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Tile secures $40 million to take on Apple AirTag with new products

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The company has been a longtime leader in the lost item finder space, offering consumers small devices they can attach to items — like handbags, luggage, bikes, wallets, keys, and more — which can then be tracked using the Tile smartphone app for iOS or Android. “We felt this was the right mix of capital choice for us.”

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Z?m wins $150M from San Francisco schools to modernize and electrify student transport

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The startup’s fleet of 206 buses, vans and cars is distributed based on specific use cases, placing students who live on busier routes on school buses and sending out cars and vans for others to increase efficiency. The buses previously used were old and owned by the incumbent and have been moved out of the city.

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6 VCs explain why embedded insurance isn’t the only hot opportunity in insurtech

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He thinks that early use cases may center on customer service, but is certain that more will follow. Every time a big name enters insurance, there is always a mix of skepticism from incumbents and a reminder that change is needed. And their huge customer base could be a competitive edge. That’s a very good question.

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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next

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Overall, local investors cited the country’s focus on global markets from day one, general support from the Israeli government and deep relationships with Silicon Valley and other global tech centers as additional factors that are powering it forward today. This can be professional, personal or a mix of the two. Zoomin Software.

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Spryker raises $130M at a $500M+ valuation to provide B2Bs with agile e-commerce tools

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It plans to use the funding to expand its own technology tools, as well as grow internationally. Spryker’s argument is that by being a newer company (founded in 2018) it has a more up-to-date stack that puts it ahead of older startups and more incumbent players like SAP and Oracle.

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Pillar of the community: How Talkbase plans to power user-led growth for any company

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However, community-led growth is also an increasingly popular approach to driving new and repeat business organically — this is where a product’s users serve as advocates and a support network for other would-be customers. This can also be used to identify existing members of the community (e.g.

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Meet Crowd.dev, an open source user-led growth platform for fostering developer communities

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Community-led growth (CLG) has emerged as a popular mechanism for driving business, as companies strive to foster an ecosystem of fervent users that draws in new customers organically, serves as a support network for millions and bangs a company’s drum completely off its own volition. Eagle Eye app. ” Crowd.dev analytics.