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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Syndio

Austin Startup

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 23, 2020 Seattle-based Syndio has a bold ambition: to eradicate unlawful pay disparities in the workplace. This SaaS company, one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , enables global organizations to analyze and resolve pay gaps due to gender or race and stay in compliance over time.

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. The answer is likely a mix of both.

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What does it mean to be Latinx in Tech Today?

Austin Startup

As we head to 2020, Latinx will be the MAJORITY in the US. Our imagination is bounded by our experience,” Hector shared, and diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical to being able to imagine things properly. It's been a pretty incredible day emceeing the Latinx Summit for @CFDiversity. Josh Alballero with IOOGO.

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. The answer is likely a mix of both.

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Monetisation is Key to drive The Second Renaissance in the Creator Economy

VC Cafe

The sum is equivalent to the combined annual revenue of Snap and Twitter for 2020. Donations/pledges – Patreon, the early mover of creator monetisation tools, raised $155M on a $4 billion valuation in April 2021 , tripling the valuation from a previous round in Sept 2020. Billion in 2020.

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. The answer is likely a mix of both.

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How To Start A Business The Right Way

The Startup Magazine

million businesses in 2020, up 24% from the previous year. Once the product or service has withstood this period of stress testing, your business can put more resources into making it work and distributing it to the broader market. . That changed with the pandemic. This is the biggest surge in business formation on record.