TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The e-commerce boom that started with the Covid-19 pandemic shows little sign of slowing down, and today a company called Shopware , which provides a set of open source tools to power online shopping experiences for some 100,000 mid-sized and larger brands, is announcing $100 million in funding to capture the opportunity. The money is notable not just for its nine-figure size, but also because of its context.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

If you’ve noticed an increase in discussions about the Metaverse, you’re not alone. In the end, we don’t know if it will be the future of the internet, like AI or blockchain, or just another tech buzzword. In recent months, technology companies ranging from Facebook’s parent company Meta to Microsoft have hailed this virtual world’s potential for their operations, ranging from entertainment to small businesses.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Last year was record-breaking for African startups. I know I’m probably starting to sound like a broken record, but the astronomical growth is worth highlighting again and again. In this piece , I spotlighted what influenced this venture capital growth — which, at the time, was pegged at a little over $4 billion. But similarly to years past, the total amount raised by African startups varies among different reports.

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Nearly three quarters (72%) of SMEs complete admin tasks outside of work hours Half of New Zealand’s SMEs expect tax time preparation to take five hours or more Just over a quarter of SMEs still using excel spreadsheets to track income and expenses. New Zealand’s small businesses are known for their hard work and all-in ethos, however, a new poll reveals that while SMEs are continuing to work harder, productivity continues to wane and many aren’t seizing opportunities to help ease the burden of

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Renowned Silicon Valley operator Adam Nash thinks you want to donate much more than you do, and he’s about to make it dead simple for you. Such is the message we received when talking late last week with Nash, whose most recent full-time roles include as a VP at Dropbox and president and CEO of the financial advisory firm Wealthfront, but who also serves on the boards of the auto e-commerce platform Shift and with Acorns.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In climate circles we spend a lot of time talking about manufacturing and power generation in the effort of cutting CO 2 emissions. It’s pretty rare that I get a whiff of a company that has a clear path toward cutting global carbon emissions by a full percent — but that’s what Rondo Energy pitched to its investors and customers, raising $22 million and setting some very excited environmentalists’ hearts a-flutter in the process.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Peddlr , a Philippines-based inventory and business financial management firm , has raised $4.3 million in seed funding to help micro and small businesses in the Southeast Asian country become digital and improve their financial literacy. Patamar Capital and Crestone Venture Capital lead the fresh investment round.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

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. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Tuesday, February 8, 2022! Today we’re talking layoffs, blockchain infra, a called-off mega-deal, and chip-based national security. It’s a killer group of stories, bringing us around the world and from the earliest stages of startup activity to the top of governance.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Things aren’t just that simple Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Startups do not have a great survival rate. Nine out of ten will fail, and those that persist will likely need at least three to four years to become profitable. Entrepreneurs who are fortunate enough to make it across the finish line of an exit often still find themselves running uphill: reorganizations and layoffs create profound cultural shifts that few are prepared for.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

#3: Dumb systems build 6-figure online empires Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

A lot of SaaS products are sold on flat-rate subscriptions. But there is a growing trend, especially among more price-conscious customers, to demand more granular pricing, and we now live in a world where a mix of data science, predictive analytics and cloud computing can make that feasible. Today, one of the companies building tools to meet that demand — a startup called m3ter — is coming out of stealth, and as sign of the state of the market, it already has customers and a tidy sum

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

January is a s**t month. There. I said what we’re all thinking. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

European Union lawmakers have today presented a Chips Act: Their plan, trailed last fall , to bolster regional sovereignty in semiconductor production and supply chain resilience through a package of targeted support for chip production inside the bloc, including in areas like R&D and via funding for startups and scale-ups working on cutting edge tech in the sector.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Vietnam-focused retail investing app, Infina has raised US$6 million in its seed funding round led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge , Alpha JWC, Y Combinator, Saison Capital, Startling Ventures, and App Works. According to the company, additional investors who earlier backed Coinbase, Robinhood, and similar offerings in other markets also participated in the funding round.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

French startup Silvr has raised a $20.6 million (€18 million) Series A funding round and has opened a $128 million (€112 million) debt line for its activities. Silvr wants to offer new credit opportunities for e-commerce and software-as-a-service companies. Essentially, it wants to bring the Pipe and Clearco experience to Europe. XAnge, Otium, Bpifrance, Eurazeo and ISAI are participating in today’s funding round.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer, is taking vertical integration to a new level, by investing in vertical agriculture. Yes, the retailer, which already operates its own bank, is going into the farming business. It’s a big deal for them, or at least for vertical agriculture. Read more here. The post [Plenty in Forbes] Old MacDonald’s farm no more: companies invest In vertical agriculture appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

You might not think much about the train or the airplane that gets you from one place to another, but behind any transportation link is a vast sprawling network of electronics, devices and data that keep trains on the tracks and planes in the sky. Companies like Shift5, which today announced $50 million in Series B funding, are trying to defend those very same systems critical to transportation networks today, an area that Shift5 says is underserved but rapidly growing.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Dollywood is picking up the education tab for all of its employees this year. Read more here. The post [Guild Education in WJHL] Dollywood offering free tuition, books to all employees through pilot program appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

A new venture from space infrastructure company Momentus founder and former CEO Mikhail Kokorich aims to build a hypersonic aircraft for autonomous cargo delivery around the world. While the craft is far from completion, let alone testing and certification, a $29M seed round should help things along. The stated plan is to build a hypersonic vehicle (i.e. multiples of the speed of sound) powered by liquid hydrogen and with only water as exhaust, which would enable point to point delivery nearly a

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Rewire, an Israeli neobank that caters to the needs of migrant workers, this week announced a $25 million strategic investment that will allow it to develop insurance products for its customer base. Israeli insurance company Migdal participated in the round along with Standard Bank of South Africa, BNP Paribas, Moneta Capital Partners, Renegade Partners, Opera Tech Ventures, Viola Fintech, OurCrowd, Yehuda Zisapel, former Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, and a group of unnamed angel investors.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Let’s say you’re a freelance engineer in Nigeria working for a U.S. company; how do you facilitate forex conversion from dollars to naira ? I bet it involves using a third party or a local Bureau De Change, essentially a foreign currency exchange office. Some people have worked with this model for years not because it’s perfect but other options are limited.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Latest patent continues BioCatch’s global behavioral biometrics leadership. NEW YORK, & TEL AVIV–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioCatch, the global leader in behavioral biometrics, announced today that it has received a U.S. patent for its innovative Mule Account Detection solution, which identifies mule bank accounts used for money laundering or terror funding.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

TechCrunch explored the changing state of the insurtech market last week , diving into category wins and losses from recent quarters and what’s ahead for the sector this year. Insurtech companies had a simply amazing fundraising year in 2021, setting records in both dollar and deal terms. But at the same time, the value of public insurtech companies fell sharply , with many recent sector IPOs managing to delete the vast majority of their market worth as the year ticked by.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Suppose you launch a web3 company tomorrow. The business builds software to help other crypto companies grow. Perhaps you’ll sell infrastructure to help other startups scale or software to manage internal operations. After you’ve launched the product, you’ll encounter a new phenomenon. Your customers prefer to pay you in crypto. Fast forward three years, your business thrives.

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