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How do startup Accelerators work?

Gust

Accelerators are as diverse and varied as the start-ups they serve. While there are some universal features, such as an application and selection process and educational programming, the specific offerings can differ widely. Most, but not all, will offer networking opportunities (with the exception of programs that focus heavily on one-on-one mentorship) and most, but not all, will offer some form of funding opportunities, either through direct investment or by leveraging their network of invest

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Venture Capital Firm Goodwater Secures $1 Billion in New Funding

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Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Venture capital firm Goodwater has concluded its latest funding round, raising $1 billion in capital commitments for its fifth early-stage and third opportunity-style funds. With this successful raise, the firm now manages $3.3 billion in assets.

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Signs We've Touched the Bottom

Tomasz Tunguz

I’m watching public company earnings to identify early trends in the software market to inform startups’ plans for 2023. Yesterday, Microsoft & Google announced earnings. Amazon, Cloudflare, & Mongo announce soon. At last, we see a change in slope in the annual growth rates of the cloud services. Both Google & Microsoft announced growth rates in GCP & Azure that held steady from one quarter to the next.

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Singapore’s Bunker Raises US$5 M to Expand Financial Analytics Platform in the Region

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Singapore-based financial analytics platform Bunker has successfully raised over US$5 million in pre-seed and seed funding from a group of regional investors. The funding round was led by Northstar Group, Alpine Ventures, Patamar Capital and January Capital along with GFC, Money Forward, Alpine Ventures, Patamar Capital and nine angel investors and nine angel investors.

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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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How to pick the right startup Accelerator?

Gust

As the Growth Manager at Gust, one of my responsibilities is to evaluate accelerator programs on the Gust Accelerator Platform to determine if they are a good fit for our community of founders. The guidelines we use for this, which were built by the Gust team, leveraging the collective decades of experience we have working with startups, can also be used to help founders determine which accelerator is best for them.

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7 Skills Every Founder and Solopreneur Needs to Master to Succeed

Entrepreneur's Handbook

These 7 skills can both save you millions of dollars (in costs you won’t incur) and make you millions of dollars in sales and profit.

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[Oshi in Calcalist] BIRD Foundation invests $8 million in 9 new projects

OurCrowd

The Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation has announced that it has approved $8 million in funding for nine new projects between U.S. and Israeli companies. Alongside grants from BIRD, the projects will access private-sector funding and boost the total investment in all projects to $23 million.

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Anjney Midha

Andreessen Horowitz

We’re thrilled to announce Anjney will be joining a16z as a general partner to lead our growing AI efforts. It’s clear we are at the start of a new technology supercycle driven by foundation models and generative AI. But very … The post Anjney Midha appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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[Appdome in PR Newswire] Appdome upgrades its new Build2Secure plugins for CI/CD pipelines to improve DevSecOps

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The post [Appdome in PR Newswire] Appdome upgrades its new Build2Secure plugins for CI/CD pipelines to improve DevSecOps appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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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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[Airobotics in Accesswire] Ondas Holdings’ Airobotics expands into Indian market through strategic partnership with Aero A2Z

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The post [Airobotics in Accesswire] Ondas Holdings’ Airobotics expands into Indian market through strategic partnership with Aero A2Z appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[BeetleSat in Consultancy.uk] BeetleSat appoints H&Z Management Consulting as procurement lead

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Founded in 2009, BeetleSat (formerly NSLComm) is a provider of satellite communication technology and services.

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[CarDekho in Inc42] Shark Tank judge Amit Jain’s CarDekho posts 2X jump In FY22 revenue to INR 1,597 Cr

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Automobile marketplace unicorn CarDekho’s insurance arm InsuranceDekho has acquired Sequoia and LightSpeed-backed SME insurance distribution company Verak over a month after raising $150 Mn in its Series A funding round. Read more here.

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[JumpCloud in MENAFN] Jumpcloud recognized by expert insights as top solution for summer 2023 in five categories

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The post [JumpCloud in MENAFN] Jumpcloud recognized by expert insights as top solution for summer 2023 in five categories appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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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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[Sfara in PR Web] RapidSOS and Sfara partner to offer enterprises crash detection and emergency-response for easy integration into mobile apps

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The post [Sfara in PR Web] RapidSOS and Sfara partner to offer enterprises crash detection and emergency-response for easy integration into mobile apps appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[ThetaRay in FinExtra] South Africa’s Clicksendnow selects ThetaRay for transaction monitoring

OurCrowd

Clicksendnow, market-challenger in African remittance payments, and ThetaRay, a leading provider of AI-powered transaction monitoring technology, announced today the implementation of ThetaRay’s SONAR platform to provide automated transaction monitoring and sanction screening to support ClickSendNow’s company growth. Read more here.

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[Stellar Cyber in Business Wire] Stellar Cyber extends partnership with Hitachi Solutions’ HIBUN to deliver open XDR integration ensuring quick detection of threats and minimizing information leakage

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The post [Stellar Cyber in Business Wire] Stellar Cyber extends partnership with Hitachi Solutions’ HIBUN to deliver open XDR integration ensuring quick detection of threats and minimizing information leakage appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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