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07/12/2022

Fintech was hot in 2021, but looking back on it … maybe too hot? The sector exploded last year, seeing record investment — $132 billion globally, according to CB Insights — with many startups reaching lofty valuations, including Stripe at $95 billion, Klarna at $45 billion and Plaid at $13 billion. While these companies have very real customer bases and products, it is not hard to imagine that at least some of these valuations were propped up by hype....

Fintech was sizzling in 2021, however trying again on it … possibly too sizzling?

06/12/2022

To get a roundup of AI VENTURES’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Why, hello there, and welcome to your Tuesday Daily Crunch. I’ll be your host this week while Haje works from an undisclosed location where day is night and night is day. If you aren’t enjoying today’s Found podcast about tampons, we hope you at least saw stars at the TC Sessions: Space event....

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06/12/2022

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week the show kicks off a new season and welcomes a new co-host. In this episode, Darrell is joined by Becca Szkutak to chat with Valentina Milanova, the founder of Daye, a gynecological health company creating CBD-infused tampons. Valentina talks about why she decided to take on tampon behemoths like Tampax, the horrors she found when researching the industry and what it was like to pitch her startup to male investors....

Welcome again to Discovered, the place we get the tales behind the startups.

06/12/2022

If you ask three different people whether we’re in a recession, you could easily get three different answers. As often as the ‘R’ word is bandied about in tech, a survey of 450 early-stage founders found that only 12% plan to hire fewer workers and 6% have laid people off. “The data is proving that early-stage founders are seeing a more gradual approach to the downturn,” said January Ventures founding partner Jen Neundorfer....

For those who ask three totally different folks whether or not we’re in a recession, you could possibly simply get three totally different solutions.

06/12/2022

Kellie Capote Contributor Kellie Capote is chief customer officer at Gainsight, where she leads the entire post-sales organization, including customer success management, support, professional services, and the CS Ops & Scale teams. An old maxim among courtroom litigators states that you should only ask a question of a witness when you already know how they will answer. Otherwise, you might be in for an unpleasant surprise....

An previous maxim amongst courtroom litigators states that it is best to solely ask a query of a witness once you already know the way they are going to

06/12/2022

Dimon said in June that he was preparing the bank for an economic "hurricane" caused by the Federal Reserve and Russia's war in Ukraine. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images One key lesson of the past year is that the world is not ready to move away from oil and gas as the dominant source of fuel, according to JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon....

Dimon stated in June that he was making ready the financial institution for an financial "hurricane" attributable to the Federal Reserve and Russia's warfare

06/12/2022

Tea, an open source unified package manager for software developers, today announced it has added another $8.9 million in seed funding to its coffer as it builds on recent momentum that has seen some 16,000 developers authenticate their software packages with Tea. Tea is the brainchild of Max Howell, creator of popular open source package manager Homebrew, and…...

Tea, an open supply unified package deal supervisor for software program builders, at the moment introduced it has added one other $8.9 million in seed

06/12/2022

There’s a growing market for private cellular networks, or dedicated cell networks configured to support a company’s specific requirements within a confined area (think a warehouse or wind farm). For example, some mining and energy companies have adopted private cellular networks to help facilitate operations that span over significant distances, where the increased range of cellular offers advantages compared to the Wi-Fi alternatives....

There’s a rising marketplace for non-public mobile networks, or devoted cell networks configured to help an organization’s particular necessities inside a

06/12/2022

Osome is a corporate “super app” that helps business owners with administrative tasks like payroll, accounting and tax reporting. The company announced today it has raised a $25 million Series B from Illuminate Financial, AFG Partners and Winter Capital. This brings Osome’s total raised since it was founded in 2017 to $51 million. The company says revenues have doubled since its Series A announced in June 2021....

Osome is a company “tremendous app” that helps enterprise house owners with administrative duties like payroll, accounting and tax reporting. The corporate

06/12/2022

To Jae Lee, a data scientist by training, it never made sense that video — which has become an enormous part of our lives, what with the rise of platforms like TikTok, Vimeo and YouTube — was difficult to search across due to the technical barriers posed by context understanding. Searching the titles, descriptions and tags of videos was always easy enough, requiring no more than a basic algorithm....

To Jae Lee, a knowledge scientist by coaching, it by no means made sense that video — which has develop into an infinite a part of our lives, what with the

06/12/2022

Max Schireson Contributor Max Schireson is an operating partner at investment firm Battery Ventures. He was previously the CEO of database company MongoDB. More posts by this contributor For better or for worse: Managing founder-CEO tension inside a startup Tracking the explosive growth of open-source software It’s always hard to run a startup, but at least in 2021, you knew what you were supposed to do: Grow fast....

It’s all the time laborious to run a startup, however at the least in 2021, you knew what you have been imagined to do: Develop quick.

06/12/2022

The real estate and infrastructure sectors contribute about 40% of global carbon emissions, and part of solving the climate crisis is fixing how those industries work. Accacia gives large property owners a way to track their carbon impact in real-time by integrating with ERPs and property management systems like Yardi. It’s already been deployed to over 20 million square feet of real estate in Asia and announced today $2.5 million in seed funding that will be used to expand across Southeast Asia, the Middle East, the United States and Canada....

The actual property and infrastructure sectors contribute about 40% of global carbon emissions, and a part of fixing the local weather disaster is fixing how

06/12/2022

A good way to be wrong is to predict the future. A good way to be incredibly and embarrassingly wrong is to predict the future in a medium that is public and everlasting. With that in mind, welcome back to another episode of “AI VENTURES Predicts.” As we did last year, AI VENTURES’s Natasha Mascarenhas, Anna Heim and Alex Wilhelm…...

A great way to be unsuitable is to foretell the longer term. A great way to be extremely and embarrassingly unsuitable is to foretell the longer term in a

05/12/2022

To get a roundup of AI VENTURES’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Obviously you love the Daily Crunch, but did you know that we’ve got a whole lineup of truly amazing newsletters from across the site? Sarah’s This Week in Apps is consistently insightful and interesting about what happens on our handheld supercomputers....

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05/12/2022

Low- and no-code application building continues apace. Gently hum “Row row row your code, gently down the streams,” as we talk with the founder behind Rowy, the company that’s like Airtable on a lot of steroids or Excel on a lot of steroids and a couple of lines of illegal substances. Of course, low-code solutions aren’t new, but they’re usually most useful for low-volume applications, with companies outgrowing their tools and needing to rebuild the tech stack....

Low- and no-code utility constructing continues apace. Gently hum “Row row row your code, gently down the streams,” as we discuss with the founder behind

05/12/2022

A company may have a good contact center, but ideally they are able to help customers before they need to make a call. Operative Intelligence helps contact centers figure out what customers want more quickly, improving automated inquiries and cutting down on wait times. The Melbourne and Los Angeles-based startup announced today it has raised $3.5 million in seed funding led by Bonfire Ventures with participation from Wonder Ventures....

An organization might have an excellent contact middle, however ideally they can assist clients earlier than they should make a name. Operative Intelligence

05/12/2022

Circle Internet Financial (Circle), the company behind the popular USDC stablecoin, called off its merger with a blank check company this morning, ending its S**C-led run toward going public. Circle’s S**C deal made news when announced last year and earlier this year when it was repriced. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Read it every morning on AI VENTURES+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday....

Circle Web Monetary (Circle), the corporate behind the favored USDC stablecoin, called off its merger with a clean test firm this morning, ending its S**C-led

05/12/2022

Hello and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. It is the first Monday of December, so this show is getting into the holiday spirit. And by that, we mean thinking far too much about the geopolitical-technological landscape, naturally. Here’s what we got into on our Monday episode!...

Good day and welcome again to Equity, the podcast in regards to the enterprise of startups, the place we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.

05/12/2022

Alibaba headquarters in Hangzhou, China. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Chinese companies listed in the U.S. jumped Monday after China loosened more Covid restrictions to accelerate the reopening of the economy. The Invesco Golden Dragon China ETF, which tracks the Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index, rallied nearly 6% in premarket trading. Alibaba and Pinduoduo popped 4.3% and 3.8%, respectively, while Tencent Music Entertainment gained 3.9%....

Alibaba headquarters in Hangzhou, China.

05/12/2022

OneOrder, Egypt’s supply chain solutions provider for restaurants, has raised $3 million seed funding led by Nclude with participation from A15, and Delivery Hero Ventures. The latest funding brings the total funding raised by the startup to $10.5million, including $6.5 million working capital financing from financial institutions. Launched in March this year, OneOrder makes it possible for restaurants to order food supplies through its online platform, solving the fragmented supply chain challenges that lead to erratic prices, waste, quality issues, and storage cost....

OneOrder, Egypt’s provide chain options supplier for eating places, has raised $3 million seed funding led by Nclude with participation from A15, and Supply

05/12/2022

Kapu, a social commerce startup, coming out of stealth today having raised $8 million seed funding, is hoping to help lessen the burden of buying food for Kenyan consumers, many of whom are grappling with the sky-rocketing food prices. Kapu founder, Sam Chappatte, an ex-Jumia executive, said the startup has since inception in January this year been building a b2c e-commerce service that enables consumers buy groceries at lower prices, through online and offline channels....

Kapu, a social commerce startup, popping out of stealth at present having raised $8 million seed funding, is hoping to assist reduce the burden of shopping

05/12/2022

After four years operating primarily as a logistics marketplace, Egypt’s Voo has rebranded to SideUp and transformed its strategy to offer a complete spectrum of e-commerce support services, including payment gateways, API integration for shipping, warehousing, fulfillment, and advisory. The startup has also expanded to Saudi Arabia, where it will be headquartered henceforth, after raising $1.2 million seed funding. This latest round had the participation of Launch Africa VC, 500 Global, Riyadh Angels, Alex Angels, Al Tuwaijri Fund and Saudi angel investor Faisal AlAbdulsalam....

After 4 years working primarily as a logistics market, Egypt’s Voo has rebranded to SideUp and reworked its technique to supply an entire spectrum of

04/12/2022

Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon....

Welcome to The Interchange! In the event you obtained this in your inbox, thanks for signing up and your vote of confidence. In the event you’re studying this

04/12/2022

VMware at the NYSE, Dec. 14, 2021. Source: NYSE Investors' attention has returned to the Federal Reserve after a hot November jobs report last week. That's because even though the central bank has pushed interest rates higher, the economy continues to add jobs and wages keep rising. Friday's report on last month's payrolls surprised investors and chilled sentiment. Nevertheless, investors need to keep a longer-term outlook as they decide how to best position their portfolios....

VMware on the NYSE, Dec. 14, 2021.

03/12/2022

Aaaaand we’re back! With our Thanksgiving mini-hiatus behind us, it’s time for another edition of Week in Review — the newsletter where we quickly wrap up the most read AI VENTURES stories from the past seven(ish) days. No matter how busy you are, it should give you a pretty good idea of what people were talking about in tech this week....

Aaaaand we’re again! With our Thanksgiving mini-hiatus behind us, it’s time for one more version of Week in Assessment — the publication the place we rapidly

03/12/2022

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. To end the year, let’s continue to return to columns that I wrote that have aged, well, interestingly. In July, I wrote about how Y Combinator is building a Product Hunt, Product Hunt is building an Andreessen Horowitz and Andreessen Horowitz is building a Y Combinator....

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced tackle this week’s startup information and tendencies by Senior Reporter and Fairness co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To

03/12/2022

W elcome to the AI VENTURES Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily AI VENTURES+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. With most startups getting repriced behind closed doors, we love getting data that gives us a glimpse of what’s going on. This week, our new information comes from EquityZen, which shared insights on secondary stock sales....

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03/12/2022

Handout | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Company: Walt Disney (DIS) Business: Disney is one of the most iconic entertainment companies globally. It operates through two segments, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution; and Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. Disney engages in film and TV content production and distribution activities, as well as operates television broadcast networks and studios. Stock Market Value…...

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03/12/2022

The digital loans business in India has been the subject of a lot of controversy, not least for over-predatory and un-transparent practices, yet that’s existed alongside the rise of a handful of startups hoping to apply tech to build products that are clearly understood and fill a need in the market for quick, short-term access to capital. Today, one of these — …...

The digital loans enterprise in India has been the topic of a variety of controversy, not least for over-predatory and un-transparent practices, but that’s

03/12/2022

Smoodi wants to see its smoothies in the hands of, well, everyone, and a new infusion of capital and distribution partnership has the startup well on its way. Incubated out of Harvard’s Innovation Lab in 2018, CEO Pascal Kriesche and Morgan Abraham call their company a “healthy smoothie store-in-a-box” that is essentially a robot that mixes fruits, vegetables and add-ins like protein into a smoothie....

Smoodi needs to see its smoothies within the palms of, effectively, everybody, and a brand new infusion of capital and distribution partnership has the

03/12/2022

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscriptions have become a fixture of the modern enterprise; organizations with more than 1,000 employees use over 150 SaaS apps on average, according to BetterCloud. Fully managed apps are often a lighter load on IT teams because they’re entirely cloud-based. But increasingly, organizations are under pressure to reduce their SaaS budgets as inflation and related economic stressors impact the bottom line....

Software program-as-a-service (SaaS) subscriptions have develop into a fixture of the trendy enterprise; organizations with greater than 1,000 workers use

03/12/2022

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. For the last time in 2022, the whole Friday gang got together to chat through the latest and greatest in the world of technology and startup news. From here on out, Equity is heading into Holiday Mode....

Good day and welcome again to Equity, a podcast in regards to the enterprise of startups, the place we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.

03/12/2022

On Wednesday, Erika Brodnock and Johannes Lenhard published their book, “Better Venture: Improving Diversity, Innovation, and Profitability in Venture Capital and Startups,” which serves as a guide for those looking to increase diversity, equity and inclusion in the venture capital market. The authors conducted more than 80 interviews to gauge how much progress there has — and hasn’t — been in the American and European startup ecosystem, suggesting that the current venture funding model is archaic....

On Wednesday, Erika Brodnock and Johannes Lenhard printed their e-book, “Better Venture: Improving Diversity, Innovation, and Profitability in Venture Capital

03/12/2022

Lora DiCarlo, a s*x tech startup that made headlines in 2019 after being blacklisted from the Consumer Electronics Show, seems to have shut down. The company’s website is offline and reportedly orders have gone unfulfilled for months. AI VENTURES has reached out to the eponymous founder for confirmation, but it sure looks like the end of the line for a briefly promising high-tech s*x toy enterprise....

Lora DiCarlo, a in*******se tech startup that made headlines in 2019 after being blacklisted from the Client Electronics Present, appears to have shut down.

03/12/2022

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02/12/2022

A few years ago, I was driving in a rural area on the coast north of San Francisco and found myself low on gas. In fact, the fuel light was flashing urgently. My cell phone couldn’t get a signal to direct me to the nearest gas station, so I put the engine in economy mode and drove on instinct. I knew the car had a reserve tank, but I had no idea how far it would take me....

A number of years in the past, I used to be driving in a rural space on the coast north of San Francisco and located myself low on fuel. In reality, the gas

02/12/2022

David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, April 29, 2019. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs traders and salespeople will have to contend with a bonus pool that's at least 10% smaller than last year, despite producing more revenue this year, according to people with knowledge of the situation....

David Solomon, chief govt officer of Goldman Sachs, speaks throughout the Milken Institute World Convention in Beverly Hills, April 29, 2019.

02/12/2022

GoStudent — the Austria-based late-stage Tutor marketplace which has raised $686.3 million (and attained a €3BN valuation) to date — has acquired Germany-based Studienkreis, a traditional tutoring company, founded in 1974, which is focused on the German-speaking ‘DACH’ region. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Studienkreis had previously been owned, since 2017, by the London-based private equity firm IK Partners....

GoStudent — the Austria-based late-stage Tutor market which has raised $686.3 million (and attained a €3BN valuation) up to now — has acquired Germany-based

02/12/2022

Carousell, a Singaporean consumer-to-consumer (C2C) service platform operating across Southeast Asia, is letting go of about 110 employees, or 10% of its total headcount, in an effort to reduce costs amid a challenging market condition for the tech industry. The announcement came from the company’s blog on Thursday, posted by co-founder and CEO of Carousell Siu Rui Quek, saying, “I take responsibility for the decisions that have led us here....

Carousell, a Singaporean consumer-to-consumer (C2C) service platform working throughout Southeast Asia, is letting go of about 110 staff, or 10% of its

02/12/2022

Michael Dombrowski Contributor Michael Dombrowski is the corporate treasury adviser at Rho. He is an SEC-registered investment adviser specializing in fixed-income investments and corporate cash management. Liquidity is your company’s lifeline. With it, you have a fighting chance of achieving your vision, but when you’re out of money, you’re on the course to ruin. It’s no secret that the startup funding environment isn’t what it was a year ago....

Liquidity is your firm’s lifeline. With it, you will have a preventing probability of reaching your imaginative and prescient, however if you’re out of cash,

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