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8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence

TechCrunch

Will your organization and your code pass technical due diligence when it’s your turn? Let’s start with the positives: If an investor is proceeding with technical due diligence (TDD), you’ll likely pass. Here’s the not-so-good news: Companies can pass the business test, but fail TDD.

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

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8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence. After technical due diligence begins, no amount of storytelling can cover the secrets buried in GitHub and Jira. After technical due diligence begins, no amount of storytelling can cover the secrets buried in GitHub and Jira.

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3 views: How due diligence will change in 2022

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A few years ago, VCs were expected to perform extensive due diligence on startups. This compressed diligence cycles, leading to less intrusive vetting. The acceleration of venture capital and the burgeoning check sizes in the last few years has led to a decline in traditional due diligence.

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Due diligence is ever more critical as the battle for cloud sovereignty intensifies

CIO

Indeed, it puts the EU in a precarious position as well, given that 72% of the European cloud market spend was aligned with AWS, Microsoft, and Google in Q2 2022. All these issues and many more are putting U.S. legislation. The EU wants a fair market and a protected European cloud without compromising cloud functionality.

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How AI and ML Can Accelerate and Optimize Software Development and Testing

Speaker: Eran Kinsbruner, Best-Selling Author, TechBeacon Top 30 Test Automation Leader & the Chief Evangelist and Senior Director at Perforce Software

Though DevOps is a relatively new role, it’s one that allows visibility across the whole operation, making it important to senior tech positions. With new AI and ML algorithms spanning development, code reviews, unit testing, test authoring, and AIOps, teams can boost their productivity and deliver better software faster.

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The tech jobs market is as strong as it ever was

TechCrunch

After the big companies conducted mega layoffs at the beginning of this year, it would be natural to think that the tech unemployment rate would skyrocket. If we think about tech jobs as purely IT, engineering and developer kinds of roles, then those jobs are definitely still in demand and less affected than you might imagine.

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14 climate tech investors share their H1 2022 strategies

TechCrunch

Last year, round sizes for climate tech startups quadrupled, with more than 600 investments totaling over $40 billion. The start of 2022 shows no signs of slowing, with more startups jumping into the fray to tackle one of humanity’s biggest challenges. What is your climate tech investment thesis in H1 2022?

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. billion in 2022. Today’s technology leaders play a more strategic role in establishing cybersecurity strategy for their organizations. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3