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World Fund joins $128M bet that quantum can deliver climate breakthroughs 26.07.2022 3:42

World Fund, a newcomer in climate-VC land, is taking the lead in a $128 million round for IQM, with hopes the Finnish quantum computing company will one day deliver carbon cuts by the megatonne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TomoCredit raises $22M at a $222M valuation toward its goal of making credit scores ‘obselete’ 25.07.2022 5:32

When Kristy KimÂ started TomoCredit in early 2019, she was on a mission to help international students more easily obtain credit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fairbanc provides BNPL for micro-merchants in Indonesia 25.07.2022 4:33

“Buy now, pay later” (BNPL) startups have gained traction by targeting consumers, but BNPLs for businesses are also starting to take off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Agility’s next Digit robot will have a face and hands 22.07.2022 4:59

Digit, the bipedal robot developed by Agility Robotics, will continue to evolve and improve, including the addition of a head and some digits of its very own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Observability startup Better Stack lands $18.86M in new cash 22.07.2022 5:00

In the software industry, observability tools provide businesses insights on the health of their production apps. At best, observability tools can flag when apps are performing under par and help identify the root causes of issues. But rarely is it this simple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

15Five, a pioneer in talent management HR tech, raises $52M to boost its own performance 21.07.2022 5:16

15Five — an early mover in the world of building technology to help motivate teams, and to improve performance management for execs overseeing those teams — has raised $52 million in a round of growth funding that it will be using to expand its own performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Casavo, an Opendoor-style proptech from Italy, raises $410M to expand its instant buyer platform across Europe 21.07.2022 6:32

Opendoor opened the door, so to speak, to the idea of applying technology to the concept of house flipping to both scale the opportunity and make it considerably more efficient. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Charles raises $20M to bring conversational commerce to WhatsApp in Europe 20.07.2022 6:58

Conversational commerce isn’t exactly a new phenomenon, with countless companies using live chats, messaging apps, chatbots, voice assistants and more to encourage consumers to part with their cash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Japanese e-commerce enabler AnyMind raises funding in equity, debt for acquisitions 20.07.2022 5:04

The pandemic has triggered more demand for online shopping and fueled many smaller retailers to establish their own online offerings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

X1’s income-based credit card is finally available to the public 19.07.2022 4:03

The credit card market has become increasingly crowded, with consumer fintech startups like locked in a fierce competition to differentiate their offerings through branding, rewards programs and even crypto compatibility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This niche cryptographic technique could transform privacy in web3 19.07.2022 6:22

Privacy is a core concern in crypto. Once you know a crypto wallet address corresponds to a certain individual, you can track all the transactions that individual has made through their wallet on any public blockchain, including Bitcoin and Ethereum. Some cryptographers think the solution to crypto’s privacy concerns lies in zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs), a […] Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Canvas Medical, ‘the Tesla of EMRs,’ raises a $24 million Series B round 18.07.2022 4:54

When Andrew Hines started Canvas Medical in 2015 he couldn’t have predicted that telehealth would go from niche to norm or that a pandemic would inspire entrepreneurs to launch a new fleet of digital health startups that needed fresh infrastructure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Medusa’s open source e-commerce tool for JavaScript developers aims to take on Shopify 15.07.2022 5:42

Medusa aims to offer APIs beyond the standard marketplaces ones for merchants to build more advanced features like fulfillment, subscriptions or a wholesale channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meet the all-electric RV startup steered by Tesla alumni 15.07.2022 5:49

What started as a pet project to electrify food trucks in the San Francisco Bay area — an enterprise inspired by the cacophony of generators that greeted Ben Parker every day during his lunch break at Tesla — has evolved into a much larger, complex and potentially more lucrative undertaking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kindly Health makes hormonal health care more approachable 14.07.2022 3:22

Hormonal healthcare can be intimidating, since it touches on the most intimate parts of our lives. Kindly Health wants to make it accessible to more people, with a combination of at-home diagnostic tests (including semen tests and tests for polycystic ovary syndrome), telehealth consultations and supplements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Deci lands $25M for tech that makes AI models more efficient 14.07.2022 6:13

Deci, a startup company with 50 employees who are developing a platform to build and optimize AI-powered systems, today announced that it closed a $25 million Series B financing round led by Insight Partners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DeltaStream secures cash to build real-time streaming databases 13.07.2022 4:41

DeltaStream, which is developing a streaming database platform geared toward enterprise customers, today announced that it raised $10 million in a seed round led by New Enterprise Associates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Uprise banks $1.4M to be a ‘family office’ for Gen Z 13.07.2022 5:01

Uprise takes in a user’s full financial picture, including overlooked aspects like employer benefits, and offers recommendations on where to funnel money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scale Computing secures $55M to help companies manage edge infrastructure 12.07.2022 6:09

Edge computing is seeing an explosion of interest as enterprises process more data at the edge of their networks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Despite layoffs, there’s still a talent crunch in Southeast Asia 12.07.2022 4:06

Tech layoffs have hit almost every region in the world, and Southeast Asia is no exception, with companies like Sea, Crypto.com and JD.ID among those affected. In particular, fintech startups—BNPL, credit and lending, and inventory-holding businesses—are vulnerable, like in other parts of the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For businesses seeking low-code fintech infrastructure options, there’s a Quiltt for that 11.07.2022 3:51

Company founders pivoted when customers wanted their fintech data engine over their budgeting app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Casper king Philip Krim is getting into the insurance business 11.07.2022 4:30

Since departing his role as Casper CEO in 2021, Philip Krim has spent the majority of his time investing and incubating companies via Montauk Ventures. The latest is an insurance company called Ranger, which aims to elevate the agents in the insurance industry, rather than replace them. Most of the new-wave insurance platforms out there […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.co...

Six reasons to apply to the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 08.07.2022 4:46

If you haven’t heard yet, there’s a new and awesome opportunity available for early-stage startup founders at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco on October 18-20. It’s called the Startup Battlefield 200, and it’s packed with perks and possibility. Here’s the thing — it’s a time-sensitive application process, and you only have until July 31 to […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho...

Crypto gaming firm Cauldron raises $6.6M to build ‘Pixar of web3’ 08.07.2022 4:00

A number of crypto gaming firms have ramped up production in the past year with hopes of revolutionizing the growing industry. Adding to the list is London-based gaming firm Cauldron, which plans on becoming the “Pixar of web3” through a key element: storytelling. The company just closed a $6.6 million seed round and plans to […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wonderbelly is taking on Tums 07.07.2022 5:03

Deep tech and D2C have very little in common, except Noah Kraft. The Doppler Labs founder, who first came into the spotlight in 2014 with the launch of a wireless earbuds company, is teaming up with his brother to start something brand new. Well, for clarity’s sake, the brother duo are actually disrupting something relatively […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices