TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

For founders hunting up their next capital tranche, the news could prove less desirable. But while aggregated data is useful for charting larger and slower-moving trends in the startup market, we care more this morning about near-term changes. For investors hunting for a deal, the pricing reprieve may be welcome. Now, into the data.

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peer-to-peer mix-use venture capital data collection 100

TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

based startup which uses machine learning technology to analyze a variety of visual data like satellite imagery and lidar with the goal of boosting accountability and credibility around carbon offsetting projects, has fast followed a $5.8 “We have a mix of customers spanning corporate buyers, traders and exchanges,” it adds.

peer-to-peer 89

peer-to-peer mix-use frameworks sustainability 89

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The company has now raised some $150 million and while it’s not disclosing valuation, CEO and co-founder Micha? Brainly, a crowdsourced homework helper for students, raises $30M to expand in the US. Everywhere else, Brainly is currently free to use. (In That C round was raised specifically to help Brainly grow in the U.S.

peer-to-peer 112

peer-to-peer education mix-use communities 112

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The first is on some former Googlers rallying around their peer Caesar Sengupta, who raised $90 million to scale Arta Finance, a company that will provide individuals similar access to alternative assets that are usually reserved for the ultrawealthy. PDT, subscribe here. Hellooooo, guess what? It’s November! Christine and Haje.

peer-to-peer 97

peer-to-peer startup mix-use VC 97

David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We’re fortunate to interview William Stringer, Founder of Chisos Capital , a structured finance company. Q: Please give us an overview of Chisos. A CISA allows a founder to utilize their future earnings as a type of collateral to receive funding today. Q: Who are your closest peers, and how do you differ?

VC 59

VC financing finance peer-to-peer 59

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 17, 2021

It used to be the place where I posted every thought—my publishing tool for everything. Having been a blogger for almost 17 years now, I couldn’t agree more—and it doesn’t stop with podcasts. ( I started posting in February of 2004 and by the time 2007 rolled around, it seemed like everyone had a blog. Most don’t stick with it.

peer-to-peer 222

peer-to-peer media mix-use venture capital 222

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. We're entering another election year, and recent history has given us unprecedented access to information and interaction with our elected representatives. What areas are going to change? Reader beware.).

innovation 321

innovation technology peer-to-peer communities 321

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Each VC has their own take on which services to provide and mostly they’re free but some smaller VCs charge portfolio companies for use of these services but usually at a cheap cost. Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth.

VC 198

VC peer-to-peer mix-use leadership 198

StartupNation

OCTOBER 5, 2021

If your business sells a unique product, consider using a crowdfunding site like Kickstarter or Indiegogo to raise funds. You know you’ll require startup funding, but aren’t sure where to start. Will you self-fund and bootstrap? Will you take investment from others? On the road to funding. Apply for free grants. For veterans.

real estate 91

real estate startup peer-to-peer accelerator 91

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Joe Devon is the co-founder of Diamond , a digital agency that builds accessible experiences. He is also a co-founder of Global Accessibility Awareness Day and chair of the GAAD Foundation. An injury or an illness can cause someone to use the internet differently on a temporary basis. Share on Twitter. of the websites evaluated.

culture 111

culture peer-to-peer mix-use education 111

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The Course Hero and Mystery Science deals show us that edtech businesses are hungry for personalized, targeted content. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to force teachers, students and parents to adopt new technologies, edtech’s total addressable market has massively grown in the last several months. Content, to an extent, is commoditized.

education 109

education mix-use peer-to-peer creativity 109

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Femtech startup Lady Technologies is adding to this rich mix with the full U.S. If you’re also using it for the optional Kegal exercises that would take a bit longer.). Fertility tracking has seen an explosion of startup activity in recent years. femtech pioneer Elvie’s playbook. femtech pioneer Elvie’s playbook.

health 104

health peer-to-peer mix-use technology 104

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Make room for yet another preventative health play: Spotify founder Daniel Ek officially confirmed rumors of his new “health tech” startup, Neko, Friday by quietly kicking off a body scanning service in Sweden (via Tech EU ) after four years of stealthy development.

health 85

health peer-to-peer digital therapeutics mix-use 85

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

The responses I got came at a time when I've been having a lot of conversations with female founders as well about their fundraising experiences. At this moment, I'm in the process of backing three companies that have at least one female founder and I just finished a round for a black female founder in December. Ducks head.]

VC 297

VC pitching peer-to-peer founder 297

Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 27, 2017

Monique Maissan is an EO Shanghai member, CEO of Vision Textiles and founder of Waste2Weave. . We’re seduced by its convenience: more than 50% of plastic is used once and thrown away. Plastic seemed like a miracle when it was invented in 1907. Now, 110 years into the Plastic Age, it’s a menace to our environment and our health.

peer-to-peer 130

peer-to-peer mix-use entrepreneurs disruption 130

TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

HR Signal wants to make retention easier by using algorithms to predict which employees are most likely to seek another job. One of HR Signal’s algorithms, called the Employee Retention Engine, crunches billions of data points from public sources, market data and peer career path data, including a million anonymized resumes.

peer-to-peer 94

peer-to-peer mix-use culture consulting 94

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Northstar Group, a regional private equity firm, is the sole investor in Una Brands’ latest round, which involves a mix of equity and debt, though Una Brands declined to break out how much equity versus debt the newest round involves. It also declined to disclose its valuation when asked.

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peer-to-peer mix-use capital financing 99

Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 3, 2018

Written for EO by Adam Witty, writer, speaker and founder of Advantage Media Group and ForbesBooks. Computing pioneer Alan Kay said, “Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we’re all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories.”. If it isn’t, they tune out. Grab their attention.

peer-to-peer 130

peer-to-peer mix-use consulting entrepreneurs 130

TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2021

The pandemic has just pushed edtech mainstream, but language-learning startup Duolingo had already spent the past decade figuring out how to build a successful edtech app. Want this kind of coverage on a different company or sector. Check out our ever-growing list of EC-1s , which include recent profiles of Klaviyo, StockX, Tonal and more.

SaaS 98

SaaS mix-use health peer-to-peer 98

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2014

Whether you’re considering hiring a new employee or as an investor whether you’re looking to do a background check on the founders of a company. I like to get a mix of people who have reported to the candidate, whom the candidate has reported to (2x) and peers. Reference calls. We all have to make them.

peer-to-peer 302

peer-to-peer real estate mix-use entrepreneurs 302

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Ukio’s guests so far are split nearly evenly between two use-cases, according to cofounder and CEO Stanley Fourteau*. Our vertically integrated approach allows us to professionalize supply for platforms such as Airbnb (a peer-to-peer marketplace), similarly to how global hotel chains professionalize supply for Booking.com.”.

peer-to-peer 99

peer-to-peer mix-use communities startup 99

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

So to hear that there’s an effort to help more comms people trade notes, share stories and prepare curated responses, I have the selfish worry that we’ll have less vulnerability coming from founders and executives around the startup world. Right now, it’s free for comms leaders to join Mixing Board.

networking 74

networking mix-use peer-to-peer mentorship 74

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Quantified health activity is all around us these days, as scores of people use mobile sensing technologies to keep an eye on their well-being by tracking their steps, workouts and even how long and deep they sleep — so why shouldn’t women who cycle (as in menstrual cycle) track monthly changes to their hormone levels?

health 89

health disruption peer-to-peer pitching 89

TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

Credit card rewards often play a significant role in attracting users to a particular card over its peers. Kard ‘s rewards-as-a-service API streamlines the process for card issuers, allowing them to create a customized rewards program tailored to their particular customer base by choosing from Kard’s set of merchant partnerships.

peer-to-peer 83

peer-to-peer mix-use VC capital 83

Y Combinator

JULY 15, 2019

One of the most common questions we hear from founders is “How do I manage my board?” It’s something that provokes anxiety, because this is the first time the founder/CEO is subject to external supervision, and the board has powers that include the firing of the CEO and the senior management. It is natural to feel this way.

board 96

board frameworks advice peer-to-peer 96

David Teten VC

DECEMBER 12, 2017

But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes? These GPs believe strongly that automating data gathering, sifting through and selecting investment opportunities, managing relationships and streamlining follow-on funding and exit processes, gives them a competitive advantage over their peers.

VC 55

VC venture capital mix-use peer-to-peer 55

TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

The gig economy has, to use a well-worn word, disrupted industries from ride-hailing to quick-service restaurants. “We started enabling product builders to team up with their peers to work on problems that matter to them while enjoying full autonomy and income.” It expects that volume to grow 17% by 2023.

peer-to-peer 85

peer-to-peer mix-use enablement consulting 85

Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

As you know, I run our Founder Experience program here, the set of tools and programs and people that we have to support our entrepreneurs in their growth journey. I imagine everyone at this point has used a Zoom Webinar, so we don’t need a full demo, but just so you know, please use the chat to connect with your fellow attendees.

leadership 50

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