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TechCrunch+ roundup: Deep due diligence, early Q1 2023 VC results, flight lessons for angels

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Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription Business schools teach the basics, but Mysty Rusk, who’s reviewed around 4,500 deals over the last 20 years, says the most important lessons she learned were the result of mistakes she made along the way.

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Find trends, advice and value at these special breakout sessions during TC Disrupt 2021

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 takes place September 21-23, and we’re here to call out just some of the awesome content we have scheduled over three very busy days. You gotta pay to play: Buy your pass to Disrupt 2021 here and open a door to opportunity. You gotta pay to play: Buy your pass to Disrupt 2021 here and open a door to opportunity.

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How VCs and founders see 2021 differently

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tapped the equity crowdfunding market, a noodle or two on the a16z media game, Talkspace’s SPAC, VC and founder predictions for 2021, and where’s the right place to found a company. Ahead, Juked may invest more in journalism, more into social features, and more into user-generated content. How VCs and founders see 2021 differently.

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Is this the year that we get our dream back channeling platform?

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Which is why I’m hoping that this is the year that a back channeling social media platform actually takes off. In a world where due diligence is evolving to be somewhat flippant in the early stage, back channeling is simultaneously going from a deep conversation about strengths and weaknesses to a thumbs up or thumbs down affair.

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Southeast Asian startups to watch in 2022

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As someone who covers Southeast Asia startups and funding stories, the best word I can think of to describe 2021 is “whoa!” A comprehensive report from Golden Gate Ventures also forecasted a record number of exits , due in part to an increase in B and C rounds. Both countries produced a fair amount of unicorns in 2021.

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Gen Z social app Yubo rolls out age ‘estimating’ technology to better identify minors using its service

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Yubo , a social livestreaming app popular with a Gen Z audience, announced today it’s becoming one of the first major social platforms to adopt a new age verification technique that uses live image capture technology to identify minors using its app, in order to keep them separated from adult users.

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Koan raises $1M more as it adds a free tier to its OKR software

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This week Koan , a startup that provides objectives-and-key-results (OKR) and status-tracking software, announced that it has raised an additional $1 million, added a free tier to its service and acquired a design firm with which it has worked. Koan, launched by a co-founder of Jive Software, has raised $3 million in seed funding.