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Daily Crunch: Lookout sells consumer security segment for $223M to become ‘pure-play enterprise company’ 

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Startups and VC Greycroft, the self-styled “seed-to-growth” venture capital firm, today announced the closing of over $1 billion in capital commitments across new funds, Kyle reports. Let’s lean on the accelerator : Ron reminds you that you don’t have to do it all by yourself: Incubators and accelerators help build lifelong relationships.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Unpacking BuzzFeed’s SPAC, curb your meeting enthusiasm, more

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Inside GM’s startup incubator strategy. Inside GM’s startup incubator strategy. Rebecca Bellan interviewed Veo CEO Candice Xie about the micromobility startup’s “old-fashioned way” of doing business. “I Why Amazon should pay attention to Shein. Image Credits: Chevrolet. Image Credits: MaC Venture Capital / Wonderschool.

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Newsletter: GoDaddy’s startup pick + WSJ’s miracle material

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The round is led by strategic investor GoDaddy with participation from OurCrowd and existing investors Pitango Growth, Mangrove Capital Partners, Armat Group, Disruptive VC, and serial entrepreneur Richard Rosenblatt. The company is raising a $50M Series C at a $150M pre-money valuation. hours of work), and lost about 1.6

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

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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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