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Textio’s Founder Kieran Snyder on the Two Advantages Startups Have in AI (While Remaining Skeptical Of The Funding Gold Rush)

Hunter Walker

“Admirer from outside of the cap table” is how I approached Kieran Snyder , Cofounder of Textio. That premise turned out to be true, as we’re all seeing play out today with the rise of AI APIs that many applications are rushing to adopt. Like everyone else, we went distributed overnight in March 2020.

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Completing your first capital raise: ten lessons for startups

NZ Entrepreneur

It’s been growth ever since, and in 2020 the company pitched for funding to scale up. Now, cofounders Paul Simpson and Dominic Sutton are sharing what they learned during the ups and downs of the journey. That’s where the founder thing comes in, whereas the Angels are more focused on growth projections and risk.”.

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2023 Predictions

Eric Friedman

I started making predictions for the decade ahead in 2020 , then made 2021 predictions , then 2022 predictions. This is a fun quote to start things off with because I began this journey with my 2020 predictions. I still want this to happen, but as I love to tell founders Hope isn’t a strategy. Bill Gates. 1: Failed it.

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2023 Predictions

Eric Friedman

I started making predictions for the decade ahead in 2020 , then made 2021 predictions , then 2022 predictions. This is a fun quote to start things off with because I began this journey with my 2020 predictions. I still want this to happen, but as I love to tell founders Hope isn’t a strategy. Bill Gates. 1: Failed it.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Winding Tree

Austin Startup

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 27, 2020 Winding Tree has created the world’s first open marketplace for travel. Last summer, Etihad Airways, the United Arab Emirates’ national carrier, joined the many airlines and hotels that have partnered with Switzerland-based Winding Tree to bypass intermediaries using distributed ledger technology.

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Q3 2020 Portfolio Review

Version One Ventures

As we shared on our blog , Uniswap’s combination of an open platform and an automated liquidity creation mechanism is crucial for the long tail of crypto currencies and tokens, to a point that one can imagine Uniswap becoming the default price API for every single token out there. Scanwell Health was awarded a $1.6M Stay tuned!!

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Why Niche Start-Ups Are Making Waves In 2020

YoungUpstarts

Generally, a new company can’t undercut the established players in terms of pricing or get wider distribution, but a new idea gives you an advantage that money can’t buy. Here are a few of the companies doing just that in 2020: Small banking solutions. Neocova is a core banking start-up based in St. Space exploration.

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