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Foodsmart Snags $200M Investment Led By TPG’s Rise Fund

Health Tech Capital

In 2022, 12.8% of U.S. households were food insecure. Foodsmart, a telenutrition and food benefits management platform, aims to address this after announcing last week that the Rise Fund has signed a definitive agreemen.

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Lean and Mean: How to Boost Startup Growth on a Shoestring Budget

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The excitement of building your own business can quickly fade when faced with the reality of resource constraints. However, even though the path to success may be challenging, remember that countless thriving companies started with only a great idea and sheer determination. You can, too! By embracing strategic thinking and the lean startup philosophy, you can overcome entrepreneurial challenges and bring your vision to life.

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Metropolis’ AI Platform Transforms Parking Experiences, Backed by $1.8 Billion in Financing

American Entrepreneurship

The four co-founders are continuing to pass major milestones with an acquisition strategy and timely funding since its launch in 2017 Drivers’ parking experiences around the country are now being enhanced through artificial intelligence, enabling them to readily come and go without checking out. Metropolis Technologies’ recent acquisition of SP Plus Corp.

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The Future of Blockchain Data : Our Investment in Allium

Tomasz Tunguz

Large scale ETL (extract, transform, load) processes are a critical part of any data pipeline. They are responsible for moving data from one place to another, transforming it into a usable format, and loading it into a destination system. In the world of blockchain, these processes are even more complex. In web2, the engineering team building a payment processing system will convey to the analytics team the data schema.

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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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Inspiring True Beauty from the Inside Out, Because Ultimate Beauty IS Health

Jason Malki

I had the pleasure of interviewing Priscilla A. Broward, Founder & Managing Director of Ultimate Beauty Health , which provides high-quality nutricosmetics for general health and beauty for professional and consumer markets. A seasoned executive with a career focused on startup projects, brand innovation, and trend development. Ms. Broward got her start with consumer-packaged goods (CPG) giant General Foods Corp. and from there, went on to The J.M.

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NJEDA Board Approves Investment of up to $6M into Newark Venture Partners

American Entrepreneurship

Funds will support investments in early-stage technology companies TRENTON, N.J. (July 17, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today approved an investment into Newark Venture Partners, III, L.P. (NVP III) of up to $6 million under the NJEDA’s Venture Fund Investment Program. As a requirement of the program, NVP III will work to match every dollar of the NJEDA’s commitment to the Fund with an additional $2 into New Jersey-based companies.

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Life After Exit: How To Rebrand Yourself From Business Owner to Coach

Entrepreneurs' Organization

As entrepreneurs, we tend to view the exit of our businesses as the ultimate North Star. I’ve sat in countless Forums or other EO meetings where, as soon as someone shares the news of an exit, everyone almost in unison says: “Congratulations!” We don’t even know whether it was a successful exit , but the event itself evokes celebratory reactions. I remember reading a Harvard Business Review article in which the author shared that, after congratulating him on his exit, his mentor followed up with

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Revolution Statement on Vice Presidential Candidate JD Vance

Revolution

JD Vance worked at Revolution for about a year and a half, starting in 2017, following the publication of his best-selling book, Hillbilly Elegy. The book’s focus aligned well with Revolution’s Rise of the Rest, an initiative started and championed by Steve Case to shine a spotlight on emerging startup ecosystems between the coasts. JD helped launch the first Rise of the Rest Seed fund, joined us for a number of Rise of the Rest Road trips, and led investments in companies such as Anduril, Branc

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Punctuated Equilibrium in AI : Is it Better to Be A First Mover or A Last Mover?

Tomasz Tunguz

Machine learning advances tend to evolve in bursts. Researchers publish a new paper with a newly discovered technique. It launches the industry forward & more researchers rapidly iterate to improve it further. Progress looks like this - a series of S curves one after another. No one knows the time period between the rapid progress or the slope of the curves or how much progress we’ll make during one of these curves.

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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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NJEDA Approves NJ Innovation Evergreen Fund Investment in Women-Led Tech Platform

American Entrepreneurship

Bullpen Capital has invested over $3 million into The Many Company TRENTON, N.J. (July 17, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved an investment from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF) into an emerging women-led company, The Many Company. Located in Ridgewood, the investment into The Many Company comes from the approval of an application submitted by Bullpen Capital for an initial Qualified Investment of $3 million.

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Innovations in Data Management: Madhukar Kumar on SingleStore’s Updates

AsiaTechDaily

SingleStore, a real-time data platform, recently announced a bi-directional integration with Apache Iceberg, along with several other key enhancements.

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Germany's First Nationwide Coworking Festival

Deskmag

Germany’s first national coworking festival will take place in September. With its theme "Work Renaissance: Shaping the future together," many coworking spaces are inviting people to their premises. Find out how you can participate.

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Top Talent for Your Coworking Space: Discover Bottle Rocket

GCUC

Top Talent for Your Coworking Space: Discover Bottle Rocket What started as people reaching out to get involved in the coworking community morphed into Bottle Rocket Search, a platform used to propel spaces.

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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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UBERDOC Secures Investment From CharmHealth and Bioverge

American Entrepreneurship

Funding Will Allow UBERDOC to Scale Its Service, Enabling More Patients to Gain Rapid Access to Specialty Providers PLEASANTON, Calif. — July 9, 2024 — CharmHealth , a leader in healthcare technology solutions for providers, and Bioverge , a leading Silicon Valley venture firm and investment platform specializing in emerging healthcare technology, today announced an investment in Boston-based startup UBERDOC.

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East Ventures Backs Signapore’s Har Har Chicken! for Regional Expansion and Quality Control

AsiaTechDaily

Har Har Chicken!

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Germany's First Nationwide Coworking Festival

Deskmag

Germany’s first national coworking festival will take place in September. With its theme "Work Renaissance: Shaping the future together," many coworking spaces are inviting people to their premises. Find out how you can participate.

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[Plenty in PRNewswire] Plenty and Mawarid launch regional partnership to grow fresh produce in GCC

OurCrowd

JBU DHABI, UAE, July 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Plenty Unlimited Inc.

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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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K Health’s AI Primary Care Platform Gains $50M in Funding

American Entrepreneurship

AI brings patients more insightful diagnoses and treatments and offers cost efficiencies at scale. For most Americans healthcare begins with their primary care doctor. Observing how important primary care is, K Health has introduced an innovative new approach with its AI Primary Care Platform. Primary doctors will now receive comprehensive solutions for patient diagnoses and treatments, a major step away from current technology focused on reducing administrative burden.

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South Korea’s Miridih Garners $15M in Series B, Eyes Global Markets

AsiaTechDaily

On July 12, Miridih Co., Ltd. (Miridih) announced it had successfully secured $15 million in Series B funding.

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Red Flags Entrepreneurs Should Avoid When Pitching to Investors

The Seraf Compass

We sent out a survey to our Seraf Compass subscribers to ask for tips and advice for first-time entrepreneurs. We wanted to share some answers we thought would be helpful!

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[BlueGreen Water Technologies in Startup News] BlueGreen Water Technologies raises millions in series B funding to accelerate water-based CO2 removal at scale

OurCrowd

The post [BlueGreen Water Technologies in Startup News] BlueGreen Water Technologies raises millions in series B funding to accelerate water-based CO2 removal at scale appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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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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Aven Reaches Unicorn Status with the First Home Equity-backed Credit Card, Series D closes

American Entrepreneurship

With significantly lower rates and ease of access, Aven’s asset-backed card propelled the company to unicorn status with the backing of top investors. Consumers who own a home now have an alternative to traditional unsecured credit cards—a credit card backed by home equity presenting them with a range of benefits, including significantly lower interest rates.

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How annual pre-pay creates an infinite marketing budget

A Smart Bear: Longform

Dozens of founders have used this technique to transform the cash-flow of their businesses. Now it's your turn.

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‘We Aimed to Make Pizza Under $5 in 5 Minutes’: Jae Won Lim of GoPizza on Tech and Taste

AsiaTechDaily

GoPizza, a fast-casual pizza chain, is changing the pizza industry with its AI-driven approach to making pizzas.

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[Innovalve in BusinessWire] Edwards Lifesciences to Acquire Innovalve

OurCrowd

IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) today announced it has exercised its option to acquire Innovalve Bio Medical Ltd., an early-stage transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) company, following its initial investment in 2017. Since that time, Innovalve has demonstrated progress in its program with promising early clinical experience.

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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!