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Vinted, the second-hand clothes marketplace, raises $141M at a $1B+ valuation
The market for second-hand clothes — the “circular economy” as it’s sometimes called — has been on the rise in the last several years, fuelled by economic crunches, a desire to make more responsible and less wasteful fashion choices, and a wave of digital platforms that are bringing the selling and buying of used clothes outside the charity shop. Today, one of the bigger companies in Europe working in the third of these areas is announcing a huge round of funding to double down on the trend. [ Tech Crunch ]
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Cory Doctorow and Joe Betts-Lacroix on Adversarial Interoperability
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The future of seed stage VC with Tige Savage
On this episode Abadesi talks to Tige Savage, co-founder with Steve Case of Revolution, and managing partner of Revolution Ventures. He was formerly VP of Time Warner Ventures and got his start at age fourteen working at a computer store, where he helped create a community for customers before there was a commercially available internet. [ Product Hunt ] Checkout 15K+ Venture Capital Data on our platform.
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What No One Tells You: The Emotional Strain of Startup Life
We hear the stories of successful Silicon Valley startups all the time. But entrepreneurship can also have a dark side, especially when it involves going broke, losing sleep, and working 100-hour weeks. [ Harvard Business Review ]
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Scooter start-up Lime expects to be profitable — excluding some costs — as soon as 2020
Electric scooter start-up Lime has raised a ton of money since launching in 2017 as part of a massive land grab in the fast-growing market. But the company says that, by one important measure, it expects to become profitable as soon as next year. [ CNBC ] Checkout 15K+ Venture Capital Data on our
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Indian scooter rental startup Bounce raises $150M
Big bucks are pouring to get you through the chaotic traffic on Indian roads. Bounce, a Bangalore-based startup that operates over 17,000 electric and gasoline scooters in three dozen cities in India, has raised about $150 million as part of an ongoing financing round led by existing investors Eduardo Saverin’s B Capital and Accel Partners India, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The new financing round, dubbed Series D, values the
startup “well over $500 million,” the people said, requesting anonymity. This is a significant increase since the year-old startup’s Series C financing round, which closed in June, when it was worth a little over $200 million. [ Tech Crunch ] Checkout 15K+ Venture Capital Data on our platform.
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Innovative app helps cancer patients navigate their disease
In 2006, Capetonian big-wave surfer Conn Bertish was diagnosed with a rare disease: Adult malignant brain cancer. For seven years, Bertish immersed himself in his illness, using everything from his stationery cupboard to create his own physical metaphoric cancer-beating world. Although he has since left his job as a creative director for brands such as Quirk and World Design Capital Cape Town, he used his conceptual background and out-of-the-box thinking that helped him win advertising awards to create Cancer Dojo, a mobile app, in 2015. The app is an innovative, on-the-go support tool for patients with the life-threatening illness and, after four years in development,
launched worldwide this past February. Here, Bertish outlines his playbook for purpose-led tech. [ FastCompany ]
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We Invest in Product-Obsessed Entrepreneurs, Says Venture Capitalist Gigi Levy-Weiss
Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm NFX Guild is looking to invest in entrepreneurs who are obsessed with product, according to founder and managing partner Gigi Levy-Weiss. Levy-Weiss spoke Monday at Calcalist and Israel’s Bank Leumi’s Mind the Tech conference in Tel Aviv. “You have to be good technologists, you have to understand business, but in the end, what we are looking for in a founding team is that obsessive nitpicking of the product,” he said. [ calcalistech ]
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David Solomon, Stephen Schwarzman Prepare for Biggest 2020 Risks
No one makes it to the top of a major financial company without a keen understanding of risk. So we asked leaders of investment banks, asset managers, insurers, and private equity firms for their assessments of the perils that await in 2020. As they see it, there’s plenty to worry about—but there are also ways to be ready. [ Bloomberg ] Checkout 15K+ Venture Capital Data on our platform.
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Use agile budgeting to manage your cash
How should a growth company manage its budget? Does an annual budget approval process even make sense in a fast-moving firm? My friends who are executives at large, established companies complain about how fixed budgets lead to gamesmanship. An executive who wastefully spends down their travel and expense budget at year-end to justify an equal or larger budget next year may also fail to take advantage of a great marketing opportunity with a December 31 deadline — because
they spent their budget on T&E. [ Tech Crunch ] Checkout 15K+ Venture Capital Data on our platform.
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Madrid-based buguroo banks €11 million Series A to combat online financial fraud
Spanish cybersecurity startup buguroo has raised an €11 million Series A to expand its platform that protects against financial fraud. The round was led by cybersecurity-focused VC Ten Eleven Ventures and Spain- and Latin America-focused VC Seaya Ventures, with participation from existing investors Inveready Technology Investment Group and Conexo Ventures. [ Tech.eu ] Checkout 15K+ Venture Capital Data on our platform.
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Cymulate raises $15 million to expand its cloud-based security platform
Cymulate today announced that it has raised $15 million in venture capital as the cybersecurity company continues international expansion of its cloud-based platform. Founded in 2016, Cymulate is based in Israel, which has become a hotbed of cybersecurity startups. The company’s service allows clients to simulate potential attacks in order to optimize security systems to thwart them. [ Venture Beat ]
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Enfuce raises €10 million to scale its fintech services and personal carbon footprint tracker
Enfuce, the Finland’s largest fintech, has raised €10 million funding round led by Maki.vc, including venture debt from Nordea, LähiTapiola, and Finnvera. One of the fastest-growing fintech companies in the Nordics, the startup will use the latest funding to grow globally and scale its newly launched sustainability service, My Carbon Action. [ tech.eu ] Checkout 15K+ Venture Capital Data on our platform.
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Data Analytics Startup Coralogix Raises $10 Million
San Francisco-based data analytics startup Coralogix Inc. has raised $10 million in a series A funding round led by Aleph Venture Capital, the former announced Tuesday. The latest round brings the company’s total funding to date to $16.2 million. [ calcalistech ] Checkout 15K+ Venture Capital
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Appier raises $80 million for AI that improves marketing decisions
Getting a customer onto a company’s website to check out its products is challenging enough in itself, but getting them to complete a transaction is a whole different ball game. Last year, 75% of all ecommerce orders were abandoned before finalizing the purchase — reasons include an overly complicated checkout process, limited payment options, hidden costs, registration friction, security concerns, and more. [ Venture Beat ]
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Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Therapy by FDA
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted psilocybin therapy a Breakthrough Therapy designation for the second time in a year, this time with a view on accelerating trials testing its efficacy treating major depressive disorder (MDD). [ The National ]
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Brand new Venture Capital Trust: Blackfinch Spring VCT (Interview with Dr Reuben Wilcock)
The first brand-new VCT in years, Blackfinch Ventures – part of the Gloucester-based Blackfinch Group – is launching this new fund to as part of its strategy to back early-stage tech-enabled companies. We meet man-at-the-helm Reuben Wilcock, whose background is in entrepreneurship – he founded and exited Joulo Ltd, set up the startup accelerator Future Worlds, and is a Research Fellow at the Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering, University of Southampton. Here are some of the Q&A featured in this interview:
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a16z Podcast: How We Podcast
“Hi everyone, welcome to the a16z Podcast…” … and welcome to our 500th episode, where, for the first time, we reveal behind-the-scenes details and the backstory of how we built this show, and the broader editorial operation. [ a16z ] Checkout 15K+ Venture Capital Data on our
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E1004 Yousician CEO Chris Thür on acquiring 1M+ users, increasing retention thru gamification
Nov.13 -- Oakley Capital Partner, Rebecca Gibson; Neuberger Berman Managing Director, Head of Europe Private Equity, Joana Rocha Scaff and Bain Capital Private Equity, Managing Director, Nigel Walder, discuss investment trends and opportunities with Bloomberg’s Dani Burger at Private Capital in London on November 13, 2019. Checkout 15K+ Venture Capital Data on our platform.
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Lorine Pendleton '91: The Barriers Women & People of Color Face Seeking Venture Capital
As an attorney, business advisor, and angel investor, Lorine Pendleton ‘91 is committed to helping underserved entrepreneurs and venture capitalists while also addressing gender and cultural blindspots within these industries. If women and underserved entrepreneurs were given the same opportunities for venture capital as men, it would generate over $1 trillion dollars added to the economy. Join Lorine Pendleton '91 and Professor Banu Ozkazanc-Pan for an interview and discussion addressing the inequities that women-led startups face when seeking to raise venture capital and how we can be more proactive and inclusive when addressing these issues.
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