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Daily Crunch: US law enforcement charges SBF with fraud as he awaits extradition after Bahamas arrest

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3 methods for valuing pre-revenue novel AI startups. The Berkus method, scorecard valuation and venture capital are the most-commonly used frameworks for costing pre-revenue startups, but when it comes to AI, are traditional yardsticks still useful? Image Credits: Charles Taylor / EyeEm (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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Betaworks’ new ‘camp’ aims to fund transformative early-stage AI startups

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He expects copyright, intellectual property and attribution model ownership issues will play out over the next few years and ultimately not to have an adverse impact on startups in the space — or their business models. “Some laws and frameworks that we have today will apply and others will need to be made,” Borthwick added.

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Extra Crunch roundup: 500 Startups’ demo day, smart SaaS pricing and much more

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Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here. Here’s just one example from Y Combinator’s Summer 2013 Demo Day: Positioning itself as the “FedEx of today,” it hopes to provide a logistics framework that goes beyond food and can be used for any type of on-demand order.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

According to co-founder Rob Walling, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, “TinySeed is the first startup accelerator designed for founders who don’t want to raise traditional venture capital. This is a legal framework designed to harness the entrepreneurial power of for-profit enterprise while preserving a company’s essential purpose.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

According to co-founder Rob Walling, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, “TinySeed is the first startup accelerator designed for founders who don’t want to raise traditional venture capital. This is a legal framework designed to harness the entrepreneurial power of for-profit enterprise while preserving a company’s essential purpose.