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Transfr, a VR platform for workforce training, raises $40M
2 oktober 2023 · 6 min
Transfr, a startup creating VR tools for training and career development, today announced that it raised $40 million in a Series C round.
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Publisher-focused Twitter alternative Post comes to Android, adds newsletter support
29 september 2023 · 4 min
Post, a publisher-focused Twitter/X alternative backed by a16z, is bringing its social news-sharing app to Android today along with new tools that will make it easier for creators to share their newsletter content on the platform.
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Cybersecurity firm Lumu raises $30M to detect network intrusions
29 september 2023 · 5 min
Lumu, a startup that helps enterprises identify and isolate security compromises, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series B round led by Forgepoint Capital, $6 million of which is debt.
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Senser launches its AI-enhanced observability platform, raises $9.5M
28 september 2023 · 5 min
Senser describes itself as an AIOps platform that uses machine learning to help developers and ops teams more easily get to the root causes of outages and service degradations.
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Rayon is a collaborative design tool for architects and designers
28 september 2023 · 4 min
When you think about collaborative design tools, chances are you immediately start thinking about Figma, the popular design tool that Adobe wants to acquire for $20 billion.
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Photo-sharing app Lapse hits top of the App Store by forcing you to invite your friends
27 september 2023 · 7 min
Forget invite-only social apps, Lapse is testing a new technique to acquire its users: it forces you to invite your friends in order to get in.
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Sequoia backs PartyKit to power real-time multiplayer collaboration for any app
27 september 2023 · 6 min
If a company wants to offer in-app messaging or voice calls, they don’t have to develop the infrastructure themselves when there’s something like Twilio at their disposal.
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AI chip company Kneron raises $49M to scale up its commercial efforts
26 september 2023 · 4 min
Kneron, which is developing AI chips to power self-driving cars, among other autonomous machines, today announced that it raised $49 million in an extension to its Series B round.
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TeachMe.To lands $2M to connect beginner athletes with local coaches
26 september 2023 · 5 min
TeachMe.To, a sports coaching platform for beginner athletes, secured $2 million in seed funding, the company exclusively told TechCrunch.
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Amazon to invest up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic
25 september 2023 · 5 min
Amazon said Monday it has agreed to invest up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic.
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Frontier Space Technologies is developing an on-orbit autonomous lab to make space science easy
25 september 2023 · 4 min
Astronauts have been conducting experiments on the International Space Station for as long as the station has been in orbit, but astronaut labor is expensive: crew time costs $130,000 per hour, and companies are capped at 25 hours per year.
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Mesh, which helps people manage their digital assets, raises $22M
22 september 2023 · 4 min
Mesh (formerly Front Finance), a startup developing a service to help customers transfer and manage digital assets like crypto, has raised $22 million in a Series A funding round.
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Somani’s Offline secures $2M to build community for top Indian startup founders
22 september 2023 · 5 min
Utsav Somani, who helped AngelList launch in India and oversaw its local operations for five years, is gearing up to find more ways to help founders.
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Google-backed Indian audio platform Kuku FM raises $25 million
21 september 2023 · 4 min
Google-backed audio content platform Kuku FM has raised $25 million in a new funding round as it looks to make deeper inroads with its audiobook offerings in the South Asian market.
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Legit Security lands $40M to lock down apps and dev environments
21 september 2023 · 6 min
Legit Security, a cybersecurity company developing a platform to identify app vulnerabilities from code, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by CRV with participation from Cyberstarts, Bessemer Venture Partners and TCV.
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Database startup MotherDuck lands $52.5M to grow its DuckDB-based platform
20 september 2023 · 6 min
A few weeks ago, it was reported that MotherDuck, the company commercializing the lightweight database platform DuckDB, was in talks to raise new capital from VC firm Felicis.
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European cyber insurance startup Stoïk raises $10.7 million and expands to Germany
20 september 2023 · 2 min
French startup Stoïk offers a cyber insurance product to small and medium companies — a bit like Coalition in the U.S. And things have been working well in France.
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Babbel acquires language learning browser extension Toucan
19 september 2023 · 4 min
Babbel, the popular subscription-based language learning service, today announced that it has acquired Toucan, the well-funded language learning browser extension.
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Dragos raises $74M to secure industrial control systems from threats
19 september 2023 · 5 min
Dragos, a company building software to secure the control systems for manufacturing and industrial equipment, has raised $74 million in a Series D round extension led by WestCap.
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Roam unveils new EV bus model to tap Kenya’s mass transit sector
18 september 2023 · 4 min
Kenya-based EV startup Roam has unveiled a new shuttle bus model dubbed Move, coming as the East African country continues to push for the adoption of electric vehicles.
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Pixis, an AI-powered full-stack marketing platform, raises $85M
18 september 2023 · 6 min
Pixis, an AI-powered platform for brands to monitor and orchestrate their marketing campaigns, today announced that it raised $85 million in a Series C1 round.
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Databricks raises $500M more, boosting valuation to $43B despite late-stage gloom
15 september 2023 · 4 min
Data analytics and AI software maker Databricks has raised a Series I round worth more than $500 million, earning a valuation of $43 billion.
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Access code: Evidence brings open source BI to technical data teams
15 september 2023 · 6 min
From Tableau and Looker, to PowerBI and beyond, there are no shortage of business intelligence (BI) tools designed to help companies unlock insights from their vast swathes of data.
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Mecho Autotech raises $2.4M, ventures into wholesale spare parts distribution
14 september 2023 · 7 min
Mecho Autotech, a startup offering automotive spare parts, vehicle repairs and maintenance services, has raised a $2.4 million pre-Series A round.
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Mighty Buildings raises $52M to build 3D-printed prefab homes
14 september 2023 · 6 min
Mighty Buildings, a startup building tech for prefabricated, ostensibly environmentally-friendly homes, today announced that it raised $52 million in a funding round co-led by Waed Ventures and Bold Capital with participation by Khosla Ventures.
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Kolors acquires Urbvan to transform corporate bus travel in Mexico
13 september 2023 · 5 min
Kolors, a Mexico City-based startup that connects intercity bus riders with bus drivers, is acquiring B2B van pooling provider Urbvan for $12 million cash.
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Taiwan-based lifestyle app FunNow merges with Eatigo to broaden its Southeast Asia reach
13 september 2023 · 3 min
FunNow, the Taiwan-based app that lets users book activities on-demand in five Asian countries, is growing its reach in Southeast Asia through a merger with restaurant booking app Eatigo.
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Ascento’s robots aid overstretched security guards
12 september 2023 · 6 min
Like in many industries, there’s an acute shortage of security guards. This means guards still on the job have to pull extra hours and are more likely to make mistakes because of fatigue.
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Scala Biodesign makes it easy to re-engineer proteins one molecule at a time – or 50
12 september 2023 · 5 min
There’s a gold rush on in biotech as AI and other tools are used to find new drugs and treatments. With $5.5 million in new funding,
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Perfios raises $229 million for its real-time credit underwriting solutions
11 september 2023 · 4 min
Perfios, an Indian fintech that provides real-time credit underwriting solutions to banks and non-banking financial institutions, has raised $229 million in a new funding round as it looks deepen its expansion into North America and Europe.
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Low-code platform Retool makes it easier to bring AI smarts to business apps
11 september 2023 · 4 min
Retool started out as a platform for building line-of-business apps, but over the last few years, the well-funded startup added a number of backend services as well, including, most recently, a workflow automation service.
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Compliance and risk management startup Certa raises $35M
8 september 2023 · 5 min
Certa, a compliance, governance and risk management platform for enterprises, today announced that it raised $35 million in a Series B round.
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SimpleClosure raises $1.5M in less than 24 hours to help companies shut down faster and cheaper
8 september 2023 · 6 min
It’s easy to start a startup. But it’s far more difficult to shut one down.
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U.K. rejoins Europe’s Horizon R&D program after prolonged Brexit stalemate
7 september 2023 · 5 min
The U .K. is set to rejoin the European Union’s (EU) preeminent science R&D funding program, after a three-year hiatus resulting from a Brexit fallout.
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Josys, a SaaS management platform, raises $93M
7 september 2023 · 3 min
Josys, a startup offering a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform to automate corporate IT software application management, has raised a $93 million Series B round.
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Kotani gets $2M pre-seed to help African workers send money home via crypto — without the internet
6 september 2023 · 6 min
Of the many lofty promises of cryptocurrency, one of the most commendable ones is its potential to bring financial inclusion to underserved users.
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Butternut Box wolfs down $354M for subscription canine cuisine
6 september 2023 · 3 min
Butternut Box, a U.K.-based startup that prepares and ships healthy food and supplements for dogs, is raising £280 million ($354 million) in a round of funding from General Atlantic and L Catterton.
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Atomicwork connects workers and their companies
5 september 2023 · 6 min
Sometimes the work of having a job takes time away from work.
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OpenAI-backed language learning app Speak raises $16M to expand to the U.S.
4 september 2023 · 5 min
Speak, an English language learning platform backed by OpenAI’s startup investment fund, the OpenAI Startup Fund, announced that it raised $16 million in a Series B-2 funding round led by angel investor Lachy Groom.
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Teale, your mental health companion at work, raises $11 million
4 september 2023 · 4 min
French startup Teale has secured a funding round of $11 million earlier this summer.
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Hyperproof, a compliance and risk management startup, raises $40M
1 september 2023 · 8 min
Hyperproof, a software-as-a-service risk and compliance management company, today announced that it raised $40 million in a funding round led by Riverwood Capital with participation from Toba Capital, an early-stage VC firm.
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MFast get backing from Wavemaker Partners to increase financial services access in Vietnam
1 september 2023 · 5 min
The majority of Vietnam’s population live in rural areas and often lack access to financial services because banks and other institutions open most of their physical locations in cities.
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Martian Lawyers Club raises $2.2M for AI-based game personalization tech
31 augustus 2023 · 5 min
The Martian Lawyers Club (MLC) wants to take game personalization to the next level with the help of generative AI.
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Allseated, a virtual venue tour and event planning platform, raises $20M
30 augustus 2023 · 3 min
Allseated, a platform that helps event organizers plan and showcase venues virtually, has raised $20 million in an equity round of funding.
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Lightspeed backs Markato, a marketplace that helps independent brands break into Asia
30 augustus 2023 · 5 min
During the pandemic, almost all retailers in Asia established an e-commerce presence and adopted digital payments.
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Subletting app Kiki raises $6M by using dating app concepts to match listings and renters
29 augustus 2023 · 6 min
Kiki (formerly EasyRent), a subletting startup that matches listers with people looking to rent for up to six months, recently closed a $6 million seed round, its co-founder Toby Thomas-Smith exclusively told TechCrunch.
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Devolut leverages e-commerce growth in Latin America to develop reverse logistics tool
29 augustus 2023 · 5 min
Devolut enables merchants a returns option that doesn’t require boxes or labels. It also provides a network of “city points” where consumers can go to return merchandise.
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Moxie raises $15.7M to make opening medspas easier
28 augustus 2023 · 6 min
Treatments like botox are becoming more ubiquitous, spurring growth in the number of medspas, or centers that offer botox, IV hydration and laser treatments from certified providers like registered nurses.
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Zepto becomes India’s first 2023 unicorn with $200 million fresh funding
28 augustus 2023 · 5 min
Instant grocery delivery startup Zepto has raised $200 million in a new funding round at a valuation of $1.4 billion.
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Weekday puts the spotlight on job references
26 augustus 2023 · 5 min
Job references are an important part of hiring the right person, especially for remote positions.
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