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bloss is a UK startup that connects would-be or existing parents to pre-vetted parenting experts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

QuizUp founder Thor Fridriksson is at it again. The Icelandic serial entrepreneur is two-for-two in creating viral mobile games, but has thus far struck out in turning those into viable businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Applying to colleges is one of the hardest parts of high school, especially for students who want to study abroad. Cialfo wants to make the process easier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Identity verification provider Veriff, has raised a $100 million Series C round co-led by Tiger Global and Alkeon. They were joined by existing investors IVP and Accel, bringing Veriff’s total funding to date to $200 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is sales management having a “Money Ball moment?” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

IRobot announced Terra three years ago this week. After making some tough internal decisions to delay launch back in 2020, the robot mower is still MIA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dresden, Germany-based Wandelbots has raised a healthy sum in the years since it appeared on our Disrupt Berlin stage, way back in 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mark Cuban’s announcement over the weekend of an online pharmacy selling over a hundred generic drugs at near cost was totally unexpected but will likely be welcomed by millions who struggle to afford medication. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cana focused on identifying the basic set of ingredients, basically deconstructing beverages to figure out what makes it taste like a certain drink. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Weather forecast company AccuWeather is acquiring French startup Plume Labs — terms of the deal are undisclosed. Originally founded in 2014, Plume Labs has gradually expanded its product offering to offer three different products focused on air pollution data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tech sees differently, and can fuse multiple types of data we can’t even perceive: lidar, IR, ultrasonic, and so on. Metalenz, maker of highly compact “2D” cameras for advanced sensing, hopes to bring polarized light into the mix for security and safety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new app called Weavit wants to be a “Shazam for your thoughts” — that is, it wants to offer people a different way to quickly capture their thoughts in a note-taking tool with a press of a button. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Autograph, an NFT agency co-founded by athlete Tom Brady with a particularly deep bench of star power, has banked new funding from crypto investors who hope the platform can bring a new generation of celebrities and their fans into the fold of crypto collectibles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nowsta’s web and mobile app rolls workforce management tools into an all-in-one resource that includes an on-demand labor marketplace connecting employers with a skilled pool of workers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ancient8, Vietnam’s blockchain gaming guild, develops a community and software platform to enable everyone to play P2E (play-to-earn) games and build the metaverse while earning rewards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first electric bus by Swedish-Kenyan EV startup, Opibus, has hit Kenya’s roads marking the beginning of the company’s venture into the mass transit industry. Opibus first announced plans to roll out electric public transport buses last year when it raised $7.5 million in a pre-Series A round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Canadian startup working at the cutting edge of satellite imaging has raised $4.5 million across a combination of a $2.25 million seed round, and $2.25 million from a combined pre-seed and government funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fintech startup Spendesk is announcing that it has raised an extension to its Series C round. Tiger Global is investing $114 million (€100 million) in the startup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

French startup Exotec has raised a $335 million Series D round in a new round of funding led by Goldman Sachs’ Growth Equity business. Following today’s investment, the company has reached a valuation of $2 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

London-based legaltech startup Juro has grabbed $23 million in Series B funding for its browser-based contract automation platform.  In total the startup has raised $31.5M since being founded back in 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Retailers often build their own “orchestration” platforms for payment processing and routing, but these can be complex to maintain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Companies use invoices to pay for many of their major costs, ranging from materials to contract work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When the consumer opens an account and hits savings milestones for products they want to buy from their favorite brands, they can receive cash contributions from the brands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Over the past two years, since the pandemic hit, there has been a sharp rise in financial crime compliance costs, nearing $50 billion in 2021, up 58% compared to 2019, in the U.S. and Canada.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Every company has to decide what to pay their employees and track that compensation in some way, often in spreadsheets and across disparate payroll, finance and HR systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices