Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Benjamin Nadareski of DrumG , which solves data ownership and a broken valuations industry The Forrest Four-Cast: February 11, 2020 One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , DrumG is a global technology firm that builds and operates financial market applications and networks. What is your top goal for DrumG for 2020?

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

I can’t wait to see what 2020 brings! years of existence, and with the launch of a series A investment in 2020 I can only imagine how far we’ll go. Now I’m looking forward to next year with sharp 2020 vision because the Void is where the magic begins. My business is also nominated for a local award, a first for us.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Passbase Co-Founders: Felix Gerlach , Mathias Klenk and Dave McGibbon The Forrest Four-Cast: February 26, 2020 Passbase is tackling a huge and essential challenge: how to build a secure, private, and convenient digital world. What is your top goal for Passbase for 2020? What is the most overhyped tech trend of 2020?

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2021

The military awarded $445 billion in contracts in 2020. To attract interest the Defense Department is handing out unprecedented numbers of small contracts and in 2020 seeded 1,635 firms with more than $1.5 The best prepared companies can either raise sufficient funds to keep operating or count on revenue from other sources.

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Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Their new payment platform allows companies to pay for these capital-intensive cleantech projects as operating expenses. By turning capital investments into operating expenses, the platform will unlock all sorts of creative financing solutions and increase the adoption of energy projects. That’s where EnPowered comes in.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. Capacity Capital , based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the Southeast. —– UP Fund is a rolling venture fund launched in Q4 2020, and part of global SaaS accelerator Upekkha, based in India.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

According to the Covid-19 impact report by research firm Beauhurst: 5,070 UK companies are at a ‘severe’ or ‘critical’ risk 615K startup and scaleup jobs are at risk Later stage startups are at the most risk Across the board, tech sectors and verticals are the most likely to experience a positive or low impact.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, announced the 10 startups selected for the 2020 class of Techstars Austin. Techstars funds all types of startups, working across all verticals, applying all types of business models.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Virtual health visits, for example, shot up 50% in March and are on track to hit 1 billion by the end of 2020. As the pandemic drags on and patients grow to telehealth services, let’s take a look at three industry verticals which are being driven by startup innovation. Mental health. Another player in this space is Ready.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 25, 2020 Waycare is tackling the ever-increasing issues of traffic congestion and fatalities with a cloud-based platform powered by Artificial Intelligence that provides traffic management solutions for cities around the U.S. What is your top goal for Waycare for 2020? 5G networks.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 27, 2020 A B2B tech company, Flugauto is developing a world-class UAV platform for aerial delivery of industrial cargo for the energy industry. They have an end-to-end solution, from operating and monitoring the fleet of UAVs to the on-the-ground operations and delivering to the final destination.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 20, 2020 Quantstamp is a Y Combinator-backed company building the standard in blockchain cybersecurity. One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , see the Quantstamp pitch in the category of Blockchain Technology (12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Sunday, March 15) before a live audience and a panel of expert judges.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

Khosrowshahi, who previously served as CEO of Expedia before taking the reins at Uber in 2017, sat down with Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman to discuss the past, present and future of the mobility and delivery business that now operates in 71 countries around the world and employs around 20,000 people globally.

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Haystack

JANUARY 18, 2020

To be fair, not all of them held this view and many of them were investing nationally earlier, but as we flip over to 2020, there is a general acceptance among Bay Area VC partnerships that they need to be able to invest across the country, not just NYC and LA or Seattle. The AUM of many VC funds has increased dramatically.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Intvo’s AI technology spotlights pedestrians to make for safer streets The Forrest Four-Cast: January 27, 2020 Meet Intvo , a startup with the target audience of everyone on the road. If you are an entrepreneur, check out the SXSW 2020 Startups Track , which runs March 13–17.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Amy Keller’s startup PurePlus transforms produce that would be wasted into healthful candy The Forrest Four-Cast: February 24, 2020 If food waste were a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases behind China and the U.S. What is your top goal for PurePlus for 2020? We are surrounded by top-notch people.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The Applied Bioplastics Co-Founders: CEO Colin Ardern and CRO Alex Blum The Forrest Four-Cast: February 29, 2020 We’ve got a serious plastic problem. One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Applied Bioplastics makes the use of more sustainable plastic affordable. What is your top goal for Applied Bioplastics for 2020?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 20, 2020 Technology impacts all facets of human life, and sometimes it can save it. That’s the mission driving products like Hemafuse , one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020. She is the primary inventor of a modular centrifuge that operates with or without electricity.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Advisor, Austin Mayor Steve Adler Eugene has long operated at the intersection of business, government & nonprofits, locally and nationally. Eugene Sepulveda (@EugeneAustin) | Twitter Ingrid Vandervelt CEO & Founder EBW2020 Ingrid Vanderveldt is the Chairman and CEO of Empowering a Billion Women by 2020 (EBW2020).

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2013

Over the last 3 decades, IT has evolved from providing infrastructure and hardware to a more strategic role that is intimately woven with business verticals as shown below: - 1980s to 1990s: Servers, Storage, and Communications Infrastructure. Macro Trend 3: IT “Tuned” for Industry.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 19, 2016

What investment trend(s) do you foresee for 2020 in the SaaS industry? As a consequence, they need a VC that has a strong international network and can help them develop their go to market successfully in the US. More and more champions will be built out of Europe.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Benson's business needs $500,000 to get off the ground, buy a machine, and meet the operating expenses, and he primarily came to discuss his financing options. The machines are $250,000 each, and as most dentists cannot afford them Benson wants to create Cone Beam imaging centers to be used by 20-30 dentists per community. Photo by svilen001.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This partnership would leverage both audiences and the rapidly growing awareness of the vertical. And as a result, they came out on top for growth in brand recognition in 2020: Image Source. Advanced brand tracking studies can include inputs from digital advertising efforts, social listening tools, and other operational data.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay. Often, investors miss out on vertically focused companies like RigUp as they find themselves overly anxious about TAM (total available market). This is a major “unlocking.”.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Account-based marketing (ABM) accounted for 79% of all sales opportunities in 2020. In 2020, smart home and building automation platform iRidium mobile wanted to land bigger clients and announce new products. Snowflake decides which channels to use according to industry verticals and where their buyers are likely to be.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

If the account matches your personas (whether that’s based on company size, operational processes, or expected deal size), then you can justify cost-intensive ABM approaches (like personalized gifts). To execute effectively on your product marketing strategy , marketing and sales need to operate as one unit.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Market share: You may already be a category leader, and growth requires you to expand into new verticals. If your operational processes or software need drastic changes, waiting on a third party can negatively impact time-to-value. You need to build or buy these features to keep up. Business requirements trump features.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Prediction says that by 2020, 4billion people will be online. Although this presents a huge opportunity, businesses need to work on a different level of operational tactics to understand the power of customers and to click with them instantly. The challenge is to be active both online and offline. Keep the Customer at the Center.

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