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6 reasons to invest in startups from Ukraine

TechCrunch

Oleksandr Yaroshenko. Contributor. Oleksandr Yaroshenko is head of investor relations at Headway , an edtech startup based in Ukraine. For more than three months, Ukraine has been engulfed in the flames of a war with Russia. That might look like a red flag from an investor’s point of view, but everything is not so black and white in the country’s tech sector.

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Protect your small business from cyberthreats with these simple interventions

NZ Entrepreneur

The last couple of years have accelerated the digital transformation of many businesses. Pandemic restrictions forced us to think creatively, be more innovative and, in many cases, digital adoption has played a big role in that. As a specialist small business lender, we’ve seen our customers use their funds to invest heavily in technology – setting up e-commerce sites, implementing CRM systems, adopting cloud technologies and trialling digital marketing strategies.

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Nfinite bags $100M to give e-commerce 3D flare

TechCrunch

When buying online, you don’t get the opportunity to pick up items and look at them, but nfinite is working to change the way products are visualized online so they seem more real. The company, headquartered in France, has developed a SaaS-based visual e-merchandising platform with tools for creating 3D images for e-commerce. Based on nfinite’s performance in the past year, this is an area ripe for both e-commerce and venture capital investors.

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Australian adtech firm Veridooh raises $5m in funding to finance global expansion

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Veridooh , a multi-award-winning adtech firm , has secured $5 million in Series A funding, which will be used to grow internationally as part of its aim to improve out-of-home (OOH) advertising transparency, automation, and intelligence. EVP, a venture capital firm led by Dan Szekely, anchored the investment round.

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

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.

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Nigerian startup Klasha gets an additional $2.1M for its cross-border commerce play

TechCrunch

Lagos and San Francisco-based Klasha has received an additional $2.1 million to complete its $4.5 million seed round. The startup, which provides multiple products for the cross-border commerce space in Africa, raised this new financing from a group of international investors co-led by American Express (AMEX) Ventures, the strategic investment group of American Express.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: 11 PLG tactics, addressing copycat stigma, ‘unicorn glut’ theory

TechCrunch

Imagine a world where founders boasted about how much growth they’ve driven, as opposed to their fundraising prowess. The ability to raise capital is less impressive than finding sustainable ways to build a base of paying customers. The right coaching and a strong network can help many entrepreneurs land a sizable seed round, but that money reflects investor confidence, not market demand.

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CARRO invests $54m in Indonesia’s MPMX

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register CARRO , Southeast Asia’s largest used automobile marketplace , and PT Mitra Pinasthika Mustika Tbk , Indonesia’s leading consumer automotive and transportation company, announced that they would enter into a strategic collaboration.

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Thailand’s Salary Hero is an earned wage access startup that wants to add neobanking products

TechCrunch

Salary Hero wants to provide lower-income Thai workers with more financial flexibility. The startup, which focuses on earned wage access and finance education, with plans to add neo banking products, too, announced today it has raised $2.8 million. The funding included participation from Global Founders Capital, M Venture Partners, 500 Global, 1982 Ventures, Titan Capital and Thai corporations and angel investors.

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Prevent Instagram Shadow Banning and 10 More Tips for Your Business

Smart Hustle Magazine

Every Monday 7:30am est, join Ramon LIVE on Clubhouse in Breakfast with Champions, where he shares tips and insights on business and life success. In this episode Ramon talks about Instagram Shadow Banning; Failing in the Trough (Seth Godin tips); Stream yard ads green screens and so much more. Smart Hustle Small Business Podcast · Instagram Shadow Banning and 10 More Tips.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

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.

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Ecuadorian payments infrastructure startup Kushki lands $100M at a $1.5B valuation

TechCrunch

Ecuadorian payments infrastructure company Kushki has raised $100 million in an extension to its Series B round, more than doubling its valuation to $1.5 billion. The startup had raised $86 million in the first tranche of the financing in June of 2021 at a post-money valuation of $600 million. It has raised nearly $200 million since its 2017 inception, according to Crunchbase.

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Fourteen Short Strategies I Used to Build Seven Successful Online Courses

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Use these lessons to build your own online course and create another income stream from something you love. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Take Blip lands $70M to grow its omnichannel messaging service

TechCrunch

Take Blip , an online messaging platform for businesses, today announced that it raised $70 million in a Series B round led by Warburg Pincus. CEO Roberto Oliveira said that the capital, which brings Take Blip’s total raised to $170 million, will be put toward product development, mergers and acquisitions, and customer acquisition. Not every customer prefers to text businesses.

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Is a 10% Reduction in Staff a Layoff?

Tomasz Tunguz

Should a 10% reduction in staff be considered a layoff? In one sense, yes, because on a particular day, a collection of employees no longer work at a startup. But a 10% layoff shouldn’t confer messages of a financially strapped business. Consider the average annual employee attrition in a startup ranges between 13% and 25%. A 10% reduction-in-force (RIF) is less than the quantum of employees the business would have expected to lose throughout the year.

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PE Mastery: CAPTARGET's Playbook for Quality Lead Flow

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.

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Solana launches $100M investment and grant fund for South Korean web3 startups

TechCrunch

The crypto market has been quite volatile over the past few months, but users are still holding strong and investors aren’t backing down. Solana is the latest to bring money into the system. Solana Ventures and Solana Foundation have set up a $100 million investment and grant fund to deploy capital into South Korean web3 startups, Johnny Lee, general manager of games at Solana Labs, told TechCrunch.

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Landing Your First $100K Investment for Your Startup in an Economic Downturn

Entrepreneur's Handbook

It’s not just from VCs Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Onfleet nabs $23M to further develop its last-mile delivery software

TechCrunch

The importance of last-mile delivery, or the movement of goods from a shipping hub to their final destination, came into sharp focus during the pandemic. Statista projects that ecommerce will drive the global last-mile delivery market to double to more than $200 billion by 2027. But as last-mile deliveries of essentials continue to increase, so, too, do customers’ expectations.

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Singapore startup Omnistream bags $7m in Series A funding

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Omnistream , a Singapore-based data-powered retail solutions startup, has announced raising $7 million in Series A funding led by SIG Venture Capital , the Asian venture capital arm of Susquehanna International Group. Delivery Hero Ventures, an independently managed venture capital fund backed by Delivery Hero, Asian investment management firm Spiral Ventures, and venture investor Wave

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Monetizing Analytics Features

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.

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Sarah Guo joins the wave of women leaving venture jobs to launch their own funds

TechCrunch

Sarah Guo is the latest woman to depart their position at a venture capital firm with plans to launch one of their own. On Tuesday, Guo announced on Twitter and LinkedIn that she is stepping down from her position as a general partner at enterprise-focused Greylock Partners to continue investing in startups as she works to build something new. Sources confirmed to Axios that Guo is planning to launch her own fund.

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[JumpCloud in Security Boulevard] Why I’m joining JumpCloud as CFO

OurCrowd

I’m making a big jump, literally and figuratively. I’m starting June off on a new adventure as CFO of JumpCloud. I’m excited about taking my experience with growth at scale in some innovative tech platforms innovating for consumers to one of the most innovative companies that is reimagining the directory as a complete platform for identity, access, and device management, and delivering value to small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

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US Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh will discuss the changing face of work at TC Sessions: Robotics 2022

TechCrunch

All jokes about robot armies and SkyNet aside, robotics are set to profoundly impact the future of how America works. And not in just a few industries, but across an ever-growing swath that includes agtech, automotive, construction, labor, logistics, healthcare and more. . Automation is inevitable, and yet advancements in technology often result in lower wages and employment — a phenomenon known as the displacement effect.

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[Beyond Meat in Cision] Get ready for summer grilling season with the newest version of the Beyond Burger® and Beyond Beef® to Canada, now even juicier

OurCrowd

TORONTO, June 7, 2022 /CNW/ – Beyond Meat, Inc. (NASDAQ: BYND), a leading plant-based protein company, announces the newest versions of its iconic Beyond Burger® and Beyond Beef®. Better-for-you compared to regular ground beef and juicier than ever before, these new plant-based innovations are arriving just in time for sunny days and barbecues.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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

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Grab your ticket now and join over 40 VC firms at TechCrunch’s Annual Summer Party

TechCrunch

Tickets to TechCrunch’s Annual Summer Party are on the verge of selling out. We just released a new round of tickets, but they’re already moving fast. If you want to attend our summer fete on June 23, there’s no time to waste. Reserve your ticket right now. This year, we’re pleased to share hosting honors with Mayfield — a global venture capital firm with a people-first philosophy.

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The Gillibrand Lummis Bill

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

New York Senator Gillibrand and Wyoming Senator Lummis have teamed up to propose a bi-partisan bill that would shift much of the regulatory oversight of crypto assets from the SEC to the CFTC, acknowledging that these tokens are much more like commodities than securities. The details of the bill will be made public today and then there will be a lot of feedback from elected officials, regulators, and industry.

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Castor, a data catalog startup, nabs $23.5M to expand its platform

TechCrunch

Castor , a data catalog platform, today announced that it raised $23.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Blossom with participation from Frst and angel investors including Florian Douetteau, the founder of Dataiku. CEO and co-founder Tristan Mayer said that the proceeds will be put toward expanding the company’s 25-person workforce with a particular emphasis on the marketing and sales departments.

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What Is A Corporation? – Types, Formation, & Dissolution

Feedough

On any ordinary day, one may use their Microsoft computer. Read more. The post What Is A Corporation? – Types, Formation, & Dissolution appeared first on Feedough.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

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.