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VanMoof teases new high-speed electric bike
13 oktober 2021 · 4 min
E-bike manufacturer VanMoof recently raised a $128 million funding round. And the company is already using some of that cash to develop a brand new product — the VanMoof V. This is a new product in the VanMoof lineup, a high-speed bike.
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ThoughtFull gets $1.1M seed to make mental health support more accessible in Southeast Asia
12 oktober 2021 · 5 min
Depression and anxiety were taking a serious toll on peoples’ well-being even before COVID-19, and the pandemic prompted more interest (and venture capital) in mental health startups.
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Varda Space Industries will send its first space factory to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
12 oktober 2021 · 3 min
Varda Space Industries, a startup that wants to build in-space manufacturing facilities, will be sending its first spacecraft to orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2023. The actual spacecraft — the startup’s first to go to orbit.
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Mobile gaming startup Homa Games raises $50 million
11 oktober 2021 · 4 min
Just days after Voodoo acquired Beach Bum, another French mobile gaming company has news to share. Homa Games is raising a $50 million Series A round led by Northzone. The company partners with indie game studios and acts as a publisher.
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Alpha Paw brings in $5.2M to carve out its niche in the pet wellness space
11 oktober 2021 · 4 min
Alpha Paw offers pet products for dogs and cats like food and supplements that are customized with pet breed in mind.
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Tiger Global in talks to lead over $100M investment in India’s Slice
8 oktober 2021 · 4 min
A number of high-profile investors are chasing to invest in Slice, a fintech startup that is attempting to expand the market for credit cards in India. Tiger Global is in advanced stages of talks to lead a round of over $100 million in the Bangalore-based startup, sources familiar with the matter told me.
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Microsoft acquires Ally.io, OKR startup that raised $76 million
8 oktober 2021 · 4 min
Microsoft announced today that it has acquired Ally.io, a software service that helps companies measure their progress against OKRs or objectives and key results, a common way the management measures both individual and company progress. The two firms did not share the purchase price.
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MindLabs gets $3.5M seed to make mental wellness engaging
7 oktober 2021 · 4 min
Making sure mental wellness is part of your routine can be difficult, especially if you are already busy and stressed. MindLabs wants to make it easier with a combination of on-demand or live video classes and community features.
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BeeHero’s precision pollination platform wings its way to $19M in new funding
7 oktober 2021 · 6 min
Move over, precision agriculture — precision apiculture is what’s on the minds of all future-focused farmers. BeeHero has been growing fast since its debut and seed round last year.
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Goldman Sachs spinoff Juven to back African high-growth companies with large checks
6 oktober 2021 · 5 min
Mauritius and U.K.-based investment company Juven went live today with plans to fund growth-stage technology and consumer companies in Africa. The one-year-old firm is looking to invest large checks in companies “that have proven business models, strong revenue traction and large addressable markets,” it said in a statement.
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Podcastle raises $7M for its all-in-one platform for podcast production and publishing
6 oktober 2021 · 4 min
Both Anchor and Descript have made their names as being among the most significant Podcast creation platforms of recent times, but hoving into the rear-view mirror recently has been Podcastle, an all-in-one platform that can cover off recording, production and publishing, all on the one platform.
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YC grad Wasp land $1.5M seed to help developers build web apps faster
5 oktober 2021 · 3 min
It seems that a lot of startups are trying to help developers reduce the complexity involved in coding an app. Last week we covered the seed round for RunX, a company that helps developers code back-end cloud resources more quickly. Today, Y Combinator Winter 2021 graduate Wasp announced a $1.5 million seed round to help […]
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Ladder raises $100M on a $900M valuation for a platform selling flexible term life insurance
5 oktober 2021 · 6 min
Life insurance has had a new lease on life in the era of insuretech, and today one of the companies building a business out of rethinking everything.
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Komunidad, a Philippines-based environmental intelligence platform, lands seed round
4 oktober 2021 · 6 min
The Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, with geography that makes it vulnerable to typhoons, floods, volcanos, earthquakes and droughts. While working in IT, Felix Ayque began compiling cyclone reports and sending them as email alerts to communities.
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ProductWind raises $1.67M to connect your brand with hundreds of influencers
4 oktober 2021 · 5 min
Brands wanting to get into influencer marketing can use ProductWind's platform to set up campaigns with hundreds of influencers.
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Climate volatility helps agtech platform Semios raise $100M round led by Morningside
1 oktober 2021 · 4 min
One of the greatest challenges for farmers today is the increasing volatility in the climate, leading to unpredictable weather patterns, making growing conditions challenging. If farmers can’t grow crops, then our food security is as risk. Gradually, the field of agtech is attempting to address this issue. There are increasing numbers of FaaS (farming as […]
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Mobile gaming company Voodoo acquires Beach Bum
1 oktober 2021 · 4 min
French startup Voodoo has made a significant acquisition in the casual mobile gaming market. The company is acquiring Beach Bum, a game studio based in Israel and specialized in tabletop and card games.
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Spudsy bags $3.3M to turn ‘ugly’ sweet potatoes into snacks
30 september 2021 · 4 min
Spudsy is on track to save 1 million of these so-called flawed sweet potatoes by the end of 2021.
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Starfish Space raises $7M for in-orbit servicing space tug
30 september 2021 · 3 min
Satellite servicing company Starfish Space has closed $7 million in funding to accelerate the development of a space tug vehicle that can extend the life of spacecraft and get rid of orbital debris. Servicing satellites used to be nigh impossible, due to the extreme costs associated with going to orbit.
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Tonic.ai raises $35M Series B to help engineers create synthetic data sets
29 september 2021 · 4 min
When engineers are building software, they often run into issues around testing it without using actual customer data. Creating a meaningful test set can be time-consuming and challenging. Tonic.ai, a startup that helps engineers create synthetic data sets is trying to fix that, and today the company announced a $35 million Series B. Insight Partners […]
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Federated Genomic data startup Lifebit raises $60M round led by Tiger Global
29 september 2021 · 3 min
Genomic data is considered to be the key to unlocking so-called “precision medicine”. Some estimates suggest that by 2025, 500 million human genomes will have been sequenced, but only a fraction of it is being utilized for drug discovery and precision medicine.
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Indonesian ID and data verification startup Verihubs gets $2.8M led by Insignia Venture Partners
28 september 2021 · 5 min
For many financial institutions in Southeast Asia, verifying new customers takes a week or two, said the founders of Verihubs. The startup cuts that time down to as little as five seconds, using AI-based identity authentication technology and APIs that let companies continue verifying returning customers through SMS, WhatsApp or flash calls. Verihubs announced it […]
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YC-backed Malloc wants to take the sting out of mobile spyware
28 september 2021 · 4 min
Mobile spyware is one of the most invasive and targeted kinds of unregulated surveillance, since it can be used to track where you go, who you see and what you talk about. And because of its stealthy nature, mobile spyware can be nearly impossible to detect.
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Singapore-based logistics startup Ninja Van secures $578M Series E
27 september 2021 · 3 min
Ninja Van, a Singapore-based logistics startup, has closed a $578 million Series E round to support its operations infrastructure and technology systems growth.
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Robotic farming firm Iron Ox raises $53M
27 september 2021 · 3 min
Bay Area-based autonomous farming startup Iron Ox this week announced a $53 million round. The Series C, led by Breakthrough Energy Venture, brings the firm’s total funding up to $98 million.
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Loyal raises $27M, aims to give dog owners more time with their pets
24 september 2021 · 5 min
Loyal is building an animal pharmaceutical company that is developing therapeutics aimed at extending both lifespan and healthspan for dogs.
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Nosh uses AI to help people and businesses cut down on their food waste
24 september 2021 · 4 min
When founder Somdip Dey was a computer science masters student at the University of Manchester, his parents got in a terrible car accident. He sent all of his money back to his parents in India to help with their medical bills, but then he faced a problem familiar to too many.
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Crypto asset management platform Cobo bags $40M Series B
23 september 2021 · 5 min
Cobo, a Singapore-based crypto asset management platform, raised a $40 million Series B to accelerate the development of decentralized finance as a service (DFaaS). The round was co-led by DST Global, A&T Capital and IMO Ventures. The company will use its proceeds for the development of DeFi as a service (DFaaS) infrastructure and its existing […]
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Sunday raises $100 million for its fast restaurant checkout flow
23 september 2021 · 4 min
Sunday, a startup that didn’t exist just a few months ago, has raised a $100 million Series A funding round. Today’s funding round is led by Coatue with participation from partners of DST Global. Investors in the restaurant, hospitality and tech industries are also participating.
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Tatum lets you interact with blockchains using API calls
22 september 2021 · 5 min
Meet Tatum, a blockchain infrastructure startup that wants to make it much easier to develop your own blockchain-based product. The company operates a platform-as-a-service product so that you don’t have to manage your own nodes and learn how to interact with each client. Tatum is participating in TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt. While blockchain […]
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Alan acquires Jour and launches mental health service Alan Mind
22 september 2021 · 4 min
French startup Alan is better known for its health insurance products — they now insure 200,000 people. But it has been slowly building a superapp for your health and expanding with new services. Today, the company announced its first acquisition ever with the acquisition of Jour for $20 million. This is going to be the […]
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Near Space Labs closes $13M Series A to send more Earth imaging robots to the stratosphere
21 september 2021 · 5 min
The decreasing cost of launch and a slew of other tech innovations have brought about a renaissance in geospatial intelligence, with multiple startups aiming to capture higher-quality and more frequent images of Earth than have ever before been available. Most of these startups, however, are focused on using satellites to collect data. Not so for […]
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Fivetran hauls in $565M on $5.6B valuation, acquires competitor HVR for $700M
21 september 2021 · 4 min
Fivetran, the data connectivity startup, had a big day today. For starters it announced a $565 million investment on $5.6 billion valuation, but it didn’t stop there. It also announced its second acquisition this year, snagging HVR, a data integration competitor that had raised over $50M, for $700 million in cash and stock.
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Flippa raises $11M to match online asset and business buyers, sellers
20 september 2021 · 5 min
Flippa uses a proprietary business valuation tool and algorithm to match online business owners to qualified buyers.
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Ketch raises another $20M as demand grows for its privacy data control platform
20 september 2021 · 4 min
Ketch's OTC enables developers to embed security and governance into a piece of data as they build software.
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Defy Partners leads $3M round into sales intelligence platform Aircover
17 september 2021 · 4 min
Aircover’s conversational AI software integrates with Zoom and automates parts of the sales process to lead to more effective conversations.
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Fiberplane nabs € 7.5M seed to bring Google Docs-like collaboration to incident response
17 september 2021 · 4 min
Fiberplane, an Amsterdam-based early stage startup that is building collaborative notebooks for SREs (site reliability engineers) to collaborate around an incident in a similar manner to group editing in a Google Doc, announced a ​​€ 7.5M (approximately $8.8 million USD) seed round today. The round was co-led by Crane Venture Partners and Notion Capital with […]
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AI startup Sorcero secures $10M for language intelligence platform
16 september 2021 · 4 min
Its natural language processing platform aids subject-matter experts in finding answers to their questions.
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Relyance AI scores $25M Series A to ensure privacy compliance at the code level
16 september 2021 · 4 min
Relyance AI, an early stage startup that is helping companies stay in compliance with privacy laws at the code level, announced a $25 million Series A today. At the same time, they revealed a previously unannounced $5 million seed round.
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Folk helps you share contacts with your team
15 september 2021 · 4 min
Folk is a new productivity tool started by European startup studio eFounders. And the startup just raised a $3.3 million seed funding round led by Accel with a big group of business angels. When you think about managing contacts and relationships in a professional environment, you might think that companies have solved this already.
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Tonal adds live classes to its strength training workouts
15 september 2021 · 3 min
Wall-mounted fitness startup Tonal this morning announced that it’s bringing live courses to it portfolio of strength training workouts. The company did a soft launch of the live offering back in December of last year, though at the time, it wasn’t live, so much as prerecorded — “live, on tape,” to steal a line from […]
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Logistics robotics startup Ambi raises $26M
14 september 2021 · 3 min
Five months ago, Ambi Robotics emerged from stealth with a $6 million raise. Today the Bay Area-based firm is back with several times that, announcing a $26 million Series A, led by Tiger Global. The new round also features participation from existing investors, including Bow Capital, Vertex Ventures US and The House Fund.
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JumpCloud raises $159M on $2.56B valuation for cloud directory tool
14 september 2021 · 5 min
JumpCloud, the late-stage startup that is modernizing the notion of corporate directories in a cloud context, announced a $159 million Series F investment on a healthy $2.56 billion valuation today. Sapphire Ventures led the round with new investors participating including Owl Rock, Whale Rock Capital, Sands Capital and Endeavor Catalyst along with existing investors General […]
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MarginEdge, a restaurant management software company, raises $18M
13 september 2021 · 5 min
MarginEdge’s tool is a restaurant management app that works with a business’ point of sale to streamline inventory, cost-tracking, ordering and recipes to eliminate the paperwork.
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Quizlet plans for IPO over a year after hitting unicorn status
13 september 2021 · 5 min
Quizlet, a flashcard tool turned artificial intelligence-powered tutoring platform, is planning an initial public offering nearly a year after it was valued at $1 billion. According to people familiar with the matter, Quizlet is considerably far along in the process to go public. A recent job filing shows that it is hiring for senior roles […]
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Snyk snags another $530M as valuation rises to $8.4B
10 september 2021 · 4 min
Snyk, the Boston-based late-stage startup that is trying to help developers deliver more secure code, announced another mega-round today. This one was for $530 million, with $300 million in new money and $230 million in secondary funding, the latter of which is to help employees and early investors cash in some of their stock options. […]
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Affinity, a relationship intelligence company, raises $80M to help close deals
10 september 2021 · 5 min
Affinity is focused on industries like investment banking and venture capital, where there aren’t CRMs or networking platforms that cater to the specific needs of the long-term relationship.
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Digital therapeutics startup Neuroglee raises $10M to help people with neurodegenerative conditions
9 september 2021 · 4 min
Neuroglee Therapeutics, a startup developing digital therapeutics for people with neurodegenerative diseases, has raised a $10 million Series A led by Openspace Ventures and EDBI. The funding will be used to launch virtual neurology clinics and to support Neuroglee’s move to Boston. Other participants included Ramen Singh, the former chief executive officer of Mundipharma; Biofourmis […]
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Indonesia-focused Intudo Ventures closes $115M third fund
9 september 2021 · 6 min
Intudo Ventures, the “Indonesia-only” investment firm, announced today it has closed its third fund, totaling $115 million. Called Intudo Ventures Fund III, it was raised in less than three months and oversubscribed. Fund III’s limited partners include Black Kite Investments, the family office of Singaporean businessman Koh Bon Hwee; Wasson Enterprises, the family office of […]
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E-commerce aggregator Rainforest raises $20M just months after its last funding
8 september 2021 · 3 min
Four months after its last funding announcement, Singapore-based e-commerce aggregator Rainforest has closed a $20 million pre-Series A round led by Monk’s Hill Ventures. Other participants included January Capital, Crossbeam Venture Partners, Amasia and Lo & Behold Group, along with returning investors Nordstar and Insignia Venture Partners. Rainforest announced in May that it had raised […]
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