TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2021

Regularly testing waterways and reservoirs is a never-ending responsibility for utility companies and municipal safety authorities, and generally — as you might expect — involves either a boat or at least a pair of waders. Nixie does the job with a drone instead, making the process faster, cheaper, and a lot less wet. The most common methods of testing water quality haven’t changed in a long time, partly because they’re effective and straightforward, and partly because really, what e

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StartupNation

JUNE 24, 2021

Today’s cybersecurity threat landscape is evolving at an alarming rate. In order to keep pace for our customers, Dell Technologies deploys an intrinsic security approach that is intelligent, pervasive and built into the infrastructure, platforms and devices that our customers use. For years, Dell has been embedding hundreds of dedicated professional security engineers across our product lines to design and build products from the ground up with customers’ security in mind.

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HPA

JUNE 24, 2021

OROS, a performance apparel brand utilizing materials technology, announced raising a $14.5M Series A round. The round was led by Elizabeth Street Ventures and Enlightenment Capital, which included participation from Hyde Park Angels and other investors. OROS is using first-to-market insulation technology to transform advanced thermal materials into technical fabrics.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 24, 2021

Ideas and business models that fail consistently, but people still keep attempting Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 24, 2021

I understand that regulators and elected officials need to raise concerns about new technologies and their impact on society. It is their job or at least part of their job. But I am also dismayed regularly by how poorly many elected officials and regulators understand the technologies they are talking about. In particular, I am deeply concerned with how poorly many elected officials and regulators understand blockchains, smart contracts, and decentralized applications and organizations.

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The Seraf Compass

JUNE 24, 2021

Since I am part of a team that runs a very active angel network, most of the time, I am juggling a bunch of deals in different stages of completion. It can be hard to keep track of where everything stands. Obviously, regularly updated lists and status reviews are helpful, but even more helpful is an overall sense of each of the stages in the process.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 24, 2021

Six strategies that were integral to my success Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

There are thousands of great business books. These are the top 10 small business books that I’ve read over the years that have been most helpful for me. These books will help ground you in mindset, marketing and finances. MINDSET of business, being a better leader and inspiring your team. MARKETING your business to get more customers and keeping the ones you have.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2021

A lot of startups were built to help people make all-cash offers on homes with the purpose of gaining an edge against other buyers, especially in ultra-competitive markets. . Accepti.inc is a Denver-based company that is attempting to create a new category in real estate technology. To help scale its digital mortgage lending platform, the company announced today that it has secured $90 million in debt and equity – with $78 million in debt and $12 million in equity.

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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

JUNE 24, 2021

The Presentation Deck vs. the Sending Deck Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2021

Electric propulsion developer Orbion Space Technology has raised $20 million in a Series B funding round, which it says it will use to scale production capacity of its Aurora propulsion system. The Michigan-based startup manufactures Hall effect plasma thrusters for use in small and cube satellites. Thrusters are used throughout the lifespan of a satellite (or any object in space that needs to maintain its orbit, like the space station) to adjust orbital altitude, avoid collisions, and de-orbit

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 24, 2021

From the entrepreneurial trenches Fundraising Became Much Easier Once I learned Some Basic Math ? —? Aaron Dinin, PhD How to Attract Clients as a Newly Launched Business ? —? Dima Syrotkin I Worked At A Company That Sold For $1.7 Billion ? —? Tabitha Diaz Go-to-Market Tactics for Category-Defining Startups ? —? Olga Maslikhova Here’s Why Clever, Legendary Employees Frequently Fail as Entrepreneurs ?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2021

Chuck Phillips. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Chuck Phillips is the co-founder of MeetWell , an application that enables teams to achieve a better work-life balance while saving companies money by reducing the amount of bad meetings they attend. Bad meetings are the fast food of the knowledge worker; it’s so deliciously quick and easy to throw a 60-minute default meeting on everyone’s schedule, but the long-term costs are extremely unhealthy.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 24, 2021

It is hard to coach or teach leadership in a few paragraphs. But let’s try by limiting this short insight to a list of the five principal tactical skills of a great leader. These are not the strategic visionary skills, like leading companies through risky product launches, or steering the course through economic storms where leaders become oversized personalities for their superhuman efforts.

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Feedough

JUNE 24, 2021

If you know how a knight moves and you can. Read more.

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StartupNation

JUNE 24, 2021

On today’s Business Beat, Jeff discusses a new report from Jungle Scout , which found that during the second quarter of 2021, 80% of online shoppers expect free shipping when ordering over a certain dollar amount. To consumers, the three most critical drivers of sales are free shipping, ratings and reviews and the lowest price. Tune in to the Business Beat, below, to hear even more about the importance of free shipping and what today’s consumers want: “Look, the bottom line is

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OurCrowd

JUNE 24, 2021

ZzappMalaria, the developer of a mobile app and dashboard to help eliminate Malaria, has woan first place in the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE Competition, as well as the People’s Choice Award for the Most Inspiring Team. As part of the award, the company has received a $3 million prize to continue its efforts to eliminate malaria from the world. Read more here.

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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.

TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2021

Stock in many American companies, like Amazon, Alphabet or Tesla, can host hundreds or thousands of dollars per share. Fractional trading, or buying part of a single share through a brokerage, makes them more accessible—at least to people within the United States. Investors in other countries, however, often have to pay high fees through interactive brokers.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 24, 2021

SmartAsset, the web’s go-to resource for financial advice connecting consumers with financial advisors, today announced that it has closed a $110 million Series D round, valuing the company at over $1 billion. The financing round was led by existing investor TTV Capital with participation from Javelin Venture Partners, Contour Venture Partners, Citi Ventures, New York Life Ventures, North Bridge Venture Partners, and CMFG Ventures.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2021

Visa has announced plans to acquire Tink for €1.8 billion, or $2.15 billion at today’s exchange rate. Tink has been a leading fintech startup in Europe focused on open banking application programming interface (API). Today’s move comes a few months after Visa abandoned its acquisition of Plaid , another popular open banking startup. Originally, Visa planned to spend $5.3 billion to acquire the American startup.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 24, 2021

Malaria kills more than 400,000 people yearly, most of whom are children under the age of five, and greatly impedes developing economies. Read more here. The post [Sight Diagnostics in The Jerusalem Post] Jerusalem start-up looks to help eliminate malaria in Africa appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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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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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2021

As companies deliver code ever faster, they need tooling to provide some semblance of control and governance over the cloud resources being used to deliver it. Env0 , a startup that is helping companies do just that, announced a $17 million Series A today. M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund, led the round with participation from previous investors Boldstart Ventures, Grove Ventures and Crescendo Ventures.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 24, 2021

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OurCrowd

JUNE 24, 2021

SmartAsset, a marketplace that connects consumers to financial advisors, announced today that it has raised $110 million in a Series D round of funding. Read more here. The post [SmartAsset in TechCrunch] SmartAsset rethinks financial advisory, and becomes a unicorn in the process appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 24, 2021

Locusview, which provides a collection, validation, and management solution for construction data, has announced the appointment of Sassi Idan as its new Chief Product Officer. Idan joins the company at a time of growth and is coming from 20 years of experience in Field Service Management at ClickSoftware, leading the product, vision, strategy, and roadmap prior to its $1.4 billion acquisition by Salesforce.

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