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Let ‘em Know. How Niche Startups Find Value in Press Releases.

StartupNation

Press releases are the best way to announce a new product launch, a product feature, a fundraising campaign… The post Let ‘em Know. How Niche Startups Find Value in Press Releases. appeared first on StartupNation.

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Is Your Startup a Good Fit for Venture Capital?

Entrepreneur's Handbook

5 criteria VCs look for before considering investing Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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4 Key Benefits of Active Deal Flow Management

The Seraf Compass

Every early stage investor knows that deal flow is a critical component of driving successful returns. Without a flow of potential deals, you cannot invest, and without good deal flow management, you may miss important investment opportunities. We’re offering up a perspective on the benefits of using professional tools to simplify your pipeline management, enabling you to spend more time on value-creating activities.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. It wasn’t always like this and frankly it took a lot of joy out of the industry for me personally. What happened? How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets?

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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Upgrade Your Leadership Skills to Stabilize Your Team and Maintain Momentum

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The pandemic was the strongest catalyst for workplace change I’ve seen in my lifetime. It disrupted the way work was done, which means it also impacted how leaders operate. Remote and hybrid work became the new normal overnight, and leaders had to quickly transition to new processes and systems. Why was the shift to remote work so powerful? It challenged leaders to think beyond the status quo.

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LexCheck raises $17M to automate common contracting processes

TechCrunch

VCs continue to bet big on legal tech. According to Crunchbase, firms have invested more than $1 billion in legal tech companies, an uptick from the $512 million invested last year. Contract management vendors have benefited in particular as contracting workloads increase; contracting teams at large organizations now manage an average of 19,000 contracts a year while the busiest organizations manage more than 50,000, according to a 2021 EY survey.

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Startup accelerator A-Labs launches $10M Web3 fund in PH

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Startup accelerator Archipelago Labs (A-Labs) has launched a $10 million Web3 fund to invest and accelerate the growth of the most promising startups and talents in the Philippines ’ Web3 ecosystem. Backed by reputable partners from the Philippine Digital Asset Exchange (PDAX), Oak Drive Ventures Inc., and Magellan Digital Investment Group (MDIG), A-Labs boasts of its strong networ

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Newsletter: Lunar land rush begins

OurCrowd

Top investment opportunities Startup of the Week: DayTwo’s precision nutrition combats diabetes, chronic diseases NeuReality raises $35M Series A co-led by OurCrowd Kando to service 22 French municipalities Meeting again, for real OurCrowd meets Great Neck mayor, investors NASA awards ICON $57.2M contract as lunar land rush begins Sealed Air Corporation invests $8M in Highcon Google Cloud Marketplace offers Oriient’s indoor location services Perception Point: Cyber attacks cost over $1K per empl

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EO Members Share Their Favorite In-Person Moments from 2022

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In 2022, EO members enjoyed a long-awaited return to in-person events at the global, regional and local levels. We asked EO members about their most memorable moments and inspiring in-person encounters in the EO community. Here’s what they shared: EO Global Leadership Conference (GLC) and MyEO Women Summit. “It’s been great being back together, especially with other leaders at EO’s Global Leadership Conference (GLC), where we learned together in our respective tracks and also learned from

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Gener8tor is the biggest startup accelerator you’ve never heard of…

TechCrunch

The U.S. Midwest generates a lot of wealth and is home to myriad huge corporations. With corporations come pension funds, foundations and other collections of great wealth. One of the ways that those pots of cash are being invested is through venture capital, which means the money flows to the coasts — New York, Boston, Silicon Valley. For the past decade, Gener8tor has been working to shift that by spinning up accelerators in local communities that have money but are underserved in terms of sta

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Airwallex announces appointment of Kai Wu as CRO, APAC GM

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Airwallex , a global fintech platform , has announced the appointment of Kai Wu as the company’s Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and Asia-Pacific General Manager (APAC GM). Kai, who has held a number of senior positions at Airwallex for close to five years, including as Chief Financial Officer and Greater China CEO, will lead the new functions from Singapore, marking the company’s firs

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I Used ChatGPT to Create a Small SAAS Valuation Program for Startups, and I Love It

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Since I work with startups and investments, I thought, maybe I should let this ChatGPT write me a program about a SaaS valuation calculator? Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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The Factory helping food and fibre businesses raise capital

NZ Entrepreneur

Raising capital isn’t a skill that comes naturally to many young food and fibre businesses but a new initiative is looking to increase capability among the sector to support growth and expansion. We understand the seasonality of the food and fibre sector creates unique challenges for young businesses trying to grow and there are sufficient knowledge gaps when it comes to raising capital.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Alphabet’s Intrinsic acquires DARPA-backed firm behind open source robotics software

TechCrunch

Just a few months after buying fellow robotic software firm Vicarious , Alphabet-owned Intrinsic has acquired several divisions within Open Robotics , the company behind the widely-used robotics software packages Gazebo and Robotic Operating System (ROS). Specifically, Intrinsic is buying Open Source Robotics Corporation (OSRC), the for-profit arm of Open Robotics, and Open Source Robotics Corporation Singapore (OSRC-SG), the portion of the business that led efforts on a project called Open-RMF

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Singapore e-commerce site builder Plugo raises $9m in Series A

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Singapore-headquartered e-commerce site builder Plugo announced that it raised $9 million in Series A funding ahead of its planned public launch in 2023. The round was led by Altos Ventures , along with strong support from BonAngels Venture Partners, Access Ventures, Mahanusa Capital, Prodigy Investment, and Pearl Abyss Capital.

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How I Nearly Destroyed My Reputation as an Investible Startup Founder With One Stupid Phrase

Entrepreneur's Handbook

The things you say in your fundraising pitches are more impactful than you realize Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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[Arcadia in PR Newswire] Arcadia raises $125 million to accelerate digital decarbonization

OurCrowd

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Arcadia, the technology company enabling the global energy transition, today announced it has raised $125 million in new funding led by Magnetar Capital, with existing investor Keyframe Capital participating. Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group also participated in the round. Eric Scheyer, Partner and Head of Energy and Infrastructure at Magnetar, will join the Arcadia Board of Directors.

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How Top Tech CFOs Solve Annual Planning’s Biggest Challenges

Gearing up for 2025 annual planning? Our latest eBook from the Operators Guild is your ultimate guide. Discover real-world solutions and best practices shared by top CFOs, drawn directly from discussions within OG’s vibrant online community. Learn from senior executives at high-growth tech startups as they outline financial planning strategies, align CEO and board goals, and coordinate budgets across departments.

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Sana raises $34M for its AI-based knowledge management and learning platform for workplaces

TechCrunch

Artificial intelligence is touching every aspect of how we engage with information (and much more ) these days. Today, a startup building out a business based on one particular application of that — how to apply AI to knowledge management in the workplace — is announcing some funding as it finds some decent traction for its approach. Sana Labs — which provides an AI-based platform to help people manage information at work, and subsequently to use that data as a resource for e-l

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DEA earns $10M to accelerate market expansion, development of PlayMining

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Digital Entertainment Asset (DEA), operator of the PlayMining NFT gaming platform, has received a boost in its operations. DEA announced that it raised investments amounting to $10 million from Los Angeles-based LDA Capital, a global alternative investment group.

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Request for Startups: Climate Tech

Y Combinator

Y Combinator has funded well over 100 climate tech startups , and together they are worth over $10B. These startups offer commercial solutions to decarbonize society or remove carbon from the atmosphere. By doing this at speed and scale, we have a fair chance of avoiding catastrophic climate change. The financial opportunity of doing so is massive: an estimated $3-10 trillion in EBITDA will be up for grabs.

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a16z Slack Debate: Will Generative AI Supplant Therapists, Game Makers…Friends?

Andreessen Horowitz

There’s much more to generative AI than heroic avatars and tongue-in-cheek art. The potential applications are widespread, from drug discovery and therapy to writing, game development, education, ecommerce, and more. Last week, five a16z partners met on Slack to debate … The post a16z Slack Debate: Will Generative AI Supplant Therapists, Game Makers…Friends?

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Your Fractional Finance and Accounting Team

Mighty Financial specializes in supporting the financial aspirations of small businesses and entrepreneurs. With our comprehensive bookkeeping and precise accounting expertise with decades of experience across diverse financial roles, our team offers tailor-made services ranging from essential bookkeeping to strategic fractional CFO support, catered specifically to the unique challenges of technology companies, startups, and SMEs.

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Collegiate entrepreneur hubs look to provide first support for would-be startups

TechCrunch

It seems like a lot of startups are born from an idea someone had while in college. But what if, instead of being honed years later at an accelerator, that initial idea was supported on campus while the dreamer was still enrolled? For example, David Lin started food delivery service Duffl two years ago while an undergrad at the University of California Los Angeles.

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ESTsoft Inc.’s AI Studio Perso helps businesses create Virtual Human video production

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Virtual Humans are increasing in demand as more and more businesses and sectors choose the metaverse universe to market their products and services, from entertainment and corporations to retail. According to Emergene Research, a global market research firm, the virtual human market will grow to $527.58 billion (about 688,491.9 billion won) by 2030.

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3 Things Creative People Don’t Do

Entrepreneur's Handbook

#2: Let doubt or looking dumb stop you from trying Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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[VIDEO] How Product Innovation Can Grow 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 it is critical not to take your eye off the ball in terms of product development. 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 setting your own product development strategies.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!