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Startups and VC
- Imitating the actual information: Singapore-based Betterdata took in $1.55 million to take a special strategy to conventional information sharing strategies through the use of artificial information to maintain actual information protected, Catherine stories.
- Driving towards one thing new: Autotech Ventures is venturing into new territory with a $230 million mobility fund that can add fintech and the round economic system to its funding technique, writes Kirsten.
- Taking the plunge: Founders Pledge, a charitable initiative in London, launched a enterprise capital arm referred to as Pledge Ventures in what Mike writes is to “create a brand new ‘flywheel’ in philanthropy.”
- Hearken to this: Brian shares all of the feels about first studying of headphone startup Nura, which he stories acquired acqui-hired by Masimo, the guardian firm of electrics firm Denon.
Pitch Deck Teardown: Honeycomb’s $50M Collection D deck
Picture Credit: Honeycomb (opens in a brand new window)
Startups that elevate Collection D rounds may need tons of of staff, tens of thousands and thousands in ARR and different proof factors that show they’ve decreased danger, however they nonetheless want pitch decks.
Honeycomb, which describes itself as a “debugger for stay manufacturing programs,” shared its successful $50 million Collection D pitch deck with TechCrunch:
- Cowl slide
- Information abstract snapshot slide
- Drawback slide
- Resolution slide
- Aggressive panorama slide
- Product class overview slide
- Buyer panorama slide half 1 (largely redacted)
- Buyer panorama slide half 2 (largely redacted)
- Market positioning slide
- Worth proposition slide
- Historical past/product timeline slide
- Go-to-market interstitial slide
- GTM: Land-and-expand strategy slide
- GTM: Gaming vertical slide
- Going Ahead interstitial slide
- Crew slide
- The Ask slide
- Closing slide
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Large Tech Inc.
- Lyft layoffs: Journey-hailing firm Lyft confirmed it’s chopping its workforce by 1,200 as a part of a restructuring effort meant to “higher meet the wants of riders and drivers,” Kirsten stories. The layoffs will have an effect on company staff, of which there are about 4,000, as a result of Lyft doesn’t make use of its drivers.
- We study one thing new day by day: The Linux Basis launched a brand new group to take care of TLA+, Kyle writes. For those who’re doing a type of “study one new time period a day,” right here’s your schooling for the day: TLA+ is a proper “spec” language, developed by pc scientist and mathematician Leslie Lamport, for designing, modeling, documenting and verifying software program applications.
- Strike that: Sarah stories that in an effort to discover a quicker decision to its antitrust authorized battle with Fortnite maker Epic Video games, Match Group and state attorneys normal, Google is asking the courtroom to dismiss a number of claims, 5 to be precise, that “would seemingly be pivotal to the plaintiffs’ skill to show anticompetitive habits.”
- 4 corners of the globe, actually: The Inside Income Service is sending 4 investigators internationally to combat cybercrime, Lorenzo stories. Earlier than you go, “Simply 4?” I’ll throw in there that the IRS beforehand solely had one.
- Denied: Meta was attempting to have its content material moderator case dismissed in Kenya, however now has to muddle by means of it. A courtroom dominated that Meta might be sued over alleged illegal sacking and blacklisting of moderators. Annie has extra.