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  1. Can a baby’s cry identify neurological disorders? Ubenwa says ‘yes’

    27 juli 2022 · 5 min

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    When Charles Onu’ cousin was both born with birth asphyxia and later developed a hearing condition, the seed for Ubenwa, an audio biometric company geared at identifying neurological disorders in infants, was also planted. Onu, CEO and co-founder, said he hopes Ubenwa will change the way physicians provide care to infants.Â
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  2. Insightly helps engineering teams increase productivity and reduce burnout

    26 juli 2022 · 6 min

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    Insightly Analytics helps engineering teams stop problems before they happen, like slow release cycles, bottlenecks and uneven workload distribution that can lead to employee burnout.
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  3. World Fund joins $128M bet that quantum can deliver climate breakthroughs

    26 juli 2022 · 4 min

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    World Fund, a newcomer in climate-VC land, is taking the lead in a $128 million round for IQM, with hopes the Finnish quantum computing company will one day deliver carbon cuts by the megatonne.
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  4. TomoCredit raises $22M at a $222M valuation toward its goal of making credit scores ‘obselete’

    25 juli 2022 · 6 min

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    When Kristy Kim started TomoCredit in early 2019, she was on a mission to help international students more easily obtain credit.
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  5. Fairbanc provides BNPL for micro-merchants in Indonesia

    25 juli 2022 · 5 min

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    “Buy now, pay later” (BNPL) startups have gained traction by targeting consumers, but BNPLs for businesses are also starting to take off.
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  6. Agility’s next Digit robot will have a face and hands

    22 juli 2022 · 5 min

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    Digit, the bipedal robot developed by Agility Robotics, will continue to evolve and improve, including the addition of a head and some digits of its very own.
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  7. Observability startup Better Stack lands $18.86M in new cash

    22 juli 2022 · 5 min

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    In the software industry, observability tools provide businesses insights on the health of their production apps. At best, observability tools can flag when apps are performing under par and help identify the root causes of issues. But rarely is it this simple.
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  8. 15Five, a pioneer in talent management HR tech, raises $52M to boost its own performance

    21 juli 2022 · 5 min

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    15Five — an early mover in the world of building technology to help motivate teams, and to improve performance management for execs overseeing those teams — has raised $52 million in a round of growth funding that it will be using to expand its own performance.
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  9. Casavo, an Opendoor-style proptech from Italy, raises $410M to expand its instant buyer platform across Europe

    21 juli 2022 · 7 min

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    Opendoor opened the door, so to speak, to the idea of applying technology to the concept of house flipping to both scale the opportunity and make it considerably more efficient.
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  10. Charles raises $20M to bring conversational commerce to WhatsApp in Europe

    20 juli 2022 · 7 min

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    Conversational commerce isn’t exactly a new phenomenon, with countless companies using live chats, messaging apps, chatbots, voice assistants and more to encourage consumers to part with their cash.
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  11. Japanese e-commerce enabler AnyMind raises funding in equity, debt for acquisitions

    20 juli 2022 · 5 min

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    The pandemic has triggered more demand for online shopping and fueled many smaller retailers to establish their own online offerings.
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  12. X1’s income-based credit card is finally available to the public

    19 juli 2022 · 4 min

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    The credit card market has become increasingly crowded, with consumer fintech startups like locked in a fierce competition to differentiate their offerings through branding, rewards programs and even crypto compatibility.
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  13. This niche cryptographic technique could transform privacy in web3

    19 juli 2022 · 6 min

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    Privacy is a core concern in crypto. Once you know a crypto wallet address corresponds to a certain individual, you can track all the transactions that individual has made through their wallet on any public blockchain, including Bitcoin and Ethereum. Some cryptographers think the solution to crypto’s privacy concerns lies in zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs), a […]
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  14. Canvas Medical, ‘the Tesla of EMRs,’ raises a $24 million Series B round

    18 juli 2022 · 5 min

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    When Andrew Hines started Canvas Medical in 2015 he couldn’t have predicted that telehealth would go from niche to norm or that a pandemic would inspire entrepreneurs to launch a new fleet of digital health startups that needed fresh infrastructure.
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  15. Medusa’s open source e-commerce tool for JavaScript developers aims to take on Shopify

    15 juli 2022 · 6 min

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    Medusa aims to offer APIs beyond the standard marketplaces ones for merchants to build more advanced features like fulfillment, subscriptions or a wholesale channel.
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  16. Meet the all-electric RV startup steered by Tesla alumni

    15 juli 2022 · 6 min

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    What started as a pet project to electrify food trucks in the San Francisco Bay area — an enterprise inspired by the cacophony of generators that greeted Ben Parker every day during his lunch break at Tesla — has evolved into a much larger, complex and potentially more lucrative undertaking.
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  17. Kindly Health makes hormonal health care more approachable

    14 juli 2022 · 3 min

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    Hormonal healthcare can be intimidating, since it touches on the most intimate parts of our lives. Kindly Health wants to make it accessible to more people, with a combination of at-home diagnostic tests (including semen tests and tests for polycystic ovary syndrome), telehealth consultations and supplements.
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  18. Deci lands $25M for tech that makes AI models more efficient

    14 juli 2022 · 6 min

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    Deci, a startup company with 50 employees who are developing a platform to build and optimize AI-powered systems, today announced that it closed a $25 million Series B financing round led by Insight Partners.
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  19. DeltaStream secures cash to build real-time streaming databases

    13 juli 2022 · 5 min

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    DeltaStream, which is developing a streaming database platform geared toward enterprise customers, today announced that it raised $10 million in a seed round led by New Enterprise Associates.
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  20. Uprise banks $1.4M to be a ‘family office’ for Gen Z

    13 juli 2022 · 5 min

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    Uprise takes in a user’s full financial picture, including overlooked aspects like employer benefits, and offers recommendations on where to funnel money.
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  21. Scale Computing secures $55M to help companies manage edge infrastructure

    12 juli 2022 · 6 min

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    Edge computing is seeing an explosion of interest as enterprises process more data at the edge of their networks.
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  22. Despite layoffs, there’s still a talent crunch in Southeast Asia

    12 juli 2022 · 4 min

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    Tech layoffs have hit almost every region in the world, and Southeast Asia is no exception, with companies like Sea, Crypto.com and JD.ID among those affected. In particular, fintech startups—BNPL, credit and lending, and inventory-holding businesses—are vulnerable, like in other parts of the world.
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  23. For businesses seeking low-code fintech infrastructure options, there’s a Quiltt for that

    11 juli 2022 · 4 min

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    Company founders pivoted when customers wanted their fintech data engine over their budgeting app.
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  24. Casper king Philip Krim is getting into the insurance business

    11 juli 2022 · 4 min

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    Since departing his role as Casper CEO in 2021, Philip Krim has spent the majority of his time investing and incubating companies via Montauk Ventures. The latest is an insurance company called Ranger, which aims to elevate the agents in the insurance industry, rather than replace them. Most of the new-wave insurance platforms out there […]
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  25. Six reasons to apply to the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt

    8 juli 2022 · 5 min

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    If you haven’t heard yet, there’s a new and awesome opportunity available for early-stage startup founders at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco on October 18-20. It’s called the Startup Battlefield 200, and it’s packed with perks and possibility. Here’s the thing — it’s a time-sensitive application process, and you only have until July 31 to […]
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  26. Crypto gaming firm Cauldron raises $6.6M to build ‘Pixar of web3’

    8 juli 2022 · 4 min

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    A number of crypto gaming firms have ramped up production in the past year with hopes of revolutionizing the growing industry. Adding to the list is London-based gaming firm Cauldron, which plans on becoming the “Pixar of web3” through a key element: storytelling. The company just closed a $6.6 million seed round and plans to […]
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  27. Wonderbelly is taking on Tums

    7 juli 2022 · 5 min

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    Deep tech and D2C have very little in common, except Noah Kraft. The Doppler Labs founder, who first came into the spotlight in 2014 with the launch of a wireless earbuds company, is teaming up with his brother to start something brand new. Well, for clarity’s sake, the brother duo are actually disrupting something relatively […]
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  28. Finli puts service-based business payment management in the palm of your hand

    7 juli 2022 · 5 min

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    Finli’s platform was developed so owners could send invoices, look up customer information and check on payment status in between gigs.
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  29. IBM acquires Databand to bolster its data observability stack

    6 juli 2022 · 5 min

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    IBM today announced that it acquired Databand, a startup developing an observability platform for data and machine learning pipelines. Details of the deal weren’t disclosed, but Tel Aviv-based Databand had raised $14.5 million prior to the acquisition. Databand employees will join IBM’s data and AI division, with the purchase expected to close on June 27. […]
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  30. Maolac pours new funding into superfood mimicking breast milk health benefits

    6 juli 2022 · 5 min

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    The company identifies and extracts functional proteins from bovine colostrum and uses them to make milk protein mixtures that could be used for different immune-boosting applications.
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  31. AI-powered photo stock startup Wirestock lands partnership with Getty Images

    5 juli 2022 · 3 min

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    As a stock photographer, taking great photos is often only just a tiny part of the job. To run a successful business, keywording, categorizing, captioning, and all the other admin that goes with it can take up almost as much time. That’s the problem Wirestock is solving, and the company just landed an important deal […]
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  32. Black Swan analyzes social media to predict which products will be successful

    5 juli 2022 · 7 min

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    Consumer packaged goods companies — think PepsiCo or Nabisco — face steep challenges from the rising cost of living and distribution. As inflation continues unabated, consumers’ disposable income isn’t going as far as it used to while products are becoming more expensive to ship. The pressure is on businesses to place their bets on the […]
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  33. Short video app Triller confidentially files to go public

    4 juli 2022 · 4 min

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    TikTok rival Triller has confidentially submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission paperwork for an initial public offering of its Class A common stock. The announcement comes as the company ended its $5 billion merger with video-tech company SeaChange International two weeks ago. Similar to TikTok, Triller allows users to create and share short-form […]
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  34. Visby Medical tests positive for a Series E extension at $1B+ valuation

    4 juli 2022 · 4 min

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    Medical diagnostics company Visby Medical raised $100 million in a Series E round earlier this year.
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  35. Promoted grabs more funding to help e-commerce marketplaces achieve profitability

    1 juli 2022 · 4 min

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    For many marketplaces, those search, recommendation and ad functions are typically siloed, but Promoted has them all under one umbrella.
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  36. April taps AI to help personalize and autofill tax filings

    1 juli 2022 · 6 min

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    Most Americans dread doing their taxes. Surveys show as much. But as many as 40% rely on money from tax refunds to satisfy some financial obligation.
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  37. Marketing automation startup Rocket Reach nabs $24M for expansion

    30 juni 2022 · 5 min

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    Retail Rocket, a retention management platform for brands, today announced that it raised $24 million in a Series A round led by Cyprus-based private equity fund Flintera.
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  38. Nautical Commerce sails away with new funding to bring marketplace tech to the masses

    30 juni 2022 · 5 min

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    The company is boiling down the time it takes for businesses to create an e-commerce marketplace from two to three years to about 90 days.
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  39. Walmart is acquiring Memomi, an AR startup powering virtual try-on for eyewear

    29 juni 2022 · 4 min

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    Walmart is expanding its array of virtual try-on services for shoppers with today’s news that it’s planning to acquire Memomi, an AR optical tech company and current Walmart partner offering virtual try-on experience for eyewear.
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  40. Sharebite bags $39M to expand its corporate food ordering program

    29 juni 2022 · 6 min

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    Sharebite, a startup that partners with restaurants to deliver food to corporate clients, today announced that it raised $39 million in a Series B round led by Prosus with participation from Fiserv, Contour Venture Partners, Reign Ventures, London Technology Club and Not Boring Fund.
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  41. Degreed’s co-founder is back at the company he left…with the startup he built

    28 juni 2022 · 5 min

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    Edtech up-skilling platform Degreed has acquired Learn In, which creates talent resource hubs for employers to better spin up education services for their teams.
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  42. ConductorOne is bringing automation to identity and access management with $15M investment

    28 juni 2022 · 5 min

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    The founders of ConductorOne, an identity and access control startup, both came from Okta, which is itself a single sign-on vendor based on the zero trust model.
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  43. Zomato acquires Blinkit for $568 million in instant-grocery delivery push

    27 juni 2022 · 6 min

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    Zomato has acquired Blinkit, a struggling 10-minute grocery delivery startup, in a $568.1 million all-stock deal as the loss-making food delivery firm looks to broaden its offerings at a time when its shares are trading far below last year’s debut price.
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  44. Cryptoys banks a16z funding to build NFTs for kids

    27 juni 2022 · 5 min

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    The past several months haven’t been entirely kind to the NFT market — while transaction volume hasn’t stuttered too significantly, the dollar amount invested in the space has been in free fall as cryptocurrency prices have taken a historic dive.
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  45. Epsilon3’s space industry OS powers more than launches as it brings in $15M in new funding

    24 juni 2022 · 6 min

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    The space industry is evolving, as are the tools it uses; Epsilon3 is a startup trying to make launches, satellite design, rocket manufacturing, and other complex processes easier and more collaborative.
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  46. Tiger Global backs SaaS omnichannel social commerce platform SleekFlow in $8M funding

    24 juni 2022 · 5 min

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    Social commerce — the process of buying and selling products or services directly through social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok — is becoming the most natural way for consumers to make purchases since people use social media and messaging apps almost every day.
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  47. Starburst acquires data lake analytics accelerator Varada to challenge Snowflake

    23 juni 2022 · 3 min

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    Starburst, the well-funded data warehouse analytics service and data query engine based on the open-source Trino project, today announced that it has acquired Varada, a Tel Aviv-based startup that focuses on data lake analytics.
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  48. Fermyon wants to reinvent the way programmers develop microservices

    23 juni 2022 · 5 min

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    When Fermyon’s founders were working at Microsoft, they helped build a lot of cloud native technologies.
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  49. Vietnam-based Anfin makes stock investing accessible

    22 juni 2022 · 5 min

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    Based in Vietnam, Anfin wants to turn more people into stock investors with features like fractional trading and in-app communities.
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  50. Platform.sh secures $140M for web app development tools

    22 juni 2022 · 7 min

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    The growing complexity of web infrastructure is a challenge that many organizations face today. When building and deploying web apps, IT teams must grapple with an array of choices, from selecting which backend system to use to deciding which framework to code in.
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