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Startups offer major job satisfaction, the potential to leave a legacy, and higher salaries than traditional corporate jobs. However, they also have some significant disadvantages. These include long hours, the need to build a strong team, and high levels of stress. In addition, many startups offer delayed compensation in the form of stock options that may gain value over time if the company is successful.
A VC says that picking the right board members is crucial to success as a startup. Plus, the new ‘deeptech hardware napkin’ offers a compact snapshot of Europe’s early-stage hardware funding landscape.
Hinge Health and Omada Health reawakened the digital health IPO market. But most late-stage healthcare startups aren’t ready to go public this year. Climatiq uses AI to automate carbon emission data. See the pitch deck it used to raise $11.6 million. Synthflow AI is bringing ‘conversational AI voice agents’ to call centers. Read the pitch deck that helped it raise $20 million.
The founders of this new dating app are all in their 20s, and they’re trying to change the way we look at online dating. The team behind VO/D says its “deep work” takes place between 4 a.m. and 7 a.m, when they’re most creative. Find out why they raised $1.6 million from Corazon Capital.