Dream It
MAY 4, 2021
The "What’s your valuation?" question is a common component of investor Q/A. You need to be aware of and ready for this tough question from investors. Seasoned founders have a particular way of framing their answer to this question. In this Dreamit Dose, Managing Director Adam Dakin reveals the right approach on how to answer the valuation question when pitching VCs.
Venture Well
MAY 4, 2021
For National Space Day (May 7), we’re spotlighting Dr. Olukemi Sawyerr and her Faculty Grant-supported work spearheading the launch of the experiential learning program, NASA-CPP. The post shooting for the stars: Cal Poly Pomona and NASA’s innovative approach to experiential learning appeared first on VentureWell.
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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
MAY 4, 2021
My friend Seth Levine and Elizabeth MacBride have written an important book about the changing face of entrepreneurship in the US. It is called The New Builders and it came out this week. You can purchase it at all the places listed here. This bit from the book’s Amazon page explains The New Builders’ message: The dominant image of an entrepreneur as a young white man starting a tech business on the coasts isn’t correct at all.
StartupNation
MAY 4, 2021
A strategist, educator and venture developer, Southfield native Monica Wheat has dedicated her career to venture capital, but what truly sets her apart is her dedication to improving Detroit’s startup community and making it more inclusive to women and girls. When in high school, Wheat attended camps to learn about career options. That’s where she first found out about the venture capital business.
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TechCrunch
MAY 4, 2021
HoneyBook, which has built out a client experience and financial management platform for service-based small businesses and freelancers, announced today that it has raised $155 million in a Series D round led by Durable Capital Partners LP. Tiger Global Management, Battery Ventures, Zeev Ventures, 01 Advisors as well as existing backers Norwest Venture Partners and Citi Ventures also participated in the financing, which brings the New York-based company’s valuation to over $1 billion.
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TechCrunch
MAY 4, 2021
Personalized nutrition startup Zoe — named not for a person but after the Greek word for ‘life’ — has topped up its Series B round with $20M, bringing the total raised to $53M. The latest close of the B round was led by Ahren Innovation Capital, which the startup notes counts two Nobel laureates as science partners. Also participating are two former American football players, Eli Manning and Ositadimma “Osi” Umenyiora; Boston, US-based seed fund Accomplice; he
Entrepreneur's Handbook
MAY 4, 2021
It’s worth questioning the beaten track. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
MAY 4, 2021
In March 2020, Tame had a digital event suite for offline corporate events. But with the pandemic hitting, it did a hard pivot into providing a highly customizable virtual events platform, primarily used by companies for their sales events. The result is that it has now raised a seed round of $5.5 million, a large round for its native Denmark, led by VF Venture (The Danish Growth Fund), along with byFounders and three leading angels: Mikkel Lomholt (CTO and co-founder, Planday); Sune Alstrup (Ex
Entrepreneur's Handbook
MAY 4, 2021
What does data from the leading investors suggest Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash The current context supports research-heavy startups, there is even a special term for them?—?the ‘deep tech startup’ search query is reaching one peak after another on Google Trends. Investments in European deep tech grew from €0.7B in 2010 to €9.6B in 2019, according to Dealroom , an industry database.
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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.
TechCrunch
MAY 4, 2021
Africa is the last frontier for basically anything. Mobile gaming is no exception. For a continent that is home to more than 1 billion millennials and Gen Zers, mobile gaming has never really picked up, despite the continent witnessing rapid economic growth and smartphone adoption. Two issues have proved detrimental to this growth: distribution and payments.
Dream It
MAY 4, 2021
Board meetings can be very powerful events where founders get valuable feedback, ideas, and strategic direction. Oftentimes, founders dread board meetings and look at them as low ROI events. Keep reading for Dreamit Managing Partner, Steve Barsh’s 5 tips founders can use to get more out of their board meetings and make them a productive and positive experience for everyone involved.
TechCrunch
MAY 4, 2021
An Indian startup that began its life after the global pandemic broke last year said on Tuesday it has concluded its third financing round as it enables hundreds of thousands of teachers in the world’s second-largest internet market to run classes online and serve their students. Bangalore-based Teachmint said today it has raised $16.5 million in its Series A financing round.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 4, 2021
In June of 2019, I got a cold e-mail with a single link: “My name is Braeden Kelekona and I’m the founder of Kelekona, a drone service for passengers and cargo. Below is a link to the pitch video. I look forward to hearing back from you and hopefully scheduling a meeting here in the city.” I don’t have the original video, but from what I remember it was just an animation of what looked like a flying bus.
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TechCrunch
MAY 4, 2021
Their investors call them disruptive innovators. Detractors like North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein call them “ dirty scammers. ” But Leda Health co-founders Madison Campbell and Liesel Vaidya think of themselves as advocates for sexual assault survivors. . Among the feminists leveraging Ethereum for subversive use cases, Leda Health’s do-it-yourself evidence-collecting kit for sexual assault survivors is among the most ambitious projects.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
MAY 4, 2021
A few months ago I left my job as a partner at a venture capital firm to start Plus, a startup building tools to help people capture, see… Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
MAY 4, 2021
It’s been a wild couple of years for Oura. Last year, in particular, proved to be a major driver for the wearable fitness manufacturer. With the pandemic bringing professional sports to a screeching halt in 2020, a number of major leagues have adopted the ring, including the NBA, WNBA, UFC and NASCAR. The company has also been making a major push into health research courtesy of UCSF, which has published peer-review studies around the ring’s temperature monitor.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
MAY 4, 2021
Take your business, reputation, and network to the next level, no audio experience required. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
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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.
TechCrunch
MAY 4, 2021
NurseFly, the healthcare jobs marketplace owned by IAC , has rebranded to Vivian Health as it expands its range of services. Originally launched for traveling nurses (or nurses willing to travel for short-term positions), Vivian Health now includes listings for permanent positions, per diem shifts and local openings. It also added employer reviews and a pay database that uses information gathered from the 1.7 million jobs that have come through its system.
OurCrowd
MAY 4, 2021
While animal testing is the first step in the clinical development of any drug, animals often prove to be unreliable models for human disease. CytoReason CEO David Harel discusses the limitations of animal studies, and the potential that alternative methods hold for the future of drug research and development. Read more here. The post [CytoReason in Pharmaceutical Technology] CytoReason Q&A: moving beyond animal testing in drug research appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
MAY 4, 2021
An issue every developer faces is dealing with problems on a live application without messing it up. In fact, in many companies such access is restricted. Cased , an early stage startup, has come up with a solution to provide a way to work safely with the live application. Today, the company announced a $2.25 million seed round led by Founders Fund along with a group of prestigious technology angel investors.
OurCrowd
MAY 4, 2021
(Reuters) – HoneyBook has raised $155 million in a late-stage funding round led by Durable Capital Partners that values it at more than $1 billion, the small business billing and management tool will announce later on Tuesday. Read more here. The post [HoneyBook in KFGO] Business billing tool HoneyBook valued at over $1 billion in latest funding round appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
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TechCrunch
MAY 4, 2021
Nathan Beckord. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Nathan Beckord is CEO of Foundersuite.com , a software platform for raising capital and managing investors that has helped entrepreneurs raise over $2 billion since 2016. He is also the host of Foundersuite’s How I Raised It podcast. More posts by this contributor. The lightning-fast Series A (that was 3 years in the making).
OurCrowd
MAY 4, 2021
Lehigh Valley Health Network now offers extended reality, virtual reality and augmented reality visualization for neurosurgery patients and neurosurgeons. Read more here. The post [Surgical Theater in Times News Online] LVHN utilizes virtual reality and augmented reality for brain surger appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
MAY 4, 2021
It’s only been three years since they hit the streets and Revel’s blue electric mopeds have already become a common sight in New York, San Francisco and a growing number of U.S. cities. However, Revel founder and CEO Frank Reig has set his sights far beyond building a shared moped service. In fact, since the beginning of 2021, Revel has launched an e-bike subscription service , an EV charging station venture and an all-electric rideshare service driven by a fleet of 50 Teslas.
OurCrowd
MAY 4, 2021
ChromaDex Corp. (NASDAQ:CDXC) announced today that it entered into a strategic supply agreement for Niagen® with Ro, a healthcare-technology company. The agreement provides Ro with rights to ChromaDex’s patented nicotinamide riboside ingredient Niagen®, the sole active ingredient in Tru Niagen®, for specially formulated Roman products. Read more here.
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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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