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Overheard at a VC/startup convention lately: Product market match is sort of a product going round from weirdly formed buyer group to weirdly formed buyer group, like that previous child’s ebook “Are you my mommy?” Startups is usually a little bit like that; typically the customers can shock you, and the product must ask a number of completely different potential buyer teams whether or not it’s a good match.

Oh, and Dominic-Madori desires to listen to Black founders’ tales of VC fundraising — If you’re a Black founder with conflict tales (or if you realize somebody who does), get entangled! — Christine and Haje

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Bilt Rewards, which works with among the nation’s largest multifamily homeowners and operators to create loyalty packages and a co-branded bank card for property renters, entered unicorn standing after securing $150 million in a development spherical at a $1.5 billion valuation led by Left Lane Capital, Christine reviews.

Emergency response providers have had a giant increase of information because of advances in related know-how, with watches that may detect when their wearers are falling down and are experiencing trauma, vehicles that may pinpoint the place their drivers are situated and residential programs that may transmit vital knowledge about fires whenever you can not. These are only a few of the improvements we’ve seen lately, and at this time, a startup known as RapidSOS is asserting some funding because it continues to attach the dots for emergency first responders, Ingrid reviews.

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8 inquiries to reply earlier than your startup faces technical due diligence

Outsiders examine a number of aspects of a startup to find out its worth and high quality, and codebase well being is certainly one of them.

A pitch deck is simply a part of the story, writes Matt Van Itallie, founder and CEO of codebase analytics firm Sema.

After technical due diligence (TDD) begins, no quantity of storytelling can cowl the secrets and techniques buried in GitHub and Jira.

To assist corporations put together for TDD, Van Itallie has written a primer with eight questions founding groups should be capable to reply confidently. Tomorrow, we’ll run his detailed TDD guidelines.

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Within the midst of making an attempt out the brand new Google Pixel 7 Professional’s digicam, Haje discovered “a very dumb, completely avoidable flaw” that detracts from what’s in any other case “one of the best digicam telephone on the market,”and he’s telling the world. Talking of product critiques, Brian has a better take a look at macOS Ventura.

Additionally, it’s most likely not sensible to have your regulation agency on the opposing facet of the identical challenge. Natasha M introduced this to Launch Home’s consideration when information of a harassment investigation surfaced and now reviews that the venture-backed founder’s membership cut up with its regulation agency.

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