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Bringing Eye Exams To The Palm Of A Doctor’s Hand, Smart Vision Raises $6.1 Million
Commercializing a new tool to bring the basic eye exam into the palm of a doctor’s hand could save the eyesight of nearly 1 billion people worldwide. That’s the goal that Zhou Yaopeng and Marc Albanese, two former photonics researchers who met at Boston University nearly a decade ago, have set for themselves and for their two-year-old startup, Smart Vision Labs. Read More
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Building A Diverse Board Makes Sense For Startups
While there is a lot of existing data tying board diversity to better company performance, most of it focuses on companies that are already public. That misses the broader and potentially much more impactful opportunity for startups and growth stage tech companies: to build a diverse board now, not later. Why now? Read More
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More Startup Funding Is Available, But Who’s Getting It?
Last year was fantastic for startup fundraising, continuing an upward trend with a dramatic increase to more than $47 billion (a 62 percent increase from 2013’s figures). On the surface, this is great news — more venture capitalists are pouring more money into startups, thereby increasing the amount of available resources for new ideas. Read More
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Dat Venture Opens Second Class For Startups Expanding Into The U.S.
For people who didn’t grow up in the U.S., navigating the American startup scene can be intimidating. Dat Venture, a Boston-based accelerator for international entrepreneurs, wants to change this. Dat, which is kicking off its second cohort today, has refashioned the traditional accelerator model into a program designed to lower the barriers for international entrepreneurs looking… Read More
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The Real Silicon Valley
Every time I hear people talking about Unicorns, I think “all hat, no cattle” or “another person living in the land of style over substance.” In spite of the fact that I’ve never been diagnosed with Aspergers, I’ve found myself blurting out, “F$&@ Unicorns!”* twice recently, including when I was on a panel at Stanford School of Engineering… Read More
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Gin Lane Creative Studio Opens Joint Venture Arm
You might not have heard of Gin Lane, but chances are you’ve come into contact with their work. The design and development studio helps some of the biggest consumer brands in the world build products, and today Gin Lane is taking more of a stake in those products. The company announced that it will open up a joint venture segment in its own shop, taking as much as 20 to 50 percent of… Read More
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Don’t Let Your Investors Buy All The Options
One of the most pronounced misalignments between investors and entrepreneurs is around the concept of “optionality.” I’m not talking about stock options, but the freedom to choose from a variety of different strategic and tactical options when running your startup. Producing Unicorns In The Land Of Fútbol, Samba And El Dorado
There was a time, not very long ago when Latinos living in the U.S. could only point to two successful Internet/software startups in their countries of origin: Mercado Libre and Despegar/Decolar.
While these companies were very successful, it was difficult for us to explain why no other startups in Latin America had flourished. Read More
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PicsArt, a photo-sharing service that’s building a community around creatively editing pictures, has raised $15 million in a venture round led by Insight Ventures with Sequoia Capital also contributing. 
Startup accelerator Boost.vc is diversifying its next cohort of startups, shifting its line-up of accepted startups from focusing solely on Bitcoin to include those working on virtual and augmented reality.