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Why the startup sector should keep its eye on the SEC

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Three key areas of proposed intervention by the SEC offer examples of why the venture community should be paying attention: Increasing barriers to capital for companies and funds Public and private markets are regulated differently by design.

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An actionable framework for founders bridging into web3

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Doug Petkanics is the co-founder and CEO of Livepeer , an open video infrastructure for livestreaming. But for founders looking to foray into the world of decentralization, it’s all too easy to become distracted from core business objectives by shiny new buzzwords emanating from the space. Doug Petkanics. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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AI chip startup Sima.ai bags another $30M ahead of growth

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A recent ZDNet piece reaffirms that the AI edge chip market is booming, fueled by “staggering” venture capital financing in the hundreds of millions of dollars. As the demand for AI-powered apps grows, startups developing dedicated chips to accelerate AI workloads on-premises are reaping the benefits.

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Skio raises $3.7M to help brands on Shopify sell subscriptions

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Skio is taking on incumbents like ReCharge Payments, which too has built subscription software for e-commerce brands and was valued at $2.1 It claims to use modern frameworks that allow it to “build much quicker” than existing offerings. billion earlier this year after a $227 million raise. .

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Alternative financing, Web3 adoption, India’s hot Q3 fundraising

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At TechCrunch Disrupt, Houseparty founder Ben Rubin emphasized decentralization as Web3’s central feature. Which form of venture debt should your startup go for? Startup founders have more options than in years past when it comes to fundraising, thanks in large part to a surplus of liquidity. In today’s Web 2.0,

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Felicis Ventures partners share the four pillars of scaling a SaaS startup

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At TechCrunch Early Stage this month, we sat down with Felicis Ventures partners Viviana Faga and Niki Pezeshki to talk about scaling, product-market fit, and why it’s crucial to be “10x better” than the incumbents. Product-market fit. Startups must be able to demonstrate that they have users that love their product.

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Extend raises $40M for its virtual card offering to help banks better compete with fintechs

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But it feels like we have written far less about fintechs that exist solely to help the incumbents better compete with fintechs. We have now exposed these digital capabilities to every existing cardholder,” said Andrew Jamison, CEO and co-founder of Extend. We help the incumbents close the gap relative to those players.”.