Finding outlined lists about what should start-ups look for in investors can be easily searched for on Google’s browser. However, the opposite side of that conversation “What do Investors Look for in a Startup?” tends to come up a little empty handed. Let’s look at a few steps that investors follow when searching and researching new startup companies. Essentially if you’re a new startup CEO there is a 7-factor plan to know. This 7-factor plan includes passionate, traction, significant market size, competitive advantage, exist strategy, main factor, and teamwork. We will breakdown these factors more below: What is Traction? This […]

A press announcement release on October 30, 2021 shared that SuperLayer has created a new venture studio. Venture studio means that this company will now become a company that works to build several different companies in rapid succession. Which for month of October was huge news. SuperLayer is a new invesment firm interested in expanding the internet universe with their virtual studio Web3. In specific terms, SuperLayer is a crypto venture studio building independent consumer web3 projects on the $RLY network. With a small number of employees that just ranges from 1 – 10 individuals working at SuperLayer. That’s what […]

Founded in 2018, MilkRun is all about sourcing real farm fresh food from farmers. Since farm fresh food has been finding easier ways to arrive to individuals dining tables, MilkRun has been figuring out how to be there for the middle man work. Most don’t know that MilkRun is subscription service where individual who wish to signup can input their area code (zip code) and find the nearest locations. This subscription service is a weekly grocery staples that sources from small and local farms. The founder and CEO Julia Niiro made it her duty to help farmers who are 65 […]

Alpha JWC released a press release on November 8, 2021 sharing that the latest funding series, the third series has closed with an astounding $433 Million. Alpha JWC is an investment firm in the early stages of their company who intends to help other start-ups to succeed in establishing their retail base. Making Alpha JWC one of Southeast Asia’s largest vc funding projects so far. All because Southeast Asia is starting to see an influx of investors taking a keen interest in the country’s southern new start-ups; high-profile exits like Bukalapak and Sea Group’s IPOs. Both co-founders had noted that […]

In Rippling’s Series C funding round, the huge amount of $250 Million was the closing amount. The press release explaining this successful round was released in October of 2021. What Rippling has accomplished is that this last batch of round funding pushed the company’s total value to $6.5 Billion. What has become enticing is the fact that instead of looking up competitors for Rippling, the company’s founder Parker Conrad has compared the company to Salesforce. To dig a bit deeper, Rippling is where IT and Human Resources comes together and finds a simplistic happy medium. Yes, Rippling acts as an […]