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TechCrunch+ roundup: Technical due diligence, web3’s promise, how to hire well

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So far, web3 has not paid off on the Promise of the Premise : open source software that runs live on the blockchain. Then again, I’m not a developer, so I didn’t truly appreciate the value of mobile gaming, GPS and cloud storage until they’d achieved product-market fit and were integrated into my smartphone.

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FlexID gets Algorand funding to offer self-sovereign IDs to Africa’s unbanked

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Much of the world’s attention around blockchain is on the highs and lows of cryptocurrency values. Startups like FlexID remind us that distributed ledger technology has the potential to play other roles, including offering trusted records of identities without the need for a centralized authority. million in 2016.

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Pitch Deck Teardown: Simba Chain’s $25M Series A deck

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This is a blockchain pitch. The pitch deck is for Simba Chain , a blockchain company that raised $25 million in a Series A. If you follow me on Twitter , you’ve probably noticed that of every three or four tweets, one has me making fun of blockchain tech. Market slide (TAM/SAM). Market slide (SOM).

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Filevine raises $108 million for tools that streamline legal workflows

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CEO Ryan Anderson said that the proceeds will be put toward pursuing new market opportunities, specifically in the nonprofit, insurance, and public sectors, and “further evolv[ing] the [Filevine platform] to meet changing legal demands.” “The solutions on the market were point solutions focused mostly on defined processes.

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Meet the newest crypto builders from web3 accelerator Alliance DAO’s demo day

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Oftentimes these events are filled with traditional seed-stage tech companies based in Silicon Valley. About three-fourths of the teams are focusing on NFTs, infrastructure or decentralized finance (DeFi), while the majority of the teams are building on layer-1 blockchains Ethereum, Polygon and Solana. Stage: Seed round.

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Kaszek earmarks nearly $1B in new funds for Latin American startups

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The region’s startup scene saw a boom, with a large spike of fundraises in 2021 with VC capital deployed totaling $15.9 billion in 2021, (up from $2 billion in 2018) according to LAVCA. We seek out exceptional founding teams whose business plan is centered on the strategic utilization of technology to gain a competitive advantage.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: 2021 edtech report, UBS-Wealthfront deal, falling startup revenue

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I could spend hours discussing early-stage startup operations and community-based marketing, but deal flow is my blind spot. European and North American edtech startups see funding triple in 2021. European, North American edtech startups see funding triple in 2021. In blow to unicorns, the global IPO market continues to soften.

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