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Congrats! 🎉 CV portfolio company Aeropay announces $20M Series B. Read more in TechCrunch below, and please join us in congratulating CEO and Founder Daniel Muller on the company's progress!

project44 forecasts lower delivery times this peak shipping season: 📦 Package delivery speeds improved in November by 27% year over year ⏩ November's average delivery time -- from order placement to arrival -- was 3.7 days, compared to 4.1 days the year before 🎄 This holiday shipping season is "off to the strongest start since Covid-19"

🌊⛈️🌪️🔥 More frequent, more costly weather events are making residential insurance harder to get, depending where you live... 🚫 ...but Kin Insurance is one of the innovators stepping up to offer affordable protection ✅🏡 Bloomberg has more in this feature ⤵️ 

🌟 Great to see GoodShip on Procure Tech's 2024 #ProcureTech100 list of pioneering digital procurement, data and analytics solutions companies 👏 These 100 top performers were selected by a panel of independent experts and validated by Kearney See the full list ⤵️

‼️ G2's new partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) brings authentic user reviews directly to #AWSMarketplace, making it easier for customers to find, buy, deploy and manage software and services from AWS Partners 🌟 "According to G2's 2024 Buyer Behavior Report, 33% of C-suite buyers prefer to purchase software through third parties for an expedited process," said Sara Rossio, Chief Product Officer at G2. "Buy with AWS puts that power in our customers' hands and allows G2 to serve more users by providing efficient purchasing and procurement methods in the G2 marketplace. This new capability aligns with G2's commitment to delivering a seamless experience for software buyers to find solutions they need, providing valuable connections between software vendors and their future customers." More info in G2's blog post ⤵️ #awsreinvent

"We've always been a place for emerging talent to make money until they become the biggest person in the world." – Cameo CEO Steven Galanis 🎬 Exciting changes at Cameo right now, so it's a good time for Steven to sit down with TIME to talk #CameoX, how Cameo is adapting to a post-pandemic world, advice for founders, and much more 🤳🌟💰 #Mustread

😍 This Indie Hackers interview with Velvet is a #mustread Velvet founder Emma Lawler talks navigating PMF in a disruptor's market, 0-1 growth tactics, and maintaining momentum 📈 More ⤵️

🌪️ Natural disasters 👾 Cyber threats 👴🏼 Aging population A secure digital vault 🔒 in 2025 is not just a convenience, but essential protection for your family. Prisidio founder Glenn Shimkus elaborates on this and Prisidio's approach on the "Death and Dying in the Digital Age" podcast 🗣️

🎉 Cameo is no longer just for celebrities! With #CameoX, all creators can now join and monetize their talents 🌟💰 In a pilot since last year, CameoX brought in about 31,000 video creators, who've made nearly 155,000 Cameo videos and collectively sold them for more than $5 million For more, check out the piece in Fast Company ⤵️ #creatoreconomy #influencers

Keep an eye on this one... 👀 🎉 Congratulations to our rockstar associate Shawn Park on making Chicago Business Journal Chicago Inno's #InnoUnder25 list of rising #Chicago startup leaders to watch! 💪 "As he gets started in his young career, Park has shown a passion and dedication for creating a more equitable and diverse startup ecosystem in the Chicago region." We agree! 👏