StartupNation
JANUARY 7, 2021
Did you know that Google received nearly 2.3 trillion searches in 2019? No matter what question people have, nowadays, their first instinct is to open their laptops or grab their phones, type it in Google, and check the first, second, or perhaps third result that shows up. This means one thing: it’s imperative that you learn about and invest in SEO for your startup.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 7, 2021
The ongoing push for social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19 has meant that more people than ever are using internet-based services to get things done. And that is having a direct impact on digital customer service, which is seeing unprecedented traffic and demands when things are not running smoothly. Today, one of the startups that’s built an interesting, very “hands-on” approach to addressing that problem is announcing a round of funding to expand its business.
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Smart Hustle Magazine
JANUARY 7, 2021
Accenture Ventures leader Kathryn Ross has advice for black founders that could be initially deemed counter-intuitive. In the middle of the pandemic, Ross says it’s time to actually buckle in and accelerate. And she tells Ramon Ray exactly why she thinks that and how that should be done. Kathryn is well-placed to shares insights about black founders and how they are faring in the world of venture capital and entrepreneurship.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 7, 2021
Applications networking company F5 announced today that it is acquiring Volterra , a multi-cloud management startup, for $500 million. That breaks down to $440 million in cash and $60 million in deferred and unvested incentive compensation. Volterra emerged in 2019 with a $50 million investment from multiple sources, including Khosla Ventures and Mayfield, along with strategic investors like M12 (Microsoft’s venture arm) and Samsung Ventures.
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Entrepreneur's Handbook
JANUARY 7, 2021
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Startup Catalyst Brief brings together the best content for the entrepreneurial ecosystem from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
JANUARY 7, 2021
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TechCrunch
JANUARY 7, 2021
Too Good To Go , the startup that lets you buy food right before it goes to waste, is raising a $31.1 million round. blisce/ is leading the round and investing $15.4 million as part of today’s round. Existing investors and employees are also participating. While the company has been around for a while, this is the first time Too Good To Go is raising money from a VC firm.
Berkonomics
JANUARY 7, 2021
It starts with sharing the opportunity and upside. Think of startups and early stage businesses whose entrepreneurs you know. How many of them, particularly in technology, were able to start a company, supply all the funding, and share no management tasks or equity with others, and still grow the company to any significant size, worthy of a multi-million-dollar opportunity to cash out at exit?
TechCrunch
JANUARY 7, 2021
RedHat today announced that it’s acquiring container security startup StackRox. The companies did not share the purchase price. RedHat, which is perhaps best known for its enterprise Linux products has been making the shift to the cloud in recent years. IBM purchased the company in 2018 for a hefty $34 billion and has been leveraging that acquisition as part of a shift to a hybrid cloud strategy under CEO Arvind Krishna.
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Entrepreneur's Handbook
JANUARY 7, 2021
In a month, I’ll be celebrating my six-year anniversary as a writer. I’ve managed to use writing to build a six-figure income for the past… Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
JANUARY 7, 2021
Roblox is now one of the world’s most valuable private companies in the world after a monster Series H raise brings the social gaming platform a stratospheric $29.5 billion valuation. The company won’t be private for long, though. The $520 million raise led by Altimeter Capital and Dragoneer Investment Group is a significant cash influx for Roblox, which had previously raised just over $335 million from investors according to Crunchbase.
OurCrowd
JANUARY 7, 2021
OurCrowd, one of the top investment crowdfunding platforms in the world, has launched a new vehicle for Canadian accredited investors to access its OC50 fund. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in Crowdfund Insider] OurCrowd’s OC50 Available in New Vehicle for Accredited Investors in Canada appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 7, 2021
Like many startups, Atlanta-based Voxie was created to solve a problem that founder and CEO Bogdan Constantin faced himself. In Constantin’s case, this was at his previous tuxedo rental startup Menguin (ultimately acquired by Generation Tux), where he said he had to market a product with a six-to-nine month sales cycle, as customers were usually weighing different options for their weddings.
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OurCrowd
JANUARY 7, 2021
Deploying technology into medical science has not only accelerated development of vaccines, but has also transformed simpler procedures. Putting a bandage on burns and wounds while they heal has been the standard practice for too long, and it has also been a time consuming one. Read more here. The post [Nanomedic in Mashable] IIsraeli firm’s gun heals wounds!
TechCrunch
JANUARY 7, 2021
The popular news app News Break is announcing that it has raised $115 million in new funding. The press release claims this round makes News Break “one of the first new unicorns of 2021,” but the startup declined to disclose its actual valuation. Founder and CEO Jeff Zheng said that when he started the company in 2015, the goal was to differentiate itself from other news aggregation apps by focusing on local news, and to “help or empower these local content creators.” To
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
JANUARY 7, 2021
What the world witnessed yesterday was a temper tantrum by the President and his people who, two months after losing the election, still cannot accept the results and the loss. These are sore losers. The kind that walk off the field quickly without looking you in the eye and shaking your hand and congratulating you. These are children who cannot control their tempers and want to wail and scream so everyone can hear how upset they are.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 7, 2021
Mandy Price was already a highly successful lawyer in private practice before she took the jump into entrepreneurship alongside two co-founders to launch Kanarys a little over one year ago. The Harvard Law School graduate didn’t have to start her company, which helps businesses measure the efficacy of their diversity and inclusion efforts using hard data, but she needed to start the company.
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OurCrowd
JANUARY 7, 2021
Kenna continues its long track record of recognition as a workplace that values employees. Read more here. The post [Kenna Security in GlobeNewswire] Kenna Security Earns Three Placements on Built In’s Best Places to Work Lists appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 7, 2021
Cable or fiber. For the vast majority of American homes, there’s no choice of how customers get their internet access. If you’re lucky to live in some dense urban areas with amenable landlords, that ‘or’ might become an ‘and.’ Yet, as more and more people rely on the internet for more than just cat photos (and after recent events, maybe rely on cat photos as well for sustenance), it seems obvious the market needs more choice and competition.
OurCrowd
JANUARY 7, 2021
BioCatch is highlighting the utility of behavioral biometrics in the fight against Authorized Push Payment (APP) fraud. APP fraud is a form of social engineering fraud in which a cybercriminal poses as a representative of a trusted institution like a bank or the government, and then tries to trick the victim into transferring money from their account to one opened by the fraudster.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 7, 2021
French startup Pennylane has raised $18.4 million (€15 million) for its accounting service that combines automated processes with human accountants. Existing investors Global Founders Capital and Partech are investing once again. Pennylane is both a software-as-a-service company that helps you deal with your financial data and an accounting firm. By working with accountants directly, it means that you can talk with your accountant through the company’s platform.
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OurCrowd
JANUARY 7, 2021
Veteran investor and entrepreneur based in Abu Dhabi, Dr Sabah al-Binali, reflects on burgeoning bilateral ties between Israel and the UAE. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in Jewish News] OPINION: Abraham Accords will have profound impact on both our economies appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 7, 2021
Challenger banks, incumbent banks and all of the many businesses that are making inroads into any kind of banking service all have something in common: when it comes to launching a new product like a credit line or a deposit or current account, these days many of them are opting not to build from the ground up, but are instead using third-party technology to power these services.
OurCrowd
JANUARY 7, 2021
Why are farmers slowly switching to vertical farming to address the increasing global hunger? Read more here. The post [Plenty in Analytics Insights] AI AND VERTICAL FARMING: PANACEA FOR GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 7, 2021
This morning Gtmhub , a multinational startup that builds software to help other companies manage their corporate planning, announced that it has raised a $30 million Series B. The round was led by Insight , and included both participation from new investor Singular , and prior investors LauncHub and CRV. Gtmhub raised capital around 13 months ago, a $9 million Series A.
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