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Gushwork.ai, a global platform that aims to advance business process outsourcing (BPO) using AI and human expertise, has raised $2.1 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Lightspeed.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A recent report said that Indonesia’s electric vehicle (EV) market is projected to reach $20 billion by 2029, up from $533 million in 2022.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Another grim stage for VanMoof, the e-bike startup backed by venture capitalists to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Running a multi-cloud strategy where you use different cloud vendors for different workloads, helps companies avoid vendor lock-in and lets them use the best-of-breed tools across different platforms.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Polar Analytics gives each brand a so-called “knowledge worker,” that aggregates all of the different data sources so that users can then pose questions about the data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Six months after raising a $7 million seed round, Herself Health is back with some additional venture capital to expand its clinic footprint. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inngest, an open-source startup that helps developers build and manage serverless queues, background jobs and workflows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Spline, a no-code design tool for creating 3D assets, today announced that it raised $15 million in a seed round led by Gradient Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There are a number of companies in the U.S. that offer revenue-based financing to SaaS companies including Capchase, Pipe, Founderpath and Arc.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2015, Pieter Danhieux and Matias Madou, both cybersecurity analysts, came to the realization that they wanted to provide a way to make software more secure by empowering developers with the skills and tools to enhance their speed of delivery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the Nature’s One acquisition, Bobbie becomes the third-largest fully integrated brand in the U.S. and will grow to a 15% non-WIC market share. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pearpop, a marketplace for social collaborations, announced today that it’s launching a new product called “Boost Mode.”  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

San Francisco-based cybersecurity startup Coalition is acquiring Jumbo, a mobile app that lets you control your privacy on the web.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps are an essential part of how many companies do business. But when the number of apps grows beyond a certain threshold, it can be difficult to secure them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

During the pandemic, the digitisation of the freight industry took off like a rocket, and stayed that way.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As email has becomes an increasingly clogged communication mechanism, businesses looking for more direct ways to communicate with their customers in a B2B context have been turning to Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord and other channels.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While working at Vetan, a startup helping small- and medium-sized (SMBs) businesses manage employee payroll, Jatin Mehta realized that SMBs often lack the tools to thrive online with organic sales.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google’s venture capital arm Gradient Ventures has made another foray into Europe, investing as part of a $3.2 million seed round in two-year-old German startup Weflow.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The pandemic has damaged the entire manufacturing supply chain, which is not likely to return to normal until at least 2024 due to a few challenges, including the ongoing U.S.-China tech battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brinc, the Hong Kong-based accelerator backed by investors like Animoca Brands, is launching a new program for fledgling climate tech startups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DigitalOcean, the cloud hosting business, today announced that it’s agreed to acquire Paperspace, a New York-based cloud computing and AI development startup, for $111 million in cash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New offerings include an on-demand pay solution where users can withdraw funds immediately for the money they've earned, but not yet received, and a lending program for employers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dougs, a French accounting startup, has been around since 2015. It already generates $16.4 million (€15 million) in annual recurring revenue. And it’s a bootstrapped company, meaning that it hasn’t opened its capital and raised any funding from VC firms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Indian online pharmacy startup PharmEasy has informed its existing investors that it plans to raise a new round of funding via rights issue at a 90% markdown from the previous valuation, Indian newspaper Economic Times reported. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Secret sprawl, where companies store authentication credentials and similar sensitive data across multiple locations, is a real and growing problem for any company wanting to avert a security breach.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices