Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 28, 2021

Creating Jobs and Helping Grow the PA Economy. STATE COLLEGE, PA – Fourteen companies located in central and northern PA recently received an investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners that will allow them to further develop and commercialize new products, processes, or software applications. The Ben Franklin program has been investing in tech startups and small manufacturers for nearly 40 years.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

Pipo Saude , a startup that developed a platform that sells and manages healthcare benefits for Brazilian companies, has raised $20 million in a Series A round of funding. Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital led the round, marking the first time the New York-based venture firm has led an investment in a Brazilian startup. (Although, notably, Thrive has also put money in Nubank and Loft.).

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StartupNation

JULY 28, 2021

In 2019, venture capital investment into U.S. startups nearly doubled from $88 billion to $144 billion. So, while it comes as no surprise that 2019 was also a record year for female founders securing these dollars, many would be shocked to learn this funding amounted to a mere 3.4% at its all-time high. . It would be reasonable to assume that VC funding would drop in 2020, especially during the uncertainty of the pandemic.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

MedRhythms secured $25 million in Series B funding to advance its digital therapy platform aimed at measuring and improving someone’s ability to walk after they have experienced a neurologic injury or disease. Morningside Ventures and Advantage Capital co-led the round, with participation from existing investor Werth Family Investment Associates, to give the Portland, Maine-based company $31 million in funding to date.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 28, 2021

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 28, 2021

10 entrepreneurship principles I learned over the past 5 years Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

In Bangladesh, students often rely on after school learning centers for study help or test preparation, but many of the best ones are concentrated in major cities. Edtech startup Shikho was created to make supplementary education more accessible and affordable. The company announced today it has closed a $1.3 million seed round co-led by returning investor LearnStart (the seed fund of edtech investment firm Learn Capital) and Anchorless Bangladesh. .

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 28, 2021

But you can equip yourself with tools to succeed. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

When co-founders Songe LaRon and Dave Salvant first began barbershop tech platform Squire in 2016, they leaned in: The duo bought a barbershop in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood to see firsthand how the business worked. For one year, the co-founders religiously worked at the shop, now owned by a larger barbershop chain, handling every bit of the business (except cutting hair).

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GCUC

JULY 28, 2021

Start spreading the news! GCUC is headed to New York City. In person or online, the choice is yours. We know the last 18. The post GCUC is headed to New York appeared first on GCUC Community.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

Ville Houttu. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Ville Houttu is the founder and CEO of Vincit USA. Leaders become great not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others. It’s no secret that most tech companies tout their culture as “unique” or “open,” but when you take a closer look, it’s often merely surface level.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 28, 2021

Is it really worth it? Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

Algolia has raised a $150 million Series D funding round at a post-money valuation of $2.25 billion. Compared to the Series C round from October 2019 , the company’s valuation has more than quadrupled. It means that Algolia is now a unicorn with a valuation above $1 billion. The company is best known for its search-as-a-service product. It lets you integrate real-time search in your app or website using a developer-friendly API.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 28, 2021

INDIANA, PA – Since early June, five local entrepreneurial teams have been participating via Zoom in an intensive Business Startup Boot Camp offered by the Ben Franklin TechCelerator@Indiana. In partnership with several economic development initiatives such as IUP’s Small Business Development Center, JARI, Startup Alleghenies, and the Indiana County Center for Economic Operations, the program targeted emerging tech innovators from the region.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

Contentful this morning announced a $175 million Series F round of capital, led by Tiger Global, valuing the unicorn at around $3 billion. Contentful, formerly known as a UI-free content management system (headless CMS), now views itself in a broader light. More simply, Contentful provides customers with a service that will deliver images, words, and other content to their applications and websites around the world, quickly.

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Common Reasons Why Startups Fail

JULY 28, 2021

The restaurant industry was thrown for a loop this past year as a result of COVID-19. Dine-in restaurants in particular were challenged unlike any other.… The post Ghost Kitchens: How New & Aspiring Restaurants Can Quickly Enter The Industry appeared first on.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

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: Should we look to Canada to retain international talent?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 28, 2021

Contributed by Hun Boon Tan , a research manager and associate coach at BTS , an organization that works with leaders at all levels to help them make better decisions, convert those decisions to actions and deliver results. Mindset is the root cause of behavior. And because mindsets are often shaped by an individual’s beliefs, assumptions and biases, they sometimes need changing.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

Watching the Chinese technology sector over the last week has been a fascinating exercise. The Chinese government took on entire industries like edtech while also coming down on individual companies (Tencent, Meituan) in a broad effort to change the country’s technology landscape. The sum of the financial damage is easy to understand. The NASDAQ Golden Dragon China Index , for example, which tracks U.S.

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StartupNation

JULY 28, 2021

On today’s Business Beat, Jeff talks to Shay Berman , founder and president of marketing company Digital Resource and StartupNation’s digital marketing expert, about why SEO is the key to creating awareness for your business. Tune in to the Business Beat, below, to learn more tips about SEO and how to put it to work for your business: Contact the experts at Digital Resource!

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

While the Chinese technology market digests a new regulatory landscape impacting the country’s edtech market in a sharply negative manner, U.S. education technology companies have something to cheer about: Duolingo’s IPO priced very well. The language-learning unicorn initially targeted an $85 to $95 per share IPO price range. That interval was later raised to $95 to $100 per share.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 28, 2021

A podcaster’s look at the much-maligned new subscriptions system and rival to Patreon Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

Bikram Singh. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Bikram Singh is the CEO and co-founder of EZOPS. He has built and managed operational services and technology solutions for banks, hedge funds, asset managers, fund administrators and custodians. Anomaly detection is one of the more difficult and underserved operational areas in the asset-servicing sector of financial institutions.

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OurCrowd

JULY 28, 2021

SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Armory, the open source continuous delivery software company, today announced Armory Enterprise on AWS Quick Starts, automated reference deployments built by Amazon Web Services (AWS) solutions architects and AWS Partners. Quick Starts help deploy popular technologies on AWS based on AWS best practices for security and high availability.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

QuotaPath , which has developed a commission-tracking solution for sales and revenue teams, has raised $21.3 million in a Series A funding round led by Insight Partners. Existing backers ATX Ventures, Integr8d Capital, Stage 2 Capital and HubSpot Ventures also participated in the financing, which brings the startup’s total funding to $26.3 million since its 2018 inception.

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