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🚀Disrupting CRMs with one innovative product launch after another. CRM's got outdated over 20 years since their inception. Companies found themselves either having to find hacks to format their data to fit the CRM, or build a data warehouse from scratch. Three undergrads Buğra Gündüz Emir Atli Arda Bulut from Turkey dropped out of prestigious American colleges as they realized revenue-facing teams struggle with managing and utilizing customer data across various tools & spreadsheets. Enter HockeyStack in late 2022! Since then the team at HockeyStack has consistently proven that they’re not just building products; they’re engineering solutions. 🛠️ B2B Sales & Marketing data across the tech stack at your fingertips! 🧙♂️ It’s allowing companies to see what’s driving revenue, visualize the customer journey, and create more sales opportunities at scale. AI Marketing Analyst #ODIN is their latest launch. It automatically scans marketing dashboards for insights and recommends actions to improve marketing performance. Odin will also answer follow-up questions to delve deeper into the data. https://lnkd.in/g4YXusyU The proof of the pudding is in eating! HockeyStack sales traction is the evidence of customers loving the new launches, finding them useful and paying for them. With over 95 B2B customers already leveraging their platform, HockeyStack is blitzscaling and that too, in the black. On average they are adding 3 customers a month in the past 30 months of their existence. HockeyStack yet another saga that shows good things come to those who hustle. From ramen profitability to rapid growth on the back of robust traction, this innovative company is redefining B2B sales and marketing. They are the #David to the industry’s #Goliaths. 💪 At DECACORN we are glad to be part of the journey at HockeyStack 🙌🚀

“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤 !!”  𝐀 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐗'𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚 🚀 Those awe-inspiring scenes in sci-fi movies like Star Wars and 2001: A Space Odyssey, where spacecraft gracefully land on distant planets? Well, Elon Musk and his team at SpaceX are turning those dreams into reality. One more step forward in the dream of making Mankind an interplanetary species. 🚀SpaceX engineered specially designed robotic arms - they call them chopsticks - to intercept a falling object at high speed. 🦾 What is this object? Picture a 20-story building 🏢 Soaring through the sky, then falling back to Earth. That’s the feat Mechazilla performed by catching the Super Heavy Falcon  booster mid-air and etched history. The sheer scale of this feat is almost impossible to grasp from images or videos. 🚀This breakthrough paves the way for faster, more frequent space missions. ✈️ By reducing the turnaround time for rocket reuse, SpaceX is significantly inching closer to Elon’s dream of flying humans to Mars. 👨🚀 🚀In the short run, this is a giant leap for placing SpaceX Starlink satellites in lower east orbit (LEO) & broadband operators and telcos should be sweating bullets 🛰️ 🚀The upcoming generation Starlink satellites, exclusively launch-capable by Starship as they are so big, will deliver a 10X increase in bandwidth reduced altitude and faster latency. Very soon the digital nomads can work and play from the remotest corners of our planet earth. Space is the new frontier beyond cyber & internet. Whoever controls the destiny of the human space odyssey would be the dominant player in our world💪

⏰🔴In the US, 55% of all B2B invoiced sales are overdue (Atradius). The scenario is even worse in the UK (58%) and parts of Asia (60%). ✅JustPaid is transforming the landscape with their innovative platform that automates the entire invoicing process. ✅From contract conversion to payment reconciliation, JustPaid streamlines operations and ensures timely cash flow. ✅By simplifying the complex world of B2B accounts receivables, CROs and CFOs can work together seamlessly to improve cash flow and drive growth. JustPaid? More like Just Saved- from all the complex billing😌💸 Kudos to the founders 🚀Daniel Kivatinos, Anelya Grant & Vinay Pinnaka on their product launch. Excited to see how this talented team is going to revolutionise this space and help out businesses across the globe. 🌍 In Pic 📸 : DECACORN's Managing Partner Debneel Mukherjee & JustPaid's Co founder & CPO Anelya Grant https://shorturl.at/F2hpP

✅ #LATAM is one of the top RTP (Real-Time-Payments) growth regions globally ~ the ACI report estimates that RTP transactions are estimated to grow from 33B in 2022 to 119.5B by 2027 ~ CAGR of 29.3%. ✅Brazil accounts for 15% of all global volume in RTP transactions in the world and by 2027, it is expected to have 52 RTP transactions per capita per month. ✅Infinia (YC W23) is at the cusp of this transformation as it’s now authorized by the Central Bank of Brazil 🇧🇷 as a Payment Initiation Service Provider (PISP) in Open Banking🏁 https://shorturl.at/R9UmZ Alejandro Rettig Ianai Urwicz Infinia (YC W23)

Ever struggled to sound like a native English speaker during important calls? 😫 Fluently: AI English coach can help. It is an innovative AI speaking coach designed to help non-native speakers achieve fluency in English. 🗣️✅A tool that provides personalised feedback on vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation after each online call to boost speaking skills. 🗣️✅Founded by Yurii Rebryk and Stanislav Beliaev in 2023, Fluently: AI English coach is a solution for the ~84 million professionals worldwide who struggle with English proficiency in their work environments. 🗣️✅Both non-native English speakers, Yurii Rebryk and Stanislav Beliaev, understand the pain of achieving native fluency in English and draw from their experiences, in ML research, while working at companies including Google, Amazon, Lyft, NVIDIA. What’s a common denominator between Adi M. and Yurii Rebryk? The picture shows one. Their beaming smiles😁 But we know one more! Their absolute love for technology💙 As an early investor in Fluently: AI English coach, at DECACORN, we are thrilled to have witnessed their growth and glad to be on this exciting journey with them 🚀

Last week, DECACORN's Debneel Mukherjee was invited for a panel discussion by Latin Leap on the ongoing #AIrevolution. Alvin Tan- Singapore's Minister of State for Trade and Industry was the keynote speaker and enlightened the listeners with his call to action. Panelists included prominent faces from Taiwan 🇹🇼 , South Korea 🇰🇷 , Singapore 🇸🇬 and Colombia 🇨🇴. Debneel Mukherjee told the gathering that he believes #GenAI is truly a transformative, generational opportunity. It could expedite the completion of dull, dangerous, and dirty tasks by faster, better, and cheaper machines, freeing humans to become more creative in all aspects. He thinks it is very early days for #GenAI akin to where the internet was in the early 1990s and has potential to become bigger than the internet.  AI technologies are rapidly evolving, and monster #GPUs followed by #LPU’s would be the key drivers that would unlock their full potential mostly clustered around ✅ Advancements in AI models,  ✅Capex by Hyper-scalers,  ✅Startups leveraging #GenAI models as a wrapper to build their own #LLM’s, and ✅Sovereigns quest for Self reliance However, like any truly transformative opportunity of the past, the #GenAI journey will not be linear and shall land us into nerve rattling speed bumps along the way. It will be a steep learning curve where inference and training shall play a key role, and those who remain nimble would be the ultimate winners. Latin America, too, is poised to play a significant role in this AI-driven revolution. With its highly favorable demographics coupled with a growing population and abundant natural resources, and rich biodiversity. At DECACORN, we started investing in the region in 2023 and continue to believe in the potential of its ecosystem with nearly half a dozen investments across the region. During the event, Debneel Mukherjee also shared insights on how SEA and LATAM can come together to drive growth and create a more sustainable future. Huge thanks to the organizers Latin Leap Nemesisa Ujjain Jaime Espinosa and all the co-panelists Gary Loh Riso Dongok Ahn Yani Lee Santiago Pinzón Galán for making this discussion so informative and interesting 🤝and a big shout out to Stefan Krautwald 🙌 Listen in 🎧

Our Managing Partner, Debneel Mukherjee, will be speaking at the TechBridge: "Bridging LATAM and APAC: Unleashing Synergies in Emerging Tech Ecosystems" by Latin Leap on August 28th-8am (Columbia time). The event will focus on discussing valuable insights and perspectives on the future of AI in Latin America and Asia-Pacific. At DECACORN, we believe in and are invested in the Latin American tech ecosystem. Don't miss the chance to be part of this conversation and shape the future of AI in Latin America and Asia-Pacific.

Imagine a company growing by almost $100 billion annually📈 That’s the Google story! August 19 marked 20 years since Google’s IPO in 2004 - a watershed moment. Valued at $23 billion, it was a bold bet on a company that was still largely synonymous with search. The #dotcom bubble had burst just four years ago (in 2000) and had made investors wary. Yet, Google chose to IPO. ✳️Instead of the traditional IPO model, they implemented a "Dutch auction" aiming to offer wider participation. ✳️The now-famous founders' letter declared "Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one." It also inaugurated Google's "Don't Be Evil" philosophy. ✳️Several companies including Airbnb, Uber, Lyft launched their IPOs in alignment with Google's democratising intent. Fast forward Two Decades 🚀 Google's valuation has soared to over $2 trillion and the stock has returned over 7600% (as on 18 Aug 2024). 🚀 The company has evolved from a Search Engine into a Tech Behemoth~ YouTube, Pixel Smartphones, Cloud Computing, Self Driving cars, and now Artificial Intelligence. 🚀 Google was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in June 2006, and to the 11th edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary in July 2006. What next? Two daunting questions hang over Google’s head: ❓Is Search becoming less relevant in the age of #AI? ❓Will the regulators break up Google? ✅The emergence of AI has definitely gained much traction but Google's unveiling of #Gemini, a highly capable AI model, suggests a future where AI augments Search rather than replaces it. It can solidify Google’s dominance in the information landscape. ✅Google's size and influence have attracted scrutiny. Regulators wonder if the company has become too big, too powerful. What if it does really break up? Sum of the parts is greater than the whole. Splitting the #techgiant into smaller, more focused companies could unlock hidden value. This would allow for more agile #decisionmaking and potentially accelerate #innovation. Google is truly in command. CNBC Google

⏳ Time it took them to reach 1 Million Active Users: Netflix (2007) 📺✨ 3.5 years Pinterest (2008) 📌👀 1.8 years Spotify (2008) 🎧🎶 5 months Instagram (2010) 📸🤳 2.5 months ChatGPT(2022) 🤖💬 5 days Threads (2023) 🧵💨 1 hour 🔷 Truly indispensable innovations with a rapid user adoption curve have redefined #hypergrowth. Startups today are not just disrupting industries; they're rewriting the rules of the game. It's a world where ideas can scale exponentially, and #breakthroughtechnology is its true catalyst. 🔷 Beyond #problemsolving, these #hypergrowth companies have the unique ability to weave themselves into the very fabric of our daily lives. These companies were started in a virtually nonexistent market. For all we know, the founders probably took TAM to be the "Total Audacity Market". The Audacity to defy market research and take risks on their unproven vision. Market researches offered no blueprint for a global visual inspiration board. Yet, Pinterest took off. And today, it isn't a mere visual inspiration board, it's a lifestyle curator. Netflix isn't a mere streaming service, it's a global storyteller. Instagram isn't a mere utility, it's a cultural touchstone. ChatGPT isn't a mere AI model, it is a conversation partner redefining the human-machine relationship. As we inch closer to the tech-dominant future, the user adoption curve compresses and separates the #pioneers from also-rans. In the realm of innovation, Audacity can carve a new Addressable market 0️⃣ - 1️⃣ Quick Poll Time 👇

It has been a rollercoaster ride for founders Anand Chaturvedi & Brian Fernandez at Dili (YC S23), turning obstacles into opportunities through a tough grind! As early investors in Dili (YC S23), it has been nail-biting for us as the founders slowly but steadily steer Dili (YC S23) out of the woods to a point of no return.