DIRS.INFO top alerts submit data jurnalism about API
login
Top related persons:
— - 1 Harvey - 1 Navin Chaddha - 1 Chip Hazard - 1 they're - 1 Kahini Shah - 1 there's - 1 Rak Garg - 1
Top related locs:
Mayfield Hazard Flybridge
Top related orgs:
Service - 1 Accel - 1 Business - 1 Bain Capital Ventures - 1 Flybridge - 1 Sapphire Ventures - 1 Google - 1 Meta - 1

Search resuls for: "Obvious Ventures"


8 mentions found


☆ We asked 9 top VCs what they're most excited about in AI and what they're sick of. Here's what they told us.
  + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Samantha Stokes | Riddhi Kanetkar | Sri Muppidi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
But, not all AI startups are created equal. AdvertisementBusiness Insider surveyed nine VCs who invest in AI startups at firms like Bain Capital Ventures, Flybridge, and Sapphire Ventures. Startups building AI's "picks and shovels" are a better bet than yet another LLMStep aside, OpenAI and Anthropic. In contrast, unstructured data encompasses various formats such as text documents, images, audio files, emails, social media posts, and videos. Some AI investors say they're shying away from point solutions—think online payment processing or project management—in favor of full-stack solutions.
Persons: —, Harvey, Navin Chaddha, Chip Hazard, they're, Kahini Shah, there's, Rak Garg, Garg, Shah, Lauri Moore, Moore, Chaddha, Capital's Moore, she's Organizations: Service, Accel, Business, Bain Capital Ventures, Flybridge, Sapphire Ventures, Google, Meta, Mayfield Fund, Flybridge Capital Partners, Obvious, Investors, Obvious Ventures, Foundation, Dig Ventures Locations: Mayfield, Hazard, Flybridge
☆ See the 16-slide presentation a startup used to sell investors on a new approach to solving a $50 billion problem for Big Pharma
  + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Inato, which matches pharma companies with hospitals for clinical trials, just landed $20 million. Three months after raising $14 million in Series A funding in February 2020, Inato's founders realized they were making the wrong product. The Paris-based startup was founded in 2016 to help pharmaceutical companies find the right sites to conduct their clinical trials. Now, pharma companies post their clinical trials onto Inato's platform, and sites can apply for the trials they're interested in. Inato provided Insider with the pitch deck it used to raise $20 million in Series A-2 funding.
☆ How I became one of 9 Black and Latina female founders whose startup reached $1 billion valuation
  + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Iman Abuzeid is one of nine Black and Latina female founders with a startup valued at $1 billion. That made Abuzeid one of nine Black and Latina female founders whose startups have reached a billion-dollar valuation. Black female founders must focus on winningThe statistics are bad, and they demonstrate a real structural bias in the system. When you narrow it down to Black female founders, it's 0.2%, which is effectively zero. I have a therapist, and I'm a huge fan of all CEOs and founders getting a therapist.
☆ A former AncestryDNA exec launched a startup to 'put an end to allergies.' Here's the pitch deck he used to raise $16.5 million from investors.
  + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Nectar just raised $16.5 million from Harmony Partners, Juxtapose, and Obvious Ventures. The allergy startup was founded by former AncestryDNA executive Kenneth Chahine. The startup just raised a $16.5 million Series A funding round led by Harmony Ventures. They include Y Combinator alum Wyndly, which is expanding access to allergy drops, and Allermi, which prescribes customized allergy sprays. Check out the 34-slide presentation Nectar used to raise its $16.5 million Series A:
☆ VCs are investing in these hot areas of climate tech
  + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Tens of billions of dollars are up for grabs for startups trying to solve the climate crisis. That means tens of billions of dollars are up for grabs for startups trying to solve the climate crisis. Industries known to be big polluters, such as agriculture, utilities, and commercial shipping, are ripe for change, the VCs said. Maxwell added that the influx of cash was encouraging more entrepreneurs and former Big Tech employees to enter the field. Methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, so sizable reductions could be a climate win.
☆ We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck Y Combinator alum Howdy, a workplace hiring startup, used to raise $18 million
  + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Madeline Renbarger | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Howdy is a workplace staffing startup that matches developers in Latin America with jobs in the US. Now, the company has raised a total of $18 million for its Series A round and extension. Howdy also offers mentorship services for its developers to help bridge any cultural gap they may have at their new workplace. Greycroft also participated in the round, Samira told Insider. Check out the 31-slide pitch deck that Howdy used to raise $18 million:
☆ A16z-backed financial wellness benefits provider Brightside raises $33 million in Series B funding with plans to hire hundreds of employees
  + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Emilia David | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Brightside works with employers to provide financial wellness benefits to employees. Brightside, which sells its financial wellness platform to businesses for use as an employee benefit, is currently based in Arizona and only serves US businesses. The latest round brings Brightside's total funding to $75 million, after a $35.1 million in Series A funding round in June 2020. Financial wellness became a big topic for employees as companies aim to provide more benefits to entice them to stay. And roboinvestment company Betterment hinted at looking to acquire financial wellness companies as it seeks to expand beyond investment.
☆ This startup helps turn electric school buses into battery backups for a stressed grid
  + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Diana Olick | In Dianaolick | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
One option is called vehicle-to-grid charging, V2G, which is where an electric vehicle acts like a large-scale battery back-up. So an electric school bus with an energy-dense battery can fuel the grid, much like a Mophie backs up a cell phone. Last summer it worked with Highland school buses in Beverly, Mass. Highland is expanding its fleet of electric school buses across the northeast, and McIntyre said he expects to expand the V2G capabilities as well. "It helps local utilities meet demand, but it also creates income for school districts, and it makes electric school buses more affordable," said McIntyre.
0 next >>
Total: 8