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Female Invest acquires sustainability-focused investment platform Gaia Investments 29.11.2022 5:17

When Female Invest launched in 2019, it did so with the goal of creating a community where women who wanted to invest in the stock market, but weren’t sure where to start, could gain the knowledge and confidence to take the plunge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Deepomatic wants to build the AI-based computer vision companion for field workers 28.11.2022 4:54

French startup Deepomatic has raised a $10.5 million (€10 million) Series B funding round. While the founding round is relatively small, the startup has managed to convince some large-scale clients to use its visual automation platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google Cloud partners with Indian startup SuperGaming to offer gaming engine to developers 28.11.2022 4:21

Google Cloud has partnered with SuperGaming to offer the Indian gaming startup’s proprietary gaming engine, SuperPlatform, to developers worldwide, the latest in a series of recent steps from the Android-maker to expand focus into the gaming industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dat Bike gets another $8M to put more e-bikes on Vietnam’s roads 25.11.2022 3:32

Dat Bike is on a mission to put more electric bikes on Vietnam’s roads. The startup said today it has raised $8 million led by returning investor Singapore-based firm Jungle Ventures, just seven months after its first round of funding was announced. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As employees shift from office, Cloudbrink provides a strong, secure internet connection 24.11.2022 4:15

Most companies have worked hard over the years to produce strong and secure internet connections in the office, but over the last several years in particular, as more employees have been working away from the office, it’s been difficult for IT pros to reproduce that speed and safety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sequoia India’s Surge backs healthtech startup RedBrick AI in $4.6M funding 23.11.2022 4:12

Healthtech startup RedBrick AI has raised $4.6 million in a funding round led by Sequoia India and Southeast Asia’s Surge as it plans to expand the market for its medical imagery annotations solution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

‘Stranger Things’ actor wants to spread the wealth around tbh, his vegan Nutella alternative 23.11.2022 6:40

Actor Noah Schnapp, who plays Will on Netflix’s hit original series Stranger Things, is passionate about tbh, a company he co-founded which aims to “reinvent” hazelnut cocoa spread Nutella. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bitpanda obtains German crypto license as crypto platforms want to prove they are legit 22.11.2022 4:11

All eyes are currently on the collapse of FTX in the crypto industry. That’s why today’s news from Bitpanda is an important signal for the Austrian unicorn company. Bitpanda has received a crypto license from Germany’s financial regulator (BaFin). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SponsorUnited secures $35M investment to build out its database of brand sponsorships 22.11.2022 6:06

Sponsorships are a multibillion-dollar industry. But data on sponsorships, like who’s sponsoring who, can be tough to come by because of the various forms they take — and channels on which those sponsorships take place (think not only websites and social media posts but also physical signage and even sports team jerseys). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Flipkart chief warns startups of turmoil and funding crunch for another 12 to 18 months 21.11.2022 3:30

The funding winter for the startup ecosystem may continue for another 12 to 18 months and the industry might have to grapple with a “lot of turmoil and volatility,” e-commerce giant Flipkart chief executive Kalyan Krishnamurthy has warned executives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ReadySpaces, which offers co-warehousing spaces to corporate customers, secures $20M in debt 21.11.2022 5:47

Jon Zimmerman — the co-founder of ReadySpaces, a warehouse storage provider for small businesses — was working in the self-storage market when he had the idea for a product with the flexibility of self-storage but the capabilities of a traditional warehouse, aimed primarily at enterprise customers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With $8.6M in seed funding, Nx wants to take monorepos mainstream 18.11.2022 5:44

Narwhal, the company behind the popular monorepo-focused open source Nx build system for JavaScript code, today announced that it has raised an $8.6 million seed funding round co-led by Nexus Venture Partners and Andreesen Horowitz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elephantech wants to create circuit boards that are kinder to the environment 18.11.2022 5:14

Printed circuit boards (PCB), which perform essential functions in electronic devices, including displays and sensors, need a lot of energy to create. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Summer International uses social media data to launch new beauty brands 17.11.2022 4:19

If you follow #beautytok, #beautytube or any beauty content on social media platforms, you know that popular product trends are hard to keep up with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zest wants to make buying and sending gifts online ‘delightful’ 17.11.2022 5:49

While e-commerce was on the rise before the pandemic, the massive shift to digital supercharged the online shopping industry — bringing entirely new categories of products (and shoppers) to the web. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thailand’s Beam simplifies checkout for social commerce 16.11.2022 3:35

The social commerce market is already worth more than $13 billion in Southeast Asia, but the checkout process is filled with friction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Silkhaus gets $7.75M to digitize short-term rentals across emerging markets 16.11.2022 6:12

Silkhaus, a Dubai-based platform for short-term rentals coming out of stealth, has raised $7.75 million in seed funding, money it plans to use for expansion across South Asia, Southeast Asia and the MENA region. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Induction cooking heats up with a $20M cash injection for Impulse 15.11.2022 5:34

All electric, everywhere, all of the time; that’s one of the many climate mantras. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Directus wants to democratize data across the enterprise 15.11.2022 5:55

A startup that wants to democratize data in the enterprise? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pet insurance startups chase the market as pet ownership booms among Gen Z and Millennials 14.11.2022 3:23

Walk through any public park these days and you will see a hell of a lot more dogs than you might have done three years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Airly fights air pollution with a network of affordable sensors 14.11.2022 6:33

Cleantech startup Airly wants to help communities around the world improve air quality with affordable sensors and software that provides actionable insights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Perfekto bags $1.1M to find homes for imperfect produce in Mexico 11.11.2022 5:10

Perfekto's customers can personalize their subscription box of imperfect produce, of which the company says 1 million pounds have been rescued from landfills since 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With new capital, Adapty is betting it can help app devs make more money 11.11.2022 4:38

Adapty hopes to help developers earn more from their apps. So far, it has been doing this mostly by powering A/B testing for paywalls, but it has a broader road map. With new capital, Adapty is betting it can help app devs make more money by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Equals secures $15M investment to supercharge spreadsheets 10.11.2022 4:25

Equals, a New York-based startup ambitiously aiming to challenge Excel’s dominance with a supercharged spreadsheet, today announced that it raised $16 million in a Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from Craft Ventures, Box Group, Worklife and Combine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kuda takes digital banking play to the U.K. with its remittance product 10.11.2022 5:45

Kuda, the London-based and Nigerian-operating startup taking on incumbents in the country with a mobile-first and personalized set of banking services, is expanding to the U.K. by offering a remittance product to Nigerians in the diaspora. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices