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Extra Crunch roundup: 500 Startups’ demo day, smart SaaS pricing and much more

TechCrunch

Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here. Investors funded edtech startups with $10 billion last year as the pandemic forced widespread adoption of remote learning. Subscription-based pricing is dead: Smart SaaS companies are shifting to usage-based models.

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More funding for Israel’s SaaS security startups as Atmosec raises $6 million seed round

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Israeli SaaS security startup Atmosec today announced having raised a $6 million seed round led by Israeli VC firm Glilot Capital Partners and American fund Battery Ventures. Its team had previously participated in Intel Ignite’s fourth Tel Aviv startup acceleration cohort.

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The real guide to building a business from someone who has built Europe's first on-demand fuel business

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IF its a basic SAAS get a very basic MVP up and dont spend to much time on the product or UXIU Once you have validated start work on the product Once you have sign-ups then start work on the actual product! Vlad Kozul Is Techstars accelerator worth doing? Courses and mentorship to help start a business. Should you do it?

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Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator launches 12 new startups at demo day tomorrow

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How to get into a startup accelerator. Hopscotch is targeting the pediatric behavioral health sector with a SaaS platform that allows providers to use digitized treatment programs for both in-person and virtual sessions. It operates on a B2B SaaS model and the company is testing the platform in four upcoming pilots.

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Extra Crunch roundup: first-check myths, Miami relocation checklist, standout SaaSy startups

TechCrunch

This may seem like a great time to launch a SaaS startup, but the landscape is crowded with well-designed applications that promise “blazingly fast and delightfully simple” experiences, according to seed-stage investor John Chen of Fika Ventures. SaaS needs to take a page out of the crypto playbook. Walter Thompson.

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Early-stage African VC firm, Microtraction reports portfolio boom despite the weight of COVID-19

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Four fintech startups — Cowrywise , Riby , Wallets Africa , and ThankUCash ; a crypto-exchange startup, BuyCoins ; a SaaS platform, Accounteer; an edtech startup, Schoolable ; and healthtech startup, 54gene. This time there was a representative outside Nigeria — Ghanaian fintech startup, Bitsika.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Cell-cultured meat, alternative financing, avoiding tech debt

TechCrunch

Alternative financing options such as revenue financing or expense financing are often overshadowed by the VC model, but they can be just as, and sometimes more, useful for SaaS startups, writes Miguel Fernandez, CEO and co-founder of Capchase. Startup accelerators’ definition of ‘value add’ is due for a refresh. “As

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