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LoopFeedback launches to close AI feedback gap with $12M seed round
Former Google and Apple researchers Dr. Maya Patel and Dr. Alex Liu have founded LoopFeedback, a startup building a real‑time human‑in‑the‑loop feedback system for large language models. The company announced a $12 million seed round led by Andrees, aiming to improve model alignment and safety.
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By the numbers: abcoffee raises $7.35M in pre‑Series B
Overcoming Self-Doubt When Launching Your Own Business
Founders today operate in heightened uncertainty, with tighter funding and rapid change. Nearly 88% report mental‑health issues, and self‑doubt is a pervasive barrier that can stall action and erode team confidence. The article outlines practical steps—recognizing doubt, identifying triggers, separating facts from feelings, building perspective networks, and celebrating small wins—to transform doubt into a constructive signal. Emphasizing rest, nutrition, and identity separation further strengthens resilience and decision‑making.
Founder Fridays No. 186
Founder Fridays #186 delivers a mix of tactical advice for scaling startups, from AI‑driven creative tools to sales discovery, communication efficiency, co‑founder selection, fundraising, and legal billing. It highlights Flora’s bet that taste, not raw model performance, is the real...
Only Pitch These Seed Investors with $20K+ MRR
If you’re doing $20K MRR, here are 10 Seed investors writing $1M-$5M checks 💰 - First Round Capital - Bessemer Venture Partners - Boldstart Ventures - Accel - Founder Collective - Bonfire Ventures - Uncork Capital - Point Nine Capital - Costanoa Ventures - SaaStr Fund If you do not have...
What Brené Brown’s ‘Researcher-Storyteller’ Idea Means for Founders in the Slop Era
Today's founders operate like hybrid researcher‑storytellers, gathering customer data, spotting market patterns, and then translating those insights into compelling narratives. Brené Brown’s anecdote—being rebranded from “researcher” to “storyteller” to attract audiences—illustrates how labeling influences perception. The article argues that facts...
From Lead Generation to Pipeline Hygiene: What Startups Often Miss
Startups often celebrate high lead volumes while neglecting the quality and follow‑up needed to turn contacts into revenue. The article argues that pipeline hygiene—regular CRM updates, lead scoring, and disciplined nurturing—is the missing link between acquisition and sustainable growth. Real‑world...
Bharat Taxi Crosses 2.7 Mn Downloads but Faces Pricing Concerns
India's cooperative ride‑hailing platform Bharat Taxi has surpassed 2.73 million downloads, with 84 % coming from Android devices. Launched by Union Minister Amit Shah, the service uses a driver‑ownership model where each driver holds five shares and pays no per‑ride commission, promising...
Startup Hotspot: How Western Startups Can Successfully Expand Into the UAE
Western tech startups are increasingly targeting the United Arab Emirates as a launchpad for regional growth. The UAE’s free‑zone ecosystem offers near‑zero corporate tax and streamlined company formation, while its geographic position provides rapid access to a market of over...
It’s Time to Reshore: Why AI-Augmented Development Changes the Equation
An engineer used Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 and Claude Code to build a multi‑brand, multi‑locale e‑commerce platform for Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan in just 2.5 days, completing seven sprints that would normally require a distributed offshore team for weeks. The project...
Startup News and Updates: Daily Roundup (March 20, 2026)
Assiduus secured $25 million pre‑Series B funding led by Bajaj Finserv, reporting a four‑fold revenue increase and solidifying its role as a leading AI‑powered e‑commerce supply‑chain platform. Delhivery expanded its Economy Air Parcel Service to the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia while...
Exclusive: Fintech Startup Fintake Launches Cloud-Native Trading Platform Helio
Cyprus‑based fintech startup Fintake has launched Helio, a cloud‑native, multi‑asset trading platform aimed at margin and CFD brokers. After 18 months of development, Helio is now live with early partners, offering active‑active multi‑region architecture, zero‑downtime deployments, and AI‑ready infrastructure. The...
GeoSurge Founder: Don’t Wait for Permission
GeoSurge, a London deep‑tech AI firm founded by Francisco Vigo, monitors how large language models portray businesses across markets. Vigo, a former pilot‑trainee, emphasizes enjoying work to avoid burnout and stresses that founders must move forward without waiting for external...
This Brand Broke the Biggest Rule of E-Commerce—And Made Customers 3.5x More Valuable
Huckberry’s newsletter, launched 15 years ago, includes external links to curated stories, defying the e‑commerce rule against outbound links. The brand treats customers as community members, offering entertainment, education, and connections beyond its product line. This content‑first approach yields customers...
Claim the 'Founder' Title After 55: Launch a Business Without Jeopardizing Your Retirement
More older adults are adopting the “Founder” title on LinkedIn, with a 69% jump in 2025 and a 300% increase since 2022. Research shows a 60‑year‑old starting a business is three times more likely to succeed than a 30‑year‑old, and...
A Guide to Building and Scaling a Restaurant Franchise
Restaurant franchising remains the dominant growth model in U.S. food service, with brands like Chick‑fil‑A, McDonald’s and Wingstop leveraging uniform menus and strong brand equity to outpace independent operators. Studies show franchise units generate higher revenue and enjoy superior success...
Uber Commits Up to $1.25 B to Rivian for 10,000 Robotaxis, Option for 40,000 More
Uber announced a multi‑year investment of up to $1.25 billion in Rivian, securing 10,000 fully autonomous R2 SUVs for robotaxi service with an option to buy another 40,000 by 2030. The deal triggers a 3.8% rally in Rivian shares and marks...
Agentic Healthcare Platform Flexzo AI Raises £9m
Flexzo AI, an agentic workforce platform for hospitals, closed a £9 million ($12 million) Series A round led by Octopus Ventures with participation from Fuel Ventures. The funding will fuel a rollout across NHS Trusts and support expansion into the United States. Founded in...
CEE Startup & Tech Weekly: First Ukrainian Defense Tech IPO
Swarmer Inc., a Ukrainian drone‑software firm, debuted on Nasdaq on March 17, becoming the first defense‑technology company from Ukraine to complete an IPO. The listing valued the company at roughly $500 million, signaling strong investor appetite for Eastern‑European defense innovators. The round‑up...
AI Fear Is Overstated: UpGrad’s Ronnie Screwvala
UpGrad announced a term‑sheet to acquire Unacademy in an all‑stock transaction, marking the first major consolidation in India’s bruised edtech sector. Founder Ronnie Screwvala argues that the prevailing AI‑driven job‑loss panic is largely a marketing narrative, not a reality. UpGrad positions...
From Being Flipkart’s Backbone to Scaling Bharat’s D2C Brands, Ekart Is Building the New Supply Chain OS
Ekart, Flipkart’s logistics arm, is extending its nationwide network to serve India’s booming D2C sector, especially in Tier‑II and Tier‑III cities. By offering end‑to‑end services—warehousing, linehaul, last‑mile delivery and AI‑driven inventory placement—it enables next‑day or D+2 shipments across 15,000 pincodes....
Exclusive: Celesta Capital To Launch ₹2,000 Cr India-Focused Deeptech Fund
Celesta Capital, a San‑Francisco‑based venture firm, is preparing to raise a ₹2,000 crore (approximately $24 billion) Category II AIF dedicated to Indian deep‑tech startups. The fund will focus on early‑stage companies at Series A and B, with typical checks of $3‑7 million per deal. Celesta,...
StayVista Turns Profitable in FY25 with Rs 181 Cr Revenue
StayVista, a Mumbai‑based luxury villa and homestay platform, posted a profit of Rs 3.6 crore in FY25, reversing an Rs 8 crore loss from the prior year. Revenue grew 29% to Rs 181 crore, while total expenses rose 18% to Rs 179 crore. Material costs remained the dominant...
Why Global AI and SaaS Startups Are Rethinking Cross-Border Payments
Global AI and SaaS startups are feeling the strain of outdated cross‑border payment rails, especially when moving funds from the US to India. Traditional bank wires can take three to five days and often deliver FX rates that differ from...
How Is Sukoshi Scaling in a Crowded Beauty Market?
Sukoshi, a Canadian‑born Asian beauty retailer, has expanded from a 355 sq ft Toronto shop in 2018 to a 20‑store chain across the US and Canada. The company differentiates itself by acting as a launch and acceleration platform for emerging Asian brands,...
How I Made It: Joseph Alonso, Founder of Novo Modo Machining
Joseph Alonso founded Novo Modo Machining in 2023, introducing standardized cells for complex five‑axis work. By the end of 2025 he projects $4 million in annual revenue, leveraging his early‑stage real‑estate investments for capital. The company plans to scale through a...
Launching a Boutique Law Firm: Lessons and AI Opportunities
Building A Law Firm, Five Years In: Jed Bergman A founding partner of Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes, Jed reflects on the rewards of launching your own firm, lessons learned, and how #AI will benefit boutiques. LINK: https://t.co/vcBISHLjPH https://t.co/xNNrYniZVz
Colombia's Budding Tech Scene Needs a Cash Boost
Colombia’s tech ecosystem has surged, highlighted by Rappi’s $5 billion valuation and 35 million monthly users. KPMG reports 2,100 startups—a 24 % YoY rise—making the country the second‑largest Latin American hub after Brazil. While firms like Foodology and Habi have secured sizable funding...
Deeptune Raises $43M to Accelerate AI Learning Through Virtual Training Gyms
Deeptune Inc. announced a $43 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz, aimed at scaling its AI "training gyms" that simulate professional workflows. The New‑York startup creates high‑fidelity reinforcement‑learning environments for tasks ranging from DevOps to customer support, turning data collection...
AI Legal Tech Startup MiAI Law Raised $2 Million
Australian legal‑tech startup MiAI Law, founded by barrister Laina Chan, announced a $2 million seed round raised in five days from family, staff and angel investors. The platform differentiates itself by linking case law and statutes through a transparent reasoning engine...
Can Africa Build Its Own Global Social Media Platform?
Africa dominates social media consumption but owns few platforms. The piece argues the continent can build a global network by leveraging fintech expertise, a youthful mobile‑first audience, and its rich storytelling heritage. Emerging ventures such as Blogshop showcase an integrated...
Show Why You Belong: Viral “Why Me” Deck Wins Career
The reason I have a platform today is solely bc I shared how I broke into venture 5 years on Twitter. I created a 10 pg Why Me deck to convince my firm to hire me. The logic: If I wanted...
Entrepreneurship: Painful, Lonely, Not for the Cool‑Factor Dreamers
Most successful entrepreneurs you talk to, if they're being honest, would say something along the lines of, "If I knew everything I know now, I would not have done it." The kind of people who decide they want to be founders...
Kwara Senator Lola Ashiru Trains 60 Youths, Hands Out 200 PCs in Ramadan Empowerment Drive
Deputy Senate Leader Lola Ashiru of Kwara South trained 60 young people in ICT and handed out 200 personal computers during a Ramadan‑timed empowerment program. The initiative, the fifth of its kind since he took office, targets students, artisans and...
AI Will Turn Marketplace Supply Into Autonomous Agents
marketplace startups are destined to be massively reinvented by AI. The weak form is already happening, where we use LLMs for customer support, supply/demand matching, etc. That’s easy The strong form is to figure out how much of the supply side...
Prioritize One Fix: Master Focus Amid Business Chaos
Entrepreneurship is the daily challenge of realizing there are 100 things broken inside your business, but you can only fix 1 at a time, which means building the skill of applying focused effort wherever it matters most without getting distracted...
Cape Nabs $100M Series C Round
Cape, the privacy‑first mobile carrier, announced a $100 million Series C financing round co‑led by Bain Capital Ventures and IVP, with participation from several new investors. The new capital brings the company’s total funding to $191 million, underscoring strong investor confidence in its...
Revenue Obsession Blinds You to Sustainable Success
I spent my 20s chasing revenue growth at all costs.... but here's what I wish I understood back then👇
Reimagining Finance Operations: LiveFlow’s Lasse Kalkar and Anita Koimur on Building an AI-Native ERP for Continuous Close
LiveFlow unveiled Flow, an AI‑native ERP built for continuous‑close finance operations. The platform unifies accounting, consolidation, and planning while delivering real‑time data across multi‑entity, multi‑currency organizations. Flow’s one‑click, transaction‑level migration can move legacy data in a day, eliminating the typical...
YC’s Organic Rise: Word‑of‑mouth, Founders, and Evolving AI
Paul Graham is back on The Social Radars with @jesslivingston and @cjoneslevy. This time, they focus on what was happening behind the scenes at Y Combinator in the early years. PG shares how YC grew through word of mouth, what it...
Stories Sell; Feature Lists Make Investors Tune Out
Most startup pitches fail for one reason. Founders list features while investors hear 850 pitches a year and feel nothing. Story works better because the brain runs it like a flight simulator, letting investors rehearse the customer’s struggle and win. Show the world...
'Revenuemaxxing': The Fastest-Growing Startups in the UK and Ireland
Sifted unveiled its third UK and Ireland Leaderboard, ranking the 100 fastest‑growing startups by revenue growth, alongside a new research report co‑produced with law firm Marriott Harrison. The release coincides with a surge of activity in London, which is outpacing rival...
Measure Growth Rate, Not Raw Numbers; Flat Is Success
If you really want to hold yourself to a high standard, graph the growth rate of the number you care about instead of the number itself. Then you're winning if you can even keep it flat.
Scaling Turns Rare Failures Into Daily Inevitabilities
If you have 1000 servers, each experiencing a fatal error randomly once every 3 years… you will get random, unpredictable, unstoppable failures every single day. Scale is hard because it makes rare things common. https://t.co/HHxsPMDKQD
Up to $25,000 Grant For Small Businesses in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire (Deadline: March 31, 2026)
A new grant program provides up to $25,000 to qualifying small businesses in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. Applications must be submitted by March 31, 2026. Recipients can allocate funds toward product or service expansion, equipment purchases, technology upgrades,...
Secondary Marketplaces Seek $1B Pre‑Seed at $4B Valuation
We are now in part of the cycle where secondary marketplaces are soliciting investors for a $1B pre-seed round at a $4B valuation.
Beehiv Founder Shares Blueprint for Creator Publishing Success
Tomorrow on The Grill Room: Beehiv founder @denk_tweets This, imho, is a must-listen for creators and would-be creators thinking about building their own publishing businesses... Follow here: https://t.co/OUrgd2dr7a https://t.co/7uSZkENSc8
Five Canadian Scaleups Crack Thrive Top 50 AgTech Companies List
California‑based Thrive, the AgTech accelerator of SVG Ventures, released its 2026 Top 50 AgTech Companies list, highlighting five Canadian scaleups as leading innovators. The companies—4AG Robotics, BinSentry, Vive Crop Protection, Entosystem and Milk Moovement—were selected based on funding, revenue growth,...
Use YC‑style ‘Vertebrae’ for Stronger Demo Day Pitches
I'm glad she chose this excerpt about how to make a convincing Demo Day presentation. Founders would be so much more effective at fundraising if they gave their pitches YC-style "vertebrae".
Ecom Founders Spot Systems; Others Blame Luck
Everyone when they see a successful brand: 'They got lucky.' Ecom founders when they see a successful brand: 'What system did they build to make that repeatable?' Different mindset. Different perspective.
Three Partners, Three Roles, One Multi-Billion Dollar Bet
Acquisition.com announced a managing‑partner‑led restructure, appointing the author as CEO, Leila as Executive Chair, and Alex to head the firm’s money‑generation engine. The trio aims to scale a multi‑billion‑dollar enterprise by expanding a $300 million real‑estate portfolio toward a $1 billion target...
Growth Rate Focus Reveals Early Signals for Product Switch
Another advantage of focusing on growth rate rather than absolute numbers is that it makes it easier to switch to a new variant of the product if you discover one. It makes it easier to see tails that will eventually...