A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 13, 2021

It is a little known part of my career, but for a brief period from 1997 to 2001, I was part of a small group of investors who helped to create a startup ecosystem in Latin America. It all started with a company called StarMedia which created a Yahoo-like “portal” for Latin America. My partner Jerry Colonna and I met StarMedia in early 1997 and we brought it to our partners at Chase Capital Partners because we wanted to lead a Series A investment in it.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

HomeX , a home services platform for homeowners and service providers , has raised $90 million in a funding round led by New Mountain Capital. New Mountain Capital, a New York-based investment firm with more than $30 billion in assets under management, was the only institutional investor to put money in this round alongside company executives. The company was bootstrapped until a 2019 $50 million-plus debt financing.

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APRIL 13, 2021

Clearcover , a next generation insurance company, today announced a new $200 million Series D round of funding. The financing round was led by Eldridge, with participation from existing investors including Hyde Park Angels; LightBank; American Family Ventures; Cox Enterprises, owner of AutoTrader and Manheim auto auctions; and OMERS Ventures, the venture arm of a Canadian pension fund; as well as additional new investors.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

Small businesses in Africa need digital banking services including plenty of credit. Although these businesses drive economic growth and contribute up to one-third of the continent’s GDP, they are often financially excluded from credit and other financial services due to their size and informality. One such company tackling this challenge in the eastern part of Africa is Ugandan fintech startup Numida.

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Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2021

People new to the startup world share these things in common Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2021

How Monica and Joe Priced Their New SaaS Business Product and Decided their Optimal Pricing Why customers buy based on the perceived worth that the price represents to them, and how you should price to get your fair share of that value. libreshot.com The cloud’s belly looked swollen. Rain was imminent. Monica was glad to get back to her Jackson-Square office dry, clutching her daily cappuccino from the coffee truck around the corner, especially as she’d left her umbrella at last night’s networki

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

Microsoft’s huge purchase of healthtech AI company Nuance led the technology news cycle this week. The $19.7 billion transaction is Microsoft’s second-largest to date, only beaten by its purchase of LinkedIn some years ago. For the AI space, the sale is a coup. Nuance was already a public company, but to see Microsoft offer a firm premium over its public-market value demonstrates the value that AI technology can have to wealthy companies.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2021

Here’s how to avoid the B.S. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

Mobility mavens, June 9 will be here before you know it, and that means it’s time to get your strategy ducks in a row for TC Sessions: Mobility 2021. You want to make the most of your time at this one-day virtual intensive featuring interactive presentations with the mobility industry’s top movers, shakers and startup dream makers, amirite? Take your team to increase your ROI.

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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’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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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2021

The Four Box Focus Tool I use to manage the never-ending chaos of business Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

One of the issues with deploying a machine learning application is that it tends to be expensive and highly compute intensive. Deeplite , a startup based in Montreal, wants to change that by providing a way to reduce the overall size of the model, allowing it to run on hardware with far fewer resources. Today, the company announced a $6 million seed investment.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2021

My startup is not your get-rich-quick strategy, and no I won’t hurry up and get successful faster for you. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

When the pandemic forced everyone to stay at home last year, many gym-goers looked to at-home fitness makers to fill the void for their cardiovascular and strength-training workouts. To help meet that demand, Tempo , the five-year-old fitness startup founded by Moawia Eldeeb and Josh Augustin, closed a $220 million Series C round led by SoftBank. The company plans to use the raise to shore up its supply chain, keep up with increased consumer demand and fuel efforts such as R&D and content.

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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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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2021

Looking at the trends in the billionaires list Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

For a long time, “revenue” seemed to be a taboo word in the startup world. Fortunately, things have changed with the rise of SaaS and alternative funding sources such as revenue-based investing VCs. Still, revenue modeling remains a challenge for founders. How do you predict earnings when you are still figuring it out? The answer is twofold: You need to make your revenue predictable, repeatable and scalable in the first place, plus make use of tools that will help you create projecti

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StartupNation

APRIL 13, 2021

On this morning’s Business Beat, Jeff discusses Fortune’s recently released 100 Best Companies to Work For , which includes a local Detroit business in the top five! Tune in to the Business Beat to find out which businesses made the list of Fortune Magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For: Tune in to News/Talk 760 AM WJR weekday mornings at 7:11 a.m. for the WJR Business Beat.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

Atlassian’s Jira is an extremely powerful issue tracking and project management tool, but it’s not the world’s most intuitive piece of software. Spreadsheets, on the other hand, are pretty much the de facto standard for managing virtually anything in a business. It’s maybe no surprise then that there are already a couple of tools on the market that bring a spreadsheet-like view of your projects to Jira or connect it to services like Google Sheets.

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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.

Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2021

See things as they are, not how you wish they were. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

As expected, Southeast Asian superapp Grab is going public via a SPAC. The combination, which TechCrunch discussed over the weekend , will value Grab on an equity basis at $39.6 billion and will provide around $4.5 billion in cash, $4 billion of which will come in the form of a private investment in public equity, or PIPE. Altimeter Capital is putting up $750 million in the PIPE — fitting, as Grab is merging with one of Altimeter’s SPACs.

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StartupNation

APRIL 13, 2021

As a startup founder, you might be wondering how you can take advantage of the recent craze surrounding non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Perhaps NFTs can be used to protect your startup’s intellectual property without spending the time and money to secure more formal IP protection. After all, NFTs can be an effective way to enforce a copyright on software without the expenses of litigation or other enforcement actions.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

Justin Mast has a simple reason for starting his plant retail startup Bloomscape in Detroit. “This is home,” he told me. “This is where I have a really strong network and I knew I’d be able to find a lot of support.”. Mast didn’t grow up in Detroit proper, but he’s from Grand Rapids, Michigan’s second largest city. He recalled a weekend in Detroit after finishing graduate school at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, when he was “totally blown away” by the city’s energy.

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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’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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Smart Hustle Magazine

APRIL 13, 2021

You want to run and grow your business. Unfortunately, you can’t do that if you don’t get paid. Although you’re sometimes at the mercy of your customers when it comes to cash flow, there are some actions you can take to speed up payments. . If you’re sick of waiting on late-paying customers, check out five tips to get paid faster. . 5 Tips to speed up customer payments .

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APRIL 13, 2021

Before a startup can achieve product-market fit, founders must first listen to their customers, build what they require and fashion a business plan that makes the whole enterprise worthwhile. The numbers will tell the true story, but when it happens, you’ll feel it in your bones because sales will be good, customers will happy and revenue will growing.

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OurCrowd

APRIL 13, 2021

Westwood-based clean-tech firm enVerid Systems has tapped former congressman Joe Kennedy III to join its five-member board of directors. Kennedy takes over for Ron Stern, who represented one of enVerid’s investors on the board, venture capital firm OurCrowd. EnVerid makes air scrubbers that remove carbon dioxide and other contaminants in buildings, saving landlords on HVAC costs and curbing carbon emissions by reducing the need to pump fresh air into rooms from the outside.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

When you’re not feeling well and your doctor asks you to get labs drawn, you know that can increase the time between a diagnosis and care. But Getlabs , a company that brings the lab to you with its at-home, blood-drawing service, is aiming to eliminate that friction, and today announced a $3 million seed round led by PivotNorth Capital. The funding will be used to launch in Phoenix, Philadelphia, and Dallas, all of which have been soft launches so far.

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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. You’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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