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“We Have Too Many Leads, And The Sales Team Doesn’t Want to Follow Up”: SaaStr 2024
- Multiple sponsors at SaaStr Annual complain about receiving too many leads.
- In the past, the main complaint was not receiving enough leads.
- This year, sponsors are struggling to get their sales teams to follow up on leads.
- The changing dynamics require a new approach to lead follow-up and engagement.
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Global investment and transformation firm General Catalyst raises over €7.5 billion
- General Catalyst raises over €7.5 billion in its largest global fund to date.
- The fund aims to support ambitious entrepreneurs and tackle global challenges.
- It will be allocated across core venture capital investments, company creation, and separately managed accounts.
- General Catalyst focuses on transformation efforts and has a legacy of successful investments.
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Urbint raises $35M to enhance disaster response tools for energy sector
- Urbint Inc. has raised $35 million in a strategic investment from S2G Ventures to enhance its disaster response tools for the energy sector.
- Urbint offers an AI-powered platform called Urbint for Storm Response, which helps utilities manage the entire storm and natural disaster response process.
- The platform enables utilities to identify threats and allocate resources in real time, improving safety and reliability.
- Urbint has raised a total of $144 million in funding to date, including previous investments from Energize Ventures, National Grid Partners, and Salesforce Ventures.
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Your Company May Need Venture Services.
- Venture capitalists can help companies grow with more than just money, they provide resources on how to build and grow companies within and outside of the venture capital pathway.
- Expanding resources beyond the most successful companies to those who would benefit most, is an untapped opportunity that VCs can offer.
- Consulting, networking, educational events, and community resources are just a few ways VCs can provide valuable insights and connections.
- VC is financially driven, but a diverse experience is needed to drive a holistic approach for investing time and money for the success of the solution and the benefit to investors and stakeholders.
- By leveraging alternative growth strategies and tapping into the expertise of venture capitalists for guidance rather than funding, businesses can maintain control and foster sustainable growth.
- Building relationships with VCs can provide businesses with a fresh perspective, identify pitfalls, uncover new opportunities and industry trends, and keep them relevant.
- VCs provide consulting engagements, access to extensive networks, educational events, and community resources beyond just financing.
- Connecting with other founders in communities established by VCs can accelerate learning from shared experiences for growth in both business and personal health and well-being.
- VCs are looking to uplift and grow companies that will benefit the most stakeholders and their communities.
- LOUD Capital is an example of a VC firm that can offer expertise to businesses looking to grow and achieve ambitious goals.
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Eu-Startups
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EU-Startups Podcast | Episode 92: Diyala D’Aveni, Head of Vento
- Diyala D’Aveni is the Head of Vento, an Italian venture capital firm backed by Exor Ventures.
- Vento focuses on discovering exceptional founders and supporting them from pre-seed to pre-IPO.
- Diyala shares insights into personal growth, the mission of Vento, and the future of Italy’s startup ecosystem.
- The Italian startup ecosystem needs deep structural changes to catch up with other European countries.
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Dear SaaStr: I Don’t Really Feel Confident Enough to Call Myself “CEO”
- As a startup CEO, feeling uncertain about calling oneself a CEO is quite common.
- Customers value the opportunity to connect with the CEO, regardless of the company's size.
- It is important for the team to know who their leader is, even if humility is important.
- With time and experience, CEOs will continue to grow and become better leaders.
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Medium
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Fueling the Future: Venture Capital’s Role in Global Economic Development Through Emerging…
- Venture capital plays a crucial role in translating groundbreaking ideas into tangible progress.
- VC provides financial resources and expertise to transform nascent ideas into thriving businesses.
- VC firms focus on impact investing, early-stage funding, and global expansion to adapt to the changing landscape.
- Investing in emerging technologies is risky, but VC fosters innovation and leads to breakthroughs benefiting society.
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A Comprehensive Guide to Fund Management and VCFM: Venture Capital World Navigating
- Fund management is the process of overseeing and handling a pool of funds collected from investors to invest in a portfolio of assets that makes returns over time.
- Venture Capital Fund Management (VCFM) specializes in venture capital investments, focusing on early stage startups with high growth potential.
- VCFM involves managing funds on behalf of investors, identifying promising startups, and helping them grow.
- VCFM is a high-risk, potentially high-return investment strategy, while traditional fund management is more stable and offers lower returns.
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Medium
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Too poor for ChatGPT Plus?
- To recreate an image using Civit AI or similar platforms, you may need the training prompt.
- For images with a prompt, use TXT2IMG generators like black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-dev or stabilityai/stable-diffusion-3.5-large.
- If the prompt is unavailable, use IMG2TXT image captioner like joy-caption-alpha-two to generate a training prompt.
- You can also explore DjohnDow/Llama-3-8B-Lexi-Uncensored, a chatbot with fewer safety filters.
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Cyber Guru raises $25M to expand AI-driven cybersecurity training platform
- Cybersecurity awareness training platform startup Cyber Guru Srl has raised $25 million in new funding.
- The funding will be used to accelerate its AI-driven training roadmap, increase sales and marketing resources, and expand go-to-market operations across Europe.
- Cyber Guru offers a security awareness training platform with products such as Cyber Guru Awareness, Cyber Guru Phishing, and Cyber Guru Channel.
- The platform incorporates gamification, micro-learning, and AI-powered adaptive machine learning to train employees and improve an organization's resistance to cyberattacks.
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Gig Economy’s Customer Experience Gap
- The gig economy refers to a labor market characterized by short-term, freelance, or temporary work engagements instead of permanent employment.
- While the gig economy offers advantages for workers, it often falls short in customer experience, particularly in blue-collar gig work.
- Examples in sectors like delivery services, transportation, and home services illustrate the customer experience gap in the gig economy.
- Platforms can address these gaps by prioritizing customer experience through training, quality control, and customer-focused strategies.
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Japan Open Chain (JOC) announces strategic partnership and investment from Bifrost
- Japan Open Chain (JOC) has announced a strategic partnership and investment from Bifrost.
- The partnership will enhance JOC's connectivity with the global cross-chain ecosystem, promoting the practical application of Web3 in Japan.
- Bifrost is a cross-chain network that aggregates and manages fragmented liquidity, allowing DApps to operate across multiple blockchains.
- Japan Open Chain is a public Ethereum-compatible blockchain focused on practicality and designed for use in the financial and business sectors.
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Hyperquake Merges Elite MarCore Group Into Core Growth Marketing Pillar
- Hyperquake announces its strategic acquisition of MarCore Group, elevating its Growth Marketing pillar.
- Hyperquake merges MarCore Group into its operations, appointing Founder Ari Monkarsh as Executive Director of Growth Marketing.
- The acquisition strengthens Hyperquake's holistic offerings in innovation, brand experiences, and sustainability.
- Hyperquake's Growth services now include fractional growth consulting, media consulting, campaign development, and more.
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Fixify nabs $25M for its AI-supported help desk service
- Fixify Inc., a startup offering AI-supported help desk services, has raised $25 million in funding.
- The company provides a managed help desk service that uses AI software to identify and resolve technical support issues.
- Fixify also utilizes AI for sentiment analysis, measuring employee mood and improving user experience.
- With the newly raised funding, Fixify plans to expand its customer base and hire more employees.
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Why backing women founders is the smartest bet for investors
- Despite the dismal statistics that only 4% of total capital raised in Australia goes to female-only founded teams, there are indeed plenty of women starting and growing businesses across Australia.
- Women-led startups are a largely overlooked opportunity for outsized returns. A report by First Round Capital found that women-led startups perform 63% better than their male counterparts.
- Founding teams that are ethnically diverse outperform all-white founding teams by 30%, according to the Kauffman Fellows Research Center.
- Female-founded startups achieve faster exits with higher returns, as reported by Microsoft for Startups and Goldman Sachs’ Launch With GS.
- Morgan Stanley estimates that investing in women and minority-owned ventures represents a trillion-dollar opportunity.
- An increasing number of investors, leaders, and allies are stepping up to create pathways for women and diverse founders recognizing their value.
- One Roof is proud to be part of this growing ecosystem of supporters that is creating real opportunities for women founders to thrive.
- Investing in women isn’t just a matter of equity, it’s a savvy, strategic move, and the time to act is now.
- The lack of diversity in the startup ecosystem presents a serious issue, it channels the majority of funding to founders that align with traditional venture capitalists.
- Now, picture a future where women have greater access to funding and where diverse teams are building billion-dollar enterprises. This future is within reach, but only if we shift the current trajectory.
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