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Lifen raises $58 million to digitize the healthcare industry 16.11.2021 3:04

French startup Lifen has raised a $58 million (€50 million) funding round. The startup has been working on digital infrastructure for the healthcare industry, starting with medical reports. 600 healthcare facilities are using the product to send and receive medical documents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Doola raises $3M to help global founders launch an LLC in the US 15.11.2021 5:37

Doola, a startup that aims to help global entrepreneurs form a U.S. business, has raised $3 million in seed funding. Doola actually started its life in 2020 as StartPack as a pivot from another startup called Standups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Foody cooks up marketplace for culinary creators 15.11.2021 4:02

Husband-and-wife co-founders Daniel and Brenna Stitzel have developed a way for foodies to monetize their culinary creations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Weflow pours pre-seed funding into tool that makes updating Salesforce faster 12.11.2021 4:33

Salesforce users tend to have a similar complaint in the amount of time it takes to update records, but Weflow aims to conquer this form of “Salesforce fatigue.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Collectible card trading platform Alt raises $75M as it eyes other asset categories and preps its mobile launch 12.11.2021 5:14

When we last checked in with Alt back in March, it had just raised $31 millionÂ for its alternative asset platform — a platform, thus far, used primarily by those looking to research, trade, and securely store high-value sports cards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

E-commerce logistics startup Hive buzzes following $34M investment 11.11.2021 3:52

Hive levels the logistics playing field by streamlining fulfillment so that DTC companies get the same inventory management, cost structure and customer notifications that big brands use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Subscription carbon offsetting platform Ecologi hits $8M total raised, includes General Catalyst 11.11.2021 4:04

People subscribe to music so why wouldn’t they subscribe to carbon offsetting to alleviate their conscience about the climate crisis? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

igniteXL Ventures closes debut fund to target ‘$5T oversight’ in beauty, wellness 10.11.2021 4:31

General Partner Claire Chang’s plan is to deploy capital into 30 new investments and keep some back for follow-on investments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Health tech startup Color raises $100M at a $4.6B valuation 10.11.2021 4:41

Health tech startup Color has raised $100 million in Series E funding, bringing the company’s valuation to $4.6 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Point One Navigation raises $10M to bring its precise location tech to all vehicles 09.11.2021 4:33

Drivers who spend any time commuting in a new car or truck have likely experienced ping ponging — a phenomenon when a vehicle equipped with an advanced driver assistance system has trouble centering itself in a lane and bops back and forth until it finds that sweet spot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

HawkEye 360 raises $145M to scale space-based radio frequency data and analytics 09.11.2021 4:19

The biggest players in the Earth observation industry use imaging satellites to deliver intelligence and analytics, but startup HawkEye 360 is taking a different tack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fidelity, Visa and Kingsway back South African fintech JUMO in $120M round 08.11.2021 5:55

JUMO, a South Africa- and London-based company that offers financial services to entrepreneurs and businesses in emerging markets, has raised $120 million in a new round of funding led by Fidelity Management & Research Company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Guardian’s Collective wants to make parenting easier, or at least less alone 08.11.2021 5:43

While few would argue over the need for a tech-enabled solution to make parenting easier, the demand is more obvious than the execution. Parenting is hard and requires support for a whole range of moments, from when your kid accidentally eats a button to early signs of depression during the remote school day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

MilkRun lands new capital to deliver farm-fresh groceries 05.11.2021 5:26

The company offers a recurring subscription, and 50% of every dollar spent goes back to farmers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gwoop raises $1.8M for its esports training platform as it starts working with high school gaming leagues 05.11.2021 3:27

Earlier this year I wrote about Gwoop, a team out of Minnesota building a collection of browser-based games meant to help you get better at video games overall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Housing startup QuintoAndar to open first technology hub outside Brazil in Portugal 04.11.2021 2:56

The new office will serve as its first in Europe and will be operational in March, initially staffing up to 50 by the end of next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Spartan Radar raises a total of $25M to help radar compete with lidar tech 04.11.2021 4:01

Take a dollop of machine learning, a handful of radar sensors and a market that is clamoring for autonomous cars not mowing down hordes of pedestrians, and you’ve got yourself a particularly frothy fundraising environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BrainCheck brings in another $10M to detect, manage cognitive impairment 03.11.2021 4:22

BrainCheck has several new initiatives in the works to close the loop with the patient journey that will be brought to market soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Walmart acquires design tool Botmock as its invests in shopping by voice and text 03.11.2021 5:46

Walmart is further investing in technology that will enable shopping via voice and chat with its latest acquisition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Music wearable Mictic raises $2.5M to get you shredding, scratching and strumming 02.11.2021 4:42

Switzerland-based Mictic has created a pair of wearables that turns thin air into your concert hall. Imagine a theremin without the theremin, hooked up to a clever loop station, and you’ve got the right idea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

OctoML raises $85M for it for its machine learning acceleration platform 02.11.2021 4:38

OctoML, a Seattle-based startup that helps enterprises optimize and deploy their machine learning models, today announced that it has raised a $85 million Series C round led by Tiger Global Management. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zeit secures $2M in seed funding for its stroke-detecting wearable 01.11.2021 3:55

Zeit Medical, which makes an early warning system for strokes during sleep, has raised $2M in a seed round just after leaving Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 cohort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Will Smith, Kevin Durant and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs invest in electric boat startup Arc 01.11.2021 4:37

Arc, a startup that launched 10 months ago with ambitions to electrify everything on the water, starting with a limited-edition $300,000 boat, has captured the attention and capital of some of the entertainment industry’s biggest stars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Social Chat launches with $6M to bring brands closer to their customers 29.10.2021 4:29

Social Chat was founded on the premise that social commerce should be the standard for every store, and it may very well be soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Atlys raises $4.25M to make visa applications faster and easier 29.10.2021 3:35

International travel is slowly opening up again, but that also means business and leisure travelers alike will once again have to think about visa restrictions as they take to the air. Nobody has ever enjoyed the process of applying for a visa, but Atlys promises to take the hassle out of the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices