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Influence Meets Innovation: How Founders and Cultural Leaders Can Work Together

Andreessen Horowitz

On the flip side, athletes, entertainers, and C-level executives also ask what they should expect when investing in technology startups and working with founders looking to build the next big thing. For Founders Make It Make Sense Venture capital is where innovation meets investment.

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Israel’s startup ecosystem powers ahead, amid a year of change

TechCrunch

Israel’s heady mix of questioning culture, tradition of national military service, higher education, the widespread use of English, appetite for risk and team spirit makes for a fertile place for fast-moving companies to appear. 2020 was a record year for Israel’s security startup ecosystem. billion, compared to $1.95

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8 Czech VCs on green shoots, pandemic impacts and 2021 opportunities

TechCrunch

Use discount code CZECHIA to save 25% off a 1-year Extra Crunch membership. Respondents said they invest around 50% inside Czechia and 50% across Central and Eastern Europe, while some are more focused across CEE generally, with some percentage of the fund supporting startups that have scaled to the U.S. Innovative.

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6 VCs explain why embedded insurance isn’t the only hot opportunity in insurtech

TechCrunch

You see, insurtech startups often need to take into account the myriad rules and regulations in place when they seek to innovate and embed insurance into products, which might make it difficult to pull it off. We are generally open to startups innovating any part of the value chain as long as the problem and market are big enough.”

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5 top investors in Dutch startups discuss trends, hopes and 2020 opportunities

TechCrunch

The Netherlands’ ecosystem has been flourishing; more than $85 million was invested in regional startups in 2019 alone. Plenty of good funding rounds, a highly skilled workforce and a strong entrepreneurial culture have given Amsterdam a booming startup ecosystem. What’s your latest, most exciting investment?

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“We are going to create the best environment for startups in Europe”

TechCrunch

Spain’s government is gearing up to pass the country’s first ever startup law. The process of debating and agreeing the details of this startup ecosystem support framework is expected to take between six and nine months. So — if all goes to plan — Spain will finally get a startup law before the end of this year.

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

TechCrunch

Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. Here are the investors in their own words, for any TechCrunch reader who is interested in hiring, investing or founding a company in the country. What trends are you most excited about investing in, generally?

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