The Seraf Compass

JUNE 2, 2021

Market Opportunity is an important metric for estimating the long-term potential for an early stage company. At that size, a market is large enough to support a $25M+ company. Typically, we invest in companies that are going after market sizes of at least $100M.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 1, 2020

So, innovation supporter. A little over seven years ago, I set out to start a fund that looks to be an early and vocal supporter of those who are outside the innermost circles of the most powerful people in tech--since, by definition, New York City was beyond that circle. Ask yourself. Are you against shrinking inequality or not?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

If you think embedded insurance is the only hot thing in insurtech these days, we’ve got a surprise in store for you: While it’s true that startups that help sell insurance together with other products and services are enjoying tailwinds, there are plenty of other opportunities in the space, several investors told TechCrunch+.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Since kicking off the Talent x Opportunity (TxO) Initiative , we have invested in 27 companies building products and services based on unique cultural insights.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Supporting product changes on freemium. The first two are primarily to do with monetization, the third is related to retaining free tier users, and the last is a cost you have to bear to support changes to the freemium product. Optimizing freemium products: Challenges and opportunities by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 6, 2023

For most companies, the data science team analyzed data & wrote machine learning models to support the business functions : sales, marketing, customer support. The core engineering team ships the product & focuses on reliability. These teams operated downstream of the data warehouse.

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Forward Cities

JANUARY 10, 2023

Attend monthly meetings for supporting Hispanic entrepreneurs with the City/County of Durham. Direct counseling support for Spanish speaking clients - 15-20 hours/month. Extensive experience in ecosystem work, entrepreneurship and business support, and community building/organizing. Translate program intake form into Spanish.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 30, 2023

The act would correct language in the original Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act that aims to reduce barriers faced by entrepreneurs and improve access to training and support services from our workforce development system. French Hill (R-AR), Dean Phillips (D-MN) and Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA).

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GAN

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

While I’ve been in the startup world for over a decade now, I know my mom (and many of my friends) have no idea about all of the startup jargon we throw around, especially when it comes to the type of support startups can receive. How Those Startups Get Support Along the Way. Might someone else describe them a different way?

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 26, 2023

In fact, ACA members and groups are the most significant source of support for entrepreneurs, investing more than 1 million pro bono hours and $650 million of after-tax financing to more than 3,000 high growth companies annually. Without this support, many early-stage companies wouldn’t get off the ground.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

When we think about the opportunity beyond Silicon Valley, we are really speaking of America. In reality, there will be some lag time before the checks being written by these same VCs are consistent with both the outward hype and existing market opportunity. America is the opportunity and we are worthy of investment, aren’t we? “We”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Stay tuned, and please feel free to share with anyone looking for a new opportunity! Thanks again for your support, and oh, if you want something fun to listen to, check out the Equity podcast , featuring myself, Natasha Mascarenhas and Rebecca Szkutak! Collective raised its latest round , a Series A, in May 2021.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 18, 2023

The former invests in diverse-owned startups, while the latter invests alongside Black, Latino, and Indigenous first-time fund managers for opportunities alongside these fund managers in diverse-led businesses across the US and Canada.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 30, 2020

Ramon Ray got a chance to talk with Scott Turner, the Executive Director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, which is quite a mouthful, so you can refer to it as WHORC. And of course, how it supports local business. . Opportunity Zones and What They Are. The post Investing In Distressed Communities.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 16, 2021

While the economic effects caused many businesses to fail, it also paved the way for many emerging business opportunities. Offering a platform that can provide all this and support for the in-person event itself is an untapped opportunity for a market that continues to grow. . The pandemic has changed the way business works.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

In fact, ACA members and groups are the most significant source of support for entrepreneurs, investing more than 1 million pro bono hours and $650 million of after-tax financing to more than 3,000 high growth companies annually. Without this support, many early-stage companies wouldn’t get off the ground.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

Assembled , which bills itself as a workforce management platform for customer support teams, today announced that it raised $51 million in a Series B funding round led by New Enterprise Associates with participation from Emergence Capital and Basis Set Ventures.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Shaun Spivak is the senior director of Global Customer Support at RingCentral, a global leader in communication and call center software provider. There are many things I wish I knew when starting out with my small customer support team at RingCentral, but in the end, we figured it out. Your support team is your most important asset.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 22, 2018

Alice Mann’s latest book, Future First: How Successful Leaders Turn Innovation Challenges into New Value Frontiers is an important read for any business leader or entrepreneur who wishes to embrace global challenges as innovation opportunities. Why do you believe they are opportunities for leaders and companies?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

More funding for sustainability reporting: Sweden’s Worldfavor , an early mover platform focused on building digital infrastructure to support supply chain transparency and cater to organizations’ ESG (environmental, social, governance) reporting needs, has bagged €10.2 million in Series A funding to step on the growth gas.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

But what if, instead of being honed years later at an accelerator, that initial idea was supported on campus while the dreamer was still enrolled? “Our secret sauce is to let students run with their ideas in ways that they’d like to without us prompting them, but then be there to support them.”

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 7, 2023

Long considered the back bone of their communities, Native women are now receiving business related support through this partnership. This past week global media giant Comcast announced a $650,000 commitment to non-profit NWL to support established Native women-owned businesses. established for Native women-owned businesses.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Greater Colorado Venture Fund raises $25 million dollar fund, in partnership with Colorado Venture Capital Authority; Funds will be used to galvanize, support and expand rural Colorado founders and entrepreneurs in their business building efforts. GCVF’s Fund I raised $17.5M GCVF is industry agnostic and focused on seed stage companies.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Greater Colorado Venture Fund raises $25 million dollar fund, in partnership with Colorado Venture Capital Authority; Funds will be used to galvanize, support and expand rural Colorado founders and entrepreneurs in their business building efforts. GCVF’s Fund I raised $17.5M GCVF is industry agnostic and focused on seed stage companies.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

foot-tall Hakuto-R will also be used in the second mission in 2023, to deposit a small ispace rover that will collect data to support the company’s subsequent missions to the moon. ” As launch market matures, space opportunities on the ground take off. .”

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 10, 2020

Goal 6: Universal Support: Expand external stakeholder understanding of and support for ecosystem building. We asked ecosystem builders why expanding external stakeholder understanding of and support for ecosystem building is important to them. “We, Research has shown that most new jobs come from young businesses.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

Still, new opportunities are popping up in remote work, psychedelics and wellness. 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. Cloud CI/CD.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

They also support their needs through the COVID-19 crisis. So finding ways to support in any way that we can is something that we've been focused on. Do I have the opportunity to grow right now? These are the times that ATT&T small business solutions are here to support customers. Keep reading to learn more.

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OurCrowd

MAY 3, 2023

With the support of its shareholders, BioCatch will focus on accelerating opportunities for geographical expansion, product innovation, and potential M&A. With the support of its shareholders, BioCatch will focus on accelerating opportunities for geographical expansion, product innovation, and potential M&A.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has given whole segments of the economy the opportunity, and yes, even the permission, to do things differently. It is a generational opportunity for entrepreneurs who want to solve big problems for important industries. It is a golden opportunity for Oklahoma’s entrepreneurs as well. By Scott Meacham.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 13, 2022

A long-standing partnership between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Penn State University, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA is the largest early-stage investor and supporter of tech startups and small manufacturers in the program’s 32-county footprint. Produce annual program overview. Manage media relations.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 6, 2022

OSSM’s Virtual Regional Center brings added educational opportunities and challenges to rural high school students. The Virtual Regional Center brings added educational opportunities and challenges to rural high school students. The post OSSM’s Virtual Center brings added educational opportunities appeared first on i2E.

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Y Combinator

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Through these partnerships, we can communicate to even more CS majors about the startup opportunities available to them — and we can better reach people who are historically underrepresented in tech. Talent is everywhere — but it’s clear that opportunity is not. The partnership is more than just a financial one.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

At the time of the Series B, it was supporting more than 4,500 stores with its technology that brings all of the channels that shoppers use to contact online stores into one feed for each company. This way support tickets can be managed in a number of different ways, including live chat, email, phone, SMS, messaging apps and social media.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

During COVID-19, the Dutch government has also announced support packages such as tax deferrals, temporary employment bridging schemes and other initiatives. What are some overlooked opportunities right now? More overlooked founders than opportunities. I think the opportunity is more that they now will. A great team.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

O – for opportunity. Repaid funds go toward supporting more entrepreneurs. On a historic day in September 2017, EO formally committed to supporting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals that are aimed at eradicating the world’s most important social issues, including wiping out poverty. P – for pure water.

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Impact Hub

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The focus is on providing personalized support to underserved communities. For this first cohort, the program supported 20 ventures, 70% of whom completed the program, 50% were women, 45% refugees, and 55% were non-EU-migrants. These are the types of programs that need to be more prevalent to provide equal opportunities for all.

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