The Ultimate Guide to Dropshipping: How to Dropship (2024) - Shopify
Dropshipping is a suitable business model for new entrepreneurs to minimize costs and focus on essential tasks like marketing and customer experience. [ more ]
Bolster, creator of the CheckPhish phishing tracker, raises $14M led by Microsoft's M12 | TechCrunch
A dodgy email with a malicious link remains a top cyber threat. Bolster, an AI startup, raises $14 million to combat phishing attacks for businesses. [ more ]
Job Vacancy: Performance Marketing Spezialist (m/w/d) (KI | Startup | Remote | Lernen) // LWB Gruppe | Marketing & Communications Jobs | Berlin Startup Jobs
Performance Marketing is evolving, requiring a blend of creative and technical skills for continuous optimization. [ more ]
Atlan scores $105M for its data control plane, as LLMs boost importance of data | TechCrunch
Atlan founders built the company based on prior experience with data governance and believe in the importance of solving complex data problems within organizations. [ more ]
Granola debuts an AI notepad for meetings | TechCrunch
Granola, an AI-powered notepad app, offers a collaborative approach by combining user notes with AI-generated notes based on meeting transcripts. [ more ]
Starting a Food Truck Business? Here's What You Need to Know About Costs (2024) - Shopify
Food truck businesses in the US grew by nearly 16% from 2018 to 2023, offering unique foods at lower prices, with advantages in flexibility and lower overhead than traditional restaurants. [ more ]
Job Vacancy: Founding Engineer // Tekkr | IT / Software Development Jobs | Berlin Startup Jobs
tekkr aims to empower tech teams globally with a platform providing best practices and incident management for improved efficiency and decision-making. [ more ]
Generative AI is coming for healthcare, and not everyone's thrilled | TechCrunch
Some experts believe generative AI in healthcare may not be ready for widespread adoption due to mixed opinions from professionals and patients. [ more ]
Amae Health is building an in-person approach to mental healthcare in an increasingly digital space | TechCrunch
Amae Health aims to improve the mental healthcare system for patients with severe mental illness by providing comprehensive care under one roof. [ more ]
NOQX, a Stockholm-based startup, raised $200,000 in a pre-seed round to improve goal-setting and collaboration for companies with 50-500 employees. [ more ]
Google Alums Go Big in Japan With Months-Old Startup Sakana AI
Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based startup founded by former Google researchers, is capitalizing on Japan's increased interest in artificial intelligence. [ more ]
Job Vacancy: Head of Sales & Account Management - DACH Region (m/f/d) // JOIN Solutions AG | Sales Jobs | Berlin Startup Jobs
JOIN is a leading HR Tech Startup assisting over 80,000 companies in finding suitable talents efficiently.
They are seeking a Head of Sales & Account Management with a proven track record in leading high-performing sales teams in the startup environment. [ more ]
Former Nextdoor exec raises $25 million for PipeDreams, a startup rolling up HVAC companies
PipeDreams is a startup acquiring HVAC and plumbing companies to scale them using software.
The founder of PipeDreams, Dan Laufer, saw an opportunity in the market due to gaps in the consumer experience and the silver tsunami of retiring baby boomers. [ more ]
Job Vacancy: Senior Frontend Engineer (w/m/d) // GlassFlow | IT / Software Development Jobs | Berlin Startup Jobs
GlassFlow is a Python-based data streaming infrastructure that challenges legacy technologies like Apache Kafka.
GlassFlow is an early stage VC backed startup from Berlin, building a category-defining infrastructure product with support from world-class tech angels. [ more ]
Doctors have started prescribing a new medical treatment: a walking app
Walking has significant health benefits and is increasingly prescribed by doctors for various conditions.
Walk15, a Lithuanian startup, provides a platform and app to motivate people to engage in physical activity through step challenges and rewards. [ more ]
New, tried-and-true ways to network at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 | TechCrunch
TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 is an event for startup founders and professionals to learn, network, and build valuable relationships.
Side Events during Early Stage Week provide opportunities for fun, knowledge enhancement, and networking within the startup and investor community. [ more ]
Arctic Ice, a startup shipping ice from Greenland's glaciers, is facing backlash for potentially accelerating climate change.
The company claims to harvest free-floating icebergs, not glacier ice, and has permits to take a small percentage of Greenlandic ice that falls into the ocean annually. [ more ]
Weaveworks, a startup focusing on cloud native development tooling, has announced that it is shutting down due to uneven sales and a lack of capital.
The company faced growing competition from better-capitalized companies like Harness Labs and CircleCI, and a potential acquisition fell through. [ more ]
How to write your monthly investor update | TechCrunch
An investor update is a regular email a startup sends to its investors to inform them about the company's recent progress, key metrics, challenges and future plans.
Investor updates build trust with investors, allow startups to leverage investor expertise and networks, and may lead to future investment and referrals. [ more ]
Metronome's usage-based billing software finds hit in AI as the startup raises $43M in fresh capital | TechCrunch
Metronome, a startup that helps software companies offer usage-based billing, has raised $43 million in a Series B funding round.
The company saw a 6x increase in ARR last year as more companies transitioned to usage-based models or a combination of subscription and usage-based. [ more ]
Job Vacancy: Co-founder & CTO @ AI Business Travel Assistant (m/f/d) // Lufthansa Innovation Hub GmbH | IT / Software Development, Seeking Co-Founders Jobs | Berlin Startup Jobs
Swifty is an autonomous AI tool in the travel industry that streamlines the business travel booking process.
The company is looking for a technical co-founder to help grow the venture and execute product iterations. [ more ]