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  1. Glean wants to beat ChatGPT at its own game — in the enterprise

    28 februari 2024 · 8 min

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    GenAI has its issues. But if there’s one thing it excels at, it’s surfacing answers from vast pools of data.
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  2. Shadowfax speeds ahead with $100M funding as instant delivery boom fuels growth

    27 februari 2024 · 4 min

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    Shadowfax, one of the largest logistics service providers to hyper-local and on-demand delivery businesses in India, has raised $100 million in a new funding round as it clocks an yearly growth of over 35%.
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  3. Consolidation continues in micromobility as Cooltra snaps up Cityscoot

    27 februari 2024 · 4 min

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    Paris’ commercial court has accepted Cooltra’s offer to acquire Cityscoot. These two companies provide shared electric mopeds that you can unlock and ride to go from one place to another.
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  4. Uber to explore travel ticketing with India’s open commerce network

    26 februari 2024 · 4 min

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    Uber has signed a memorandum of understanding with an Indian government-backed firm that aims to make mobility and commerce more accessible across the South Asian nation.
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  5. Antler’s founder on its vertical AI bet in Southeast Asia

    26 februari 2024 · 5 min

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    A growing roster of vertical AI startups is emerging in Southeast Asia to serve sectors ranging from seafood to finance. Singapore-based venture capital firm Antler recently made a bet on 37 of them, investing $5.1 million in total for pre-seed deals.
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  6. Locker organizes your shopping links into virtual wish lists and collages

    23 februari 2024 · 4 min

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    After years of copying and pasting shopping links into spreadsheets and taking screenshots of products to share with her friends and family,
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  7. Singapore-based fintech Xalts acquires digital trade platform Contour Network

    23 februari 2024 · 4 min

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    In a role reversal, Xalts, a Singapore fintech startup founded 18 months ago, has acquired Contour Network, a digital trade platform set up by eight major banks.
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  8. Planity raises $48 million because even hair salons need their own SaaS product

    22 februari 2024 · 6 min

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    If you’ve ever traveled in rural areas in France, you may have realized a French peculiarity.
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  9. Sproxxy is making it easier to measure conference spending ROI

    22 februari 2024 · 4 min

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    Whenever you go to a conference, whether as a sales and marketing exercise, or an executive is speaking, there is a cost associated with that.
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  10. 1Password expands its endpoint security offerings with Kolide acquisition

    21 februari 2024 · 5 min

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    1Password, the AgileBits-owned password management software developer, today announced that it has acquired Kolide, an endpoint security platform, for an undisclosed amount.
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  11. Miruku grabs more capital as its plant-based dairy tech reaches proof of concept

    21 februari 2024 · 4 min

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    The company made advancements in its proprietary dairy seed system to leverage interactions between recombinant dairy casein and native plant proteins, with or without improved fatty acid profiles.
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  12. Dutch startup Monumental is using robots to lay bricks

    20 februari 2024 · 3 min

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    Few categories are as ripe for automation-fueled disruption as construction.
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  13. Anthropic takes steps to prevent election misinformation

    19 februari 2024 · 5 min

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    Ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Anthropic, the well-funded AI startup, is testing a technology to detect when users of its GenAI chatbot ask about political topics and redirect those users to “authoritative” sources of voting information.
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  14. Pacifico Biolabs emerges from stealth with fermentation process for alternative seafood

    19 februari 2024 · 4 min

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    The company's fermentation process involves the cultivation of multiple microorganisms, including mycelium, to provide nutrition, flavor and texture.
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  15. Celadyne coats membranes with nanoparticles to make hydrogen fuel cells more efficient

    16 februari 2024 · 5 min

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    The material could drastically improve the durability of existing fuel cell designs while also improving the efficiency of hydrogen production by 15%-20%.
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  16. .406 Ventures secures $265M for fifth fund

    16 februari 2024 · 4 min

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    When looking at startups within healthcare, data and AI and cybersecurity, the firm considers a number of factors like the plan for infrastructure, especially now that AI is everywhere.
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  17. Spacegoods shakes up functional beverage industry with mushroom-based powders

    15 februari 2024 · 4 min

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    The London-based wellness brand is tapping into functional mushrooms and nootropics to create a line of powder blends that it touts enhances energy, relaxation, mood and general well-being. Lees meer

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  18. Travel startup Layla acquires AI itinerary building bot Roam Around

    15 februari 2024 · 3 min

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    Travel startup Layla — backed by firstminute capital, M13, Booking.com co-founder Andy Phillips, Skyscanner co-founder Barry Smith, and Paris Hilton — said today that it has acquired AI-powered itinerary building bot Roam Around.
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  19. Bob W, a European short-stay apartment rental marketplace, raises $43M

    14 februari 2024 · 6 min

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    Bob W, a marketplace for premium short-term apartment rentals, has raised €40 million ($43 million) in a Series B round of funding.
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  20. Crux is building GenAI-powered business intelligence tools

    13 februari 2024 · 4 min

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    GenAI might be one of the most exciting technologies today. But it’s also one of the fastest-moving — posing a challenge for enterprises keen to deploy it.
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  21. Upstash’s serverless data platform hits ARR of $1M just two years after seed funding

    12 februari 2024 · 4 min

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    Upstash announced a $1.9 million seed round almost exactly two years ago, and an idea for building a serverless data platform for data-intensive applications built with Redis and Kafka.
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  22. Glass supercharges smartphone cameras with AI — minus the hallucinations

    12 februari 2024 · 7 min

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    Your phone’s camera is as much software as it is hardware, and Glass is hoping to improve both.
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  23. Podcasters can now upload their RSS feed to YouTube

    10 februari 2024 · 2 min

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    Podcast creators can now submit their RSS feed to YouTube and YouTube Music, the company revealed in a video uploaded to its Creator Insider channel.
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  24. Attentive.ai snags $7M to boost automation in landscaping, construction services

    9 februari 2024 · 7 min

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    Attentive.ai, a startup building vertical software for landscaping and construction services in the U.S., has raised $7 million in a new funding round as it looks to enhance its AI-led offerings and expand them to more businesses.
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  25. Brita snaps up smart water bottle startup, Larq

    9 februari 2024 · 3 min

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    Smart water bottle-maker Larq this week announced that it has been acquired by filtration giant, Brita.
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  26. UK AI startup Greyparrot bags strategic tie-up with recycling giant Bollegraaf

    8 februari 2024 · 5 min

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    In another sign of the scramble to accelerate the uptake and transformative potential of artificial intelligence, Dutch recycling giant Bollegraaf Group is making a strategic investment in UK AI startup Greyparrot
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  27. Guided Energy helps EV fleet managers optimize battery charging

    8 februari 2024 · 4 min

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    Imagine you work for a car rental agency or a package delivery company and you’re in charge of a fleet of vehicles.
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  28. Synthetaic claims synthetic data is as good as the real thing when it comes to AI

    7 februari 2024 · 8 min

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    Remember the Chinese “spy” balloon from 2023? If not, here’s a refresher: about a year ago, a high-altitude balloon originating from China flew across American airspace largely undetected.
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  29. EV startup Arrival looks to sell off assets, intellectual property of UK division

    7 februari 2024 · 3 min

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    Commercial EV startup Arrival’s business continues to unravel. Arrival announced Monday in a regulatory filing that its UK division is entering administration, the country’s version of bankruptcy.
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  30. Stellar Sleep app gets initial funding to awaken root cause of chronic insomnia in users

    6 februari 2024 · 4 min

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    Stellar Sleep’s mobile app taps into psychological methods to help users break the cycle of those frequent nights awake.
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  31. Naboo provides an Airbnb-like experience for company seminars

    6 februari 2024 · 4 min

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    Naboo, a French company that was created just a couple of years ago, is trying to create a modern online experience for company seminar planning.
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  32. Secretive moon startup led by ex-Blue Origin leaders raises new tranche of funding

    5 februari 2024 · 4 min

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    A stealth startup led by ex-Blue Origin leaders, focused on harvesting resources from the moon, has quietly closed a sizable new tranche of funding, according to regulatory documents
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  33. Niremia Collective closes inaugural fund with $22.5M focused on well-being technology

    5 februari 2024 · 4 min

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    Niremia Collective intends to provide capital and management resources to high-growth well-being startups as well as incubate new businesses.
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  34. Probabl is a new AI company built around popular library scikit-learn

    3 februari 2024 · 3 min

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    Probabl isn’t your average AI startup as this new French company is an Inria spin-off company that revolves around an open-source data science library called scikit-learn
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  35. CARPL guides healthcare providers through the growing market of radiology AI apps

    2 februari 2024 · 7 min

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    There’s an acute shortage of radiologists around the world, which means it is harder for medical teams to get imaging studies done.
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  36. Planet A Foods whips up more capital to take its cocoa-free chocolate global

    2 februari 2024 · 4 min

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    Planet A Foods uses fermentation technology to turn all-natural, locally-sourced ingredients, for example, oats and sunflower seeds, into its cocoa-free chocolate brand, ChoViva.
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  37. Accel eyes new India fashion e-commerce bet with Newme

    1 februari 2024 · 3 min

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    Accel, an early investor in Indian e-commerce giants Flipkart and Myntra, is preparing a new fashion e-commerce bet in India even as competition intensifies with the recent expansion of Mukesh Ambani’s Ajio platform.
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  38. Speedinvest closes fourth fund at $380 million to back early-stage startups in Europe

    1 februari 2024 · 4 min

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    Vienna-based early-stage VC Speedinvest has closed its fourth early-stage fund, Speedinvest 4, at €350 million (around $380 million at today’s exchange rate), surpassing the initial goal of €300 million ($325 million).
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  39. Fidelity cuts Meta-backed Meesho valuation to $3.5 billion

    31 januari 2024 · 3 min

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    Fidelity has cut the value of its holding in Meesho by 33.6% since the original investment, giving the Indian social commerce startup a valuation of $3.5 billion, adjusted for outstanding shares.
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  40. BlueLayer is building the operating system for carbon project developers

    31 januari 2024 · 4 min

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    Meet BlueLayer, a new European startup that is building a software platform specifically designed for carbon project developers.
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  41. Byju’s seeks to raise $200 million in rights issue

    30 januari 2024 · 5 min

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    Byju’s, the world’s most valuable edtech startup, launched a rights issue on Monday, seeking to raise $200 million as the Indian firm works to address its working capital issues.
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  42. Yume’s platform helps manufacturers turn potential food waste into money

    30 januari 2024 · 9 min

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    While running a bar in Melbourne, Katy Barfield was taken aback by the large amount of ingredients thrown out at the end of each day.
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  43. Delivery startup Veho makes corporate job cuts

    29 januari 2024 · 4 min

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    The company said the layoffs are part of a "reorganization of our corporate team to improve efficiencies and accelerate our path to profitability."
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  44. Ola founder’s AI startup becomes unicorn in $50M funding

    29 januari 2024 · 4 min

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    Krutrim, an AI startup founded by Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal, said it has raised a funding round that values it at $1 billion.
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  45. Elo Life Systems grabs another $20.5M to get its monk fruit sweetener to market

    26 januari 2024 · 5 min

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    Elo Life is focused on a number of technologies from developing plant-based sweeteners to crop protection.
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  46. Prompt Security wants to make GenAI safe for the enterprise

    26 januari 2024 · 5 min

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    Businesses are moving faster than ever to use generative AI and bring it to both their employees and users.
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  47. General Catalyst leads $200M investment into Bilt Rewards, doubling its valuation to $3.1B

    25 januari 2024 · 4 min

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    Bilt Rewards, whose platform aims to allow consumers to earn rewards on rent and daily neighborhood spend, has raised $200 million at a $3.1 valuation, the company announced today.
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  48. Kittl raises another $36 million for its browser-based design tool

    25 januari 2024 · 4 min

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    Just a year after raising $11.6 million, Kittl raised another $36 million in a Series B round led by IVP with some existing investors participating once again.
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  49. Byju’s seeks new funding at less than $2 billion valuation, a 90% drop

    24 januari 2024 · 4 min

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    Byju’s, once valued at $22 billion, is willing to cut its valuation to below $2 billion as it hunts for new funding, a person familiar with the matter told TechCrunch.
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  50. Plural, the VC led by founders, pulls together a new $432M fund to back European startups

    24 januari 2024 · 6 min

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    European VC Plural has carved out a reputation for itself as being one of the few VCs in the region started and led by entrepreneurs who grew their own startups.
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