TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

The Fashion Kingdom (TFK), an Egyptian e-commerce marketplace for fashion, beauty and home accessories items, announced today that it has raised $2.6 million in seed funding led by CVentures, a corporate venture capital firm based in Egypt. A15 , an early-stage VC in the MENA region that has backed the likes of Esaal , Paymob and Helios Investment Partners subsidiary, TPay, made a follow-on investment, according to TFK.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 26, 2022

An exploration of the impossible tradeoff that all startups must make: betting on now vs. betting on the future. Photo by Ben Wicks on Unsplash There is a surprising amount of similarity between the process of starting a company and the wild science of quantum physics. Both are chaotic, unpredictable, and in many ways counterintuitive. And one particular principle that I think translates quite nicely is what I’ll call the Startup Uncertainty Principle.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

Inflation is up and consumer confidence is down, which is why e-commerce startups that hope to weather the ongoing downturn should expand their product offerings. Does that sound counterintuitive? “The more complementary and additive a product is to your catalog, the larger your cart size and the more likely a customer is to return,” says Bennett Carroccio.

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Y Combinator

JULY 26, 2022

On the morning of September 7th and September 8th, 2022, YC will host our 35th Demo Day live on Zoom. This two day event will feature founders from 30 countries and startups in every sector — open source, ML/AI, dev tools, fintech, B2B SaaS, consumer, healthcare, hard tech, and more. Every company will have one minute to present. At the start of the day, a single-slide company summary, short company description, and team bio will be available through the YC Demo Day website.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

Blair Silverberg. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Blair Silverberg is co-founder and CEO of Hum Capital , a financial services company using technology to accelerate the fundraising process. More posts by this contributor. 8 steps for building a financial model to calculate your fundraising needs. A founder’s guide to calculating CAC and LTV the right way.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

Neon , a startup providing developers with a serverless option for Postgres databases, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series A-1 round led by GGV with participation from Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, Founders Fund and angel investors. In an email interview with TechCrunch, CEO Nikita Shamgunov, who described the tranche as “oversubscribed,” said it would be put toward growing Neon’s engineering team, bootstrapping its go-to-market team and building develop

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 26, 2022

It’s not necessarily bad, but I promise it’s not what you think. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

In 2015, Rex Salisbury was working as a software engineer at now-defunct mortgage startup Sindeo where he built out the back end for fully automated online mortgage pre-approval. At the time, he was working for Andy Carra, who served as that company’s CTO before going on to co-found SoFi. It was Salisbury’s first foray into fintech, and high on the excitement of getting a new product live in a highly regulated industry, he admittedly got bit by the fintech bug.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 26, 2022

He disagreed with my suggestions and proceeded to build a business he can’t stand. Five customers in, he’s already burnt out. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

Krafton, the brand behind some of the world’s most popular video games, says it has already deployed the $100 million it had committed to the Indian market two years ago in the South Asian nation and is gearing up to launch several new titles in the country. The four-year-old South Korean firm, which went public last year, gained popularity with its shooter game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds — commonly called PUBG.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 26, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register TNG Digital , the owner and operator of Malaysia’s largest e-wallet company Touch ‘n Go eWallet, has raised about $168 million in a its latest equity funding round led by Lazada Group , according to an announcement. This funding round also saw follow-on investment by TNG Digital’s current shareholder and parent company Touch ‘n Go Sdn.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

There are many companies bringing one-click checkout to the direct-to-consumer marketplace, but few are developing similar tools for the business-to-business marketplace. B2B payment volume is five times the size of business-to-consumer retail payments, yet much of those payments are not being done online. That’s where Balance comes in. The company, co-founded by former PayPal employees Bar Geron and Yoni Shuster, supports B2B e-commerce merchants and marketplaces by digitizing those capabilitie

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Jason Malki

JULY 26, 2022

I had the pleasure of interviewing Haydar Al-Saad, the founder and CEO of RevSetter , a modern Customer Platform built to help companies elevate the way their teams work with customers to improve retention, fuel expansion and accelerate business growth. RevSetter is an end-to-end Customer Platform for B2B companies of all sizes, from SMB to Enterprise.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

It seems everything is doom and gloom in the U.S. venture market, between startup layoffs and declining venture deal counts to an essentially moribund exit environment. But there are bright spots, one of which being the Southeast region, which is on track for its best year yet. The Southeast region had its best quarter for funding on record in Q2. More than $5.1 billion was invested across 289 deals during the period, according to PitchBook.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 26, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Recommerce software and service provider Rush ReCommerce announced that it has closed a $12.9 million Series A financing, anchored by transatlantic venture capital investor Beringea. The company said intends to use the newly invested capital to enhance its solution and accelerate the growth of its recommerce network.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. What is up, you delightful beings. Today, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about Instagram. Devin wrote about how the platform just keeps getting worse with dark patterns lifted from TikTok , and Amanda made me laugh with her Instagram responds to criticism with shocking revelation that it will ‘continue to support photos’ headline.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 26, 2022

Let me explain Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

The Latin American startup market, once among the hottest in the world , is cooling. But its slowdown is far from uniform; some countries are surviving the downturn far better than others, data reveals. A few weeks back, this column took an early look at venture capital data concerning LatAm startups and their financial backers, noting that the region was seeing successive quarterly declines that had become more than simply material.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 26, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Southeast Asia’s recommerce group Carousell has announced that it acquired control of Laku6 , the AI-first end-to-end electronics recommerce platform in Indonesia, as part of its vision to make secondhand the first choice for users. Temasek unit Heliconia Capital will be supporting Carousell Group in its acquisition of Laku6 and in accelerating circularity in secondhand electroni

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

What do you do when you get pitched a bunch of really nice startups but you think you can do even better? You roll your own, of course. Or, at least, that’s what Struck Capital is giving a whirl with a $15 million fund and a team of experienced company builders, in addition to its existing $220 million AUM funds, with LPs including Leo DiCaprio.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 26, 2022

Join the Live Community AMA and Awards Event by Entrepreneur’s Handbook Meet the editors and top writers of Entrepreneur’s Handbook. Hear tips and stories about Medium. Winners receive cash prizes. Event details: Hosted by the Entrepreneur’s Handbook editorial team: Dave Schools , Amardeep Parmar , and Stephen Moore Date: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 | add to calendar Time: 5:00pm BST, 12:00pm EST, and 9:00am PST.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

When Resourcely co-founder and CEO Travis McPeak was working at Netflix, he recognized a significant tension that existed between security and speed. If you move fast, you really do tend to break things and security suffers. While at Netflix, he helped build a system where security was baked in. He knew security was essential, but he also knew his team couldn’t be a blocker to speed and innovation.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 26, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Singapore-headquartered equity management firm Qapita announced that it has completed the 100% acquisition of India-based ESOP Direct in a full cash transaction. This will see Qapita secure full ownership of ESOP Direct’s operating entities from its shareholders, per the announcement.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

Babbel , the popular subscription-based online language learning service, today announced a couple of updates about its U.S. businesses — the Berlin-based company’s largest market by overall revenue and its fastest-growing one, too. In the first half of 2022, the company sold more than 1 million subscriptions in the U.S., and it’s now also extending its B2B business to the U.S. as well.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 26, 2022

My month-by-month journey from February to May and an in-depth strategy helped me and can help you do the same. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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