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How Blockchain Tech is Changing the Definition of Money

The Startup Magazine

Cryptocurrencies like Ethereum and Bitcoin are based on blockchain technology, a digitized, self-validating, relatively anonymous method that allows individuals and entities exchange monetized value. It’s unclear whether digital currencies would rely on blockchain technology, but that’s not the point. Securities.

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In Q4 2022, founders face tough choices

VC Cafe

The top 20 tech billionaires globally have lost $480 billion on paper in the past year. This is largely due to several major stock market crashes and global economic uncertainties. Beyond that fortunate group, the funding situation will be less secure. As IVC reports: In Q1–Q3/2022, Israeli high-tech companies raised $12.3

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Visions of Web 3

Version One Ventures

Then Robinhood halted trading of stocks popular with retail users of Wallstreetbets (and Discord temporarily shut down their server prompting the community to search for uncensorable alternatives ). . This shift from Big Tech to NFT as an authenticator will have all kinds of interesting consequences for user experiences.

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Why you should pay attention to these 8 emerging tech hubs

The Next Web

Today, with the decentralising nature of the Internet, distributed cloud technology and a growing sentiment toward entrepreneurship, the global startup ecosystem has never been so dispersed. And this is just one of the many pioneering technologies surfacing out of this mid-sized Southern city of the Netherlands. Pune, India?.

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Announcing our investment in Nexus Mutual, a people-powered alternative to insurance

Version One Ventures

The concept of a mutual insurance (an insurance company that is owned entirely by its policyholders ) is one of the earliest insurance organizations and goes all the way back to England in the late 17th century to cover losses due to fire.

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What Are The Hallmarks of a Successful Nonprofit?

Board Effect

Still relatively young compared to many well-known nonprofits, Crisis Text Line is an example of a successful nonprofit that saw a real need and used the available technology and resources to shape their solution. Demand for Digital Transformation Tolerance for out-of-date technology is running low for all audiences.