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Lilt, a provider of AI-powered business translation software, today announced that it raised $55 million in a Series C round led by Four Rivers, joined by new investors Sorenson Capital, CLEAR Ventures and Wipro Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Airbyte, the well-funded open-source data integration platform, today announced that it has acquired Grouparoo, an open-source startup that focuses on helping businesses sync data between their data warehouses and cloud-based tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Parentinc, a Singapore-based startup that runs a parenting community and direct-to-consumer product line, announced today it has raised $22 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fanatics’ latest raise shows there is tremendous value in appealing to sports fans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fast, a one-click speedy checkout platform, is shutting down today. In conjunction with that decision, Fast is giving a “vast majority” of its engineers the chance to join Affirm, a public fintech company in the buy now, pay later space, according to Affirm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lightning Labs is building infrastructure that would enable users to send money across the world almost instantaneously and at a low cost through the Bitcoin network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There’s coming hard out of the gates with a new company, and then there’s Sweep. The company was founded in 2020, then raised a $22 million Series A round a few months ago, following by a $73 million Series B round announced today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you live in the U.K. or the U.S., you may already be quite familiar with equity crowdfunding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The community marketplace for wild and specialty foods provides foragers with a place to sell food items they dig up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It wasn’t that long ago that Docker looked like it was on the ropes. In 2019, it sold its enterprise business and decided to focus strictly on a developer audience with a set of commercial and open source tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yelp is broadening its partnership with Seattle-based food tech startup Hazel Analytics to expand health ratings on its platform, the company announced on Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Ariana Grande would say, god is a woman. So it should come as no surprise that Chief, the network designed to develop the leadership skills of women, has hit a $1.1 billion valuation in a matter of three years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Quantum Machines, the well-funded Israeli startup that specializes in building control systems for quantum computers, today announced that it has acquired QDevil, a well-known Danish company that specializes in building control hardware for quantum systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The race is certainly on in the electrification of boating… even if everyone is jockeying for position before the market materializes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As businesses increasingly rely on an ever-growing number of SaaS products, it has become imperative for security teams to get a better understanding of which applications a company’s employees are actually using and the risks associated with those. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s no secret that digital supply chains are increasingly under attack as hackers look to use this vector to get access to company networks and confidential information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The lowly breaker panel has been around for a century without getting much love, and along comes Span. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Singapore-headquartered esports startup Ampverse has raised $12 million in Series A funding led by Falcon Capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zepto, an Australian real-time account-to-account (A2A) merchant payments platform, said Monday it has raised a $25 million Series A co-led by AirTree Ventures and Decade Partners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s consolidation time in the freelancer marketplace industry. French startup Malt is acquiring Comatch, a competing marketplace focused on consultants and industry experts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As developers build new features into software, they have to be sure that the new functionality doesn’t break what’s already there. So they often will roll it out slowly and see what happens using a technique of placing feature flags in the code. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kyte, the startup that delivers rental cars to customers’ doors, has raised $200 million in asset-backed credit financing from Goldman Sachs and Ares Global Management, money the company will use to pay for new vehicles that will fuel its expansion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s been a little less than a year since we first noted Rugged Robotics. The Houston-based startup developed a robot that prints building layouts on the floor of construction sites, so workers know where — and where not — to build. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I would put window washing fairly high (so to speak) on the list of jobs it makes sense to automate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ShopThing, a live shopping marketplace focused on luxury brands, has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Origin Ventures, with participation from Pritzker Group and Interplay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices