AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 13, 2023

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Supermom, one of Southeast Asia’s largest parenting networks, announced that it closed its oversubscribed Series A funding round with investments amounting to S$8 million (about $6 million). After the funding round that was led by Qualgro and participated by AC Ventures, Supermom is set to further enhance its data and product capabilities and accelerate regional expansion.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 13, 2023

Contributed by Dhiren Harchandani , an EO UAE member who is a transformation architect, speaker, author, and endurance athlete with over 2,500 hours of coaching experience. He’s the creator of several personal development programs designed to transform each area of life: Superhuman Journey, Master Your Inner Game, Guided Forgiveness, and Recode your Thoughts.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

One startup is banking on the fact that businesses are eager to earn as much interest as possible on their cash. Mayfair is a new fintech startup that offers businesses up to 4.02% APY, a number it claims is among the highest out there. How a startup that is barely two years old is able to offer such a high interest rate to businesses goes back to its partners.

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Gust

JANUARY 13, 2023

Good news for startups building from within New York State! New York State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) and it's venture capital management arm, NY Ventures is providing support and capital of $30 million for it's Pre-seed and Seed Matching Fund Program to help early stage startups who are registered in New York. The program will offer early-stage businesses growth assistance starting from $50,000 and up to $250,000 for every matching dollar investment from a private sector investor

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

Africa seemed to defy the global venture funding decline in the first half of 2022 after its startups raised $3 billion, double the amount secured over a similar period the previous year. However, the VC market correction caught up with the continent in the back half of last year, when ticket sizes fell and fewer deals closed as investors tightened the purse strings.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

Investment giant BlackRock announced Friday it is taking a minority stake in venture-backed fintech startup Human Interest. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Human Interest’s digital retirement benefits platform allows users “to launch a retirement plan in minutes and put it on autopilot,” according to the company. It also touts that it has eliminated all 401(k) transaction fees.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 13, 2023

Ace hockey team The Columbus Blue Jackets, Nationwide Arena and Zippin have announced the launch of checkout-free shopping for fans this season. . Read more here. The post [Zippin in Retail Tech Innovation Hub] CBJ, Nationwide Arena team with Zippin to launch checkout-free shopping experience appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

Africa is seen as the next trade frontier, following the coming into force of The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which created the single largest unrestricted trade region in the world. However, while trade liberalization is meant to spur intra-regional commerce, its take-off is dependent on key infrastructure investments to ensure supply chain efficiency.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 13, 2023

This extract is from “Decoding the Metaverse” by Chris Duffey is ©2023 and is reproduced and adapted with… The post Decoding the Metaverse appeared first on StartupNation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

Jeremy Abelson. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Jeremy Abelson is the founder and lead portfolio manager of Irving Investors. More posts by this contributor. Investors are sitting on mountains of cash: Where will it be deployed? What am I worth now? Jacob Sonnenberg. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Jacob Sonnenberg is a portfolio manager at Irving Investors and runs Irving's Technology and Consumer Crossover Fund.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 13, 2023

The economy is top-of-mind for everyone these days — and small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) are no exception.… The post How to Manage Your Technology in a Volatile Economic Climate appeared first on StartupNation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

Venture capital funding continued its slump through the end of 2022, and there aren’t any real signs things are going to pick back up for a while. That means more doom and gloom ahead for startups looking to fundraise. Many startups that tried to avoid raising a regular round in 2022 — or turned to an alternative to hold them over — will find themselves in a tough cash position this year and will have to try to raise.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 13, 2023

Instagram was introduced as a social networking app with photo-sharing capability. Fast forward to 2023, Instagram has evolved… The post 7 Tips to Snap and Edit Outstanding Photos for Instagram appeared first on StartupNation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 13, 2023

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

We spend a lot of time praising tech investors and entrepreneurs for their risk appetite. But why don’t we put startup workers on the same pedestal? Who’s taking on more risk: a Stanford grad who leveraged their network to raise a seed round, or an immigrant worker who relocates to an expensive city for a startup job? In its latest yearly report, Secfi, which helps workers manage equity, found that 24% of the companies on its platform reduced their valuations last year. “For pe

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Feedough

JANUARY 13, 2023

The human brain processes an image 60,000 times faster than. Read more. The post How To Make An Infographic: Step-By-Step Guide appeared first on Feedough.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 13, 2023

Singapore, Singapore, Jan 13, 2022 – CYFIRMA, the industry’s leading external threat landscape management platform company, today announced the integration between CYFIRMA’s DeCYFIR platform and Microsoft Sentinel. Read more here. The post [Cyfirma in Cyfirma] Cyfirma announces integration with Microsoft Sentinel appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

Sealed built a business around predicting energy use and getting homeowners to ditch fossil fuels. So, naturally, the company’s first acquisition is a startup that tracks energy on a granular level. Sealed did not disclose the terms of the deal, but said in a statement that scooping up Burlington, Vermont-based InfiSense would help it “cut home energy waste.” Headquartered in Manhattan, Sealed finances and oversees electrification upgrades, such as replacing oil or gas heaters

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 13, 2023

SAN CARLOS, Calif., Jan. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — New research commissioned by Zippin, a leading provider of checkout-free technology, reveals that the real cost of waiting in line at the store goes far beyond time wasted, with 92 percent of retailers admitting that wait times at busy periods have had a negative impact on their companies’ revenues.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

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