Dream It
JULY 12, 2021
Raising early-stage funding? You’ll need to know the ins and outs of convertible notes and SAFEs. In this Dreamit Dose, Steve Barsh, Managing Partner at Dreamit, gives you his breakdown and tells you what issues to avoid on these early-stage financing instruments. This companion post will better explain startup funding by covering the interplay of SAFEs, convertible notes, terms, and equity.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
JULY 12, 2021
Founders are Working for Equity But Equity Can’t Pay the Mortgage Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
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TechCrunch
JULY 12, 2021
Pretty soon, people won’t have to provide a fingerprint or a driver’s license to prove their identity — if VU has its way. The Argentina-based fraud and identity protection company announced $12 million in Series B funding Monday from backers including software developer, Globant, as well as Agrega Partners, NXTP Ventures, Bridge One, the IDB Lab and Telefónica.
Tomasz Tunguz
JULY 12, 2021
Today, Jim Benton, CEO at Chorus announced the company has agreed to a merger with ZoomInfo for $575m. I remember meeting Roy Raanani, Chorus' founder, more than 5 years ago, when he demoed the company’s ability to analyze voice conversations in real-time, extracting words, detecting inflections in speakers' affects, and synthesizing understanding from sine waves to assist account executives.
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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 The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
TechCrunch
JULY 12, 2021
Southeast Asia’s car marketplace wars are going into high drive. Today Carsome Group , one of the region’s largest online used car marketplaces, said it plans to acquire listings platform iCar Asia in a transaction worth more than $200 million. Carsome has agreed to acquire 19.9% of iCar Asia from Malaysia internet conglomerate Catcha Group. In exchange, Catcha Group will become a shareholder in Carsome Group.
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TechCrunch
JULY 12, 2021
Joyce Lin. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Joyce Lin is head of developer relations at Postman. API publishers among Postman ’s community of more than 15 million are working toward more seamless and integrated developer experiences for their APIs. Distilled from hundreds of one-on-one discussions, I recently shared a study on increasing adoption of an API with a public workspace in Postman.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
JULY 12, 2021
While bad entrepreneurs focus on revenue, good entrepreneurs are obsessed with something else Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
JULY 12, 2021
Jake Rothstein is the co-founder of Papa , a Miami-based company that offers care and companionship to seniors. The business, which pairs elderly Americans with uncertified-yet-vetted pals, helps offer casual services, such as technology support, grocery delivery or even a fun conversation. It has raised upwards of $91 million in venture capital to date.
Smart Hustle Magazine
JULY 12, 2021
I just watched two and a half minute video from the head of Instagram, who explained how it’s morphing from a “photo sharing” site into much more. Instagram’s focus will be on creators, video, shopping, and messaging. We’ve talked quite a bit about the importance of video marketing , here at SmartHustle.com. Video is one of the most powerful ways to personalize and humanize your brand.
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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.
TechCrunch
JULY 12, 2021
Bioengineering may soon provide compelling, low-carbon alternatives in industries where even the best methods produce significant emissions. Utilizing natural and engineered biological process has led to low-carbon textiles from AlgiKnit, cell-cultured premium meats from Orbillion and fuels captured from waste emissions via LanzaTech — and leaders from those companies will be joining us onstage for the Extreme Tech Challenge Global Finals on July 22.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
JULY 12, 2021
They are avoidable if you know how Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
JULY 12, 2021
Staff management platform Vara’s team. If you follow startup news from Indonesia, you know that the country’s estimated 60 million small businesses are a hot target for tech companies. BukuKas and BukuWarung , for example, both recently raised large rounds to fuel their race to digitize SMEs’ operations. Founded in November 2020, Vara is focused specifically on making staff management easier for small businesses and their workers, replacing the notebooks or spreadsheets many relied on to k
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
JULY 12, 2021
The Gotham Gal and I are watching Succession after being told by so many friends and family members that we had to see it. We are in season two and last night we watched an episode where Logan Roy tries to acquire a family-owned media business. The selling family, led by the mother, tells him they will do the deal if he names his daughter Shiv as his successor.
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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.
TechCrunch
JULY 12, 2021
Gurgaon-based mobile wallet service firm MobiKwik plans to raise up to $255 million in an initial public offering, becoming the latest Indian startup to explore the public markets. The 12-year-old firm, which counts Sequoia Capital India and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority among its investors and has raised about $250 million to date, plans to offer new shares of up to $201 million and sell up to $54 million worth of equity shares, according to papers submitted to the market regulator on Monday.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
JULY 12, 2021
The pitfalls to avoid when you’re building a startup Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
JULY 12, 2021
Mark Spera. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Mark Spera is the head of growth marketing at Minted. He's the co-founder of growth marketing blog Growth Marketing Pro and content generation tool GrowthBar. More posts by this contributor. 5 companies doing growth marketing right. In nearly every Google algorithm update in recent memory, Google has rewarded old, megatraffic sites, sending their search rankings soaring at the expense of smaller, newer sites.
Feedough
JULY 12, 2021
What comes immediately to your mind when you picture Times. Read more.
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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
JULY 12, 2021
Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets.
StartupNation
JULY 12, 2021
On today’s Business Beat, Jeff discusses brick-and-mortar stores, which are thriving despite the pandemic and an overwhelming surge in e-commerce. Tune in to the Business Beat, below, to learn more about current trends with brick-and-mortar stores and their everlasting importance: Tune in to News/Talk 760 AM WJR weekday mornings at 7:11 a.m. for the WJR Business Beat.
TechCrunch
JULY 12, 2021
Today we have new filings from Couchbase and Kaltura: Couchbase set an initial price range for its IPO, something we’ve been waiting for, and Kaltura’s offering is back from hiatus with a new price range and some fresh financial information to boot. Both bits of news should help us get a handle on how the Q3 2021 IPO cycle is shaping up at the start.
Smart Hustle Magazine
JULY 12, 2021
Gettr is a brand new social app, launched by Jason Miller, on July 4th, 2021. In our interview, he describes Gettr as a free speech platform, that opposes “cancel culture” While most of the top users on Getter are very “conservative” voices, Jason said the app is not about a particular political affiliation. His vision is for Gettr to be a platform to let people talk to their friends and family, see breaking news, and allows people to have open discussions.
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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
TechCrunch
JULY 12, 2021
Allan Jones dropped out of college and spent a decade learning how to run a startup. In 2016, that education resulted in the launch of Los Angeles-based Bambee , which helps small companies by acting as their HR department with the goal of keeping them in compliance with government rules and regulations. But he found getting funded a challenge in spite of his background.
OurCrowd
JULY 12, 2021
Financial advice website SmartAsset recently looked at Texas colleges and universities and ranked which ones have the best average starting salaries post graduation. While a few flagship universities made their list, some of the smaller school may surprise you. Read more here. The post [SmartAsset in Yahoo Finance] Best Community Colleges in America – 2021 Edition appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
StartupNation
JULY 12, 2021
March 2020 was a month no business owner will soon forget. The country was locking down, and our small business clients were struggling to understand the rapidly changing news cycle, a patchwork of local ordinances and vast changes to customer demand. Over the next several months, small businesses were forced to make the hard decisions required for survival.
OurCrowd
JULY 12, 2021
If you’re unfamiliar with it, ClassPass is a popular app that connects people with fitness and wellness experiences in more than 30,000 gyms, studios, and spas. As with many other companies, ClassPass had to pivot to a remote work environment efficiently and securely while also figuring out how to move to digital wellness experiences rather than in-person ones.
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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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