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Iconiq Capital has raised $5.15 billion across two funds associated with the seventh growth fund family, according to SEC filings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hubble Network has become the first company in history to establish a Bluetooth connection directly to a satellite — a critical technology validation for the company, potentially opening the door to connecting millions more devices anywhere in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Freshworks, the publicly listed SaaS firm, is acquiring U.S.-based startup Device42 for $230 million, the company disclosed in an SEC filing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Digital fraud detection company BioCatch has a new majority shareholder in the form of U.K private equity firm Permira. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Butcherbox is known for grinding its way forward, bootstrapping to more than $600,000 worth of revenue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Joanna Strober was around 47 she stopped sleeping. While losing sleep is a common symptom of perimenopause, she first had to go to multiple providers, including driving 45 minutes out of San Francisco to pay $750 out of pocket, to get that diagnosis and proper treatment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hyde Park Venture Partners is known for having visibility into more than 90% of mid-continent startups and being early backers of companies like ShipBob, FourKites, G2, LogicGate and Dentologie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The eyes aren’t just a window into the soul; tracking saccades can help doctors pick up a range of brain health issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

French startup Carbonfact believes that the best carbon accounting solutions will focus on one vertical. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two veteran security experts are launching a startup that aims to help other makers of cybersecurity products to up their game in protecting Apple devices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kubik, a plastic upcycling startup, has raised a $1.9 million seed extension, months after announcing initial equity investment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Goldman Sachs said in a report late Thursday that Indian food delivery giant Zomato’s quick commerce arm Blinkit is now more valuable than its core food delivery business, as per the bank’s sum-of-the-parts analysis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to ban the use of most noncompete agreements on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s still unclear whether cloud gaming will ever become the next big thing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The company produces plant-based ingredients from raw microalgae biomass, generated from spirulina or chlorella, that it claims is more nutritious than meat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Madica, an investment program launched by US-based investor Flourish Ventures to back pre-seed startups in Africa, plans to invest in up to 10 ventures by the end of the year, ramping up its funding efforts after closing three initial three deals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Conversational AI platform Parloa has nabbed $66 million in a Series B round of funding, a year after the German startup raised $21 million from a swathe of European investors to propel its international growth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Although many students in the United States enter community colleges intending to transfer to four-year universities, only 16% of those students receive bachelor’s degrees within six years Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After losing their husbands in devastating and unexpected ways, Karine Nissim and Eloise Bune D’Agostino discovered there were no suitable places where people could go to face all the challenges that surface during the grieving process Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Webflow, a web design and hosting platform that’s raised over $330 million at a $4 billion valuation, is expanding into a new sector: marketing optimization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tree planting search engine Ecosia launched a new cross-platform browser today to increase its online footprint. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plenty of large corporations want to join the AI revolution, but many feel it’s too early to be locked into one foundational model. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The startup is developing a technology it claims is as fast and energy efficient as 3D printing at a cost that can compete with sand casting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Business banking startup Mercury, founded in 2020, is now launching a consumer banking product. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paris-based Dark Space is taking on the dual problems of debris and conflict in orbit with their mobile platform designed to launch, attach to, and ultimately deorbit uncooperative objects in space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices