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With $2.4M seed, Zing Data wants to put data analysis in the palm of your hand

TechCrunch

If data is at the heart of any modern business, it needs to be easier to access and manipulate it without expertise. Co-founder and CEO Zack Hendlin says they used Figma , a collaborative design program, as an inspiration when they created Zing Data. Zing Data is designed to let those users answer the basic questions themselves.

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Alumni Ventures launches Women’s Fund 1

American Entrepreneurship

Women-founded startups show measurable positive results compared to those of men Alumni Ventures (AV), the most active venture firm in the U.S. Serving as America’s largest venture firm for individual investors, AV’s dedicated fund will now make investments in companies founded by highly accomplished women entrepreneurs.

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Neo4j raises Neo$325M as graph-based data analysis takes hold in enterprise

TechCrunch

Neo4j , which offers a graph-centric database and related products, announced today that it raised $325 million at a more than $2 billion valuation in a Series F deal led by Eurazeo, with additional capital from Alphabet’s venture wing GV. Eurazeo managing director Nathalie Kornhoff-Brüls will join the company’s board of directors.

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BankTech Ventures’ Fintech Investing focuses on Community Banks

American Entrepreneurship

Strategic investment fund BankTech Ventures invests in companies that are developing innovative technologies that enhance the ability of community banks to serve their customers. When Bank Tech tapped Carey Ransom as its first Managing Director, the firm valued his extensive 25-year career in software and venture capital.

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73.6% of all Statistics are Made Up

Both Sides of the Table

In data analysis you want to look for “primary&# research, which means the person who initially gathered the data. But all of the data projections were so different so I decided to call some of the research companies and ask how they derived their data. And then I triangulate. Statistics aren’t evil.

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Optimize for authentic relationships, not bluster

This is going to be BIG.

Ironically enough, the second nudge she gave my career also had to do with AOL--ten years later when in 2009, she introduced me to Jon Brod who was forming AOL Ventures. I got to interview there and had a great conversation with Jon that inspired a post on the kind of venture firm NYC needed. Don't get me wrong.

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My Pal Dave: A Triumph of Substance Over Style

Both Sides of the Table

When my pal Dave started his venture fund, 500 Startups, he was ridiculed. He had a philosophy that the future competition for startups would be design led and based on data analysis. When you discuss them in person he is very reasoned, articulate and dispassionate. How can anybody do 500 startups?”. Sounds obvious.

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