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  1. Gourmey grabs $48 million to keep working on lab-grown foie gras

    6 oktober 2022 · 4 min

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    French startup Gourmey just raised a Series A funding round led by Earlybird Venture Capital. In total, the company banked $48 million (€48 million).
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  2. IriusRisk lands $29M to automate threat modeling for apps

    5 oktober 2022 · 7 min

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    IriusRisk, a threat modeling platform, today announced that it raised $29 million in a Series B funding round led by Paladin Capital Group with participation from BrightPixel Capital, SwanLab Venture Factory, 360 Capital and Inveready.
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  3. Humaans raises $15M to simplify HR tasks like onboarding

    5 oktober 2022 · 6 min

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    The role of HR professionals grew in scope during the pandemic as companies were forced to navigate major workplace changes, like working from home. Unsurprisingly, those professionals have had some of the highest burnout rates over the past two years, particularly as HR departments remain under-resourced. According to an August survey from Workvivo, an employee […]Humaans raises $15M to simplify HR tasks like onboarding by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
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  4. Vodafone confirms merger talks with Three UK in a “no cash” deal to scale up in 5G

    4 oktober 2022 · 6 min

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    Another major piece of mobile M&A appears to be in the works in the UK. Today, Vodafone confirmed that it was in merger discussions with Three UK, a carrier owned by CK Hutchison, to accelerate their 5G rollout.
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  5. Web3 banking platform Juno raises $18 million, launches tokenized loyalty program

    4 oktober 2022 · 6 min

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    Juno, a startup that provides checking accounts to crypto enthusiasts and allows them to take their paychecks in digital tokens, has raised a new funding round as it expands its offerings to include a tokenized loyalty program.
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  6. With $17M in funding, Immerok launches cloud service for real-time streaming data

    3 oktober 2022 · 5 min

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    In 2011, the Apache Software Foundation released Flink, a high-throughput, low-latency engine for streaming various data types.
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  7. TestGrid is a “one-stop shop” for testing apps at scale

    3 oktober 2022 · 6 min

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    Created by developer who needed to test apps at scale, TestGrid is an on-demand platform that lets users run tests on websites and apps across browsers, operating systems.
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  8. Arcade scores $7.5M seed to make it simple to build a product demo

    30 september 2022 · 4 min

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    Software product marketers typically are charged with creating demos for potential customers.
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  9. Lunio raises $15M to combat click fraud with algorithms

    30 september 2022 · 5 min

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    The digital ads market is robust, with Statista predicting that worldwide spend will reach nearly $900 billion by 2026.
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  10. Pigment raises another $65M to build the modern business planning platform

    29 september 2022 · 4 min

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    French startup Pigment has raised a new round of funding less than a year after raising a $73 million Series B round.
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  11. Firehawk’s rocket engines and 3D-printed fuel hit testing milestones ahead of first launch

    29 september 2022 · 6 min

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    Although today’s rocket engines are advanced and powerful, they tend to rely on traditional — and naturally volatile — fuels like hydrazine or liquid oxygen and kerosene.
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  12. Stockly raises another $12 million to sell out-of-stock items via other retailers

    28 september 2022 · 3 min

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    French startup Stockly is raising a $12 million Series A round (€12 million) from Eurazeo, Daphni and several business angels.
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  13. AmazeVR wants to scale its virtual concert platform with $17M funding

    28 september 2022 · 5 min

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    AmazeVR, a Los Angeles-based virtual concert platform, said Tuesday it has raised a $17 million funding round to create immersive music experiences through virtual reality (VR) concerts.
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  14. Livin Farms’ investors are betting $5.8M on powdered fly larvae

    27 september 2022 · 3 min

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    In a world of climate change-fueled food shortages, insect-based proteins are being viewed as an increasingly valuable potential alternative food service.
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  15. A Strava co-founder races into a lucrative market – lending against life insurance

    27 september 2022 · 6 min

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    Mark Shaw likes running around. The serial entrepreneur joined activity and fitness tracking platform Strava as a co-founder in 2009 to lead engineering as CTO. He spent eight years there, and as of its most recent raise in 2020,
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  16. Checkmate captures all of your shopping deals so you don’t have to

    26 september 2022 · 4 min

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    Checkmate's shopping tool gathers all the online discount codes, gift cards and personalized deals from your inbox and automatically applies them at checkout.Checkmate captures all of your shopping deals so you don’t have to by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
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  17. Steadybit wants developers involved in chaos engineering before production

    26 september 2022 · 4 min

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    Chaos engineering was originally developed at large companies to help them pressure test systems in production.
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  18. Cloud kitchen startup CloudEats raises more capital to ramp up Southeast Asian expansion

    23 september 2022 · 5 min

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    A cloud kitchen — also known as a ghost kitchen or a shared kitchen — offers restaurant owners and food entrepreneurs a commercial kitchen space at a reduced cost for food delivery and takeout.
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  19. Crypto tax reporting app Binocs helps users navigate regulations

    23 september 2022 · 5 min

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    Keeping up with tax compliance for cryptocurrency can be tricky, especially since many laws are new (or haven’t been written yet).
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  20. EV charging operator Bump unlocks $180 million

    22 september 2022 · 4 min

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    French startup Bump has signed a multi-year financing partnership with DIF Capital Partners in order to roll out more charging stations for electric vehicles and double down on growth in general.
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  21. Razor’s Edge Ventures closes $340M fund as it looks to invest in defense startups

    22 september 2022 · 6 min

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    In a sign that national security tech is a safe bet even during troubled economic times, defense- and security-focused VC firm Razor’s Edge Ventures today announced the closing of its third startup investment fund at just under $340 million.
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  22. Leoparda Electric is bringing battery swapping for two-wheelers to LatAm

    21 september 2022 · 5 min

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    Leoparda Electric, a São Paolo–based startup, wants to be the Gogoro of Latin America. In other words, it’s looking to build out a network of battery swapping stations that should help spread adoption of electric two-wheelers in the region.
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  23. Zopper raises $75 million to solve India’s insurance problem

    21 september 2022 · 6 min

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    For more than half a decade, Zopper built a platform for small and medium-sized businesses, helping merchants with invoicing and payments through its point-of-sale platform.
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  24. Meta alumni’s startup TrueFoundry raises $2.3 million to accelerate ML deployments

    20 september 2022 · 4 min

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    A group of former Meta engineers is building a platform to help enterprises deploy machine learning models at the speed of big tech companies.
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  25. This robot crossed a line it shouldn’t have because humans told it to

    20 september 2022 · 5 min

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    Video of a sidewalk delivery robot crossing yellow caution tape and rolling through a crime scene in Los Angeles went viral this week, amassing more than 650,000 views on Twitter and sparking debate about whether the technology is ready for prime time.
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  26. Launch House holds private town hall, says investigation is underway

    19 september 2022 · 5 min

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    In a town hall to some members of their community, Launch House addressed the harassment and assault allegations surfaced by a Vox Investigation earlier this week.
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  27. Virtual Internships matches students with top companies around the world

    19 september 2022 · 5 min

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    Remote work struck down barriers for many employees, and now Virtual Internships is doing the same for university students around the world by partnering with over 12,000 companies from 100 countries.
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  28. Polywork lands $28 million more to add hyphens to your job title

    16 september 2022 · 5 min

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    Stop trying to make Polywork happen. It’s already happening. You may even be polyworking as you read this.
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  29. Denim, a fintech platform for freight brokers, raises $126M in equity and debt

    16 september 2022 · 5 min

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    Denim, the fintech platform for freight and logistics formerly known as Axle Payments, today announced that it raised $126 million in a Series B funding round led by Pelion Venture Partners.
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  30. MVP Match, a tech-talent marketplace, raises $5M from Stage 2 Capital

    15 september 2022 · 4 min

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    Tech-talent marketplace MVP Match has raised €5 million ($5 million) seed funding from Stage 2 Capital to double down its strategy for pairing companies with talent from across the globe.
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  31. CoverSelf’s customizable platform simplifies the healthcare claims system

    15 september 2022 · 6 min

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    The U.S healthcare system is infamously labyrinthine, with a lengthy claims process that results in frequent errors and high administrative costs.
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  32. Cultured meat startup Prolific Machines unveils its ‘Henry Ford approach’ to cell growth

    14 september 2022 · 6 min

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    Its technology is a way to grow and control cells without the need for any of those expensive recombinant proteins for cell production.Cultured meat startup Prolific Machines unveils its ‘Henry Ford approach’ to cell growth by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
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  33. How WhiteLab Genomics is using AI to aid gene and cell therapy development

    14 september 2022 · 5 min

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    French biotech company WhiteLab Genomics has raised $10 million in funding for an AI platform designed to aid the discovery and development of genomic therapies.
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  34. Industrial IoT startup Litmus Automation bags new cash to grow its product

    13 september 2022 · 5 min

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    In recent years, a cottage industry has sprung up around the industrial internet of things (IoT) landscape — and the data generated by it.
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  35. Kenya’s HotelOnline acquires hospitality software company HotelPlus

    13 september 2022 · 5 min

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    HotelOnline, a Kenyan-based travel technology scale-up that fashions itself as an e-commerce and digital marketing enabler in the hospitality industry, has acquired HotelPlus, a software provider with clients in 22 countries.
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  36. Diveplane lands $25M to grow its MLOps platform

    12 september 2022 · 6 min

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    In 2017, three entrepreneurs — Chris Hazard, Mike Resnick and Mike Capps — came together to launch a platform for building AI and machine learning tools geared toward the enterprise.
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  37. Synthetic DNA startup Catalog partners with Seagate for its DNA-based data storage platform

    12 september 2022 · 4 min

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    Data needs to be stored somewhere. However, data storage costs keep growing, and the data people keep producing and consuming can’t keep up with the available storage.
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  38. Stack.io banks $2.7M to teach teens, parents about crypto

    9 september 2022 · 4 min

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    The app was designed with Gen Z in mind, a generation that will grow up with the blockchain and most likely own some kind of digital assets.Stack.io banks $2.7M to teach teens, parents about crypto by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
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  39. Lucidity keeps cloud block storage neat, tidy and cost-efficient

    9 september 2022 · 6 min

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    Cloud storage is expensive (especially in this economy), but many companies often over-provision, cutting their full return on investment. Lucidity was created to help them manage block storage more efficiently with a set of automated tools.
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  40. London-based RegTech SteelEye nabs $21M

    8 september 2022 · 4 min

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    London-based regulatory technology (RegTech) startup SteelEye has raised $21 million in a series B round of funding.
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  41. Nektar.ai exits stealth mode to plug CRM data leakages

    8 september 2022 · 5 min

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    A lot of important data gets lost along the sales pipeline because sales teams use multiple tools, including email, Zoom and WhatsApp, to talk with buyers.
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  42. Cultivated Biosciences wants to make plant-based dairy ‘feel’ more like the real McCoy

    7 september 2022 · 5 min

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    The vegan food market was pegged as a $27 billion industry last year, a figure that’s expected to more than double within a decade.
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  43. JusticeText raises $2.2M to increase transparency in criminal evidence-gathering

    7 september 2022 · 5 min

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    The company currently works with 50 public defender agencies and has around 60 clients who are private criminal defense attorneys.
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  44. This Gen Z founder is pitching hundreds of investors… via Venmo

    6 september 2022 · 5 min

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    My phone buzzes as I get a text from a friend who’s a partner at a VC firm. It’s a screenshot of a Venmo notification that just came in.
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  45. Indian agency searches fintech Paytm, Razorpay and Cashfree offices in Chinese loan apps probe

    6 september 2022 · 5 min

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    India’s financial crime fighting agency searched the offices of fintech unicorns Paytm and Razorpay as well as Cashfree on Friday as part of an ongoing investigation into fraudulent Chinese loan apps, it said Saturday, the latest in a series of probes in recent months.
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  46. Fairmarkit’s AI-fueled platform delivers autonomous procurement sourcing

    5 september 2022 · 5 min

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    Companies tend to divide their procurement spending into two main buckets. The first is large purchases over $500,000 with some starting $1 million, depending on the size of the organization. Anything below that figure falls under a category known as “tail spend.”
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  47. With schools increasingly focused on mental health, PsycApps raises Seed round for US expansion

    2 september 2022 · 6 min

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    I’ve been tracking PsycApps, a startup that came up with a gamified mental health game ‘eQuoo’, since 2016, and this company – and its founder – is nothing if not persistent in ‘pivoting into the wind’. T
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  48. This dating app fought scammers with bots… hilarity ensued

    2 september 2022 · 5 min

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    You know the feeling; you’re on a dating app, and you start a conversation with someone, and things don’t seem like they add up completely.
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  49. Falkon closes $16M round to automate sales workflows and analyses

    1 september 2022 · 5 min

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    Falkon, a sales analytics platform that uses AI to attempt to show where successful product sales are occuring in an organization, today announced that it raised $16 million in a funding round led by OMERS Ventures.
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  50. MEDU takes in $4M to develop reusable personal protective equipment

    1 september 2022 · 6 min

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    MEDU aims to reduce hospital garment waste and replace single-wear items with its line of sustainable, virus-resistant reusable pieces.
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