PART 4/5 Andrew Brackin, Partner at Gradient, Google’s AI seed fund also known for co-founding Vial, a tech-enabled clinical trial platform that raised over $100M in VC funding from top tier firms, led the enlightening workshop “Seed to Series A Fundraising” at the AI & Fundraising Startup Grind Summit 2024. The Andrew Brackin list of PRE SEED must haves: At pre seed, Founders should have a great team, and a good idea with the beginnings of an MVP and be under a $10-12M market cap. Pre seed fundraising may also be under $1M, with accelerators fitting into this model. Brackin highlighted various pre seed programmes on offer such as the Sequoia Arc programme. The Andrew Brackin list of SEED ROUND must haves:…
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AI & Fundraising Q3 2024 Startup Grind Summit: Snowflake KPIs in AI
PART 3/5 Attendees to the Annual AI & Fundraising Q3 2024 Startup Grind Summit explored alongside Snowflake Ventures, that invests in companies that are committed to mobilizing data and expanding opportunities in the Data Cloud, “KPIs in AI: Product Development, Go-to-Market Strategies, and Operations.” The traits that make startups successful from a VC perspective were pinpointed. The Snowflake team examined effective fundraising strategies and explored the opportunities and challenges of integrating AI into businesses. In attendance, Snowflake Ventures Director Harsha Kapre and Phoebe He, Product Marketing Lead, Apps at Snowflake. Snowflake Inc. is headquartered in Bozeman, Montana, and “operates a platform that provides data storage via cloud computing and allows for data analysis and simultaneous access of data sets with minimal latency. It…
Annual AI & Fundraising Q3 2024 Startup Grind Summit: AI Top Tips
PART 2/5 AI SESSIONS The Thursday 26th September 2024 annual Startup Grind Summit entitled AI & Fundraising incorporated other notable AI sessions such as “Building the Future with AI” featuring a fireside chat between Sachin Dev Duggal, Founder & CEO of Builder.ai and Startup Grind’s thought-provoking CEO and Founder Derek Andersen. Sachin focused on the need to build apps quickly and more affordably and characterized the AI hype cycle, predicting the AI evolution of tech stack would experience a rebirthing within 18 months. Anderson claims there are still great fears around AI from large corporations in particular, hindering its adoption rate if go to market strategies are not executed properly. Duggal himself estimates that 90% of GEN AI adoption has failed with a…
Annual AI & Fundraising Start up Grind Summit hits the mark, Q3 2024
PART 1/5 Riveting, cutting edge, forward thinking are the words Latestsale.com would use to describe the incredibly sophisticated Thursday 26th September 2024 annual Startup Grind Summit entitled AI & Fundraising. It was wonderful to join Derek Andersen Founder & CEO of Startup Grind as he led brilliantly the half day virtual event from San Francisco, full of insights and strategies to help start ups navigate fundraising and accelerate traction. How can we all get educated and help each other? “Give more than you can take,” so says Anderson. From the first chapter hosting small events fifteen years ago, Andersen was pleased to reveal that Startup Grind is now hosted in over 100 countries. He asserts, Start Up Grind is one of the key avenues to…
Blackout Tuesday VC and the Urban Vibe of Phoenix Court Group
North West London came alive on Tuesday 24th September 2024 with an urban vibe of distinguished VCs, a redefined prowess of a new type of cool, at the first in-person, 18th Blackout Tuesday event held at the European Headquarters of Phoenix Court Group. An anticipated showcase of Founders, angel investors, VCs and other special guests gathered at Phoenix Court for the inauguration of the in-person Blackout Tuesday meet up: “Increasing Venture-backed Black Founders – A Journey from Seed to Series A and beyond.” Guests to the VC HQ Phoenix Court Somers Town location, adjacent to King’s Cross were greeted with delightful oriental styled canapés, African Caribbean appetizers, sweet treats and refreshing beverages. There was an air of mystery as each Founder was asked to pick…
Latestsale.com comes out of stealth, updated BLOOM profile 26092024
Latestsale.com comes out of stealth and the leadership team is pleased that after a two year pause our BLOOM profile as of 25th September 2024 is indeed published, fully accessible and updated for the public sector. We are delighted to join an array of reputable social impact enterprises and announce that Latestsale.com Limited is a fully-fledged Bloom Accredited Supplier. The company’s public sector professional services category specialisms are: CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EDUCATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT NHS OTHER- Cultural sector clients Latestsale.com procurement categories the company can support the public sector with are as follows: Data and Analytics Technology Skills Training Artificial Intelligence Public Relations Market Research Communications Branding Advertising We look forward to seeing how the procurement process has been simplified in…
AWS, Formula One, Latest Sale, USA Grand Prix 2024 Peak on 18102024
AWS, Formula One, Latest Sale, USA Grand Prix 2024 Peak on 18102024. SPECIAL EDITION AWS TEASER As the 2024 F1® season comes to a high octane close, LatestSale.com Limited Founder is delighted to announce she will be joining the Amazon Web Services (AWS) USA ExecLeaders team and Formula One (virtually) at the FORMULA 1 PIRELLI UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX 2024 on the Circuit of the Americas, in Austin, Texas for a special edition of: ‘Need for Speed – Peak Performance Under Pressure’ on 18th October 2024. LatestSale.com Limited Founder is looking forward to the live interview and tour of The Paddock with F1® legend Mika Häkkinen. “It’s all systems go” at AWS as the AWS USA ExecLeaders team prepare for the live broadcast, “Leveraging Advanced…
Quantum Meets 2024 FINALE PT 4 Game on! Nodes of One Network 07082024
Quantum Meets 2024 The Nodes of One Network PART 4 INSIGHTS To wrap up Quantum Meets 2024, DAY 4, THE NODES OF ONE NETWORK featured numerous break out sessions that delegates were able to participate in. The final day was held in Thuishaven, in the Western outskirts of AMSTERDAM and took place on Thursday, June 13, 2024 from 1:00 PM to 11:00 PM. In synch with the Quantum industry as a whole, LatestSale.com Founder was pleased to uncover on 13/06/2024 that the company’s strategy to incorporate gamification elements into certain responsible AI tools underpinned with Quantum communications was in keeping with the Quantum industry’s strategic goals and implementation plans. The GAME ON! session emphasized why gaming was so important. As the largest industry by…
Quantum Meets 2024 Plenary PT 3F, Pllek Networking Party 02082024
Quantum Meets 2024 Plenary PART 3F INSIGHTS THE FINALE: THE PLLEK NETWORKING PARTY The Plenary Day summit concluded on a high note and was followed by the Pllek after party. The Pllek establishment on the tip of the Amsterdam waterfront is one of the largest, greenest restaurants in Amsterdam, known for offering unique experiences for those who want to try something new. The restaurant prides itself in offering sustainable menus according to the season with 75% of menu options vegetarian and 25% of the selection vegan. Known for its live music, film meet ups and artistic events, the Pllek restaurant even has a deck with a manmade beach for the summer where yoga lessons take place each Sunday morning overlooking Amsterdam’s Ij river. Quantum…
Quantum Meets 2024 Plenary PT 3E: Global Quantum Structure, 01082024
Quantum Meets 2024 Plenary PART 3E INSIGHTS THE GLOBAL STRUCTURE OF QUANTUM “Quantum For International Organisations: Supporting the global quantum ecosystem” was the penultimate session for the Plenary Day with a focus on changes to economies and society, new structures for transmitting and communicating data, and much more. Prominent speakers included: Elizabeth Thomas-Raynaud- OECD Arinuma Sarkar- World Economic Forum The OECD championed by Elizabeth Thomas-Raynaud highlighted the – “Strategic pillars” for Quantum’s flagship goals centred around COMPUTING + SIMULATION + SENSING + COMMUNICATION. Thomas-Raynaud indicated her desire for the quantum ecosystem to navigate quantum technology policy challenges and opportunities responsibly, underpinned by the OECD mantra “better policies for better lives.” In particular she emphasized the need for comprehensive international standards for quantum to guide…