Revolution

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Since the beginning of modern venture capital investing — a relatively nascent asset class — the industry has been biased toward funding what it knows best: founders with familiar demographics (white, male) in familiar geographies (Silicon Valley). Despite the recognition of bias and calls for change, systemic inequities unfortunately persist. Case in point: only 1% of 2022 VC dollars went to Black founders, a marked decrease year over year.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The past two-and-a-half years have been a roller-coaster ride for the founders of VAE Labs , but today the pre-revenue CPG company has some good news: a $2 million seed round that will help boost its sprayable caffeine device into the commercial market. Draper Associates led the investment and was joined by Midnight Venture Partners and Cartograph Ventures.

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Red Rocket

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I recently got connected to Alyssa Hitaka at TopTierStartups.com , a new content site rich with startup related news, tips and interviews with startup founders. I was curious what her startup founders were seeing, in terms of the best marketing strategies they are successfully using today. Alyssa was kind enough to interview ten of her founders, to get those learnings.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

It’s a cold February across much of the U.S., but this hot newsflash should warm the cockles of every entrepreneur’s heart. TechCrunch Disrupt — the original startup conference — returns to San Francisco on September 19–21. Even better, the heat extends to tickets — they’re priced right and available now. Plan ahead for Disrupt 2023 and bank big savings Early action deserves to be rewarded.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

WILMINGTON, Del. ( February 8, 2023 ) – Joseph L. Lewis III, an award-winning television producer with more than 25 years of experience in nonprofit marketing, has joined Delaware Prosperity Partnership (DPP) as its new director of marketing and external relations. DPP, a nonprofit public/private organization, leads Delaware’s efforts to attract, grow and retain businesses; build a stronger entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem; and support employers in place-marketing Delaware to potential e

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The most difficult 30 seconds in startups is only hard because everyone tells entrepreneurs to focus on the wrong thing.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Helloooooo, Crunchers! It’s Monday, and it’s time for premature lovers to celebrate Valentine’s Day (it’s tomorrow, you eager lovebirds). Lots of fun things are coming down the pike here at TC Towers: TechCrunch Disrupt is back in September, so now’s the time to grab the super-early-bird tickets at a ludicrous discount.

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INBIA

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The post Ecosystem Builder Traits appeared first on InBIA.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Shoppers at Rihanna’s lingerie brand Savage X Fenty may soon find it easier than ever to find products that fit their measurements. Last year, the brand made an investment in a four-year-old, Miami-based startup called FIT:MATCH ; now, Savage X Fenty is employing FIT:MATCH’s tech in a growing number of its retail stores, starting with a location in Atlanta, Georgia.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

An innovative Israeli-made device that can speed up blood test diagnosis to improve treatment in the field is in use in Israel’s field hospital in Turkey as the country struggles to cope with the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes. Read more here. The post [Sight Diagnostics in Israel21C] Life-saving Israeli blood test device sent to quake-struck Turkey appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Meena Harris knows how to build. The lawyer and author grew her side hustle of making activist T-shirts into a behemoth of a brand, Phenomenal , which recently expanded from merchandising to media to entertainment. Now, she wants to invest in those who show that same scrappiness with her next, and literal, venture: Phenomenal Ventures. The entrepreneur, who is the niece of U.S.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Small business owners and startup owners have countless responsibilities which can make running and managing a small business… The post Make Filing Small Business Taxes Easier With These 5 Thoughtful Tips appeared first on StartupNation.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

There’s a lot of noise right now about how generative AIs like ChatGPT and Bard are going to revolutionize various aspects of the web, but companies targeting narrower verticals are already experiencing success. Writer is such a one, and it just announced a new trio of large language models to power its enterprise copy assistant. The company lets customers fine-tune these models on their own content and style guides, from which point forward the AI can write, help write or edit copy so tha

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Access to funding is often the difference between growing a successful business and closing up shop. And while… The post The Best Funding Options for Minority Entrepreneurs appeared first on StartupNation.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Practice pitching your startup on this week’s TechCrunch Live. I have two amazing guests and they bring along a lot of startup pitching experience. Three guests of this week’s TechCrunch Live event will have two minutes to practice their elevator pitch and they’ll get four minutes of candid feedback from the two guests. This week, we have Vanta CEO Christina Cacioppo, and Sequoia partner, Andrew Reed.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I’m watching public company earnings to identify early trends in the software market to inform startups’ plans for 2023. Yesterday, Cloudflare announced earnings. I’m adding Cloudflare to the list of tracked companies for this series. Company Q-6 CAGR Q-5 CAGR Q-4 CAGR Q-3 CAGR Q-2 CAGR Q-1 CAGR Q-0 CAGR Microsoft Azure 50% 51% 46% 46% 40% 35% 31% Google Cloud Platform 46% 54% 45% 51% 35% 38% 32% Amazon Web Services 37% 39% 40% 40% 33% 27% 20% CloudFlare n/a n/a 48% 49% 51% 48% 48% C

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Highbeam , a startup that provides banking features, credit and cash flow insights to e-commerce customers, today announced that it raised $10 million in debt from TriplePoint as it looks to expand the reach of its digital product portfolio. Co-founders Samir Shergill (previously at Microsoft, McKinsey and AppNexus) and Gautam Gupta (formerly of Shopify, Venmo and Alloy) spent years working with e-commerce firms to help them scale.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Many minorities are starting businesses, have been running one for a while, or are well-established in their industry.… The post How to Find and Apply for Minority Business Loans appeared first on StartupNation.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Challenger search engine Neeva wants to replace the familiar “10 blue links” in search results with something more fitting for the modern AI age. Back in December, Neeva co-founder and CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy , who previously spearheaded Google’s advertising tech business , teased new “cutting edge AI” and large language models (LLMs), positioning itself against the ChatGPT hype train. “ChatGPT cannot give you real time data or fact verification,” Ramaswamy wro

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GCUC

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

GCUC North America Fundamentals of Flex: Meet the Speakers GCUC North America Fundamentals of Flex: Meet the Speakers Many landlords, investors, developers and budding entrepreneurs are looking to shift into the flexspace market.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Nathan Beckord Contributor Share on Twitter Nathan Beckord is CEO of Foundersuite.com , a software platform for raising capital and managing investors. He is also the host of Foundersuite’s How I Raised It podcast. More posts by this contributor Cold outreach with a warm touch: Here’s the fast pitch we emailed to investors A 7-step method for running effective pitch meetings The founder of Captain, Demetrius Gray , has raised an impressive $107.3 million so far, but he’s no first-timer.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

“Stacking asymmetric outcomes” from my lecture at McGill University Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The App Store might suggest a useful app from time to time, but you can’t always rely on it to discover new apps. Meanwhile, places like Reddit communities or Product Hunt could be very broad for what you are looking for. So a team of engineers at Basedash , a startup that helps companies connect their databases to admin panels, made a product called Dockhunt that lets you discover new Mac apps by looking at other people’s docks.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Construction is always evolving and keeping up with the latest trends is crucial for business owners. In this… The post Five 2023 Construction Trends and their Impact on Insurance appeared first on StartupNation.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

On-demand shuttle service and transit tech company Via has raised another $110 million, bringing the company’s total funding to around $1 billion. The fresh capital pushes Via’s valuation up to $3.5 billion at the same price per share as the company’s previous financing in November of 2021. Via intends to use the funds to further its vision of being “able to provide every city in the world access to this end-to-end digital infrastructure, where they can plan, operate, analyze a

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