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Reality Defender, one of several startups developing tools to attempt to detect deepfakes and other AI-generated content, today announced that it raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by DCVC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Accessercise, which developed a fitness app for people who want to exercise despite their disabilities, was one of the Startup Battlefield 200 finalists at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Creative Force helps retailers and brands create content at scale for marketing campaigns and online merchandising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two of the biggest drivers of growth on social and e-commerce platforms have been food and influencers, so it should come as no surprise that startups are now getting in on the act in trying to combine how these two work together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Israeli biotech startup Mana.bio has been planning to launch its programmable drug treatment solution for months, and decided to forge ahead in spite of the attacks that happened this past weekend in the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

KIT Plugins, a music software development startup, has raised $1 million in Series A funding led by Copycat Holdings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Access to education in Bangladesh is filled with inequalities, say the founders of edtech 10 Minute School. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Germany, France, and Italy are among the countries which last year enacted laws to stop the practice of culling male day-old chicks, because, as they do not lay eggs, are considered surplus to requirements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

UAE-based Zest Equity, a startup digitizing private market dealings, has raised $3.8 million seed funding to build more tools for enabling fast and transparent transactions by ecosystem players while increasing their liquidity through secondary deals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

French startup Orus has raised an $11.6 million Series A funding round (€11 million). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Barcelona-based Heura, a disrupter in the plant-based protein space since 2017, has a product hitting shelves shortly in Spain and France that it reckons will have the most committed meat eaters sitting up in disbelief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The company aims to create whole-cut cultivated fish filets, starting with bluefin tuna, using muscle and fat cells. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Circular, backed by Y Combinator, is a service that offers consumers in Singapore and Australia subscriptions to high-end electronics, like iPhones, Samsung Galaxy, iPad Pros and MacBook Pros. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The average shopper probably hasn’t heard of SuperOrdinary, but if they are a beauty or skincare fan, they’ve definitely heard of some of the brands the startup works with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ohm’s Quest is a steampunk-inspired cubical device that acts as a sort of escape game console. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon has shut down its Clubhouse competitor’s live radio app Amp almost 18 months after its launch. The app allowed users to play DJ and provide commentary alongside playing tracks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CoPilot, a digital training app that matches users with one-on-one remote fitness coaches, has raised $6.3M in Series A-1 funding led by Jackson Square Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sam Altman, Peak XV, and Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman’s AI grant are among backers of an AI startup, founded by two teenagers, that’s aiming to assist businesses in automating numerous workflows in previously unexplored ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Automata, a company that combines software and hardware to automate science labs around the globe, has raised $40 million in an equity-based round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amar Varma, a three-time entrepreneur and VC, experienced firsthand the challenge of dealing with administering equity stakes within a startup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Greener, the Australian cleantech startup that creates custom action plans to help its customers become more environmentally sustainable, is launching Greener for Business today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Being is an app that wants to help users map out and address mental health concerns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The concept of a data mesh has been around for a few years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transfr, a startup creating VR tools for training and career development, today announced that it raised $40 million in a Series C round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Post, a publisher-focused Twitter/X alternative backed by a16z, is bringing its social news-sharing app to Android today along with new tools that will make it easier for creators to share their newsletter content on the platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices