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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

Beekeeper, which helps companies engage with their ‘deskless’ frontline workforce, raises $50M 09.11.2022 4:53

Beekeeper, a platform for businesses to engage with frontline workers, has raised $50 million in a Series C round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eliyan raises $40M from Intel and Micron to build chiplet interconnects 09.11.2022 4:55

Increasingly, as Moore’s law rears its ugly head, computer chip developers are adopting “chiplet” architectures to scale their hardware’s processing power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Security automation startup Veriti launches out of stealth with $18.5M 08.11.2022 4:55

Veriti, a platform for unifying cybersecurity infrastructure, today emerged from stealth with $18.5 million in funding, a combination of $12 million from Insight Partners and a $6.5 million round led by NFX and Amiti. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Twitter said to delay verification check mark rollout until after US midterm elections 08.11.2022 3:50

Twitter is reportedly delaying the rollout of verification check marks to subscribers as the social network attempts to steer clear of possible impact to Tuesday’s midterm elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After 40 million app downloads, PhotoRoom raises $19 million 07.11.2022 3:40

French startup PhotoRoom has raised a $19 million Series A funding round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sacca’s Lowercarbon doubles down on startup bringing solar modules to Indian rooftops 07.11.2022 5:46

Chris Sacca’s Lowercarbon is doubling down on a startup that is racing to bring solar modules to rooftops in India. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Spend management startup Pleo lays off 15% of its workforce 04.11.2022 3:33

Danish startup Pleo has announced that it plans to lay off around 15% of the company’s workforce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dropit picks up $25M to digitize brick-and-mortar stores and unify inventories 04.11.2022 5:52

Dropit, a retail technology platform that bridges the digital divide by unifying merchants’ online and in-store inventories, has raised $25 million in a Series C round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bump builds a central hub for all your APIs 03.11.2022 3:58

Meet Bump, a French software-as-a-service startup that wants to help you maintain and use APIs across your organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Yext CEO launches Roam to provide a virtual HQ for distributed teams 03.11.2022 5:41

Roam, which bills itself as a “cloud HQ” for distributed, remote companies, today emerged from stealth with $30 million in Series A funding led by IVP with participation from undisclosed angel investors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Microsoft backs web3 game developer Wemade 02.11.2022 3:32

Microsoft has backed Wemade, a popular video game developer that has made aggressive bets on blockchain in recent years, the latest sign of tech giants’ showing growing interest in web3. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Digital card and gifting platform Givingli nabs $10M 02.11.2022 4:46

Three years ago, Ben and Nicole Green were planning their wedding and decided to go digital with registries to save on money and materials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices