Meggie
@Meggie
449 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Bobby
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over 4 years ago
Portfolio bloat: what’s happening to thousands of startups going nowhere fast
Earlier this week, much was made of the e-commerce business Brandless deciding to shutter its doors. Industry observers found its fate particularly interesting, given that Brandless was only a few years old and had raised substantial funding, including $100 million from t...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Clarissa
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over 4 years ago
This co-op wants to put money back into patients’ hands
Too often, people are asked to give away their insights and time for free. Jen Horonjeff, founder and CEO of healthcare startup Savvy, knows this first hand and is trying to change that by applying a cooperative model to her business.As an infant, Horonjeff was diagnosed ...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Felicita
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over 4 years ago
Three years after raising $450 million, Andreessen is back with a new $750 million life sciences ...
Life sciences is big business in venture capital land and firms are raising big dollars to find the companies that will lead the next healthcare revolution.Chief among them is Andreessen Horowitz, which announced its third life sciences fund with a $750 million final clos...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Clarissa
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over 4 years ago
Tangle EE project joins Eclipse Foundation to bring distributed ledger apps to enterprise
As the number of IoT devices proliferate, and machines conduct transactions with machines without humans involved, it becomes increasingly necessary to have a permissionless system that facilitates this kind of communication in a secure way.Enter the IOTA Foundation, a Be...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Alexandro
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over 4 years ago
Tim Cook says Apple is reopening factories as China gets ‘coronavirus under control’
Apple CEO Tim Cook said today that factories in China that manufacture the company’s products are reopening as “China is getting the coronavirus under control.” The comments came from a preview of an upcoming interview with Fox Business.Here is a transcript of what Cook s...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Patrick
@Patrick -
over 4 years ago
Before Buying Something on Sale, Imagine If You Saved 100%
Photo : ShutterstockI was walking home from an appointment when the sign in the window grabbed me: 40% off all wine. The gourmet grocery store was having a going-out-of-business sale, which meant all the items I usually deemed were too expensive for my everyday existence ...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Jerrold
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over 4 years ago
Juul under scrutiny by 39 state attorneys general
(Reuters) - A group of 39 state attorneys general on Tuesday announced an investigation into Juul Labs Inc’s marketing practices, adding to mounting legal and regulatory problems for the e-cigarette maker over its role in the nation’s youth vaping epidemic.FILE PHOTO: Juu...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Maureen
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over 4 years ago
What is Digital Marketing and Why is it Important for Startups
Digital marketing is a series of tools that most modern businesses use to bring customers to their products and services. It involves using digital outlets like websites, social platforms, and software applications as marketing channels. There are a wide variety of option...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Madalyn
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over 4 years ago
New York’s BounceX reaches $100M ARR, rebrands
Welcome to the $100 million ARR club, BounceX.This morning (evening, timezone depending), BounceX, a New York-based marketing technology startup, announced that it has reached the $100 million annual recurring revenue (ARR) threshold, adding its name to our running list o...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Alexandro
@Alexandro -
over 4 years ago
Molekule hopes to clear the air with $58 million in Series C funding and Berkeley Lab’s seal of a...
Silicon Valley air purifier startup Molekule was born out of an idea Dr. Yogi Goswami had back in the ’90s using photo-voltaic technology to kill air pollutants. His son, a young boy at the time, suffered from severe allergies and Dr. Goswami wanted to build something tho...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Moises
@Moises -
over 4 years ago
Samsung’s Galaxy S20 lineup is first to get USB certification for new fast charging tech
Samsung’s Galaxy S20 device lineup has become the first to receive USB certification for their support of the Programmable Power Supply (PPS) and USB Power Delivery (USB PD) 3.0 standards, the USB Implementers Forum announced today. It means that the phones should have no...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Maida
@Maida -
over 4 years ago
12 Benefits of Email Marketing Your Marketing Team Must Know
As a marketer, you might've heard coworkers talking around the watercooler about how email marketing is dead. It's been a common concern for many marketing departments.Well, I'm here to let you know that you don't have to worry because email marketing is still going stron...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Ezequiel
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over 4 years ago
Google searches are showing rival business directories in Europe
The company appeared to have tested this in Germany before rolling it out to a wider audience that includes the UK.There's no certainty this will prevent another antitrust case against Google. The competing directories are clearly visible, but they're ultimately dwarfed b...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Angus
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over 4 years ago
Loon and SoftBank’s HAPSMobile team with Airbus, China Telecom and more on stratospheric cell net...
A new industry alliance led by Alphabet’s Loon high-altitude balloon technology company and SoftBank’s HAPSMobile stratospheric glider subsidiary aims to work together on standards and tech related to deploying network connectivity using high-altitude delivery mechanisms....continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Hulda
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over 4 years ago
India’s Swiggy raises $113M led by Prosus
Weeks after Zomato acquired Uber’s food delivery business in India, its chief local rival is bulking up some ammunition of its own.Swiggy, India’s largest food delivery startup, announced on Wednesday it has raised $113 million as part of its Series I financing round. Pro...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Abbie
@Abbie -
over 4 years ago
Noom competitor OurPath rebrands as Second Nature, raises $10M Series A
Back in 2018, OurPath emerged as a startup in the U.K. tackling the problem of diabetes. The company helped customers fight the disease, and raised a $3 million round of funding by combining advice from health experts with tracking technology via a smartphone app to help ...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Delia
@Delia -
over 4 years ago
Los Angeles-based ‘deep tech’ investment firm Riot Ventures is raising a $75M fund
Riot Ventures, the Los Angeles-based, early-stage and deep technology investment firm is going out to market to raise a $75 million second fund to finance the development of startups in LA and beyond, according to fundraising documents viewed by TechCrunch.The firm has la...continued
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Meggie
@Meggie -
over 4 years ago
Harley Quinn is smashing her way into 'Fortnite'
There's more on tap. Epic appears to be introducing a Valentine's Day event, Love and War, that will include challenges as well as free cosmetics like the Crushed and Ex skins. You should also see the return of launch pads, and Unreal Engine's Chaos physics engine will ad...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Manley
@Manley -
over 4 years ago
Dfinity launches an open source platform aimed at the social networking giants
When Dfinity raised $102 million in funding in 2018 at a $2 billion valuation in a round jointly led by Andreessen Horowitz and Polychain Capital, it was thought of as a step-change in the world of blockchain technology. In an area that was synonymous with generating a lo...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Rose
@Rose -
over 4 years ago
Stanford’s Doggo quadrupedal robot and siblings Pupper and Woofer are coming to TC Sessions: Robo...
Animal-like, four-legged robots have been a crowd-pleaser since Boston Dynamics’ BigDog, and Stanford’s Doggo shows how the technology can be made open source, accessible and educational. Doggo’s creators will bring the diminutive robot, plus its smaller and larger siblin...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Joe
@Joe -
over 4 years ago
Europe’s A/O PropTech is a new €250M fund dedicated to companies disrupting real estate
A/O PropTech is a new European VC officially launching today, after raising €250 million of so-called “permanent capital” to invest in technology companies disrupting real estate.It’s this “permanent” approach—seeing the firm structured more like a corporate with various ...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Garnet
@Garnet -
over 4 years ago
Here's what's wrong with the bra business
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Kari
@Kari -
almost 5 years ago
10 courses to help improve your business skills for less than $35 each
Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission.Business school is expensive, y'all. Not to mention, you'll have to dedicate a few years of your life to hitting the books, attending classes, and completing projects. No...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Sandrine
@Sandrine -
almost 5 years ago
Dell sells RSA to consortium led by Symphony Technology Group for over $2B
Dell Technologies announced today that it was selling legacy security firm RSA for $2.075 billion to a consortium of investors led by Symphony Technology Group. Other investors include Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board and AlpInvest Partners.RSA came to Dell when it bo...continued
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Meggie upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Casper
@Casper -
almost 5 years ago
CurieMD is using telehealth to plug the menopause support gap
U.S. femtech startup CurieMD is offering menopause diagnosis and treatment prescription via a telehealth platform — beginning in California, where it launched late last year.Founder Dr. Leslie Meserve says the goal is to widen access to treatment and support services for ...continued
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