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TechCrunch+ roundup: Tested TAM tips, no-code tech survey, writing crypto white papers

TechCrunch

I haven’t launched a successful startup, but I have helped write several pitch decks. How to calculate your startup’s TAM, SAM and SOM. Hire a writer and a lawyer before releasing a cryptocurrency white paper. Hire a writer and a lawyer before releasing a cryptocurrency white paper.

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Hire a writer and a lawyer before releasing a cryptocurrency white paper

TechCrunch

In theory, crypto white papers are staid, scientific documents intended to describe a complex, precise method for creating unique blockchain products. In practice, however, white papers are frequently a marketing play intended to help crypto startups generate earned media. Do you need a white paper?

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Nillion raises over $20 million to build new web3 infrastructure

TechCrunch

Nillion, a web3 startup aiming to build a non-blockchain decentralized network, closed an oversubscribed round of more than $20 million, the company exclusively told TechCrunch. While blockchains decentralize finance, Nillion aims to decentralize everything else and the rest of data.”.

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An Era of Fundamental and Massive Change - The Capital Markets Innovation of the ICO

Tomasz Tunguz

Startups can raise hundreds of millions of dollars on an idea. Today, the protocol must be detailed in a white paper. They financed the development and deployment of switches, routers, modems and the installation of copper lines to connect new data centers. The ICO market today bears many similarities to the dotcom era.

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Revolution Ventures backs Casted in B2B-focused podcast play

TechCrunch

Existing backers High Alpha Capital, Elevate Ventures and Tappan Hill Ventures also participated in the financing, which brings Indianapolis-based Casted’s total raised to about $9.3 The startup quadrupled its revenue, tripled its customer base and doubled the size of its team during the course of the 12-month period.

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Crypto investor and founder Jill Gunter on the increasingly heated competition between blockchains — and what it’ll take to win

TechCrunch

Jill Gunter is no stranger to crypto — she’s seen the market through its ups and downs, conducting research on blockchain protocols, working at multiple crypto startups and co-founding her own , and investing as a crypto VC at Slow Ventures.

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Celebrating 2021 Accomplishments and Looking Ahead to New Opportunities

Angel Capital Association

In fact, ACA members and groups are the most significant source of support for entrepreneurs, investing more than 1 million pro bono hours and $650 million of after-tax financing to more than 3,000 high growth companies annually. More importantly, without you, our economy would be weakened, and society’s ability to innovate would be stunted.