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Agritech startup Eragano reaps funding from East Ventures

East Ventures has been actively investing in Indonesian agritech startups Indonesian agritech startup Eragano announced that they have raised early stage funding from East Ventures, at an undisclosed amount. The Bandung-based startup plans to use the funding to develop its team and accelerate technological and marketplace development for the next harvest season. “Small farmers have...

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Raising a child and building a company: The intersection of fatherhood and entrepreneurship

Staying focused is important during the terrible twos, the busy time period in a startup’s (and a toddler’s) development Building a company is a lot like raising a child. This is especially true when you get a strong pull from the market. It seems like just yesterday we were in beta testing and now we...

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Joint Israel-India, four-city hackathon to tackle health in rural India

Pears works on a different project every year that matches Israeli hi-tech with a cause in a different developing region A quadruple municipal event being held in two countries will tackle problems with developing healthcare solutions for low-income Indians. Med4Dev will take place in Tel Aviv, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Hyderabad this weekend, July 22-24. The main...

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This plug and play device turns your Android smartphone into a laptop

Superbook is essentially a smart laptop shell US-based startup Andromium Inc. has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund its ambitious Superbook accessory. The plug and play device is essentially a smart laptop shell — with a keyboard, multi-touch trackpad, and screen — allowing users to turn any Android smartphone in — as long as it...

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Warby Parker is offering Snapchat-exclusive sunglasses

WP_Haskell_500_Sunglasses_Angle_A4_sRGB Warby Parker is offering its very first Snapchat-exclusive product — limited sunglasses that are only available for purchase to its Snapchat followers.
The eyeglass retailer said it just shared a Snapchat story with its followers with a unique URL where, for a limited time, they can buy “head-turning Haskell in Crystal, now with new silver mirrored lenses” for $95. (I… Read More

Lighter Capital takes a different approach to startup financing

Rolls of twenty dollar bills growing in flowerpots The new world of startup finance is very strange. Private equity is increasingly dipping down to finance startups. Meanwhile, venture capital funds are being forced to use every financial tool imaginable to stay involved in the growing pool of late-stage startups. PWC’s most recent MoneyTree report for Q2 2016 underscores this point. One fund, Lighter Capital, is trying to get ahead… Read More