American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Apptronik, the AI-driven humanoid robotics company based in Austin, Texas, is making strides toward revolutionizing the robotics industry, gaining investor support to scale operations. The investment also supports the companys commitment to creating human-centered robots.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 10, 2025

Gridware now has the necessary support to expand its innovative continuous power grid monitoring solution that was successfully piloted last year. An important feature of Gridscope is its ability to function independently of the grids power supply, enabling continuous monitoring even when the power lines are de-energized.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JUNE 25, 2025

Held at Gradient, Tulsa’s Innovation Hub, the event spotlighted founders who have spent the past 16 weeks refining their ventures through tailored curriculum, expert mentorship, and strategic preparation for the next stage of investment and growth. Bridge2 is Oklahoma’s premier pre-accelerator for scalable, tech-enabled, early-stage startups.

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The Seraf Compass

JULY 21, 2025

You’re juggling pipeline, diligence, founder support, LP management, and usually doing it all with a lean team. Founders share materials via DocSend, and the cap table gets vetted in Carta or Capboard Docs & Close : Final agreements and SAFEs are dropped into structured folders. Good tools don’t replace instinct.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 1, 2025

“With this funding, we are accelerating our mission to help manufacturers and construction companies reduce waste, reduce costs, and contribute to the clean energy grid,” said Todd Thomas , Founder and CEO of Woodchuck. The waste hauling and material processing sectors have traditionally lacked innovation,” said Thomas. “By

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 19, 2025

Lioncrest Ventures has officially launched with the debut of a $100 million multi-strategy investment platform designed to support growth-stage technology companies. Founders Spotlight: Leib Bolel Leib Bolel brings over a decade of venture capital and international technology leadership experience to the firm’s founding team.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2025

Reinventing the Enterprise Browser Islands core innovation lies in its reimagining of the web browsernot as a passive consumer tool, but as an active enabler of enterprise security, productivity, and IT efficiency. It improves productivity, simplifies the IT stack, reduces complexity, and embeds security.

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Empowering Small Businesses with Digital Payments: An Interview with Kevin Eghbali, Founder ofKadePay Kevin Eghbali I had the pleasure of interviewing Kevin Eghbali, the founder of KadePay Kevin is a 2x founder and a senior software developer with over two decades of experience in the retail industry, primarily working on POS, payment solutions.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This interview is with Swayam Doshi , Founder at Suspire. Swayam Doshi, Founder, Suspire Swayam, welcome to Startup Blog Post! I’m Swayam Doshi, the founder of Suspire. Many of our readers are aspiring founders. Surround yourself with mentors and like-minded entrepreneurs who can offer guidance, support, and inspiration.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 6, 2025

“Our mission is simple: remove unnecessary calories and sugar from the American diet and replace them with what the body actually needs—high-quality protein,” said Rahal, David’s Co-Founder and CEO. The acquisition is a strategic play to secure control over a key ingredient and support the brand’s long-term innovation roadmap. “We

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 18, 2025

Strategic Investment and Collaboration The investment from Applied Ventures is more than just financial support; it represents a strategic partnership aimed at overcoming critical challenges in quantum computing. Martinis is a renowned physicist and one of the worlds foremost experts in superconducting qubits.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 2, 2025

Participants gained access to expert mentorship, technical guidance, funding resources, and go-to-market support designed to help scale their solutions globally. Terra Security Leads with Agentic AI-Powered Web Application Testing Shahar Peled, co-founder and CEO of Terra Security, shared his vision following the win.

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Jason Malki

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Ensuring End-to-End Data Protection with Fully Homomorphic Encryption Featuring Ravi Srivatsav, Co-founder andCEO I had the pleasure of interviewing Ravi Srivatsav, Co-founder and CEO of DataKrypto. He was also the Founder, CEO of ElasticBox which was acquired by CenturyLink What motivated you to launch yourstartup?

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 21, 2025

Creator Ventures, founded in 2022 by cousins Sasha Kaletsky and Caspar Lee , is uniquely positioned to invest in the next wave of AI-enabled consumer applications, marketplaces, creative tools, and SaaS platforms reshaping the digital landscape. As a creator, Ive lived through the digital evolution firsthand, said Lee. Thats what we bring.

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HPA

JUNE 24, 2025

This investment leverages HPA’s operating expertise in AI to support Moonnox. Moonnox is an AI-native platform designed for professional services firms to streamline their delivery processes by enabling the creation of custom AI agents. said Robert Ong , CEO and Co-Founder of Moonnox.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 26, 2025

Sanjit Singh I had the pleasure of interviewing Sanjit Singh, the Co-Founder and CEO/CTO of Julia Technologies , where he is pioneering the future of trauma care through the integration of augmented reality, robotics, and AI. If you had to share, words of wisdom, with a Founder whos about to start their own startup, what would theybe?

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 31, 2025

Key Dental Service Organizations and independent dental practices are embracing the companys AI platform driving its growth and gaining the timely support of investors. For Florian Hillen , Founder and CEO of VideaHealth, the vision for AI in dental care is centered on one crucial factor: trust.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 16, 2025

This new infusion of capital will enable Collide to scale its platform, grow its engineering team, and double down on its mission to modernize how energy professionals access and utilize industry knowledge. The worlds greatest challenge today is an energy crisis, said Collin McLelland, Co-Founder and CEO of Collide.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

Notably, the round saw participation from Jason Gardner, founder and former CEO of Marqeta, who made this investment his first in the MEA region. Continued support from previous backers includes COTU, RZM Capital, and Github founder Tom Preston-Werner.

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StartupNation

JUNE 23, 2025

With support from peers and the incredible State of Search community, we fixed the issue, restructured the backend, and got things back on track. Dan Steiner , Co-Founder, Good Laundry Swift Action Restores Access Amid Regulation Shift When regulations shifted suddenly in one of our core markets, business ground to a halt overnight.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The capital infusion enables QuSecure to enhance its product offerings, expand its customer base, and drive the adoption of its pioneering QuProtect platform, designed to future-proof enterprise cybersecurity against the threats posed by quantum computing. It is expected to grow exponentially.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 31, 2024

I had the pleasure of interviewing Zach Wright, the founder and CEO of Grapevine Software , a cutting-edge Virtual Office platform designed to centralize communication, knowledge sharing, and team alignment for distributed workforces. As a founder, what keeps me motivated is the process of constant learning.

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Kashyap Kompella I had the pleasure of interviewing Kashyap Kompella is the founder of Talentmapp , an AI-driven people search engine designed to facilitate purposeful, noiseless networking for professionals, startups, and venture studios. He is also launching TPH Venture Studio , a pre-seed venture fund backing AI startups.

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Jason Malki

MAY 4, 2025

Hourad Afsar I had the pleasure of interviewing Hourad Afsar (known as Howard to many clients), Founder and CEO of UGRNextGen Compliance, a company redefining how Fintechs and financial institutions meet todays complex regulatory demands through agile, tech-forward solutions. What is it that excites you about what youre building?

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 24, 2025

Sun – a seasoned entrepreneur with a 25-year track record in healthcare technology, AI, and robotics – is the founder of Nexture. He speaks with conviction about the pressures physicians face – spending hours per day reviewing medical images, with minimal support. It’s not just inefficient; it’s dangerous.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 17, 2024

We work with the founders of startups to create a distinct and ownable brand that makes an immediate impression with their customers on launch. We help scale-up founders fine tune or overhaul their brand to enable the next stages of their growth trajectory. We do through a brand refresh or full rebrand.

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StartupNation

MAY 30, 2025

Enroll for free 5 ways to starve imposter syndrome as an entrepreneur June 5 | 1:00 – 3:00PM ET Discover how to create the ultimate business plan in eight easy steps with financial services expert Cate Luzio, Founder and CEO of Luminary.

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StartupNation

MAY 21, 2025

Their insights offer practical guidance to help your startup make smarter, more informed decisions that support long-term growth. This switch decreased our operational latency by 30% and enabled us to support our expansion into international markets effectively. Company-wide perspective beats departmental perfection.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 11, 2025

This round includes both new backers like Khosla Ventures, Bicycle Capital, Geodesic Capital, and Archerman Capital, alongside continued support from existing top-tier investors including Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst, and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 27, 2025

co-founder Jerry Yang, and Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel. Healthcare System Since launching in January 2025, Mandolin has already been deployed in over 700 clinic locations and supports more than 250,000 new patients annually. We just tell it what needs to get done, and it does the work.” Real-World Impact Across the U.S.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

How Ravi Srivatsav, Founder of DataKrypto, Is Revolutionizing Data Security with Breakthrough Encryption Technology I had the pleasure of interviewing Ravi Srivatsav, Co-founder and CEO of DataKrypto. He was also the Founder of ElasticBox and led it to a successful acquisition by CenturyLink. The latest breach against major U.S.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 5, 2025

On top of that, thanks to AI agents , orchestration tools have been improving massively—this is the software that gives LLMs the capacity to run actions and keep and update knowledge bases, adding more autonomy and support for more complex tasks. As the founder says, it depends on how much coffee he drinks.)

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Jason Malki

JULY 8, 2025

Robby Prochnow I had the pleasure of interviewing Robby Prochnow , Founder and CEO of Zen Aegis , a strategic advisory firm that embeds executive leadership and fractional teams into high-growth or stalled companies seeking to accelerate revenue and operational maturity. Founders often feel they have to carry everything themselves.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

This means these systems can, for example, intelligently route customer support tickets based on their actual content and urgency, dynamically optimize supply chain logistics as conditions change, or provide remarkably accurate sales forecasts by analyzing complex datasets. Let's look at some examples. " to a market-ready solution.

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A Smart Bear: Longform

JUNE 7, 2025

1 The correct version also includes multiplying by Gross Profit Margin, i.e. the cost to serve customers, which for SaaS is tech support, server infrastructure, and payment fees. A simple version 1 is ARPU ✕ [expected months] meaning the average number of months a customer sticks with you. So how big can CAC be before it’s “too big?”

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 8, 2025

“We want Bumo to be as integral to family life as Airbnb, Uber, and Instacart are in their respective fields,” said Joan Nguyen, co-founder and CEO of Bumo. The platform has already booked close to 500,000 hours of child care services—a clear sign that modern families are ready for a more efficient, tech-enabled solution.

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StartupNation

JULY 22, 2025

It’s about not just being more efficient, but fundamentally changing how one operates and leads, enabling the team to get significantly more done and overcome the previous limitations imposed by older ways of thinking or doing things. At the time, I was also newly pregnant and running a baby carrier brand with my co-founder.

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