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Announcing the Startup Battlefield companies pitching at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021

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Selected from the most competitive batch in TC history, selected founders from across the globe will pitch on the virtual stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021. TC aims to pick companies from a range of industries. A unique highlight of this batch are more companies in both the health tech/medtech space and clean tech/sustainability space.

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clicOH’s shipping technology provides Amazon-like logistics to e-commerce companies in LatAm

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For decades, e-commerce giants, like Amazon and MercadoLibre, have perfected the logistics and delivery technology for their marketplaces, but more recently, startups have developed similar technology to enable any sized e-commerce business to have equal footing. A year ago, the company had 40 employees, and that has now grown to 175.

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You’re not going to grow into your 2021 valuation

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Jacob Sonnenberg is a portfolio manager at Irving Investors and runs Irving's Technology and Consumer Crossover Fund. We often hear companies claim: “We will grow into our valuation from 2021.”. This further implies that the company is opposed to down rounds or publicizing a decrease in their valuation.

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Remembering the startups we lost in 2021

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When we penned the intro for this piece last year , little did we know that — in many ways — we’d still be deep in it by the time 2021’s feature rolled around. Some companies successfully pivoted and others were born as a direct result of a world forever changed because of COVID-19. Abundant Robotics (2016-2021).

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Roadmaps Are Dead! Long Live Roadmaps!

Speaker: Bruce McCarthy, Co-Author of Product Roadmaps Relaunched and Founder of Product Culture

Many times, when companies are building their product roadmaps, they are not properly accounting for customer validation. As a result, companies end up falling into a “Build, Ship, Build, Ship” culture that doesn’t consciously solve their customer’s pain points. November 9, 2021 at 9:30 am PDT, 12:30 pm EDT, 4:30 pm GMT

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AIMMO bags $12M Series A to advance data labeling technology  

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AIMMO announced today it has raised $12 million in a Series A round to advance its data labeling technology and spur global expansions. Through the AIMMO DaaS platform, its sales and volume of its data labeling increased by 200% in 2021 compared to the previous year. billion in 2021 and is projected to reach $8.2

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Most startups were overvalued before 2021, and now it’s causing problems

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He is building Picus’ Berlin office focusing on early-stage technology ventures. Post-money valuations were inflated by market expectations in 2021, but they were also inflated by the underlying mechanics of the valuation model itself. The miracle year of 2021. Bastian Hasslinger. Contributor. Share on Twitter.