Wed.Mar 08, 2023

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EmpowHER: EO Members Share How Businesses Can Better Support Family Life

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In March, EO recognizes and celebrates women entrepreneurs with its second annual EmpowHER virtual conference , which focuses on the specific challenges women in business experience. In each one-hour session, women entrepreneurs will learn from experts how to navigate the three pillars of every woman entrepreneurs’ life: business, family and self. We asked EO members how the workplace could and should change to improve women’s lives and empower better balance in regard to family.

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Driving the Dialogue: Questions These Female Founders Wish You Asked

Revolution

Women represent 50.5% of the U.S. population, but in 2022, companies with solely female founders garnered just 2% of the total capital invested in venture-backed startups. The share of funding for companies co-founded by women? That ticked up to 15.4% last year, which still leaves a massive delta. The long and short of it: Female founders face systemic barriers to founding, funding, and scaling their businesses.

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Vietnamese small lender F88 raises $50m in Series C funding

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register F88 Investment Joint Stock Company (F88) has raised additional investments amounting to $50 million from a recent fundraising that was led by Vietnam-Oman Investment Fund (VOI) and Mekong Enterprise Fund IV(MEF IV). It intends to invest the funds in technology, data analytics and data science, brand building and acquiring new customers, and hiring and the development of its human resou

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Wonder Dynamics puts a full-service CG character studio in a web platform

TechCrunch

The tools of modern cinema have become increasingly accessible to independent and even amateur filmmakers, but realistic CG characters (like them or not) have remained the province of big-budget projects. Wonder Dynamics aims to change that with a platform that lets creators literally drag and drop a CG character into any scene as if it was professionally captured and edited.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

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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Philippine startup Enstack secures $3m to empower SMEs

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Enstack, Southeast Asia’s first SME superapp , closed Series A of its funding round with $3 million in additional capital from investors led by Mangrove Capital Partners. This is Mangrove Capital’s first investment in Southeast Asia after a rich history of backing global tech leaders including communications giant Skype and website builder Wix.

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Meet the women-led web3 startups from Thousand Faces’ demo day

TechCrunch

Thousand Faces , a web3 community-based investment group, hosted its demo day on Wednesday with the top 10 startups from its Female Founder Accelerator program. The demo day coincided with International Women’s Day and featured women-led businesses focused on sustainable development goals (SDGs). The accelerator program’s first cohort accepted 30 startups from a pool of over 220 applicants across 76 countries.

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15 Epic Failures I Learned as a 5x Founder (So You Don’t Have To)

Entrepreneur's Handbook

But through these failures, I’ve gained invaluable insights that have helped me succeed in my subsequent ventures.

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Consensus raises $110M to inject automation into SaaS product demos

TechCrunch

Garin Hess, a tech entrepreneur based in Utah, experienced what he calls the “ demo bottleneck ” at a previous software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup while pitching to potential customers. He theorized that a self-directed interactive demo, personalized to each stakeholder, could not only streamline the process and save time, but also help organically discover and engage other stakeholders who might not normally be reached.

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Approximations, Assumptions and Aspirations: Methods For Valuing Startups [Part I]

The Seraf Compass

Over the years, Christopher and I have interacted with hundreds of startups. Whether as an advisor, mentor, investor or just as an observer, the issue of valuation has been a major part of our conversation with each of these companies. And, given how widely reasonable people can differ on this subjective topic, I have to admit, it can be one of the most difficult, contentious conversations you will have as an investor.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Better.com’s SPAC gets a lifeline but remains on life support

TechCrunch

Digital mortgage lender Better.com’s SPAC deal with Aurora Acquisition Corp. recently got a new lease on life , extending its timeframe to close the transaction through the end of Q3 2023. Without the extension the transaction would have had to close by today. Further investigation has turned up an interesting fact in the interim: Even if the Better.com SPAC combination closes, the transaction has been all but neutered from a cash perspective.

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[Clinch in PR Newswire] Tombras selects Clinch as primary ad serving and omnichannel DCO partner to power their digital creative solution suite

OurCrowd

NEW YORK, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Clinch, the leader in dynamic ad serving and personalization and creator of Flight Control, the Omnichannel Campaign Activation Platform, today announced that the Company has been selected as the primary ad serving and dynamic creative optimization (DCO) partner of Tombras, one of the largest independent national advertising agencies in the United States, to power their enhanced suite of digital creative solutions.

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A comprehensive list of 2023 tech layoffs

TechCrunch

Last year’s tech-wide reckoning continues. In 2023, layoffs have yet again cost tens of thousands of tech workers their jobs; this time, the workforce reductions have been driven by the biggest names in tech like Google , Amazon , Microsoft , Yahoo and Zoom. Startups, too, have announced cuts across all sectors, from crypto to enterprise SaaS. The reasoning behind these workforce reductions follows a common script , citing the macroeconomic environment and a need to find discipline on a tumultu

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[Alpha Tau in GlobeNewswire] Alpha Tau announces Alpha DaRT™ treatment of first two patients in its pivotal Multicenter Recurrent Skin Cancer (ReSTART) trial

OurCrowd

JERUSALEM, March 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alpha Tau Medical Ltd. (“Alpha Tau”, or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: DRTS, DRTSW), the developer of the innovative alpha-radiation cancer therapy Alpha DaRT™, announced that the first two patients were enrolled and treated today in its pivotal multicenter trial, known as the ReSTART trial (Recurrent SCC Treatment with Alpha DaRT Radiation Therapy), for the treatment of recurrent cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC).

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Hear why Kleiner Perkins went all in on Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global on TechCrunch Live

TechCrunch

The best part of TechCrunch Live is that we grab folks who we chat with privately and bring those conversations to you as they happen. It’s a great way to tear the curtain back a bit and get unvarnished commentary from the folks building, and funding, what they consider to be the future. In that vein, I’m incredibly excited that Arianna Huffington from Thrive Global and ​​Mamoon Hamid from Kleiner Perkins are joining us on March 15 at 11:30am PT for a conversation about sleep.

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2023 Go-to-Market Survey - Understanding How Startups Have Shifted in 2023

Tomasz Tunguz

With all the broad macro economic shifts, startups are pursuing their core markets much differently in 2023 than in 2022. To illuminate those trends, I’ve constructed a brief, 28 question go-to-market survey here. My goal is to understand how startups have evolved their sales, marketing, customer success, and cash management from the go-go days of early 2022 to 2023.

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The sky isn’t falling for cloud software spend

TechCrunch

If you read the startup press, you might think that everyone in tech is still nursing a stiff hangover from the zenith of the 2021 boom. While there is much talk of cutting spending, conserving capital, trimming staff and hunkering down, there’s also quite a lot of good news out there. New data from Battery, for example, details a corporate software spending climate that is far from moribund; for startups that sell software to other companies , this is great news.

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7 Business Plan Essentials for Starting a Company

StartupNation

Launching a business is undoubtedly daunting. From brainstorming ideas, creating a business plan, and recruiting team members, those… The post 7 Business Plan Essentials for Starting a Company appeared first on StartupNation.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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Today’s startups should terrify you

TechCrunch

A steady stream of new startups pitch their ideas, concepts, products and services on a daily basis to TechCrunch reporters: Startups that claim to predict when employees might want to leave for a new job; that think they can detect depression using someone’s voice; that experiment by using chatbots on patients with depression; that scrape the internet for faces to allow police to carry out facial recognition surveillance.

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Making It In The Music Industry (w/ Ben Kweller)

OkDork

                                                Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to Grammy-nominated musician, Ben Kweller. Tragically a few days after this recording - ben’s son sadly passed away in a tragic car accident. To honor him I donated and if you enjoy this think he’d appreciate it: [link] Ben started in the music industry when he was 12 years old!

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Vantage raises $21M Series A to help bring down cloud costs

TechCrunch

Vantage, a startup that helps businesses better understand their cloud infrastructure spend (and automate their savings), today announced that it has raised a $21 million Series A funding round led by Scale Venture Partners, with participation from by Andreessen Horowitz, which led its seed round, as well as Harpoon Ventures, CloudFlare CEO and co-founder Matthew Prince and Glenn Solomon (who is a managing partner at GGV but who is investing personally here).

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[Shield in GlobeNewswire] Shield bolsters language capabilities with on-demand translation in over 80 languages for compliance and eDiscovery teams

OurCrowd

TEL AVIV, Israel and NEW YORK, March 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Shield, the world’s leading communication compliance platform, is pleased to announce the expansion of its multi-language support for global financial institutions, providing unparalleled review, detection, and voice transcription of electronic communication. Read more here. The post [Shield in GlobeNewswire] Shield bolsters language capabilities with on-demand translation in over 80 languages for compliance and eDiscovery t

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How Top Tech CFOs Solve Annual Planning’s Biggest Challenges

Gearing up for 2025 annual planning? Our latest eBook from the Operators Guild is your ultimate guide. Discover real-world solutions and best practices shared by top CFOs, drawn directly from discussions within OG’s vibrant online community. Learn from senior executives at high-growth tech startups as they outline financial planning strategies, align CEO and board goals, and coordinate budgets across departments.

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Houseware launches out of stealth to help SaaS companies optimize revenue using data

TechCrunch

Using data to make better decisions faster helps startups in the crowded SaaS space improve product development, identify hidden market opportunities and complete work with fewer false steps, important priorities as these startups seek out a piece of the booming SaaS market, projected to increase by 19.7% over the next six years. A Singapore- and California-based startup called Houseware has built a platform that ingests data to help startups in those efforts.

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[H2Pro in PR Newswire] H2Pro and Sumitomo Corporation to partner on high efficiency production of green hydrogen and green ammonia

OurCrowd

CAESAREA, Israel, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Israeli cleantech company H2Pro announces its agreement with Japanese Fortune Global 500 conglomerate Sumitomo Corporation (SC) to partner on a variety of green hydrogen initiatives. H2Pro, which develops the breakthrough 95% efficient E-TAC electrolyzer system, is forming partnerships worldwide with forward-thinking industrial players to integrate green hydrogen into their clean energy transition plans.

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Dear Sophie: Last-minute H-1Bs, O-1A & EB-1A extraordinary credential prep

TechCrunch

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Dear Sophie: What are my options for changing my status from an L-1 visa?

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[Hailo in TechCrunch] Hailo’s new AI chips bring more image processing power to the edge

OurCrowd

Hailo, the well-funded Tel Aviv-based AI chipmaker, today announced the launch of its latest processor family: the Hailo-15H, M and L SoCs. Like its predecessor, the Hailo-8, the company designed these new processors to bring AI models to the edge and specifically, to power intelligent cameras. Read more here. The post [Hailo in TechCrunch] Hailo’s new AI chips bring more image processing power to the edge appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.