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Beyond Secondaries: Turbine Wants To Unlock Liquidity For Venture LPs

The founders of Turbine's goal is to provide venture capital and private equity firms with early liquidity options for their investors. To learn more about the firm's business model and efforts, we ...

NatWest Group plc (NWG) Hires Ruari Phillips as Head of Venture & Growth Finance

NatWest Group plc (NYSE:NWG) is one of the Best Undervalued UK Stocks to Invest In. On February 23, NatWest Group plc (NYSE:NWG) announced the hiring of Ruari Phillips as Head of Venture & Growth ...

Bootstrap or Venture Capital? 27 Ways to Think About it

When determining how to fund the next growth phase, entrepreneurs must think through the pros and cons of retaining total control but perhaps growing more slowly, or accepting outside funding and all ...

Hawaii entrepreneurs celebrate innovation at annual venture capital awards

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Hawaii Venture Capital Association recognizes the hard work of small business pioneers and ...

EP 93 - How AI Is Changing Venture Capital, Founder Judgment & Go-To-Market | Brian Wong (ASCII VC)

In this episode of Startups Unedited, I sit down with Brian Wong, General Partner at ASCII Ventures, to break down how AI is ...

From Venture Capital to Real Entrepreneurship: Lessons from the Lower Middle Market

Real entrepreneurship isn't just in startups—it thrives in oil, gas, and real estate, where managing multiple deals and investor ...

Google VP's Dire Warning: Two AI Startup Models Face Extinction

Google VP’s Dire Warning: Two AI Startup Models Face ExtinctionThe surge in generative AI rapidly spawned countless new ventures. However, as the initial frenzy subsides, two formerly trending business paradigms are appearing increasingly as warnings: LLM wrappers and AI aggregators.Darren Mowry, who oversees Google’s worldwide entrepreneurial division spanning Cloud, DeepMind, and Alphabet, suggests that ventures employing these strategies are signaling…Google VP’s Dire Warning: Two

Beltone Holding Launches Private Equity Platform to Support Venture Capital

Beltone Holding Launches Private Equity Platform to Support Venture CapitalBeltone Holding announced the launch of its new Private Equity arm, marking a strategic move to strengthen its role in supporting venture capital and empowering startups at various growth stages, from Seed-Pre funding to Pre-IPO investments.Supporting Innovative and High-Growth StartupsThe Private Equity platform focuses on supporting high-growth startups in their early stages and facilitating…Beltone Holding Launches Pri

The Simplest Way to Get Your Site Online

The Simplest Way to Get Your Site Online New to the world of hosting? Don’t let the tech talk intimidate you.Shared Hosting is the ultimate “starter pack” for beginners, side-hustlers, and small businesses. It’s designed to be affordable, fast, and incredibly easy to manage.With UnivaHost, we take the stress out of the setup:🚀 Launch in Minutes: No complicated coding required.🔒 Free SSL Included: Keep your visitors safe from day one.🎧 24/7 Support: We’re here whenever you have

Tired of Getting Spam Calls After Requesting a Quote? Ever tried to get a quote for something simple like cleaning, moving,...

Tired of Getting Spam Calls After Requesting a Quote?Ever tried to get a quote for something simple like cleaning, moving, roofing, or fixing windows?You fill out one form…And suddenly 5 different companies start calling.It always felt strange to me.Why do we lose control the second we show interest?I recently found a different approach that actually makes sense.Instead of blasting your details to random companies, this platform lets you browse, compare, and choose exactly who you want to contac

Canva acquires startups working on animation and marketing

Canva acquires startups working on animation and marketingOn Monday, creative suite maker Canva announced the dual acquisition of startups Cavalry, which works on animation, and Mango AI, which works on improving ad performance.UK-based Cavalry works on 2D motion animation for different verticals such as advertising, marketing, gaming, and generative art. Canva said that Cavalry’s tooling will add to the existing capabilities of Affinity, Canva’s…Canva acquires startups working on animation and

Canva's Motion Masterplan: Acquiring Animation & Marketing Innovators

Canva’s Motion Masterplan: Acquiring Animation & Marketing InnovatorsThis past Monday, design platform creator Canva revealed its dual takeover of emerging companies Cavalry, which specializes in animation, and Mango AI, which aims to enhance advertising effectiveness.Hailing from the UK, Cavalry develops 2D animated motion graphics for various sectors, including advertising, marketing, gaming, and generative art. Canva indicated that Cavalry’s specialized tools…Canva’s Motion Ma

Why Most Startups Misunderstand the Real Purpose of an MVP

Why Most Startups Misunderstand the Real Purpose of an MVPWhen people hear the term MVP, they often think it means a small version of a finished product.Something basic. Something limited. Something temporary before the “real” product is built.But this misunderstanding is where many startups begin to drift.An MVP is not simply a reduced version of a complete product. It is a tool for learning. Its purpose is not to look polished or impressive. Its purpose is to answer a specific question: does t

Voice Search Optimization Strategies for Modern Websites

Voice Search Optimization Strategies for Modern WebsitesALTIntroductionI’ll be honest. A few years ago, I didn’t take voice search seriously. It felt like one of those “maybe someday” trends. People talking to their phones? Seemed optional.But then I started noticing something. More and more search queries in analytics looked… different. Longer. More conversational. Almost like full sentences.“Which is the best digital marketing agency near me?”“How do I improve website speed without coding?”Tha

Ukraine's startups keep building | TechCrunch

Ukraine’s startups keep building | TechCrunchWhen edtech company Preply became a unicorn earlier this year, employees in its Kyiv office celebrated with cake — because that’s what you do, even in the middle of a war.In the four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of their country, Ukrainian startups have done more than survive: they are still building and growing. Preply, for instance, will use the proceeds of its latest round to hire…Ukraine’s startups keep building | TechCrunc

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More startups are hitting $10M ARR in 3 months than ever before

More startups are hitting $10M ARR in 3 months than ever beforeAI has brought the startup world the rise of a new phenomenon: startups that almost instantly hit multimillion ARR (annual recurring revenue).Stories abound of founders going from zero to $10 million, or as much as $100 million, in annual recurring revenue in a matter of months.To be fair, this, alone, isn’t a harbinger of long-term success. VCs say that durable growth is far more important…More startups are hitting $10M ARR in 3 mon

Show HN: Gix – A Go CLI for AI generated commit messages

gix is a small Go CLI that reads your staged git diff and generates a conventional commit message.Example: gix commitIt analyzes the diff and suggests something like: feat(auth): add JWT refresh token handlingDesign goals:Stay fully in the CLIBring your own API key (OpenAI or Gemini)Minimal, fast startupClean provider interface for adding other modelsThe project is focused on one thing: generating structured commit messages from diffs.Repo: https://github.com/ademajagon/gixFe

Show HN: Indie AI Directory – A Curated List of Indie AI Tools

I’m the maker of Indie AI Directory — a purpose-built catalog that highlights independent AI tools, startups, APIs, and experiments built by makers who aren’t backed by big funds or traditional marketplaces.What It IsIndie AI Directory is a searchable, categorized directory of AI tools and resources created by indie developers and solo founders. Each listing includes:A short description of the AI productA link to the tool or landing pageRelevant categories/tags for easier discoveryOptional

Show HN: Memctl.com: Open-source shared memory infrastructure for coding agents

Hey HN. I built memctl because every AI coding agent starts each session with zero context. No memory of past decisions, no shared knowledge across your team. memctl is a memory server that gives AI coding agents persistent context that carries over across sessions. Memory is shared across your team so every agent works with the same knowledge. It's branch-aware so context follows your git workflow, and everything is tracked with full history. It works with any AI coding agent. Open source