Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 13, 2020 Imagine VR/AR/MR systems that truly understand how users think and feel. One of the 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Looxid Labs is working on that, serving VR companies in gaming, healthcare, commerce, and education. What’s your top goal for Looxid Labs in 2020?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 23, 2020 Seattle-based Syndio has a bold ambition: to eradicate unlawful pay disparities in the workplace. This SaaS company, one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , enables global organizations to analyze and resolve pay gaps due to gender or race and stay in compliance over time.

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Eric Friedman

JANUARY 1, 2023

I started making predictions for the decade ahead in 2020 , then made 2021 predictions , then 2022 predictions. This is a fun quote to start things off with because I began this journey with my 2020 predictions. The underlying technology is here and in game progress should be transferrable. Bill Gates.

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Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 10, 2022

I started making predictions for the decade ahead in 2020 , then made 2021 predictions , then 2022 predictions. This is a fun quote to start things off with because I began this journey with my 2020 predictions. The underlying technology is here and in game progress should be transferrable. Bill Gates.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: March 1, 2020 People are rightfully concerned about the threat of coronavirus, which has so far killed about 2,800 people worldwide. See the Milis Bio pitch in the category of Health, Wearables & Wellbeing Technology , 5 to 6 pm Sunday, March 15, before a live audience and a panel of expert judges.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 26, 2020

In the wake of COVID-19, businesses have been affected across almost every vertical. Facebook has reported a 70% increase in usage across all apps during the month of March 2020, proving that this is an optimal time to reach your target audience. Software for video conferencing and webinar technology is rising in popularity.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The 2020 Accel Euroscape was unveiled earlier today at SaaStockEMEA. 2020 Cloud Market: Is The Sky the Limit? While the number of IPOs in 2020 is close to 2019, the average valuation has doubled compared to last year, driven in particular by the massive IPO of Snowflake, which reached a $70 billion market cap on its first trading day.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 15, 2024

Our current investment thesis, “backing mission-driven founders at the earliest stages,” was introduced back in 2020. Building a startup is hard enough as it is, but pioneering founders need to build on brand new technology, find new markets, and convince everyone of the market need.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Neelam Dwivedi of NeelAgil Technologies Private Ltd aims to help millions of people treat their diabetes The Forrest Four-Cast: February 19, 2020 The next time you’re out in a crowd, look around. NeelAgil Technologies Private Limited , one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , is determined to change that.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The Lofty AI team includes (from left to right) Jerry Chu , Alysia Silberg , Mark Keane , and Max Ball The Forrest Four-Cast: February 24, 2020 Lofty AI serves both full-time and part-time real estate investors by helping them make more data-driven decisions yielding higher returns. What is your top goal for Lofty AI for 2020?

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

I’ve made the acquaintance of a thought leader with her finger on the pulse of where the nation sits in terms of technological readiness to innovate. Some five years into an early stage technology company, I found myself, an experienced technology manager, as a CEO in search of competent manufacturing. Thanks Pamela.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. Capacity Capital , based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the Southeast. —– UP Fund is a rolling venture fund launched in Q4 2020, and part of global SaaS accelerator Upekkha, based in India.

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Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Great technologies exist to help businesses reduce their electricity usage, emissions, and energy bills. It’s similar to how Stripe removed friction from taking payments for many verticals. EnPowered closed their initial seed round in February 2020 and have been developing their platform in stealth mode over the past year.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 21, 2020

d , and her plan to focus on generating hypergrowth for startups in the wellness, cannabis, and technology sectors. The US Census put out a statistic one day before we shared our study results that business applications for the third quarter of 2020 were 1,566,373, an increase of 77.4 percent compared to the second quarter of 2020.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 23, 2011

Acelerar Technologies Daniel expects SharePoint's cloud based solution provider eco-system to develop over the next few years. Anupam Rajey from Lucknow, India, presented Acelerar Technologies , an outsourced accounting services BPO project from India. I asked him to review the TrueCFO project in my Vision India 2020 book.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 14, 2024

12:10] With your use of technology, tasks that once took hours can be completed much faster. And so that was what happened in 2020. John Jantsch (10:26): AI might be the most important new computer technology ever. Today you have technology like ours where you can just go to a Facebook group and collect the whole list.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2013

What will the future of InfoComm Technology (ICT) be like? Painting the scenario of how things will evolve, Cort Isernhagen of IDC Insights forecasted at the recent Infocomm Technology Roadmap Symposium 2012 that the ICT landscape over the next 10 years needs to consider four macro trends supported by four key pillars of technology.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Then Prashant Singh from Bangalore, India, discussed Statisco Economic Analytics , a risk management technology for managing company balance sheets, interfacing with their ERP systems. I suggested going for larger companies and also to pick some verticals where the value proposition really shines through. Statisco Economic Analytics.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

What appears clear to me today is how fundamentally the Internet is changing business processes, and the advent of nifty social media tools and technologies that plug into core business processes like lead nurturing are a powerful force. The next event will be on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at 8:00 AM (PDT), register to attend here.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2020

Tony Martens , Co-Founder at Plantible Foods , moved his company to San Diego from the Netherlands The Forrest Four-Cast: March 3, 2020 Plantible Foods wants to contribute to a more sustainable and responsible future while meeting the food needs of a hungry planet. What is your top goal for your startup for 2020?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 17, 2020 Skilllab has a clear mission: to develop technology-based solutions to empower employment services to better integrate refugees into local labor markets. What is your top goal for Skilllab for 2020? Based in Amsterdam, Skilllab is co-founded by Azza El Hayek and Ulrich Scharf.

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Version One Ventures

JUNE 18, 2024

Climate/Energy: Moment Energy (2020) which is building energy storage systems by repurposing retired EV batteries; and EnergyBank (2021) which is designing long-term energy storage for the offshore wind market. In other words, it’s very likely that full vertical integration is the way to go!

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 16, 2020 Maria Tanjala , co-founder of FilmChain , is passionate about tech solutions that bring transparency and automation to creative industries. What is your top goal for FilmChain for 2020? If you are an entrepreneur, check out the SXSW 2020 Startups Track , which runs March 13–17.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 23, 2020 One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Virsix Games reimagines how people play together by remixing analogue play with cutting-edge emerging technologies such as AI, voice-activated smart speakers, augmented reality, near field communication, machine learning techniques and more.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 7, 2020 AR apps don’t scale?—?these A finalist for SXSW Pitch 2020 in the category of Augmented & Virtual Reality , echoAR co-founder and CEO Alon Grinshpoon will pitch at 3:30 to 4:30 pm Saturday, March 14), before a live audience and a panel of expert judges. Our vision is to become the ?1

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 7, 2020 AR apps don’t scale?—?these A finalist for SXSW Pitch 2020 in the category of Augmented & Virtual Reality , echoAR co-founder and CEO Alon Grinshpoon will pitch at 3:30 to 4:30 pm Saturday, March 14), before a live audience and a panel of expert judges. Our vision is to become the ?1

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 27, 2020 A B2B tech company, Flugauto is developing a world-class UAV platform for aerial delivery of industrial cargo for the energy industry. What is your top goal for Flugauto for 2020? Complete two customer trials to prove technology platform and sign one to three commercial paid contracts.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Deepblocks ’ leadership: CEO Olivia Ramos , CTO Jesus Cabrera , and COO Jeff Millett The Forrest Four-Cast: February 13, 2020 Is it possible to bring down the cost of optimizing housing to zero? That’s the goal of Deepblocks , one of the 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020. What is your top goal for Deepblocks in 2020?

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

In fact, in the discussion on JuJu brands is yet another validation of the verticalization and niche-ization of the Internet. This week, I published an article called The Top 10 Vertical and Social Web Trends where I have discussed this at length. Photo by yirsh. Discuss.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return. But are we also enjoying a period of unparalleled growth and opportunity led by high-growth technology companies? The answer is likely a mix of both.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Valerie Song , CEO & Founder of AVA Technologies Inc. plans to revolutionize indoor growing The Forrest Four-Cast: February 5, 2020 Are you an urbanite craving a connection with nature? AVA Technologies Inc. Valerie Song , CEO & Founder of AVA Technologies Inc., What is your top goal for Ava Byte for 2020?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Valerie Song , CEO & Founder of AVA Technologies Inc. plans to revolutionize indoor growing The Forrest Four-Cast: February 5, 2020 Are you an urbanite craving a connection with nature? AVA Technologies Inc. Valerie Song , CEO & Founder of AVA Technologies Inc., What is your top goal for Ava Byte for 2020?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 16, 2020 For anyone who is looking to get value from their data, Virtualitics offers a unique solution to solve modern data challenges and lack of data scientists. The cornerstone feature of VIP 2020 is its “Network Graph” package.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return. But are we also enjoying a period of unparalleled growth and opportunity led by high-growth technology companies? The answer is likely a mix of both.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: January 29, 2020 Here’s a problem: worldwide, there aren’t enough radiologists to meet patient needs. What is your top goal for Radiobotics in 2020? If you are an entrepreneur, check out the SXSW 2020 Startups Track , which runs March 13–17. All SXSW Pitch events take place at the Hilton Austin Downtown.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Intvo’s AI technology spotlights pedestrians to make for safer streets The Forrest Four-Cast: January 27, 2020 Meet Intvo , a startup with the target audience of everyone on the road. I love innovative technology so Tesla vehicles fall into that category. Life is full of challenges but how we overcome them is what counts.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: January 31, 2020 Make video captioning easier and better in a world where audiences now watch extensively without sound. What is your top goal for Quicc for 2020? If you are an entrepreneur, check out the SXSW 2020 Startups Track , which runs March 13–17. Quicc co-founders Jason Toevs and Mike Mathia.

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