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Why AI Won't Be the Investment Opportunity Everyone Thinks It Is

This is going to be BIG.

When I think about true disruptions in tech—the ones that enable huge investor outcomes because they create generational behavior change, entirely new markets, and populate whole business ecosystems out of nothing—location-aware mobile devices stand out to me as right up there with the web itself.

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Layoffs spell opportunity for some fintech startups

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Stay tuned, and please feel free to share with anyone looking for a new opportunity! It’s not clear how many people were impacted but as of last summer when it raised a $60 million Series B , the startup had about 170 employees, according to Austin Inno. Collective raised its latest round , a Series A, in May 2021.

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How ChatGPT Will Restructure Engineering Teams & Create Opportunity for Startups

Tomasz Tunguz

Machine-learning enablers - startups that sell ML toolkits - have shifted sales tactics to seize the day. That fundamental shift - selling to the core engineering & data science teams - creates new opportunity for vendors to unify the two groups by providing platforms & infrastructure that enable a new form of collaboration.

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Open finance startup Ayoconnect’s APIs enable financial inclusion in Southeast Asia

TechCrunch

It is also licensed by Indonesia’s central bank, enabling it to offer more services. The open finance startup announced today it has closed a $13 million Series B extension round led by SIG Venture Capital, with participation from CE Innovation Capital and returning investor PayU, the payments and fintech business of Prosus.

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Enable bags $45M for B2B rebate management platform

TechCrunch

Enable , a startup developing a cloud-based software tool for business-to-business rebate management, announced Wednesday a $45 million Series B funding round. Enable raises $13M to help distributors, manufacturers and retailers manage rebates. The Series A was proving traction in the U.S. leadership team,” he added.

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Colombian e-commerce enablement startup Melonn raises $20M to help SMBs scale in LatAm

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Melonn , a Colombian startup that provides fulfillment and software services to small and medium-sized e-commerce companies in Latin America, has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by QED Investors. They were brought back together by the pandemic to start the e-commerce enablement company. So, just how does it work?

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Healthcare startup Africa Health Holdings lands $18 million Series A funding to roll-out tech-enabled services

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Africa Health Holdings , a healthcare startup running several hospitals, has secured $18 million in a Series A round, funds that will go toward building its “tech-forward healthcare system” across Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria. Valiant Capital, Kepple Ventures and SUNU Capital.

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