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In a world where historical data is no longer enough, we’re introducing the ✨ NEW ✨ Crunchbase: AI-powered predictive intelligence. We predict private market movements, from funding to acquisitions, and identify the companies set up for success. 🔮
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Are you using Crunchbase to prospect? Make sure you're taking advantage of these 4 features to find leads who are highly likely to convert and finish the year closing as many deals as possible: bit.ly/30xYNt8
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$16 billion. That’s how much Web3 startups–including crypto, blockchain and more–have raised this year alone. Don’t overlook these high-growth prospects this quarter: bit.ly/3R2IKIM
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Want to get started on Crunchbase but not sure what plan to choose? Here's a look at key features included in Crunchbase Starter, Pro and Enterprise to help you identify the perfect solution: bit.ly/3aEBP4Y
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🦄✨ Introducing The Crunchbase Unicorn Board, a curated list of the most valuable private companies in the world.
Powered by Crunchbase data, this list is updated as companies reach unicorn status of a $1B or more valuation.
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6 top #ICOs by Crunchbase Rank
1. @telegram - $850M raised
2. @EximchainEXC - $20M
3. @AB_CHAIN - $1.85M
4. @tzeroblockchain - $114M
5. @BitGuildPLAT - $20M
6. @ElectrifyAsia - $30M
The complete list 👉 buff.ly/2CGcXY7
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🏳️🌈 This #Pride month, we’re excited to announce that we’ve added “LGBTQ+ led” and “LGBTQ+ founded” tags to Diversity Spotlight to raise visibility for the lack of funding LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs receive and help close the investment gap. Read the update here: bit.ly/45Gvkdm
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In case you missed it, there’s a new way to search for contacts with Crunchbase!
Now you can:
📞 Find qualified contacts with targeted filters
👋 Engage with decision-makers right from search
⬇️ Export your unlocked contacts as a CSV
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🔍🦄 Spotting the next unicorn just got easier.
Meet The Crunchbase Emerging Unicorn Board, a curated list of 300+ startups that are on the path to being the next billion-dollar companies: bit.ly/3rwVAo2
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“Having an address in San Francisco is no longer a dominating advantage.”
- @christse, founding director @cardstack on NYC as a new finance #tech hub.
More on NYC's #fintech scene 💰 💸 buff.ly/2G8ZsBf
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10 startup #incubators around the world you need to know 🌏
1. @joinstationf
2. @BinanceLabs
3. @vcatsindia
4. @DemiumStartups
5. @incubuslondon
6. @startuplabno
7. @LaunchAcademyHQ
8. @STARTUPLISBOA
9. @hubraum
10. @dogpatchlabs
The full list: buff.ly/2X24W9d
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Today, it seems that every major tech company doubles as a bank. Apple Card, Square Cash, Google Pay, etc.—all promise the most convenient & fastest payment service on the market. According to @Ripple's @ashgoblue, this shift is accelerating. about.crunchbase.com/blog/yo…
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.@thestartupspace teams with @investstockholm to present Swedish tech by the numbers. #sthlmtech #startup
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Exciting news! We just closed our Series C funding round for $30 million 🎉 See how we’re using this investment to make Crunchbase even more valuable for all of our users: cm.crunchbase.com/q8pr
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6 Top Most Popular Web Frameworks Among Seed and Early Stage Startups
1. Angular
2. Ruby on Rails
3. Express
4. Django
5. ASP.NET
6. ReactJS
👉 buff.ly/2ImB5WC | Data sourced from @Siftery using #CBMarketplace
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9 Top #VC Investors in #FemaleFounded Startups in Q1 2018
1. @sequoia
2. @omidyarventures
3. @NEA
4. @googleventures
5. @khoslaventures
6. @MadronaVentures
7. @SalesforceVC
8. @socialcapital
9. @sparkcapital
Q1 2018 Diversity Report 👉buff.ly/2JUyBMf
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By surfacing high-growth opportunities faster, Crunchbase Enterprise makes it easy for @UserTesting to win new business at scale. In a span of 8 months, they used Crunchbase to build a stronger pipeline of over 2K new qualified accounts.
Read the story: bit.ly/3EhidS5
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The Top 18 Entrepreneurial Mistakes in Launching and Building Your Startup buff.ly/2iNfLL3 via @larrykim
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🎬 Introducing Crunchbase 101 for Sales, a short series to help you streamline your prospecting workflow.
To start, let’s take a look at advanced search and how to get a hyper-targeted list of accounts by editing your territory in Crunchbase. Learn more: cm.crunchbase.com/Crunchbase…
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Africa's growing tech scene has VCs watching closely w/nearly $200M invested already in Q4 bit.ly/1344KuB
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10 Startup Accelerators Based On Successful Exits
1. @ycombinator
2. @500Startups
3. @techstars
4. @PlugandPlayTC
5. @MassChallenge
6. @SOSVvc
7. @Sbootcamp
8. @friifond
9. @WayraUK
10. @startupchile
buff.ly/2MFqrbj via @acremades | @Forbes
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The Top 18 Entrepreneurial Mistakes in Launching and Building Your Startup buff.ly/2iNfLL3 via @larrykim
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/4 Securing $10M in a Series B round, @MisoRobotics develops and manufactures #AI-driven #robots that assist chefs to make food at restaurants.
The Pasadena, Calif.-based company will ramp up production and deliver its hamburger-cooking robot Flippy to 50 CaliBurger locations.
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7 top women CEOs located outside the U.S.
1. @CherWang, HTC Corp
2. @renusatti, Paytm Payments Bank
3. @anishamydala, mydala
4. Gillian Tans, @bookingcom
5. @wenjuan_mi, VIPKID
6. @priyalakhani, CENTURY Tech
7. @HandeCilingir, Insider
The full list 💪 buff.ly/2E3CCyz
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Failed #Startup: Shyp 📦
Lessons learned: Don’t hyper-focus on vanity metrics. Act quickly and pivot early if needed.
7 Failed Startups and the Lessons Learned 👉 buff.ly/2JC5blT
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Exciting news: Our new integration with @outreach_io is here! 🥳 ✉️ Now, Outreach customers can discover qualified accounts, push contacts to Outreach, and assign them to existing sequences, all from Crunchbase.
Learn more: about.crunchbase.com/blog/cr…
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Successful Companies Built on Minimal Funding
🖥 YouTube
Total Funding Amount: $11.5M
Revenue: $7.5B
🛩 PrivateFly
Total Funding Amount: £2M
Revenue: $30.4M
👙 MeUndies
Total Funding Amount: $10.4M
Revenue: $60M
The full list: buff.ly/2zpBSyL
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A recipe for better response rates: Best-in-class data and automation working together, all in one place.
Use our latest integration with @outreach_io to reach out when it matters & get more targeted in your messaging with Crunchbase’s buy signals: bit.ly/3G1p6qD
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“In #fintech, the theory of disruption gets you in trouble quicker than you can growth-hack your way out of it"
- @ChrisTse, founding director @Cardstack ⚡️ buff.ly/2GkbrwR
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If you’re still thinking about Crunchbase as the mothership of free startup and VC data, there’s a lot more to the story.
@jagermcconnell sat down with @rebecca_szkutak to discuss our evolution and future as the leading sales intelligence software: forbes.com/sites/rebeccaszku…
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The Top 18 Entrepreneurial Mistakes in Launching and Building Your Startup buff.ly/2iNfLL3 via @larrykim
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The list below shows founder ownership and founder equity of 104 tech companies at IPO. The median level of ownership shown is 15% while the average is 21%. buff.ly/2LVBDQN
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"The homogenous nature of venture capital is a real problem. It is excluding potential investors and ignoring a huge set of entrepreneurs."
Read our Q&A with co-creators of the Black Venture Institute: @JacksonTheVC of @SalesforceVC & @BHolls1 of @BLCKVC: bit.ly/37rfU0S
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Foreign investment & govt. support is transforming Seoul into a rising tech hub bit.ly/1iC7sZc @parksebastien
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.@IA_Fund founder and general partner @KeshaCashIAFund has closed on a second institutional fund of $55M. Impact America is one of the largest U.S. funds of its kind led by a Black female general partner: bit.ly/35GajRE
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Female Founded Startups to Join in 2018
🏢 @Accompany
💄 @Glossier
🛍 @Brandless
👨👧 @VergeGenomics
👯 @MightyNetworks
buff.ly/2n6T0Df via @AngelList
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We're thrilled to introduce Crunchbase Marketplace! 🎉
Marketplace is the Crunchbase app store. Now you can add best-in-class #data to Crunchbase - a la carte.
Innovate, research, prospect with #CBMarketplace. Check it out 👉 buff.ly/2EIHiqB
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In the U.S., more than one-third of those unicorns started with rounds that today would be considered pre-seed level, including:
🚘 Uber ($200,000)
🏠 Airbnb ($620,000)
💰 Stripe ($120,000)
🚙 Lyft ($300,000)
👩🎨 Pinterest ($600,000)
More: bit.ly/pre-seed-new-seed
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A look at some of the most active micro venture firms in Black- & Latinx-founded companies, according to our data:
@Backstage_Cap
@PrecursorVC
@MaCVentureCap
@quakecap
@KaporCapital
@RiseOfRest
Find more investor data in our new report: cm.crunchbase.com/DSRTW
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Top 10 Early Stage Investors in All of 2017
1. @Accel
2. @GreycroftVC
3. @GVTeam
4. @BessemerVP
5. @GGVCapital
6. @500Startups
7. @a16z
8. @lightspeedvp
9. @IntelCapital
10. @IndexVentures
👉 buff.ly/2CYsCFA
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39 black women investors inspiring a new generation, including:
- @karenekerr of @GE_Ventures
- @CandiceBrackeen of @hill7org
- @Monique_Mosley_ of @VenturesReign
- @ericaminnihan of @_1000_angels
- @03Tigress of @GingerBreadCap
See the full list: buff.ly/2G80pga
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9 Top #VC Investors in #FemaleFounded Startups in Q1 2018
1. @sequoia
2. @omidyarventures
3. @NEA
4. @googleventures
5. @khoslaventures
6. @MadronaVentures
7. @SalesforceVC
8. @socialcapital
9. @sparkcapital
Q1 2018 Diversity Report 👉buff.ly/2JUyBMf
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39 Black Women Investors Inspiring a New Generation of Investors buff.ly/2G80pga via @SocialJeremy
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Here are 250 Ivy League courses you can take online right now for free
buff.ly/2nKrZ9p via @dhawalhshah
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Our first analysis of Diversity Spotlight data, VC Funding to Black & Latinx Founders, is here! Download the report for insights on leading regions, female founders, emerging unicorns, & investors actively investing in underrepresented founders: cm.crunchbase.com/DSRTW
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Top 10 Early Stage Investors in All of 2017
1. @Accel
2. @GreycroftVC
3. @GVTeam
4. @BessemerVP
5. @GGVCapital
6. @500Startups
7. @a16z
8. @lightspeedvp
9. @IntelCapital
10. @IndexVentures
The full Q4 2017 Global Report: buff.ly/2CXJ4T0
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11 Top Lead Investors in All of 2017, Globally
1. @Sequoia
2. @Accel
3. @500Startups
4. @NEA
5. @ycombinator
6. Tencent Holdings
7. @insightpartners
8. @GVTeam
9. @NorwestVP
10. @SoftBank
11. @a16z
Our Q4 2017 Global Report 👉 buff.ly/2CYsCFA
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"#Fintech innovation is increasingly driven by the decentralization force, currently amplified by blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies."
- @christse, founding director @cardstack. More: buff.ly/2GkbrwR
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Number of years it took for each product to gain 50 million users:
✈️ Airlines - 68 years
🔌 Electricity - 46 years
💳 Credit card - 28 years
📱 Cell phone - 12 years
👥 Facebook - 3 years
🐦 Twitter - 2 years
🤳 Pokémon Go- 19 days
buff.ly/2DXRFKf via @jasonlk
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After decades of underfunding, Black founders, Black CEOs, & Black-led venture firms are only beginning to get the attention they deserve. To help build equity, diversity, & inclusion in the startup world, we're launching a new feature: Diversity Spotlight about.crunchbase.com/blog/ne…
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50 Hot Tech Companies Globally in 2019, Including
👩⚕️ @modernhealthco
📱 @streem_pro
🛋 @livefeather
🏨 @MintHouseRP
🏋️♂️ @weareglofox
🍟 @dah_makan
💵 @FyleHQ
🛍 @retailzipline
🦞 @myfreshtohome
🚘 @myspinny
👩🌾 @artemisagtech
The full list: buff.ly/2X4f85P
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10 Biggest @YCombinator Exits
1.@CruiseAuto: General Motors
2.@Twitch: Amazon
3.@WePay: JP Morgan
4.@CoreOS: Red Hat
5.@heroku: Salesforce
6.@OMGPOP: Zynga
7.@FutureAdvisor: BlackRock
8.@automatic: Sirius XM
9.@disqus: Zeta Global
10.@ParseIt: Facebook
👉 buff.ly/2p8sDi0
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3 top VCs investing the most in #FemaleFounded companies:
1. @ForerunnerVC
2. @KaporCapital
3. @Sherpa
Full report: buff.ly/2y15TSL
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The Top 18 Entrepreneurial Mistakes in Launching and Building Your Startup buff.ly/2iNfLL3 via @larrykim
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Hey! We created a profile for genesis vision: crunchbase.com/organization/…
Thanks!
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From education to healthcare, "Uber for X" startups have infested nearly every market bit.ly/1FEDOiu
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VCs are gearing up for the next gold rush in the trillion-dollar marketplace lending industry tcrn.ch/1BaWZiL
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India-based startups raise over $5 billion in 2014 w/big rounds for e-commerce #CBDaily bit.ly/1vh3n2G
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A revolution is budding in the cannabis tech industry as VCs back more 'potrepreneurs' tcrn.ch/1x53UuW
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11 Top Active #Seed investors in Q1 2018, Globally
1. @ycombinator
2. @SOSVvc
3. Hiventures
4. @hax_co
5. @techstars
6. @500Startups
7. @PlugandPlayTC
8. @eroundtable
9. @canary
10. @khoslaventures
11. @MDTEDCO
👉buff.ly/2EPZ2ip
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In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, we've highlighted 25 black entrepreneurs getting funded and disrupting the status quo including:
@pauljudge @pindrop ($212.8M)
@ABenton @StreamlyticsNow ($47M)
@JasonNjoku @irokotv ($30M)
@MorganDeBaun @Blavity ($9.4M)
@jessomatt @upowerco ($7M)
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The 5 largest funding rounds this week:
🚀 @SpaceX: $850M
💊 @centessa: $250M
💸 @public: $220M
📊 @OutSystems: $150M
🤖 @LocusRobotics: $150M
Full list of U.S. companies that recently received venture funding: cm.crunchbase.com/week-2-14-…
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5 Top #SaaS companies that raised $1-10M in last year
1. @bigfinite_inc (raised $8.5M)
2. @cappasity ($2.5M)
3. @stackshareio ($5.2M)
4. @price_fx ($4.1M)
5. @bugsnag ($9M)
🚀 buff.ly/2AQD5xG
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🗞️ Hot off the press: our Q2 global funding analysis.
According to Crunchbase data, venture funding is down 26% QoQ. We take a look at late-stage, early-stage and seed funding rounds and what they mean for all those highly valued unicorns: bit.ly/3nOq2Yg
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2014 Market Trends: VCs splurge on food & fintech while ad tech & e-commerce decline bit.ly/14sbQtv #CBDaily
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Pre-Seed Venture Aims To Help Startups Do More With Less buff.ly/2mDLx1q by @bayareawriter
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The Top 18 Entrepreneurial Mistakes in Launching and Building Your Startup buff.ly/2iNfLL3 via @larrykim
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Robotics startups rake in $150M this year as VCs back the next generation of robots tcrn.ch/1BZHb3T
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5 apps helping millennials invest
1. @Acorns
2. @Stash
3. @Betterment
4. @Clink_com
5. @RobinhoodApp
Read up: buff.ly/2zqj4SA"
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This year has been by far the best yet for the prestigious Silicon Valley startup accelerator @ycombinator known for its role in producing multibillion-dollar companies. YC tops 2020 with Airbnb & DoorDash debuting on the public markets: news.crunchbase.com/news/y-c…
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Female founder investment data from 2014 shows the times are changing, and quickly tcrn.ch/1A7idjl
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6 Most Active "West South Central"* Investors, 2017-2018 YTD
1. @mcuban
2. @CapitalFactory
3. @silvertonvc
4. Deep Space Ventures
5. @liveoakvp
6. Maverick Capital
💰 buff.ly/2pGOIDE
*incl. OK, AR, LA, TX
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We just released another new feature in Crunchbase: similar companies! Now, you can view similar accounts and possible competitors on company profiles so you never miss an opportunity.
Find your next deal faster with Crunchbase’s similar companies: bit.ly/3OwECzL
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Congratulations to the Crunchbase team! We closed our Series C funding round 🎉 Read our CEO’s blog post to see what we have planned with this new investment: buff.ly/2N2d2N5
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Why the Web 3.0 Matters and you should know about it
"As the Web 3.0 rears into action, new platforms will emerge with a healthy level of competition not throttled by monopolistic service providers. "
buff.ly/2C5tgw8 via @ZagoMatteoGian
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Here Are the Universities Where Most Billion-Dollar Founders Attended
buff.ly/2mRKeZC via @larrykim #unicorns
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Here are 250 Ivy League courses you can take online right now for free
buff.ly/2smu8rD via @dhawalhshah
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Number of years it took for each product to gain 50 million users:
✈️ Airlines - 68 years
🔌 Electricity - 46 years
💳 Credit card - 28 years
📱 Cell phone - 12 years
👥 Facebook - 3 years
🐦 Twitter - 2 years
🤳 Pokémon Go- 19 days
buff.ly/2DSjwYS via @jasonlk
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VCs trying to heal ailing healthcare system, w/ $308M in capital committed in 2014 tcrn.ch/1Do8428
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Several of the largest VC firms aren't slowing down in 2020, indicating that investors see an opportunity in current tumultuous times for new technologies. We take a look at the 18 most active firms of the year, where they’re scaling up activity, & why. news.crunchbase.com/news/why…
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Crunchbase is thrilled to announce that our integration with @perplexity_ai is LIVE! 👏
Now in Perplexity Enterprise Pro, Crunchbase users can get reliable answers to their queries, and access our trusted firmographics data, directly inside Perplexity. Learn more. enterprise-prod.perplexity.a…
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🎉 We're proud to announce the close of our $50 million Series D! 🎉 With this funding, we’re investing in our powerful account-based prospecting software and the data that fuels it.
Learn more about our plans for the future from our CEO @jagermcconnell: bit.ly/3RLNljm
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crunchbase is partnering with @emergencecap and @sotoventures 8/24 for a free event on #SalesBasics in San Mateo! bit.ly/2bllg0S
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As the San Diego tech community continues to thrive, the region has become a growing focal point for investments.
Read the Q3 wrap up of San Diego's tech ecosystem: buff.ly/2AkEzDc via @NealBloom
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13 Most Valuable @ycombinator Investments
1. @Airbnb 🏡
2. @Dropbox 📨
3. @Stripe 💳
4. @Instacart 🚛
5. @Zenefits 🤝
6. @Quora ❓
7. @Reddit 🗣
8. @Coinbase 💰
9. @Docker 🐳
10. @ginkgoo 🔬
11. @Cruise🚗
12. @GustoHQ👥
13. @Twitch🕹
👉 buff.ly/2FEzua1
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The Top 18 Entrepreneurial Mistakes in Launching and Building Your Startup buff.ly/2iNfLL3 via @larrykim
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The Alumni of These Uni's Raised the Most VC in the Past Year:
1. @Harvard
2. @Stanford
3. @Penn
4. @Cornell
5. @MIT
6. @UCBerkeley
7. @Yale
8. @UChicago
9. @illinois_alma
10. @Columbia
11. @CarnegieMellon
12. @USC
13. @NorthwesternU
14. @UW
15. @UCLA
👉 buff.ly/2RFmg28
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“Having an address in San Francisco is no longer a dominating advantage.”
- @christse, founding director @cardstack on NYC as a new finance #tech hub.
More on NYC's #fintech scene 💰 💸 buff.ly/2GkbrwR
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