Tue.Jul 05, 2022

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AI chipmaker Rebellions gets $22.8M Series A extension from Korean telco company KTĀ 

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South Korean AI chip developer Rebellions has raised a $22.8 million (30 billion KRW) extension to its Series A financing from a strategic investor KT , one of the largest telecom companies in South Korea. . Last month, TechCrunch reported on Rebellions closing on $50 million in funding that valued the company at an estimated $283 million. At that time, Rebellions CEO and co-founder Sunghyun Park told TechCrunch that the startup wrapped up its initial Series A, which was oversubscribed, in less

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Everything Startups Need to Know About Convertible Notes

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Overinflated valuations, equity crowdfunding, SCOTUS v. climate tech

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My work in early-stage startups focused on operations, so I used Wikipedia to find the formula for calculating a company’s post-money valuation: PMV = N x P. N = number of shares the company has post-investment. P = price per share at which the investment was made. So, if a company offers a round with 10 million shares and one investor pays $10 million for 1 million shares, that startup now has a post-money valuation of $100 million.

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Koreaā€™s biggest startup event COMEUP 2022 calling for promising startups to be ā€˜COMEUP Starsā€™

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Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Korea Startup Forum (KSF) is calling for startups from all around the world to join COMEUP Stars at COMEUP 2022. COMEUP Stars are promising startups that are bound to lead the global startup ecosystem and are hand-picked annually by professional judges consisting of well-known VCs and founders.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics wonā€™t cut it in todayā€™s data-driven applications ā€“ not for your end users, your development team, or your business. Thatā€™s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Brazilian proptech startup Loft, which was valued at $2.9B last year, lays off 380 employees

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Loft , a Brazilian proptech unicorn, has laid off about 380 employees , or 12% of its workforce, the company announced today. The layoff marks the companyā€™s second round of cuts this year so far. In April, Bloomberg Linea reported that Loft had cut 159 jobs. That would mean that Loft has let go of nearly 540 workers this year so far. It currently has about 3,200 employees.

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Pina Earth gets seed backing to grow sustainable forestry carbon credits

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YC-backed climate tech startup, Pina Earth , has closed a $2.5 million seed round of funding a year after being founded and a few months since it presented at the accelerator’s Winter 2022 Demo Day in March. The seed is led by Franco-German VC XAnge, with participation from London-based VC firm Nordstar, as well as a number of business angels and serial founders, including Gustaf Alstromer (partner at Y Combinator), Sundeep Ahuja (partner at Climate Capital), Lea-Sophie Cramer (founder at

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A Kickass Side Hustle Is How You Survive This Recession

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Tesorioā€™s tools aim to help businesses automate payments collection

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Although finance teams ultimately control budgets within their companies, investment in technology under the chief financial officer’s purview had been limited ā€” at least until recently. That’s the assertion of Tesorio CEO Carlos Vega, who observed that, prior to the pandemic, most cash management processes had been run in spreadsheets and Word documents. “Cash is becoming the number one priority for all organizations.

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[Alpha Tau in Globe Newswire] Alpha Tau hosting key opinion leader meeting on Alpha DaRT clinical trials

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JERUSALEM, July 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alpha Tau Medical Ltd. (Nasdaq: DRTS) (“Alpha Tau” or the ā€œCompanyā€), the developer of the innovative alpha-radiation cancer therapy Alpha DaRT™, announced today that it will host a hybrid in-person/virtual key opinion leader (KOL) meeting at Convene (North Hub Room), located at 530 5th Ave.

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PE Mastery: CAPTARGET's Playbook for Quality Lead Flow

CAPTARGET presents a masterclass in M&A deal sourcing. Learn to cast a wide net, embracing seller self-identification. Consistency is the linchpin: keep the origination process steady for a reliable flow of opportunities. Diversify your tactics, employing various tools and vendors. Tech matters! Understand DNS settings, domain authority, and brand presence for optimal outreach.

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4 negotiation points startup founders must focus on in a down market

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John Weaver. Contributor. Share on Twitter. John Weaver is CEO of 22 Ventures , an angel firm that offers founders connections, entrepreneurial experience and a genuine concern for their well-being. For the first time in more than a year, venture capital funding saw a decline last quarter. For founders, this drop may spark concerns around how to secure capital, making them more likely to bend to investors’ terms and ignore details they wouldn’t otherwise.

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Cloud Kitchen Business Model | How Do Cloud Kitchens Make Money?

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The on-demand economy has disrupted traditional businesses across industries, and. Read more. The post Cloud Kitchen Business Model | How Do Cloud Kitchens Make Money? appeared first on Feedough.

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Azota is solving exam headaches for Vietnamā€™s teachers

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Creating and grading tests is one of the most time-consuming tasks teachers need to deal with. In Vietnam, a startup called Azota wants to help with an online software platform that not only helps educators develop and proctor tests, but also automatically grades them using information from Vietnamese teaching materials. The company announced today it has raised $2.4 million in pre-Series A funding led by GGV Capital, with participation from Nextrans and returning investor Do Ventures. .

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Office Hours with Lars Nilsson, VP of Global Sales Development at Snowflake

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On July 13th at 10am Pacific, Office Hours welcomes Lars Nilsson , VP of Global Sales Development at Snowflake. Having worked at five startups which went public - Snowflake, Cloudera, ArcSight, Riverbed and Portal Software, Lars is an expert in sales. He’s lived through many different go-to-market models and structures, through economic cycles.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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Raising big money in a sour market

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One easy complaint to make when it comes to venture capital is that it’s mostly not. Venture-ous, that is. It’s definitely capital. During the last decade, for example, a huge portion of venture capital investment went into software-as-a-service companies, some of the least risky private technology companies out there. Sure, some fail, but the SaaS model tends to be durable, and its performance trackable to the point that anyone with a pencil can model out future growth and come to a

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[Ynsect in PR Newswire] Åønsect poised to ramp up production of lesser mealworm for human consumption

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HumPARIS, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Human insect consumption ā€“ as a nutrient-rich and efficient means to support sustainability and meet climate change targets ā€“ has received another boost today as the lesser mealworm (Alphitobius diaperinus) becomes the fourth insect to receive a positive assessment by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for human consumption.an insect consumption has received another boost as the lesser mealworm (Alphitobius diaperinus) becomes the fourth insect

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Voyantis emerges from stealth to predict customer lifetime value

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Voyantis , a startup developing tools to estimate a customer’s lifetime value, today emerged from stealth with $19 million in seed funding from Target Global, Square Peg, Schusterman Family Investments, Kaedan Capital and Operator Partners. CEO Ido Wiesenberg tells TechCrunch that the funds will be used to expand Voyantis’ product offering and support more use cases in the future.

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[Future Family in Business Wire] Future Family announces 0% interest rate financing for fertility treatments

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SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Future Family, the only fertility finance platform to pair a modern fintech experience with client care and wellness support, announced that it will add a 0% interest rate fertility financing program to its offerings. This first-of-its-kind plan enables prospective parents to pay for high-cost fertility treatments with no additional interest for up to 12 months.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape ā€” and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, theyā€™re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Peakfloā€™s bid to build business payments for Southeast Asia attracts capital, customers

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During the most recent Y Combinator startup batch , Peakflo stood out to TechCrunch. The company’s simple pitch — Bill.com for Southeast Asia — fit neatly into the broader narrative of the world increasingly digitizing its workflows and the generally hot market we’d seen for fintech companies. At the time, we noted that “there are huge revenues to be found in helping companies spend and receive money,” adding that Peakflo was likely “ready to raise,̶

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[Classiq in The New Stack] Classiq brings abstraction layer to quantum software stack

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How does software even work in quantum computers, and how do you create ā€œquantum algorithmsā€? Those were my opening questions for Nir Minerbi, co-founder and CEO of Classiq, an Israeli software company that offers a software development platform for quantum computing. Read more here. The post [Classiq in The New Stack] Classiq brings abstraction layer to quantum software stack appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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McEasy is digitizing Indonesiaā€™s logistics, transportation and supply chain industries

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In Indonesia, many logistics providers still use old-fashioned systems to track their operations and fleets, including pen-and-paper ledgers. McEasy wants to change that. The startup, which develops software-as-a-service solutions for the logistics and supply chain industry, has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding led by East Ventures. The startup was founded in 2017 by Raymond Sutjiono and Hendrik Ekowaluyo, and now serves more than 200 clients, including Cleo Pure Water, KMDI Logistics, MG

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[Airobotics in TechCrunch] American Roboticsā€™ owner set to acquire fellow drone firm, Airobotics

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Some drone industry consolidation this morning as Ondas Holdings, the company behind Waltham, Massachusettsā€“based American Robotics announced its plans to acquire Airobotics. Itā€™s admittedly been a few years since we covered the latter, when the Israeli firm announced a combined $28.5 million A/B round. Read more here. The post [Airobotics in TechCrunch] American Roboticsā€™ owner set to acquire fellow drone firm, Airobotics appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. Youā€™ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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Raising capital for robotics startups with Bee Partners and Rapid Robotics

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Jordan Kretchmer founded Rapid Robotics with the mission of simplifying robotics for manufacturing by providing out-of-the-box automation solutions. Founded in 2019, the company quickly gained the attention of top VCs, including Bee Partners, which led Rapid Robotics’ seed round and participated in each of the following rounds. Hear Rapid Robotics’ pitch and hear from Kira Noodleman, partner at Bee Partners, to learn why robotic companies are quickly (and easily) gaining VC money.

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[MAOLAC in TechCrunch] Maolac pours new funding into superfood mimicking breast milk health benefits

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Inspiration for a new company can come from many different places. For Maya Ashkenazi Otmazgin, a biomedical engineer, it was while nursing her first child that she got the idea for harnessing the health benefits of breast milk, but in food and wellness supplements for adults. Read more here. The post [MAOLAC in TechCrunch] Maolac pours new funding into superfood mimicking breast milk health benefits appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Veoā€™s Candice Xie one year later, still slowly and steadily winning the profitability race

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When you think about shared micromobility, Veo isnā€™t exactly the first company that comes to mind. Itā€™s not as widespread as competitors like Voi, Tier and Lime, and it hasnā€™t raised nearly as much in venture capital. But as consolidation and, simply put, bad business shapes the industry, Veo has maintained a steady and profitable pace. That is, if CEO and co-founder Candice Xie is to be believed.

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[Boatsetter in Yahoo!News] Boatsetter | Morning Blend

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We talk about how easy Boatsetter can get you on the water. Read more here. The post [Boatsetter in Yahoo!News] Boatsetter | Morning Blend appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.