TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Meanwhile, CFOs and CTOs need to get ready to answer some tough questions at board meetings. By applying FinOps principles, companies have an opportunity to significantly improve their gross margins and chart a path towards profitability, as well as alleviate investor concerns around revenue metrics.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

A diverse founding team finds an opportunity to address fragmented services in these two major regions. These issues often transform payments from a growth enabler into a cost and risk center for businesses. Now, with Flourish Ventures on board, we are laying the foundation for global expansion.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

But in 2021, Homebound expanded to Austin, Texas, its first non-disaster market, with the goal of taking learnings from those rebuilds and applying the same “streamlined, tech-enabled building process” to make custom homebuilding an option for local homeowners. This is a tough category to build a business in,” Pechet said. But with a 5.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Stay tuned, and please feel free to share with anyone looking for a new opportunity! Landsman had been an independent Stash board member since mid-2022 and has previously served in operations and leadership roles at Jet.com, Citigroup, BlackRock and E-Trade. Collective raised its latest round , a Series A, in May 2021.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Fei-Fei Li, AI pioneer, and Nimble Board Director, describes how Nimble’s technology will transform FedEx’s operations and other companies in the future. “By Their AI robotics will enable the fastest, most efficient, and most sustainable supply chains which has gained FedEx’s commitment.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

So Nick drove strategy & tech from the UK and remained an active board member and CTO of the company. That enabled us to bring Rob Bailey on board as the CEO and it was the best decision we could have made at the time. I think it’s fair to say that Rob managed me as a board member more than I managed him.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Zego , the insurtech that got its start by offering flexible motorbike insurance for gig economy workers but has since expanded with a range of tech-enabled commercial motor insurance products, has raised $150 million. Other new backers include General Catalyst, whose founder and MD, Joel Cutler, joins Zego’s board.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures Focus on Cash While the headlines in 2020 & 2021 touted many massive fundraising events and heady valuations, we believed that for savvy investors it also represented an opportunity for real financial gains. In fact, I am still active on two boards where I first invested in 2009.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 13, 2019

Using the proliferation of newly GPS-enabled mobile devices to enable taxi hailing and beat out stagnant incumbent providers was always going to be a big win for consumers. How many LPs are asking the top tier funds what they’re doing to enforce and oversee values and culture from a board perspective?

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Dream It

MAY 18, 2020

As part of the Series A round, yabeo’s Dr. Gerrit Seidel will join Wellth’s Board of Directors as the new Chairman of Wellth. Market Opportunities "Our mission has always been to seek out and support the patient populations that need help the most,” said Wellth CEO and Co-founder Matthew Loper.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

Worldfavor co-founder and CEO, Andreas Liljendahl, says he welcomes the thickening pack of sustainability reporting players — envisaging a future of rich collaboration and startup opportunity to cater to increasingly comprehensive and intertwined reporting requirements. Image Credits: Worldfavor.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This can be achieved through future-facing core values that enable happy, productive, and self-sufficient teams that deliver exceptional products and services. Approach each customer relationship as a unique opportunity Have you ever shopped somewhere and felt herded in and out or noticed a lack of compassion from the experience?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

As he built this organization he realized the limitations of tools that existed to help recruit, nurture and manage communities so he set out to build these tools and capabilities to enable other companies to launch communities more effectively and with fewer resources. Derek founded Bevy ?—?a And it would be?—?but

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 25, 2016

It means that if you ever have an opportunity to be a Limited Partner in Sequoia, and to do so over multiple funds--with a very long term (20+ years) time horizon--you should probably do it. Now, they're spending a lot of time managing staff, going to board meetings--and much less of their time is spent sourcing and investing.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

“It will enable us to expand our manufacturing in the U.S. We’re positioned to enable the upgrade of the world’s aging power grids, modernize smart buildings and factories, and eliminate many of the inefficiencies in our legacy electrical infrastructure.” ” 14 climate tech investors share their H1 2022 strategies.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

While some adapt and survive, others end up retreating and creating M&A opportunity down the line for those left standing. As an active board member across several companies, I often advise against acquisitions that require additional investments to actualize value. This is your opportunity to establish the narrative.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

EO Path of Leadership (PoL) offers members who have served in local or regional leadership positions an opportunity to grow their leadership skills as a leader of leaders while serving the organization as a whole. My PoL journey began by being “voluntold” to join my small Belgian chapter’s board one month after joining EO! Sign me up.

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Revolution

JANUARY 5, 2022

Fazeela’s experience as an investor and trusted advisor to tech-enabled businesses makes her an invaluable addition to the team, strengthening our approach of providing hands-on company portfolio support. Tell us about your experience as a UN Women Metro New York Chapter board member.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 20, 2010

Here are the things that I think a real web content consumption product should have which would enable better monetization—better ads, easy passage through paywalls where applicable, freemium features, etc: 1) Read Everywhere. Amazon is *nailing* this with books. The one-click Amazon to my Kindle experience is fantastic.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Without industry-wide master unique identifiers for medical-surgical (med-surg) items, hospitals cannot easily compare products by their attributes to identify cost-savings opportunities, or map product selection to the best patient outcomes. This challenge spelled fear and opportunity in equal parts. We didn’t know the domain.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

The Scotts Valley, California-based company is using cloud technology and the Ethereum blockchain as the engine for its Paystand Bank Network that enables business-to-business payments with zero fees. As part of the investment, Jazmin Medina, principal at NewView Capital, will join Paystand’s board.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Bilden’s background includes his current position as Chairman Emeritus of the Naval War College Foundation and previously Director on the Board of Directors of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., “This successful fundraise enables us to back additional founders and provide even greater assistance to our current portfolio.”

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Our banks can attest to the transformation opportunities and business growth we’ve all seen by hand-selecting some of the most impactful companies to work with community banks.” In addition to drawing together key leaders from community banking, bank technology and fintech to launch the Fund, over 100 bank limited partners are now on board.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 20, 2023

This kins of a patient catalytic capital is key in enabling social enterprises to thrive, since businesses that are pursuing dual bottom-lines require experimentation to develop innovative solutions, and often require a longer time-horizon to fulfil their potential.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Even a partially remote workforce, when appropriate, enables organizations to expand their talent search to a more diverse and highly skilled pool of professionals. Try to regularly check in on each of your team members (whether by phone or video) to connect on a human level and give an opportunity to share details about goals or concerns.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Trello allows you to create boards for each project, break tasks down into cards, and assign deadlines and responsibilities. Improvement and Optimization: Once the process is mapped out, its easier to see opportunities for streamlining, automation, or eliminating non-value-added steps.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The round was led by Unusual Ventures, with Unusual’s John Vrionis joining the board. “We see a strong market opportunity as enterprises seek to leverage cloud-native solutions to unlock the benefits of machine learning,” Unusual’s Vrionis said. It’s like we have an unfair advantage,” he said.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

million seed round in December 2020 in a round that included participation from Citigroup and SoftBank Opportunity Fund — among others — Altro had a couple of thousand customers. I also understand the immediate opportunity to further expand the credit market informed by my board role at FICO.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

Apple saw this potential and took the opportunity to add it to their technology portfolio.” Even minor improvements in video compression could save on bandwidth costs, or enable services like Apple TV+ to deliver higher resolutions and framerates depending on the type of content being streamed. YouTube’s already doing this.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

Moreover, it has already generated $200 million in the first four months of 2022, putting it on target to hit $600 million in turnover by the end of the year, and recently passed 2 million customers across the board. “Our model enables Wefox to drive a superior financial profile which puts us on a clear path to profitability.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

EdgeQ , Kneron , and Hailo are among the dozens of upstarts vying for customers, the last of which nabbed $136 million in October as it doubles down on new opportunities. “The appointment of Lip-Bu Tan as the newest member of Sima.ai’s board of directors is a strategic milestone for the company. . “Sima.ai

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

not building your own pipeline and rather seeking to enable a partner biopharma organizations), projections on deal volume and average deal size are a must. Providing access to raw data for few key experiments to enable plot replication will send a positive signal on your underlying position on data transparency.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

What are some overlooked opportunities right now? SaaS models and cloud technologies have eliminated some of the barriers for Israeli companies and enable companies to quickly set up and set up a proof of concept. Riskified makes e-ommerce easier and safer and enables a thriving e-commerce environment.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Blackrock, GIC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Birla MF are among the investors who financed the anchor round, Paytm said in a filing with a local exchange. A successful listing would enable Paytm to attain the title of the biggest IPO in India, surpassing a record $2.07 to $28.85).

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

This presents a huge opportunity, and it is our mission to support that transition,” he added. ” South Africa has over 6 million small businesses that still transact only in cash; this provides a huge opportunity for Yoco. There are three core enablers to Yoco’s thriving business, Wazen pointed out.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Choo Heng Tong, the Executive Vice President for New Ventures and Innovation, EDB, said delivering sustainability goals is now more pressing as it also presents an opportunity for collaboration across the ecosystem to build and scale climate tech ventures.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

That’s according to Reveal CEO Simon Bouchez, who alongside Gautier Machelon, Perrine El Khoury, and Alex Sadones aims to build a platform that allows B2B companies to more easily identify sales opportunities with their partners. With customers including Qualtrics, Tealium, Contentsquare, and Vonage.

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