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Different Perspectives: The Investor Profile Series

The Seraf Compass

One of the best parts of working as a member of the Seraf team is interacting with and learning from its global customer base and community. Seraf’s users come from countries spread across 6 continents. They all have much in common in terms of their fascination and passion for early stage ventures. But they also have different and sometimes unique perspectives.

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New report examines Africa’s growth in the digital economy and VC investment landscape

TechCrunch

A new report from Endeavor Nigeria reveals that Africa’s digital economy and tech ecosystem is set to experience exponential growth periods. The report is dubbed “The Inflection Point: Africa’s Digital Economy is Poised to Take Off.”. It highlights important events in the continent’s tech ecosystem until this point, compares its journey with other emerging markets and provides guidance into the opportunities within various sectors.

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Investing in SCiFi Foods

Andreessen Horowitz

One of the greatest challenges the world faces today is how to sustainably feed our ever-growing global population without compromising the environment or human health. Compounding this challenge are rapidly rising levels of global food insecurity , persistent levels of … The post Investing in SCiFi Foods appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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As markets go down, government tech spending stays steady: How can investors tap in?

TechCrunch

Josh Mendelsohn. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Josh Mendelsohn is a co-founder of Hangar , and a veteran of Silicon Valley companies including Google, Sequoia Capital and Hattery. He has also served as senior tech advisor to Mike Bloomberg, focusing on helping startups and nonprofits at the intersection of tech, software and government at the federal, state and local levels.

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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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Lessons Learned From Accidentally Selling My Startup

Entrepreneur's Handbook

My story of ceding control of the business that I had no intention of ever leaving In 2017, I sold my startup to the largest company in the college sports recruiting industry. With the paperwork signed, I celebrated by leaving my co-working space at 2pm and treating myself to ice cream?—?despite it being a cold November day in Chicago. I was over the moon.

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Music in the Metaverse: Harmony from Discord?

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Photo by Diego Mora Barrantes on Unsplash During the last NFT hype cycle, most of the money went to profile picture projects with vague aspirations to build something in the metaverse. But in the background, some excellent use cases for NFTs were being tried, including something that will disrupt how we consume music. Music NFTs are recasting the music industry in favor of artists who, for the first time, are able to represent their creations online as unique tokens.

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GitLab-spinoff Meltano raises another $8.2M for its open-source DataOps platform

TechCrunch

Almost exactly a year ago, GitLab spun out Meltano , an ELT (extract, load, transform) service that is now setting its sights on becoming a more fully-featured ‘DataOps’ service. At the time, GitLab, which had originally built the service to improve its own data lifecycle platform, Alphabet’s GV and a number of angels, invested $4.2 million in seed funding.

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3 impact ventures working for the future of the oceans

Impact Hub

2022 is part of the UN Decade of Ocean Science and this year’s World Oceans Day theme is “Revitalization: collective action for the ocean”. Why is it important to put the oceans in such a spotlight and talk about their future? Well, we could say that it’s because they cover over 70% of the planet. We could say that it’s because they produce at least 50% of the planet’s oxygen.

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NexStride gadget that helps people with Parkinsons fight ‘freezing’ attracts $2.8M

TechCrunch

One of the challenges faced by people with Parkinson’s disease is the possibility of “freezing” during normal movement, causing falls and lack of mobility. Surprisingly, small external cues can help them escape freezes or avoid them altogether — and De Oro has raised $2.8 million to commercialize its NexStride portable gadget , which provides those cues on demand.

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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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[Binah.ai in Business Wire] Juniper Research – Future Digital Award winners announced for Digital Health Innovation 2022

OurCrowd

BASINGSTOKE, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–It is with great pleasure that Juniper Research announces the 2022 winners of the Future Digital Awards for Digital Health Innovation. This year’s awards received a record number of applications; making choosing winners more difficult than ever. Read more here. The post [Binah.ai in Business Wire] Juniper Research – Future Digital Award winners announced for Digital Health Innovation 2022 appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Data governance startup Immuta lands $100M to pursue acquisitions

TechCrunch

Immuta , a provider of data privacy and access controls services, today announced that it closed a $100 million Series E round at a $1 billion valuation, bringing the company’s total funding to $267 million. NightDragon led the funding with participation from Snowflake Ventures as well as existing investors Dell Technologies Capital, DFJ Growth, IAG, Intel Capital, March Capital, StepStone, Ten Eleven Ventures, and Wipro Ventures.

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Celebrate Pride

Forward Cities

This month we celebrate LGBTQ+ innovators and entrepreneurs. See what resources are available through the SBA.

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Five to Nine raises $4.25M seed round to help improve the efficiency of DEI initiatives

TechCrunch

Five to Nine , which makes event management software, has closed a $4.25 million seed round led by Black Ops Ventures. Launched in 2018, the company’s software lets enterprises plan programs for their employee resource groups (ERGs), which enable employees who share characteristics or experiences to come together, share resources and connect. Five to Nine also provides attendance and feedback analytics for ERG events so companies can measure the effectiveness of their ERG programs.

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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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[Alpha Tau in PR Newswire] Alpha Tau announces FDA approval of IDE to initiate multi-center pivotal study of Alpha DaRT™ in recurrent cutaneous SCC

OurCrowd

JERUSALEM, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Alpha Tau Medical Ltd. (Nasdaq: DRTS and DRTSW), (“Alpha Tau” or the “Company”), the developer of the innovative alpha-radiation cancer therapy Alpha DaRT™, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has conditionally approved the Company’s Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) application to initiate its multi-center pivotal study for the treatment of recurrent cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcin

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Five to Nine raises $4.5M seed round to help improve the efficiency of DEI initiatives

TechCrunch

Five to Nine , which makes event management software, has closed a $4.5 million seed round led by Black Ops Ventures. Launched in 2018, the company’s software lets enterprises plan programs for their employee resource groups (ERGs), which enable employees who share characteristics or experiences to come together, share resources and connect. Five to Nine also provides attendance and feedback analytics for ERG events so companies can measure the effectiveness of their ERG programs.

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How To Protect Your SaaS Business During Market Uncertainty

Gust

This post originally appeared on Capchase‘s blog. How to protect your SaaS business during market uncertainty Public tech stocks have been on a downward trend the last few months in the US & Europe. Looking at SaaS specifically, Byron Deeter, partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, said the median company in their index of subscription software stocks is down 53%, […].

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Andreessen Horowitz backs SCiFi Foods as it develops cell-cultivated, plant-based burger

TechCrunch

SCiFi Foods , formerly Artemys Foods, is combining plant-based and cultivated meat technology to create its first burger product, and its mission just got a big venture capital boost. The Bay Area–based food tech startup announced Wednesday a $22 million Series A round led by a16z. This brings the company’s total funding to $29 million since its inception in 2019 by co-founders Joshua March, CEO, and Kasia Gora, CTO.

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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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YC is back in person

Y Combinator

In this video, Dalton and I announce the S22 batch will be in person, talk about trends among the most recent YC applicants, where founders are moving, the economic downturn, and the impact of the new standard deal.

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Daily Crunch: US law enforcement agencies take down identity theft marketplace

TechCrunch

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. On this beautiful June 8, 2022, we celebrate Dominic-Madori Davis joining the TechCrunch team. Check out her first article on the site and her first TechCrunch Plus feature , and give her a follow on Twitter ! Woohoo, new colleagues!!

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How a female entrepreneur gained Traction in a male-dominated industry

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Tiera Covington, EO Hawaii, is the founder and president of Integrated Facility Services Hawaii (IFSH). She was recently recognized as an honoree in Pacific Business News’ 2021 Women Who Mean Business and named Pacific Edge’s 2021 Businesswoman of the Year. Tiera’s unique story spans a full career in the Air Force to the corporate world to entrepreneurship.

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Juni jumps on $206M to help e-commerce players manage their own money better

TechCrunch

The e-commerce market is on track to pass $ 5.5 trillion in revenues this year, which speaks not only to how much consumers are shopping online these days, but also to how many businesses there are out there now selling to them. Today, a startup from Gothenburg, Sweden called Juni is announcing $206 million in funding — a $100 million Series B and a further $106 million in debt — to build out e-commerce-focused neobank, designed specifically to cater to that growing group of retailer

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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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Find a good available.com domain

Derek Sivers

If you need a new domain name, you want a.com , and you don’t want to type random ideas into a registrar search, here’s a way to do it. Download the list of all registered.com domains. First, apply for access to the zone file, using ICANN’s Centralized Zone Data Service (CZDS) at [link]. It’s free, but takes a few days to get approved. Read more about it here.

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AI platform Continual raises $14.5M Series A and comes out of beta

TechCrunch

Continual , a startup that focuses on simplifying operational AI on top of a modern data stack, today announced that it has raised a $14.5 million Series A funding round led by Innovation Endeavors. In addition, the company today announced that its cloud platform is now generally available. The company, which focuses its AI efforts on predictive models for things like inventory forecasts, risk mitigation and supply chain logistics, previously raised a $4 million seed round, which it announced la

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Answering Your Questions #6

OkDork

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify. What’s up, you beautiful bastards. We are back with Q&A round 6! In this episode, you’ll enjoy 3 BIG things: How to strategically work for interesting companies. What to do after a successful product launch on AppSumo. Should you start a new business or focus on your main business.

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Fruitful emerges from stealth with $33M in funding and an app that aims to fuel healthy financial habits

TechCrunch

As inflation continues to grow persistently higher, millions of Americans are struggling financially. With that struggle comes a whole lot of financial stress. Fruitful is a startup that wants to provide access to financial planning to the masses at a cost that won’t eat up whatever savings — if any — they might have. Fruitful is emerging from stealth today, announcing a total of $33 million in equity funding raised across a seed and Series A round over the past 18 months.

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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.