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Upp wants to add more broccoli to the plant-protein mix using big automation

TechCrunch

based agtech startup that’s using computer vision AI plus farm-sized proprietary machinery to expand crop yields. “They’ve using a depth-sensing camera with the 3D piece in it to determine the size of that head. So the pitch is this is an even greener plant protein. What is automation good for?

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The Anatomy of a Pitch

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Stories, Slides, and Data Primary data set of public 3-minute pitches and 2-minute Q&As I have spent more than a decade coaching thousands of people on how to tell stories. As a result, I began meticulously cataloging the pitch conversations I listened to and ended up with nearly four hundred thousand words in transcript data.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Immigration law Q&A, finding your problem, why a16z pitched Deel

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Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Why a16z pitched Deel to lead its Series A. Why a16z pitched Deel to lead its Series A. Raising a Series A in a market of mixed messages. Raising a Series A in a market of mixed messages. Image Credits: Andreessen Horowitz / Deel.

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How to get your business funded by a venture capitalist or angel investor

Founder Bounty

While some business owners use personal savings or loans to get started, many others turn to investors to help finance their dreams. Know your target investors Investors come in different forms, and each investor has a different investment criteria, goals, and preferences.

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Female Founders: What the numbers mean and what they don't

This is going to be BIG.

Last week, there was a Business Insider article measuring the percent of female founded companies that NYC seed funds invest in. Take the most widely used number--that way fewer women are getting venture funding than guys. The main driver of the skew towards men getting venture capital, statistically, is that far more men are pitching.

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Are you Ready 2 Pitch? (R2P)

Impact Hub

Are you Ready 2 Pitch? At Impact Hub we are a community and space, offering opportunities for investment, training, networking and providing solutions for innovation and sustainability within the entrepreneurial sector. R2P): Where Start-Ups meet investors, business partners, and customers. More about the Ready2Pitch Program.

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QED Investors hires Gbenga Ajayi as partner to focus on investments in Africa

TechCrunch

He will focus on Africa investments as part of QED’s international team. TechCrunch reported that Fund VII, made up of a $550 million early-stage fund and a $500 million growth-stage fund, will be used to back “fintech companies primarily in the U.S., Today’s announcement adds Africa to the mix.