StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Silicon Valley is known for its revolutionary ideas, grandiose statements and ability to challenge the status quo. By now, we’re all familiar with the classic persona of the Bay Area-located, hoodie-wearing techie, who tells their team to “move fast and break things” in order to “disrupt” entire industries. However, what those promising to change the world from their Silicon Valley office often forget is that so many of the big tech giants began by addressing a small but present pain point withi

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Dream It

DECEMBER 10, 2020

In this guest Dreamit Dose, Jason Calacanis (@jason), a technology entrepreneur, angel investor, and the host of the popular podcasts This Week in Startups and Angel, answers the top 5 questions he gets about angel investing. When looking at angel investors vs. venture capitalists, there are a few differences regarding when to reach out to them and what motivates them to do deals.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 10, 2020

In the wake of the news yesterday that the FTC plus 46 states and a few other locales sued Facebook for being a monopoly, I want to, yet again, argue for a different, more modern, and more powerful regulatory approach to tech monopolies. I first posted this a year and a half ago , and have reposted it at least once since. There have been many calls to break up the large Internet monopolies; Amazon, Google, Facebook, Apple, etc.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

As remote work continues to solidify its place as a critical aspect of how businesses exist these days, a startup that has built a platform to help companies source and bring on one specific category of remote employees — engineers — is taking on some more funding to meet demand. Turing — which has built an AI-based platform to help evaluate prospective, but far-flung, engineers, bring them together into remote teams, then manage them for the company — has picked up $32 m

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Kiwi inventory forecasting software StockTrim achieved international sales in the UK, Australia and US immediately after launching in 2017. It’s been growth ever since, and in 2020 the company pitched for funding to scale up. StockTrim came out successful – oversubscribed, in fact. The fund raise required three in-person pitches, seven Zoom pitches and 30 Zoom calls before closing successfully in August.

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HPA

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Tractor Zoom , an Iowa-based auction marketing and equipment pricing company, announced that it raised $3 million in funding to scale their transparent pricing and analytics platform, Iron Comps. Hyde Park Angels participated in the Series A round, which included participation from Innova Memphis, ISA Ventures, Ag Ventures Alliance, Ag Startup Engine and other strategic angel investors.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

As the pandemic has raged on, it has shined a spotlight on the importance of procurement, especially in certain sectors. Fairmarkit , a Boston startup, is working to bring a modern digital procurement system to the enterprise. Today, the company announced a $30 million Series B. GGV Capital and Insight Partners led the round with help from existing investors 1984 VC, NewStack and NewFund.

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Feedough

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Customers are the biggest asset a business can have, and this asset is built through satisfaction and relationships. A customer is satisfied only when the offering provided to him matches or surpasses the promises made. To guarantee this, businesses provide quality offerings along with after-sale services. But what exactly is after-sales service? Why is it important?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

This morning Candu , a software startup that provides no-code web tools for SaaS apps, announced a $5 million funding round. TechCrunch caught up with founder Jonathan Anderson and lead investor Villi Iltchev , a partner at Two Sigma Ventures, to chat about the deal. First thing: This round, a bit like Scotch, has aged. It’s from March. And while it is very common for venture capital rounds to get announced after the fact, a nearly nine-month delay would normally be a stretch.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2020

There is a peculiar potential of focus that my mind enters into when I have my hands “all-in” on a work project. At times, it’s when I’m busy in a quiet space where I am able to fully immerse and invest myself in a world of creation. During those moments with self, there may emerge a concept or procedure that I am ardently behind on. These are the concepts and creations that I hold stubbornly tightest to, certain that the success depends solely on me, the creator.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

DoNotPay, the consumer advice company that started out helping people easily challenge parking tickets , has come a long way since it launched. It’s expanded to help consumers cancel memberships, claim compensation for missed flights, and even sue companies for small claims. In the early days of the pandemic, the startup helped its users file for unemployment, where many state benefit sites crashed.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Only a few months after announcing its $15 million Series A round, Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity firm Hunters today announced that it has received additional growth funding from Snowflake Ventures. With this, Snowflake’s venture arm joins existing investors M12 and U.S. Venture Partners , which led the Series A round, as well as YL Ventures , Blumberg Captial and Okta Ventures.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Psychology lessons from the 2007–08 financial collapse Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

With Slack being acquired by Salesforce for $28 billion, the world of collaborative tools for teams is on fire right now. Notion is super hot and last year Frame.io raised $50 million and Microsoft has Fluid. Now, after some months in private beta, JetBrains — which also makes development environments (IDE) for various programming languages — has publicly launched Space , an all-in-one collaboration platform for creative teams.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Luxury hotels have a secret to skyrocket customer’s positive perception. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Cleo , the London founded “financial assistant” that takes the form of an app and chatbot and now counts the U.S. as its largest market, has raised $44 million in Series B funding. Leading the round, which I understand actually closed earlier this year, is EQT Ventures. Also participating are existing investors Balderton Capital, LocalGlobe and SBI.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Which one are you? Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

UK-based Orbex has raised a new $24 million funding round, led by BGF and Octopus Ventures, and including participation from existing investors High-Tech Gründerfonds, Heartcore Capital, and Elecnor S.A. This new investment help “secure the roadmap” that Orbex was already working towards regarding its launch vehicle development and deployment, which is currently targeting 2022 for its first commercial launches.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Taranis, ag innovator and pioneer in precision scouting, today announced the opening of its global headquarters in Westfield, Ind. Located just north of the heart of Indianapolis, the new headquarters will further establish Taranis’ presence in the heartland and enhance customers’ accessibility to a wealth of agronomic insights powered by the most advanced technology in the industry.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Product managers can only be successful if they can make effective use of both quantitative and qualitative data. But mapping the former to the latter, and collecting high-quality data, is a huge challenge to organizations looking to rapidly productize and innovate. UserLeap , a company founded by serial product manager Ryan Glasgow , thinks it has found a better way, and so do its investors.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 10, 2020

To celebrate Airbnb’s IPO and to help future founders, I thought it might be useful to explain what was special about Airbnb. What was special about the Airbnbs was how earnest they were. They did nothing half-way, and we could sense this even in the interview. Sometimes after we interviewed a startup we’d be uncertain what to do, and have to talk it over.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Two months ago, Kubernetes observability platform Pixie Labs launched into general availability and announced a $9.15 million Series A funding round led by Benchmark, with participation from GV. Today, the company is announcing its acquisition by New Relic , the publicly traded monitoring and observability platform. The Pixie Labs brand and product will remain in place and allow New Relic to extend its platform to the edge.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2020

On a colorful autumn commute this past season, I found myself stuck behind a rural caravan in a no-passing zone. There was a tractor in the road ahead holding up the flow, but I wasn’t rushing to extinguish fires, no big deal. I cracked open my driver’s side window and allowed that white noise of Michigan’s October air rushing past to coax me into a bit of tranquil self-reflection.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Cityblock Health , a company that provides healthcare services to low-income communities, is now commanding a high-priced valuation of over $1 billion after venture capitalists poured $160 million into the company. The round was led by new investor General Catalyst with participation from crossover investor Wellington Management and support from major existing investors, including Kinnevik AB, Maverick Ventures, Thrive Capital, Redpoint Ventures, and more, according to a statement from the comp

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