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Talking product-market fit with Sean Lane, whose company tore through 28 products to become a unicorn

TechCrunch

Perhaps no one knows this as well as Sean Lane, co-founder and CEO of Olive , a company whose software completes so many tedious administrative healthcare tasks for hospitals that it is currently valued by investors at $1.5 A chance encounter with Kvamme, a Silicon Valley VC who had moved to Columbus, would change everything.

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

Both Sides of the Table

All of that are in this week’s episode of This Week in VC. Don’t think about starting an incubator until you have real operating experience otherwise you don’t really have anything to offer startups. They generated about $50 million for the island, which was transformative in building hospitals and infrastructure.

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

TechCrunch

Ukraine’s startup ecosystem was thriving before the war and making great progress, with Ukrainian startups raising $832 Million in VC funding in 2021. VC Funding was steadily growing before the war and there are more than 50 VC firms continuing to operating in the country. Secured seed finding from SMRK VC.

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Top Ann Arbor Tech Companies and Startups to Watch in 2022

StartupNation

A combination of university talent pipelines, top-rated quality of life, growing startup ecosystem, and growing VC funding has Tree Town topping lists as one of the best places to start a tech company or find a top tech job. Enterprise file migration and data management is SkySync’s bread and butter. Bedestrian. PassiveBolt. Workit Health.

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Fintech Roundup: Founders reinventing, startups buying and pre-seed a’growing

TechCrunch

I also wrote last week about how in mid-2020, – after raising nearly $180 million in debt and equity – short-term rental startup Lyric Hospitality had shuttered most of its locations in what was widely viewed as another pandemic casualty. million) led by Global Founders Capital and Backed VC, reported TC’s Mike Butcher last week.

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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next

TechCrunch

Same as VC funds are deeply acquainted with Silicon Valley, tech investors cannot ignore this hub of innovation that has produced global market leading companies and serial entrepreneurs. The cliche VC answer: strong team, big market. This is how we have successfully created a strong familial culture at our VC.

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Newsletter: Shopping enters the metaverse

OurCrowd

The company currently has clinical installations in several hospitals in the US and Israel and is poised for rapid growth with new products and additional FDA clearances. Summit Week will be packed as ever with corporate meetups, VC forums, insider access to accelerators and labs, touring opportunities, and legendary partying.