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Changing Public Perception

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

Nuclear power (both fission and fusion) has the potential to provide much of the energy the world needs without the damaging effects of carbon emissions which are warming our planet. And yet nuclear power is politically unpopular in many parts of the world and that has led to a massive underinvestment in nuclear power over the last fifty years. It will take a much different attitude about nuclear power among the public before nuclear power can remerge as a major source of energy for the world.

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Announcing the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022

TechCrunch

TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 is weeks away, and today I’m thrilled to announce the 200 startups selected to participate in the first ever Startup Battlefield 200 cohort. These companies were selected by TechCrunch editorial staff out of thousands of applications, and receive free exhibition space at Disrupt, special workshops, receptions and masterclasses on building and running a startup.

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Nutrition Technologies closes $20m equity round to launch new products

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Nutrition Technologies , a biotech company headquartered in Singapore and operating in Malaysia, has closed a $20-million equity venture round led by PTT Ventures , according to an announcement. The round also saw the participation of Sumitomo Corporation, ING Sustainable Investments, Mandala Capital, and existing investors Openspace Ventures, SEEDs Capital, and Hera Capital.

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TC editors weigh in: Tech, trends and controversy in the cryptoverse

TechCrunch

There’s never a dull moment in the cryptoverse. Blockchain, DeFi and web3 technologies continue to evolve rapidly in a world of wild extremes. How extreme? Consider these two examples. The Terra ecosystem disappears in a multi-billion-dollar crash-and-burn while traditional investment firm Andreessen Horowitz closes a $4.5 billion crypto megafund. Then you have crypto’s ongoing regulatory tug-of-war against the backdrop of the Coinbase insider trading suit.

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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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business.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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SME&E Festival Podcast: Richard Liew, How to develop your business idea into reality

NZ Entrepreneur

Got your tickets to the 2022 NZ SME&E Festival this 8th and 9th of November? Each week we’ll be sharing a podcast from some of the many great business speakers and mentors you can catch at the festival. How to develop your business idea into reality. In this episode of the SME&E Festival Podcast, festival organiser Craig Murray speaks to special guest Richard Liew.

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Malaysian commerce platform Respond.io raises $7m for global expansion

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Malaysia-based social to conversational commerce platform Respond.io has announced raising $7 million in its Series A funding round led by venture capital investor Headline. The funding round was also participated by AltaIR Capital, Smart Partnership Capital, Sterling Oak Group, and Calendula Ventures, according to the announcement.

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InnerPlant grows with new John Deere-backed millions for sustainable farming

TechCrunch

The world is headed for a food shortage by 2050 as its population increases, so anything to make it easier for farmers to grow food will go a long way. That’s what InnerPlant founder and CEO Shely Aronov is trying to do with her startup that uses plant physiology to gather loads of data to make farming more efficient and sustainable. Or more simply, uses sensing and satellite technologies so plants can “talk” to their growers.

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The Subtle Change Happening in the Startup Ecosystem and How Savvy Entrepreneurs Are Embracing It

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Could this be the competitive advantage you’ve been looking for? Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Pano has a burning desire to apply AI smarts to wildfire detection

TechCrunch

As the weather gets hot and dry, things get a little bit tense these days. While it’s been possible for humans to be on the lookout for fires (there are even organizations that make it easy to volunteer to do so), one of the big challenge is that technology often comes up short; by the time tech detects a fire, it’s already well on its way to being out of control.

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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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How to prepare your CV and get a job in a startup from a Techstars COO

Founder Bounty

There are a number of ways you can prepare to get your CV ready for a startup which we have outlined below but there are certainly a few things you should think about before venturing into a startup too which we show in another article on founderbounty. Startups have been doing a lot of layoffs recently so get your CV right! How to adjust your CV Focus on what you are good at and if you have startup experience list it!

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TC editors weigh in: Tech, trends and controversy in the cryptoverse

TechCrunch

There’s never a dull moment in the cryptoverse. Blockchain, DeFi and web3 technologies continue to evolve rapidly in a world of wild extremes. How extreme? Consider these two examples. The Terra ecosystem disappears in a multi-billion-dollar crash-and-burn while traditional investment firm Andreessen Horowitz closes a $4.5 billion crypto megafund. Then you have crypto’s ongoing regulatory tug-of-war against the backdrop of the Coinbase insider trading suit.

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LVR: Quantifying the Cost of Providing Liquidity to Automated Market Makers

Andreessen Horowitz

… The post LVR: Quantifying the Cost of Providing Liquidity to Automated Market Makers appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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‘Just break even’ may be the worst possible advice for startups in turbulent times

TechCrunch

Igor Ryabenkiy. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Igor Ryabenkiy is a CEO and managing partner of AltaIR Capital. The economic turbulence of the last two years has forced startups to look for new survival strategies. Today, startups generally fall into two camps: a minority that can afford to continue doing business as usual because they have a strong market position and a powerful financial base and the majority that is forced to adapt to ever-changing conditions.

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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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[VIDEO] How to Develop an Exit Plan for Your Business

Red Rocket

I was recently interviewed by the Atlanta Small Business Network (ASBN), an online "television network" serving the small business community, about how to develop a flawless exit plan for your business I thought this video turned out great, and I wanted to share it with all of you, to see if it can be helpful to you in getting your businesses sold in a timely fashion and at the valuations you are hoping for.

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YC’s Michael Seibel clarifies some misconceptions about the accelerator

TechCrunch

Michael Seibel is synonymous with Y Combinator’s growth over the past decade. He has opinions on bigger batch sizes , a growing standard deal , competition, the power of venture capital and why startup founders should be prioritizing more than just a check after Demo Day. Seibel spoke to TechCrunch’s Equity podcast , co-hosted by Natasha Mascarenhas and Alex Wilhelm , about Y Combinator amid market change.

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The Founders Guide to Reclaiming Your Mojo

Entrepreneur's Handbook

The ABCs of finding your way forward Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Bainbridge Growth wants e-commerce brands to stop sales guessing game

TechCrunch

Bainbridge Growth , a Boston-based software startup providing data, analytics and financial modeling for e-commerce companies, inked $4 million in seed funding. Ben Tregoe and Austin Gardner-Smith started the company in January 2021 after meeting at Nanigans, an advertising automation software company. Tregoe, CEO, told TechCrunch that while helping brands like Casper, Peloton and Warby Parker understand how to do more effective Facebook advertising, they realized they were building big data sys

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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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Why Figma is Worth $20B And Other Observations From The Adobe Acquisition

Hunter Walk

Hint: The Answer Doesn’t Involve a Spreadsheet. I’m not an investor in Figma. I don’t know Figma CEO Dylan Field. And I’m not a designer. So this means I’m either perfectly positioned to give you my objective comments on Adobe’s $20 billion purchase of the startup, or totally unqualified to ask for your time on this matter. With that out of the way, here are three statements about this acquisition.

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1MRobotics emerges from stealth with $25M for ‘nano-fulfillment’ centers

TechCrunch

As evidenced by recent layoffs and scaled-back expansions , on-demand delivery is a challenging space. Brands, retailers and operators push to deliver with maximum efficiency, a strategy that’s led within the past several years to the rise of “dark stores.” A dark store, also known as a micro-fulfillment center, is a small, local store without the customers, where employees pack orders from shelves and racks for online delivery orders.

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Sequence orders up $19M led by a16z for a new approach to B2B fintech

TechCrunch

When it comes to fintech, consumers have commanded the most attention in the last decade, with banking, credit, investing and other legacy services getting the disruption treatment. But at the same time, there’s been a growing trend for building more for the B2B market, and today one of the newer hopefuls in that space is announcing funding ahead of a public launch in Q4 this year.

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How Xpeng’s city navigation will stack up against Tesla’s FSD

TechCrunch

Xpeng , a Chinese smart electric vehicle startup, has launched its anticipated advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) that automates some driving functions in urban environments. City Navigation Guided Pilot (City NGP), an expanded version of Xpeng’s NGP, which performed tasks like assisted driving on highways based on the navigation route set by the driver, is being tested on a pilot basis in Guangzhou.

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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.

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SoftBank-backed Ola to cut 200 jobs in India

TechCrunch

SoftBank-backed Ola plans to eliminate about 200 jobs across its engineering teams over the next few days, on track to shrink its workforce by over 1,200 this year, as the ride-hailing giant streamlines its operations to improve finances. The company has kickstarted the new wave of layoffs, which affects the engineering teams at its food and ride-hailing businesses.

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Indian market regulator puts insurer Digit’s $440 million IPO in ‘abeyance’

TechCrunch

The Indian capital market regulator has moved Digit’s IPO application to “abeyance,” it said in what is a disappointing development for the online insurer’s plan to go public. The Securities and Exchange Board of India, the Indian market regulator, updated the status of Fairfax-backed Digit to note that it had moved the process of issuance of observations for the startup’s filing into abeyance.

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Motion wants to automate task planning using AI

TechCrunch

Motion , a startup automating task planning with AI, today announced that it raised $13 million in a Series A round led by SignalFire, with participation from 468 Capital and notable angels, including OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman. Motion CEO Harry Qi says that the new cash will be put toward product development and engineering as well as overall hiring.

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Line goes down

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Don’t forget that the code “EQUITY” can save you money on Disrupt tickets and TechCrunch+ access. And it makes us here on the show look good! Here’s what we got into this Fine Monday Morning: Stocks are down around the world, while crypto-assets are down even more; post-Merge you might have anticipated better performance from tokens, but it has not y

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.