Source Link
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
SourceLink insights on how to fund inclusive entrepreneurial support networks and entrepreneurship ecosystem building projects. Webinar was held 11/18/20 as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
When Zoom announced Zapps last month — the name has since been wisely changed to Zoom Apps — VC Twitter immediately began speculating that Zoom could make the leap from successful video conferencing service to becoming a launching pad for startup innovation. It certainly caught the attention of former TechCrunch writer and current investor at Signal Fire Josh Constine, who tweeted that “Zoom’s new ‘Zapps’ app platform will crush or king-make lots of startups.” Zoom&
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OurCrowd
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
New Zealand’s Sprout Accelerator and Israel-based venture investing platform OurCrowd were selected last year by Kiwi government agency Callaghan Innovation to run a new agrifoodtech acceleration program in the Land of the Long White Cloud. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in AGFunder News] Israel’s most active venture investor partners New Zealand’s Sprout on agrifoodtech appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Cloudbolt , a Bethesda, MD startup that helps companies manage hybrid cloud environments, announced a $35 million Series B investment today. It was split between $15 million in equity investment and $20 Million in debt. Insight Partners provided the equity side of the equation, while Hercules Capital and Bridge Bank supplied the venture debt. The company has now raised over $61 million in equity and debt, according to Crunchbase data.
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This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
At EO, we celebrate entrepreneurs every day. But with Women’s Entrepreneurship Day taking place this week, we’re directing our applause to all the entrepreneurs who are women! What better way to recognize these hard-working innovators than by showcasing female founders who have been featured on EO’s Wonder podcast ? Host and EO member Kalika Yap launched the podcast as a way to share stories that empower women entrepreneurs to change the world.
Startup Catalyst Brief brings together the best content for the entrepreneurial ecosystem from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
LANCASTER, PA – Ben Franklin Technology Partners is pleased to announce the winners of their TechCelerator pitch competition. The pitch competition was the finale for six teams who participated in an intensive 10-week startup boot camp offered by the Ben Franklin Technology Partners. Our $10,000 prize pool was sponsored by BB&T now Truist, Lancaster County Community Foundation & The Candy Factory.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
We already knew there was a big trend toward remote working, and this has only been drastically accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the distractions of daily life can easily impinge on the “deep work” many need to get done when working on something important, like writing a book, or launching a company for instance. For many individuals and teams looking to get real, focused work done, the solution is often to book an Airbnb somewhere for several days.
OurCrowd
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
When it comes to venture investments and exponential technologies, serial entrepreneur Avi Reichental has created brands and reinvigorated digital manufacturing, helping shape the narrative of what people think when they hear about 3D printing. Once the CEO of 3D Systems , Reichental left the leading 3D printer provider in 2015 after a 12-year tenure and revenue growth exceeding six-fold.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
The term “DevOps” has been rendered meaningless and developers still don’t have access to the right tools to put the overall idea into practice, the team behind DevOps startup OpsLevel argues. The company, which was co-founded by John Laban and Kenneth Rose, two of PagerDuty’s earliest employees, today announced that it has raised a $5 million seed funding round, led by Vertex Ventures.
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Entrepreneur's Handbook
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Don’t fall into the classic entrepreneur’s trap Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
AI startup RealityEngines.AI changed its name to Abacus.AI in July. At the same time, it announced a $13 million Series A round. Today, only a few months later, it is not changing its name again, but it is announcing a $22 million Series B round, led by Coatue, with Decibel Ventures and Index Partners participating as well. With this, the company, which was co-founded by former AWS and Google exec Bindu Reddy, has now raised a total of $40.3 million.
Smart Hustle Magazine
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Elizabeth Gore spoke at the Survive and Thrive Summit about how flexible thinking can be an asset for small business growth. H osted and produced by Ramon Ray of Smart Hustle Media, the first two Summits were held earlier in 2020 and the next one will be in spring 2021. It's free! If you don't want to miss when registration opens up, sign up for our newsletter.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Actress Kerry Washington has made an investment of undisclosed size in direct-to-consumer jewelry startup Aurate. This isn’t Washington’s first startup investment — she’s also backed The Wing, Community and Byte. In fact, when we asked her about her dream investment at Disrupt in September, she hinted at a new deal that “feels pretty dreamy.” When I brought up those comments earlier this week, Washington laughed and confirmed that Aurate is exactly what she’d
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HPA
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
NestEgg , a startup building the future of residential rental property management, raised $7 million in Series A investment funding from a strategic group of fintech and proptech investors. Hyde Park Angels participated in the Series A round, which was led by Hyde Park Venture Partners. Other investors include Bonfire Ventures, BAM Ventures, Financial Venture Studios and Dreamit Ventures.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
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: What does Biden’s win mean for tech immigration?
OurCrowd
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
A pilot study by technology firm Netradyne in collaboration with the IISc and Zoomcar has shown its Advanced Driver Assistance System, Driver-i, in cars reduced road accidents by 14%. This is relative to cars without the voice alerts activated. Read more here. The post [Zoomcar in The Economic Times] Netradyne, IISc, Zoomcar study shows AI can reduce road accidents appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Affirm , a consumer finance business founded by PayPal mafia member Max Levchin, filed to go public this afternoon. The company’s financial results show that Affirm, which doles out personalized loans on an installment basis to consumers at the point of sale, has an enticing combination of rapidly expanding revenues and slimming losses. Growth and a path to profitability has been a winning duo in 2020 as a number of unicorns with similar metrics have seen strong pricing in their debuts, and wins
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OurCrowd
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
NanoLock Security has announced a collaboration with Genus Power, India’s global smart metering infrastructure provider. Read more here. The post [NanoLock in Energy CIO Insights] Nanolock Security partners with Genus Power Infrastructures appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Former Yahoo CEO and early Google employee Marissa Mayer’s startup Lumi Labs is today rebranding to Sunshine and releasing its first official product. Its new app, Sunshine Contacts, aims to be a better tool for organizing, updating and sharing contact information with others. In time, the company envisions a portfolio of consumer-facing applications that simplify common tasks in areas like events, organization, family sharing, scheduling and more.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Control your schedule so it doesn’t control you Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Creating a great customer experience requires a lot of data from a variety of sources, and pulling that disparate data together has captured the attention of companies and big and small from Salesforce and Adobe to Segment and Klaviyo. Today, Grouparoo , a new startup from three industry vets is the next company up with an open source framework designed to make it easier for developers to access and make use of customer data.
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Entrepreneur's Handbook
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
3 rules to spot the signs before it’s too late Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Bay Area-based Rapid Robotics today announced it has raised $5.5 million in seed funding in a round led by Greycroft and Bee Partners. The announcement comes during what has been a solid several months for robotics funding, and more and more companies are looking to automate workforces as the COVID-19 pandemic has ground a lot of productivity to a halt.
Y Combinator
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
YC was founded in 2005 as an antidote to the classic venture capital firm. PG, Jessica, Trevor, and Robert decided to fund hackers and thereby enable the next generation of startup founders who would understand technology and its capabilities. Over the ensuing 15 years YC developed into a startup institution, one which we believe will continue to help founders create epic companies for decades to come.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Build.security, a Tel Aviv and Sunnyvale-based startup that aims to make it easier for developers to bake authorization policy management right into their applications, today announced a $6 million seed funding round led by cybersecurity-centric firm YL Ventures. CrowdStrike CEO and co-founder George Kurtz also participated in this round, in addition to former Zscaler CISO Michael Sutton, former Bank of America Chief Security Scientist Sounil Yu, Fireglass co-founder Dan Amiga, Cynet CEO and co-
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