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7 ways investors can gain clarity while conducting technical due diligence

TechCrunch

But when it comes to assessing investment opportunities, few venture and growth equity investors have the resources to conduct thorough technical diligence. They often outsource this critical work to a consultant for more of a high-level overview, because technical diligence is often a blind spot for investors.

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Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages

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But, as of January 28, the companys stock price was over $400, an all-time high, helped by a perfect score on an industry test for ransomware detection. Its worth doing that extra step of diligence because it can save you problems down the road, she says. Our legal team knows exactly what to ask for when negotiating contracts.

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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower CTO

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. These are classic inflection points for a development team.

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The key to operational AI: Modern data architecture

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From customer service chatbots to marketing teams analyzing call center data, the majority of enterprises—about 90% according to recent data —have begun exploring AI. This team serves as the primary point of contact when issues arise with models—the go-to experts when something isn’t working.

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How well did Israel’s cybersecurity industry do in 2022?

TechCrunch

Yuval Krigel is an associate at YL Ventures who focuses on deal sourcing, technological due diligence and providing value-add support to the firm’s portfolio companies. billion over 109 funding rounds), it seems that 2021 was a blip on the radar, and that the industry is returning to where it left off in 2020.

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AllSpice thinks hardware developers lack their own ‘GitHub,’ so it is building one

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AllSpice , a collaborative hub designed for hardware development, came out of private beta on a mission to build a DevOps ecosystem inspired by GitHub. They bonded over frustrations at their respective jobs in what seemed like a hardware industry left behind to rely on PDFs and email to get things done versus software development.

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Zonos banks $69M to develop APIs for democratizing cross-border commerce

TechCrunch

Even if someone chooses not to purchase the item due to the fees being too high, MacLean believes the purchasing experience will be different because the pricing and shipping information was provided up front. Our diligence said Zonos is the only player to take the data that exists out there and make sense of it,” MacLean said.