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Here’s why some investors are sitting out of YC Demo Day

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The majority of the investors sitting out of YCombinator Demo Day for the first time said it was partially due to the high valuations.

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Coast, a demo platform for ‘API-first’ companies, lands $2.1M

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.” Levitt and Pager co-founded Coast , a platform that enables a sales team to demo its company’s APIs via a dashboard that executes live requests visually and in the browser. Certainly, there’s other software demoing platforms on the market — many with substantial VC backing.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Clubhouse UX teardown, YC Demo Day favorites, proptech VC survey, more

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Our favorite companies from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day. But TechCrunch reporters spend a lot of time talking with startups, hearing pitches and telling their stories; if you’re curious about which companies stood out from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day, read on. Our favorite companies from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day: Part 1.

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Extra Crunch roundup: cohort analysis, YC Demo Day recaps, building your supply chain

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Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 21 Demo Day, Part 1. For YC Summer 2021 Demo Day, the accelerator’s fourth virtual gathering, Natasha Mascarenhas, Alex Wilhelm, Devin Coldewey, Lucas Matney and Greg Kumparak selected 14 favorites from the first day of one of the world’s top pitch competitions.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: 3 key hiring metrics, building SDR teams, insurtech investor survey

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Because it takes “about 15 touches for a prospect to want to see a demo,” Tong authored a TC+ guide for CEOs who need guidance around hiring and incentivizing SDR teams. TechCrunch+ roundup: 3 key hiring metrics, building SDR teams, insurtech investor survey by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch

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YC-backed Tablevibe’s customer surveys help restaurants reduce their reliance on delivery apps

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The startup is part of Y Combinator’s current batch, which will hold its Demo Day at the end of this month. They found that using Tablevibe instead of paper forms increased response rates by up to 26x and also had the benefit of creating more repeat customers, since they are given an incentive for filling out surveys.

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Extra Crunch roundup: 500 Startups’ demo day, smart SaaS pricing and much more

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Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here. Here’s just one example from Y Combinator’s Summer 2013 Demo Day: Positioning itself as the “FedEx of today,” it hopes to provide a logistics framework that goes beyond food and can be used for any type of on-demand order. Omnitron Sensors. Apothecary.

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