To get a roundup of \u2019s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT,<\/em> subscribe here<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n The newsletter is a little later than usual today and for the next three days. Don\u2019t worry, it\u2019s for fun reasons: We want to be the first to tell you about the awesomeness that is our Disrupt Battlefield companies. Find \u2019em in our special Battlefield section belooooow! And, this is the first time EVER, that we are writing Daily Crunch, sitting next to each other, IRL. \u2014 Christine<\/a> and Haje<\/a><\/p>\n Venture capital funds focusing on niche sectors are \u201cin,\u201d according to Connie<\/a>, and Will Ventures is here for it. Christine<\/a> reports that the low-flying, Boston-based venture outfit just tripled the size of its second fund to $150 million thanks to its approach of investing in sports technologies with the help of its community of athlete backers who help promote and grow the portfolio companies.<\/p>\n Turo, the peer-to-peer car-sharing platform that\u2019s been described as the Airbnb for cars, will expand to Australia before the end of the year, Rebecca<\/a> reports. Local car owners in all major cities, including Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane, can join the waitlist on Turo\u2019s website.<\/p>\n Okay, fine, have a few more:<\/p>\n Crypto accelerator<\/strong>: Andreessen Horowitz\u2019s Chris Dixon dishes to\u00a0Anita<\/a>\u00a0about a \u201cCrypto Startup School,\u201d an inaugural accelerator program that will kick off next year in Los Angeles. He also provided more info on the firm\u2019s recent giant\u00a0investment in our favorite controversial founder, Adam Neumann. It\u2019s Disruuuuuupt! We are so excited we can barely sit still. Here\u2019s the first batch of Battlefield companies that pitched onstage on this fine California Tuesday \u2014 and if you\u2019re curious, Neesha<\/a> revealed the 20 companies that are presenting on the Disrupt Stage earlier today. Here\u2019s the first batch that pitched today:<\/span><\/p>\n NXgenPort<\/strong>: A Saint Paul, Minnesota\u2013based startup that\u2019s looking to remotely monitor cancer patients in between doctor visits using a port catheter.<\/p>\n Omneky<\/strong>: Leverages OpenAI\u2019s DALLE-2 and GPT-3 models to generate visuals and text that can be used in ads for social platforms.<\/p>\n Circular Genomics<\/strong>:\u00a0Claims its new form of genetic testing can identify which medications will work for a patient in a fraction of that time.<\/p>\n Anthill<\/strong>: Connects frontline workers to company resources through text messaging.<\/p>\n AppMap<\/strong>:\u00a0Was built on the simple idea that developers should be able to see the behavior of software as they write it so they can prevent problems when the software runs.<\/p>\n Mother Honestly<\/strong>: New commerce offering aims to give employees more freedom when it comes to caregiving spending.<\/p>\n Digest.ai<\/strong>: Beyond flash cards to create an AI dialogue assistant that we can all carry around on our phones.<\/p>\n Swap Robotics<\/strong>:\u00a0Paving the way for electric solar vegetation cuts and sidewalk snow plowing.<\/p>\n Hormona<\/strong>: Hopes to encourage people with periods to do just that \u2014 add hormone-monitoring to their quantified health mix.<\/p>\n Staax<\/strong>:\u00a0Thinks peer-to-peer payments can onboard a new generation of stock investors.<\/p>\n Image Credits:<\/strong> Richard Drury (opens in a new window)<\/span> \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Products and services that sell themselves sound great, but product-led growth (PLG) startups still launch marketing campaigns and hire sales teams.<\/p>\n Combining PLG with traditional sales-led growth efforts can raise retention and acquisition to the next level, says Kate Ahlering, chief revenue officer at Calendly.<\/p>\n In this TC+ guest post, Ahlering lays out multiple strategies that will help teams implement a \u201chybrid GTM strategy,\u201d which includes suggestions for leveraging PLG data and optimizing success metrics.<\/p>\n Three more from the TC+ team:<\/p>\n +<\/em> is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack.<\/em> You can sign up here<\/em>. Use code \u201cDC\u201d for a 15% discount on an annual subscription!<\/em><\/p>\n We have even more for you from Apple\u2019s surprise October event. Brian<\/a> takes a look at the company\u2019s new M2 iPad Pro, which got a refresh and arrives October 26. He talks about chips and inches, and a pencil\u2026you get the picture.<\/p>\n Even more Apple for you to bite into:<\/p>\n Since we have all the Battlefield companies for your reading pleasure, here are just a few more:<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe Top 3<\/h2>\n
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Stealthy startup<\/strong>:\u00a0Both\u00a0Harri<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Tim<\/a>\u00a0sat in on\u00a0Ingrid<\/a>\u2018s interview with Marc Lore, who disclosed a\u00a0new sports ticketing startup\u00a0that he is working on called Jump Platforms and provided some\u00a0insight on the Diapers.com sale to Amazon, calling it a \u201cforced transaction.\u201d
On cloud nine<\/strong>: Netflix VP of Gaming\u00a0Mike Verdu spoke to\u00a0Amanda<\/a>\u00a0about opening a new gaming studio in SoCal and\u00a0getting into cloud gaming.<\/p>\nStartup Battlefield<\/h2>\n
How to combine PLG and enterprise sales to improve the funnel and drive bottom-line growth<\/h2>\n
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