innovation in the field clouds the answer. Each day, researchers publish novel findings on performance, discover new techniques to implement, & surface new challenges to wrestle with. This is my current mental model of when to choose a large or small model : When to choose a large model : time to ship is critical : many of these models are available via AP

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

Aldagram , a startup out of Japan developing project management software for construction companies, has picked up a new strategic backer to help it build out its footprint across Asia and the Middle East. Panasonic, the consumer electronics giant that also develops solar panels, air conditioning units and many other products for its sizable buildings and construction business , is taking an investment in Aldagram.

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Jason Calacanis

MAY 15, 2023

Friends, I hope you’re all well and thriving. I’m living my best life investing in startups, podcasting, and doing speaking gigs worldwide—while skiing 36 days a year and raising my three daughters ( instagram.com/jason for the highlights). Trying to squeeze every drop of juice out of life since I turned 50 two years ago (I got old!).

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

Jenfi , a “growth-capital-as-a-service” platform, can provide online businesses with revenue-based financing in a little as a day. The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised $6.6 million in pre-Series B funding, led by Headline Asia. Participation came from returning investor Monk’s Hill Ventures, which led Jenfi’s Series A two years ago, ICU Ventures, Granite Oak, Korea Investment Partners & Golden Equator Capital and Atlas Ventures.

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GCUC

MAY 15, 2023

GCUC is headed back to Australia! We are thrilled to announce a new partnership between GCUC and Flexible Workspace Australia for an upcoming conference focused on the future of work.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

Generative AI — AI that can write essays, create artwork and music, and more — continues to attract outsize investor attention. According to one source, generative AI startups raised $1.7 billion in Q1 2023, with an additional $10.68 billion worth of deals announced in the quarter but not yet completed. There’s scores of competition, including incumbents like OpenAI and Anthropic.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 15, 2023

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

The venture community has realized several things in recent years: Climate change isn’t going away, and there is a huge opportunity to invest in companies that promise to define entire segments of the future economy. With a few hiccups along the way, venture dollars have begun to flow with increasing volume and regularity to climate tech startups over the last few years.

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OurCrowd

MAY 15, 2023

The post [Apploi in AP News] Apploi meets highest security standards with annual SOC 2 type II certification appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

Smart , a London-based startup that helps employers and their employees manage and monitor their pensions, said that it has closed $95 million in Series E funding. It plans to use the capital to expand its international footprint and make acquisitions, it said. Aquiline Capital Partners, a new backer, led the investment, with previous investors Barclays, Chrysalis Investments, Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, DWS, and Natixis Investment Managers also participating.

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OurCrowd

MAY 15, 2023

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

Hello and welcome back to Equity , the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. This week we talked about media, startup rounds and some Big Money Moves: Stocks are mostly up to start the week while crypto remains within the bounds of its recent trading range.

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OurCrowd

MAY 15, 2023

The post [NT-Tao in PR Newswire] NT-Tao joins Princeton E-ffiliates Partnership run by the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

Conventional wisdom around AI investment suggests artificial intelligence should be red hot right now with dollars flying at startups building with AI, akin to what was happening last year with web3 and metaverse companies. Well, guess what? According to a new report from CB Insights, conventional wisdom is wrong — dead wrong. AI has been around for decades, but only recently have we seen a resurgence of interest in the sector with the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT at the end of last year.

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OurCrowd

MAY 15, 2023

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

Founders of ZestMoney have resigned from the startup, the latest twist in the fate of the Indian fintech whose ability to underwrite small ticket loans to first-time internet customers once drew the backing of many high-profile investors including Goldman Sachs. Lizzie Chapman, Priya Sharma and Ashish Anantharaman, the founders of ZestMoney, informed employees about their decision on Monday. “Over the last few weeks, we have done a lot of thinking and it has been hard for us to arrive at t

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OurCrowd

MAY 15, 2023

The post [Wind Catching Systems in Todays Chronic] A Norwegian company is working on a wall of floating wind turbines appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

A last call and a major shout-out to any and all early-stage founders. It’s time to dig deep and take advantage of an unparalleled opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. I’m referring to the Startup Battlefield 200. Applications to Startup Battlefield 200 close today All good things must come to an end, and the Startup Battlefield 200 experience isn’t just good — it’s great.

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