TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Rightbot, a startup developing suction-based robots that can unload truck-transported freight in a range of sizes, has raised $6.25 million in a funding round led by Amazon’s Industrial Innovation Fund (IIF) with participation from SOSV and Entrepreneur First. Amazon launched IIF last April to bolster startups addressing challenges across customer fulfillment, logistics and the supply […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Amid escalating healthcare expenses, Singapore’s dedication to controlling these costs while maintaining high standards of care is increasingly important. Singapore’s healthcare system is renowned worldwide for providing universal access to high-quality health services.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Supply chain and e-commerce enablement startup, Omniful, has today emerged from stealth with $5.85 million seed funding led by VentureSouq, with participation from 500 Global, DASH Ventures, Jahez Group, SEEDRA Ventures, Bunat Ventures, Hala Ventures, RZM Investments and several family offices including Al Rasheed, Siraj Holding, Al Bawardi, Al Nafea.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register India’s startup incubator, T-Hub , has introduced the Space Tech Incubation Program as part of the AIC T-Hub Foundation initiative. In collaboration with the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), this program aims to support innovation and drive growth in India’s evolving space tech sector.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2023

We're seeing a lot of folks push their capital into just a few squares on the betting table. One way or another, the result is going to be notable. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Around a year ago, TechCrunch wrote about a little-known company developing AI-accelerating chips to face off against hardware from titans of industry — e.g. Nvidia, AMD, Microsoft, Meta, AWS and Intel. Its mission at the time sounded a little ambitious — and still does. But to its credit, the startup, EnCharge AI, is alive and […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register ByteDance , the parent company of the popular video service provider TikTok, has agreed to invest in a unit of Indonesia’s GoTo Group and collaborate on an online shopping service with Tokopedia. Despite an informal agreement already in place, the final intricacies of the alliance are subject to ongoing discussions and may undergo adjustments before an official announcement.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2023

AllSpice shifted its strategy to bring enterprise engineers together to more easily collaborate on projects. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Entrepreneur - Entrepreneurs Category

DECEMBER 5, 2023

LIGHT Helmets CEO Nick Esayian discusses the launch and growth of the company and its game plan for expanding its innovative tech from the football field to hockey rinks, construction sites and beyond.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Meta, on an open source tear, wants to spread its influence further and wider in the ongoing battle for AI mindshare. This morning, the social network announced that it’s teaming up with IBM, whose audience is decidedly more corporate and enterprise, to launch the AI Alliance, a industry body to support “open innovation” and “open […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Jason Malki

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Brian Folmer, founder of FirstLook , FirstLook Ventures, and Distrobox. Brian is based out of Cleveland where he spends most of his time building FirstLook, a box full of emerging brands for investors, and Distrobox, a box full of emerging brands for DSD Distributors. When he’s not working on his companies, you can find him investing in consumer brands and tech solutions that empower them.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Partners at RA Capital realized that if they didn't try to address climate change and its health effects, their life science investments wouldn't be as impactful. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Jason Malki

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Leadership Transformation: David Ghodsizadeh’s Journey to Empower Technical Professionals Through Storytelling I had the pleasure of interviewing David Ghodsizadeh, the founder of Storytelling 4 Success , who is empowering technical professionals to unlock their full potential through leadership storytelling. David is a seasoned marketer with a rich background in the high-tech industry, most notably at Samsung Electronics, and received formal storytelling training from world renowned coaches.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Paris Heymann Contributor Share on X Paris Heymann is a partner at Index Ventures, where he invests primarily in B2B SaaS and data. More posts by this contributor Vertical AI: The next logical iteration of vertical SaaS Acquisition, retention, expansion: Why SaaS founders must understand GDR and NDR As part of the Metrics That Matter […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Jason Malki

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Olga Duka, GP at Improve Ventures How did you break into tech investing? To be honest, I don’t think there ever was a “breaking into” moment. I started working with startups as founder or operator or advisor almost 15 years ago and I was an institutional investor prior to that. I went to work in the tech sector, because I’ve always been obsessed with talent and wanted to learn how early-stage ideas originate and develop.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 5, 2023

There is a world of difference between almost impossible and impossible. If you took physics in high school, you learned that it was impossible to see anything smaller than half the wavelength of light, no matter how powerful the microscope. This limitation is a hard, fixed law of physics, not a matter of how good the microscope is. It’s just a law of nature, proven mathematically by Ernst Abbe in 1873.

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Jason Malki

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Mighty Oaks Capital Partners’ Gbenga Olomola Sleeps and Wakes Working with Global Startups and Funds I had the pleasure of interviewing Gbenga Olomola, Founder & Group/CEO of Mighty Oaks Group. Gbenga Olomola’s expertise spans equity capital markets, debt capital markets, M&A, and business acquisition, among other areas. He is an established VC investor and partner at Network.VC Silicon Valley Fund, co-investing in late stages alongside top-tier VCs such as SoftBank, TMT Invest, Mighty C

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Mighty Financial specializes in supporting the financial aspirations of small businesses and entrepreneurs. With our comprehensive bookkeeping and precise accounting expertise with decades of experience across diverse financial roles, our team offers tailor-made services ranging from essential bookkeeping to strategic fractional CFO support, catered specifically to the unique challenges of technology companies, startups, and SMEs.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Market size is crucial. Most pitches get wrong.

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Jason Malki

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Meet Qaiser — Founder of BAE INTERNET & GO ONLINE who is Pioneering Change in Tech In the dynamic world of technology and startups, few entrepreneurs stand out with their innovative approaches and compelling vision. One such individual is Mohd Qaiser Malik, a trailblazer in the tech industry whose journey from the bustling streets of India to the prestigious halls of Babson College in Boston reflects a story of ambition, innovation, and success.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 5, 2023

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Appdome, the one-stop shop for mobile app defense, announced today that Intellyx, the first and only analyst firm dedicated to digital transformation, has awarded Appdome with the Winter 2023 Intellyx Digital Innovator Award.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Elon Musk is looking to raise 1/44 of a Twitter for his AI company, xAI. In other words, the man behind Tesla, SpaceX and X is seeking $1 billion in funding for his next venture.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Mongo announcing earnings yesterday concludes this quarter’s index of software buyers. As the chart above shows, the software market is plateauing & some companies are rebounding. Why is a flat growth rate something to cheer? First, 30% growth is now top quartile. Second, each of these businesses has scaled, doubling or more in the last three years.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Elon Musk is moving forward with his plans to turn the company formerly known as Twitter, now called X, into an “everything app” that includes its own payments system. The company in late November was granted three additional money transmitter licenses in the U.S. states of South Dakota (on Nov. 27), Kansas (on Nov. 28), […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Jordi Mata-Fink, PhD, cofounder of Gate Bioscience, joins Vineeta Agarwala and Ben Portney of a16z Bio + Health. In this episode, Jordi discusses how he and his cofounders are working to commercialize a novel class of therapeutics, termed “molecular gates.” His company, Gate, is working to exploit a previously uncharted avenue in cell biology—the secretory translocon—for therapeutic intervention.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In 2015, as part of the wave of encrypting all the things on the internet, encouraged by the Edward Snowden revelations, Facebook announced that it would allow users to receive encrypted emails from the company. Even at the time, this was a feature for the paranoid users. By turning on the feature, all emails sent […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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