Venture Well
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
When leaders at UCI BAI discovered VentureWell’s Advancing Equity report, they used it as a blueprint to develop a DEI framework for their organization. The post turning the tide: how Beall Applied Innovation champions educational equity appeared first on VentureWell.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Remote work may have changed the way we spend our days, but there’s quite a sneaky disruptor among us: burnout. As the pandemic drags on, employees are either soul-searching for a bigger purpose or simply exhausted by the uncertainty and stale culture of their current jobs. It’s not a small subset of the working population, either: Microsoft estimates that 41% of people are likely to consider leaving their employer within the next year, and 46% are planning to make a major pivot or career transi
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Y Combinator
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Today, Amplitude, which was part of YC’s W12 batch, is going public. Their story of grit, determination, and creativity, is an epic one. Spenser and Curtis first applied to YC in 2011, but their idea, a new version of Mechanical Turk, did not impress YC’s reviewers at the time, and although they were clearly brilliant hackers, that first application was rejected.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Genomic data is considered to be the key to unlocking so-called “precision medicine” Some estimates suggest that by 2025, 500 million human genomes will have been sequenced, but only a fraction of it is being utilized for drug discovery and precision medicine. One of the key startups to emerge in the space is Lifebit, which allows wider access to global biomedical data for drug discovery.
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Tomasz Tunguz
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Today, Height.app launched out of private beta, and we’re thrilled to announce Redpoint has partnered with the Height team, especially Michael & Kat, who hail from Stripe and Facebook. We were captivated by Height when we met the team several years ago. In particular, the company aspired to a vision of enabling cross-functional teams to work better together, particularly as organizations grow.
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StartupNation
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
By now, you’ve mastered the importance of cracking your life’s purpose code and finding your purpose. Now, it’s time to discuss monetizing your true purpose. There are five primary reasons people do not achieve their dreams: They never begin. They quit too soon. They make poor decisions, derailing their ambitions. They worry about what others think.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Steve Bartel saw for himself how important hiring is. He was among the first hires at Dropbox and acted as hiring manager to grow the company to over 1,000 in less than five years. He met co-founder Nick Bushak at MIT. Bushak was later at Facebook leading product engineering teams and also had a similar hiring experience there. They both saw hiring approaches shift from asset-based to knowledge-based and decided to start their own company, Gem , in 2017 to address these changes.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Tailoring your message to investors is key to successful pitching Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Burro first crossed our path during our 2020 robotics event, when the agtech company competed in our pitch off. The company (which used to go by the decidedly less fun name Augean) appears to be moving up in the world, announcing a $10.9 million Series A raise this week. S2G Ventures and Toyota Ventures led the round, which also featured participation from F-Prime and ADM Capital, who joined existing investors Radicle Growth and ffVC.
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Entrepreneur's Handbook
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Money doesn’t work the same when you’re a business owner Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Andy Weyer. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Andy Weyer is managing director of technology at Runway Growth Capital. Given the surplus of liquidity in the markets, entrepreneurs have access to more funding options than ever before. Venture banks, venture debt funds and venture capitalists are each jockeying to prove how their money is greener. Nonetheless, each has constraints that dictate their behavior.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
I swept my answers under the rug and my business became a burden Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
After rebranding from White Hat and raising $44 million earlier this year, tech apprenticeship startup Multiverse has raised another round of funding. The company today announced that it has closed $130 million in a Series C round. The funding had been rumored in recent weeks while the round was being closed. D1 Capital Partners and BOND led this latest investment; Multiverse is not disclosing if there are other investors in the round.
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Entrepreneur's Handbook
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
4 strategies to raise your monthly income fast Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Not every country has a Multiple Listing Service to aid in buying and selling a home. This often makes the process complicated as buyers weed through fake and duplicate listings and little pricing data, unlike in the United States. Property technology startup Nomad Homes is working to change that by creating a personalized real estate buying experience in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, a region that represents $20 trillion in real estate, company CEO Helen Chen told TechCrunch.
OurCrowd
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Orbital Insight analyzes satellite, drone, balloon, and other unmanned aerial vehicle images, including cell phone, ship and vehicle geolocation data, to gain strategic insights from multiple sensor data. The Orbital Insight GO platform automates the most difficult steps of deriving insights allowing its customers to answer challenging geospatial questions.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Extra Crunch is now TechCrunch+. In addition to updating our name and logo, we’re offering military, student and government membership discounts and have expanded access to new regions. Also, Extra Crunch Live, our weekly video series with investors and founders, is now TechCrunch Live — and you don’t need to be a member to join the audience.
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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.
OurCrowd
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
A collaboration between National Instruments (NI) and Foretellix will deliver a combination of test data and tools across the software verification and validation workflow. Read more here. The post [Foretellix in Automotive Testing Technology International] Tech tie-up to drive seamless integration of test data across software verification and validation workflow appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
A screenshot from Night School Studio game “Oxenfree” Night School Studio , the independent game developer known for narrative-driven titles like “Oxenfree,” announced today it has been acquired by Netflix. This makes it the first games studio the streaming giant has purchased. In Netflix’s announcement, Mike Verdu, vice president of game development, wrote Night School’s “commitment to artistic excellence and proven track record make them invaluable partners as we build out the crea
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Our portfolio company Mirror has been using a “game mechanic” called The Write Race to onboard users to the Mirror service. Mirror is something between a blogging platform, a crowdfunding platform, and a community platform, built for the crypto sector. Mirror is built on decentralized protocols and is a web3 version of all of those things and more.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Somehow the third quarter of 2021 is coming to a close. Instead of a period filled with family and friends and fun, in many parts of the world, the COVID era dragged on, leaving us largely working from home and executing more phone calls than impromptu brunches. Alas. But in the last handful of quarters, COVID and its impacts have proven to be attractive periods for both startup fundraising and growth.
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StartupNation
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
If you’re looking to increase the size of your network, position yourself as an authority in your industry, or find new ways to effectively promote your products or services, then you should try starting a podcast. Not only is it a great format to share your expertise in your industry, but it’s also an effective way of building a solid connection with your audience and creating trust in the process.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
RunX , an early-stage startup that wants to make it easier for developers to deploy cloud infrastructure, announced a $4.1 million seed investment led by Unusual Ventures and a group of individual angel investors. Company co-founder and CEO Ankur Dahiya says that as organizations deploy modern applications built on microservices and Kubernetes, the complexity in managing cloud resources has grown.
Feedough
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
“NFT of side-eyeing toddler meme fetches over $74,000 in cryptocurrency.”. Read more.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Angle Labs, the company behind the Angle Protocol , has raised a $5 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The small team has been working on a euro stablecoin on the Ethereum blockchain. Other investors in the round include Fabric VC, Wintermute, Divergence Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Alven, Julien Bouteloup and Frédéric Montagnon.
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