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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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Fermyon’s founders were working at Microsoft, they helped build a lot of cloud native technologies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Based in Vietnam, Anfin wants to turn more people into stock investors with features like fractional trading and in-app communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Redwood Materials, the lithium-ion battery recycling startup founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, is partnering with Toyota to collect, refurbish and recycle batteries and battery materials that can be sent to the Japanese automaker’s upcoming North Carolina battery plant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mono is building a fully digital bank with accounts that can be opened in around 15 minutes versus an average of two weeks at an incumbent bank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York-based Wonder, a mobile restaurant delivery service led by Marc Lore, has raised $350 million in Series B funding. The company is now worth about $3.5 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rune Labs, a precision neurology company in San Francisco, announced that its StrivePD software ecosystem for Parkinson’s disease has been granted 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin using the Apple Watch to collect and measure data from Parkinson’s patients. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Millions of Indians each year assemble virtual sports teams, placing their hopes on the players they pick to perform exceedingly well in real-world matches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The competition in ecommerce has become fiercer as the pandemic drives shoppers online. At the same time, customers have grown to expect better experiences. According to helpdesk software vendor HiverHQ, 32% of consumers want customer service to be both more responsive and empathetic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tabnine, a startup creating an “AI-powered assistant” for software developers, today closed a $15.5 million funding round co-led by Qualcomm Ventures, OurCrowd, and Samsung NEXT Ventures with participation from existing backers Khosla Ventures and Headline Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pok Pok, a Toronto-based edtech company, has announced that it raised $3 million in seed funding to expand its play-based learning experiences for kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cube, a startup that wants to help companies “plan their financial future,” has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Battery Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Onymos, a “feature-as-a-service” platform for app development, today announced that it closed a $12 million Series A round led by Great Point Ventures with participation from Benhamou Global Ventures, Engineering Capital, and Industry Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amid an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into inaccurate statements to investors, Faraday Future has received a preliminary request for information from the U.S. Department of Justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The company is serving several thousand patients and growing its footprint as a value-add employee benefit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The world of AI-powered drug discovery keeps expanding as the capabilities of machine learning grow. One approach that seemed unthinkable just a few years ago is simulating the complicated interplays of two interlocking molecules. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Product research generally involves determining whether an idea for a new product might be successful and how to best develop and sell that product. It’s a straightforward process, in theory, but the basic definition belies the barriers that can crop up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The founders of DigitalBrain have quite a back story, a pair of immigrants living in a hacker house in San Francisco, the two paid bills for a time by competing at hackathons and winning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hybrid Cloud Up Time (HYCU), a self-described “backup-as-a-service” company for customers managing hybrid and multi-cloud environments, today announced that it raised $53 million in a “majority equity” Series B round led by Acrew Capital with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Atlassian Ventures, and Cisco Investments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TestBox, an early stage startup, has a goal of making it easier to test software you want to purchase in your own environment. What’s more, it comes pre-populated with synthetic data that is similar to yours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What’s one of the hottest areas within fintech today? Funny enough, it’s fintech for fintechs (say that a few times fast). Fintech startups have absolutely proliferated in the past few years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of Better.com’s former executives has filed a lawsuit against the online mortgage lender, alleging that the company and its CEO Vishal Garg misled investors when it attempted to go public via a SPAC, reports the Wall Street Journal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s the belief of some analysts that the market for robotic process automation, which leverages AI to automate certain software tasks, is headed toward consolidation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Finding and affording child care is one of the biggest challenges parents face. Kinside makes the process easier by not only providing a marketplace of verified carers, but also helping parents tap into their flexible spending accounts (FSA) and other benefits to afford care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices