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Flexport acquires technology of former digital freight unicorn Convoy 03.11.2023 3:44

Supply chain logistics platform Flexport is acquiring the assets of shuttered digital freight network Convoy, according to a memo Flexport CEO Ryan Peterson sent to staff Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

EarlyBird raises $4.5M, partially from its users, to scale its investment gifting platform for families 02.11.2023 4:49

EarlyBird, an app that lets families and friends gift investments to children, has raised $4.5 million in a seed extension round that was partially funded by its user base. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Grant Assistant wants to apply generative AI to grant proposals 02.11.2023 5:47

By Kyle Wiggers. Grants are the lifeblood of many organizations. But procuring them often turns out to be a time-consuming, labor-intensive process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Charlie’s senior-focused banking puts new funding toward stopping fraud 01.11.2023 4:31

By Mary Ann Azevedo. Less than six months after launching to the public and announcing a $7.5 million seed raise, a startup providing banking services to Americans over the age of 62 has raised additional funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Guidde’s AI automatically generates software documentation videos 01.11.2023 6:41

Organizations today rely on a growing number of apps to get work done. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yuzu wants to make health plans cheaper by letting insurers mix and match benefits 31.10.2023 6:59

In the U.S., figuring out ways to pay for health insurance is a perennial problem — not just for individuals, but for the businesses employing them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stealthy social commerce startup taps into Meta roots to create AI-first brand messaging 31.10.2023 3:59

Nectar AI will help brands find new ways to personally engage and convert consumers where they spend the most time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Soundboks is scaling high-volume, high-energy speakers across borders and cultures 30.10.2023 9:14

Norway-based Soundboks just released its latest $1,000 Bluetooth speaker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Outset is using GPT-4 to make user surveys better 30.10.2023 4:21

Getting answers to tough, qualitative questions about products from users can be costly, both in terms of time and money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India’s bike taxi startup Rapido is getting into the cab business 27.10.2023 4:00

Rapido, the eight-year-old Indian bike taxi startup, is expanding into the cab market in the South Asian nation, where Uber and its homegrown competitor Ola dominate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Blackbird backs Heidi Health’s AI platform for overworked doctors 27.10.2023 8:54

Many doctors are overwhelmed by paperwork, leaving them stretched thin, with less time to see patients. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Temasek and SBI pour $384 million into India’s Ola Electric 26.10.2023 3:09

Ola Electric said on Thursday that it has raised $384.43 million in a funding round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Triple-A gets funding from Peak XV to help more businesses use crypto 26.10.2023 6:54

Created by the founder of Thunes, global digital currency payments institution Triple-A wants to close the gap between traditional finance and blockchain-based payments with its white-label solutions for businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lab-grown leather scales up as Gozen raises $3.3M from Happiness Capital, SoSV and others 25.10.2023 4:26

Whether we like it or not, the leather industry significantly contributes to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and global waste generation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oxolo bags €13M for Gen AI-driven video platform which can optimise engagement on the fly 25.10.2023 3:53

Much has been made of AI-powered videos which can either make a real person speak different words or other languages, or generate a synthetic person which can speak on-demand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Smart upcycling machine dissects batteries to save them 24.10.2023 3:22

Circu Li-ion cofounder and CEO Antoine Welter says his startup’s upcycling machine can diagnose batteries in seconds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ternary, a cloud spend management startup, raises $12M 24.10.2023 4:52

Ternary, a platform that helps companies manage how much they’re spending on cloud resources across multiple public cloud providers, today announced that it raised $12 million in a Series A funding round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

‘Household restocking’ startup The Rounds uses tech and AI to make sustainable e-commerce profitable 23.10.2023 6:15

The Rounds, a sustainable “household restocking” service, wants to prove that last-mile logistics can be done both efficiently and profitably. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Citi inks deal with fintech Navan, says ‘not having to file an expense report is like nirvana’ 23.10.2023 3:15

Expense management startup Navan has inked an exclusive deal with Citi that executives say will open its addressable market significantly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Warmly pivots from Zoom tool to directing warm leads to sales 20.10.2023 4:28

When Warmly started a couple of years ago, people were meeting regularly in Zoom and the company provided a custom background and information about the participants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Statement, a cash flow management platform for enterprises, raises $12M 20.10.2023 4:18

Statement, a startup developing a platform for enterprise cash flow management, today announced that it raised $12 million in seed funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Passwordless authentication startup SecureW2 raises $80M from Insight Partners 19.10.2023 5:01

Passwordless authentication offers a host of advantages over traditional pins, passphrases and passcodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stack Overflow cuts 28% of its staff 19.10.2023 2:55

Developer community site Stack Overflow has laid off 28% of its staff, the Prosus-owned company announced Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Flanks grabs additional capital to automate wealth services in Europe 18.10.2023 3:42

Flanks gathers global wealth data under one API so that clients can have a complete view of their investment portfolio in real time and make more intelligent investment decisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AI-generating music app Riffusion turns viral success into $4M in funding 18.10.2023 6:32

Nearly a year ago, developers Seth Forsgren and Hayk Martiros released a hobby project called Riffusion that could generate music using not audio but images of audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices