Use a Social Media CalendarSocial media can be easy to ignore and forget about, making consistency hard to achieve.

Having a social media calendar can help you plan out your social media marketing and maintain posting consistency.

Build a Social Media ToolkitHaving a dependable social media toolkit can help you do more work in less time.

You can find tools for social media listening, social media management, content curation, and analytics.

That’s why a more strategic approach to social media marketing is necessary to be more productive with it. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581471010.2551234/7-Ways-Entrepreneurs-Can-be-More-Productive-on-Social-Media?ref=audio_experience

From the likes of Uber and Ola for easy commutes to Swiggy and Zomato for your meals, and even Dunzo for everything else – on-demand startups have our backs 24x7.

But these startups' success stories have a common denominator – Google Maps.

Benson Samuel, Co-founder of CoinsecureThis week's techie is Benson Samuel, ex-CTO and Co-founder of Coinsecure, who is now on a mission to fix a global problem: initial coin offering (ICO), using blockchain.

A critical part of investing in AI startups is understanding the technology.

Here is an angel investor’s take on what they want to hear from the founders of AI startups. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581469206.1866705/What-is-the-driving-force-behind-startups-like-Swiggy,-Ola,-and-Dunzo??ref=audio_experience

And in 2017, he pivoted to HelloDoc, an aggregation platform for healthcare providers and alternative healthcare practitioners.

So, in March 2017, he pivoted the dental helpline to HelloDoc, a medical helpline.

He then decided to sell an integrated product that offered telemedicine with health insurance benefits.

Siddharth continued to believe that the Indian healthcare startup ecosystem was missing personalisation, and digitisation wasn’t the only way ahead.

HelloDoc has now signed a contract with a big name in the health insurance sector and conducts wellness activities for multiple corporates. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581467406.2439053/Why-this-Delhi-startup-pivoted-from-a-dental-helpline-to-a-healthcare-aggregator?ref=audio_experience

Skydance Media, a diversified global media company, received $275m in strategic funding.

The company intends to use the funds to further expand its global reach across its film, television, animation and interactive platforms.

Led by David Ellison, Founder and CEO, and Jesse Sisgold, President and COO, Skydance is a diversified media company creating high-quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences.

Skydance also just launched a New Media division to reach gamers and non-gamers with story-focused experiences on emerging platforms.

In 2017, the company formed Skydance Animation and is set to produce a slate of original animated programming for both film and television. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581465608.996704/Skydance-Media-Receives-$275M-Strategic-Investment?ref=audio_experience

Merryfield, a Boston, MA-based new clean label rewards app, closed a $3.5M seed funding round.

Backers included members of the management team and high-net-worth individual investors.

The company intends to use the funds to make new hires to further build out the platform and support its go-to-market plans with its collective of member brands.

Founding member brands are Applegate Natural & Organic Meats, Beyond Meat, Califia Farms, Good Culture, GoMacro, Health-Ade Kombucha, Justin’s, Once Upon a Farm, Thinksport, RightRice, Stonyfield Organic, and Vital Proteins.

The iOS app is free for consumers and launches in April 2020. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581463805.9781542/Merryfield-Raises-$3.5M-in-Seed-Funding?ref=audio_experience

The mantra for effecting positive change within an existing business needs to be “the simpler the better.” This involves making lots of tiny changes that eventually become the larger transformation the business owner has in mind.

A change management specialist knows change can be scary for a company.

This is because the creative vision of a business owner can be very different from the visceral experience of employees who might find change traumatic.

This will enable your business, at any point, to address even large obstacles without getting mired in the details.

By focusing on what you already know to be true about your company, including its strengths and weaknesses, your starting point will become clear. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581462006.4389281/Managing-Change-Within-an-Existing-Business-–-Running-Your-Business?ref=audio_experience

Volastra Therapeutics, a NYC-based biotechnology company developing novel therapies for the treatment of metastatic cancers, raised $12m in funding.

The company intends to use the funds to develop therapies for metastatic cancers by targeting key pathways related to chromosomal instability, a hallmark of cancer metastasis.

Lewis Cantley, Samuel Bakhoum, and Olivier Elemento, Volastra is a biotechnology company focused on developing novel therapies for patients with metastatic cancers by exploiting unique insights into chromosomal instability.

Volastra Therapeutics’ operations are located at Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS at New York City (JLABS @ NYC).

Following the deal, Executive Chair Sandra Peterson, a Partner at Clayton, Dubilier, and Rice, a Board Member of Microsoft, and the former Group Worldwide Chairman of Johnson & Johnson, will lead the Volastra Board of Directors. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581460210.3841195/Volastra-Therapeutics-Raises-$12M-in-Seed-Financing?ref=audio_experience

Per the press release, the firm led the round in support of Sullivan who is an alumnus of UMass Amherst.

In its announcement, TOP said it plans to use the seed capital to expand its presence in grocery stores and retail locations nationwide.

It’s noteworthy that Lola wants to destigmatize period products, but has other lines as well around sexual health and menstrual cramps.

Like TOP, Lola started with tampons as a flagship offering and has since attracted investors like Lerer Hippeau and Spark Capital.

“A key part of our purpose is giving back, with a focus on middle and high school students,” Sullivan told Crunchbase News. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581458406.7063498/TOP,-A-Plant-Based-Period-Product-Startup,-Raises-$1.6M-In-Seed-Funding?ref=audio_experience

This blog post can be an informative read if you want to know about the best platforms for learning the English language.

DuoLingoDuoLingo is one of the best platforms available for learning the English language on the Internet.

If you like interactive learning, learning English from this platform can be a great experience.

Live MochaLive Mocha is one of the Internet’s oldest teaching platforms for the English language.

To master the English language, consider pursuing English courses in London, New York, or any other city where English is predominantly spoken. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581456606.2167766/Best-Platforms-for-Studying-the-English-Language-–-Opportunity?ref=audio_experience

Tweet SEATTLE, WA, Docugami today announced it has secured a $10 million seed funding round.

Unlike other companies that require expensive and time-consuming machine learning on massive sets of big data, Docugami focuses on the "small data" that is unique to each company.

"SignalFire's deep technical roots and hands-on approach are a great fit for Docugami," said Jean Paoli, chief executive officer of Docugami.

The Docugami team helped create the intelligent document revolution at Microsoft, and is now assembled to launch this next revolution."

The Docugami team includes internationally recognized data scientists and world-class software engineering, business, and marketing leaders. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581454809.0343537/Docugami-Inks-$10M-Seed-Financing?ref=audio_experience