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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

Gamma brings in $7M to bring the slide deck into the 21st century 28.10.2021 3:31

Co-founder and CEO Grant Lee refers to building content in Gamma like “choosing your own adventure.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Daring Foods bites into third round in 12 months as plant-based chicken product enters Walmart 28.10.2021 3:49

The company saw 900% growth over the past 12 months and will be using the new funding to support that growth and new innovation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Truepill’s latest funding boosts valuation to $1.6B as it works on B2B side of healthcare 27.10.2021 5:03

The new funding represents a “hyper growth moment” for the company, which is in position to bring in some $300 million in revenue this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Speechmatics pushes forward recognition of accented English 27.10.2021 5:24

Speech recognition has gone from convenient to crucial over the last few years as smart speakers and driving assist modes have taken off — but not everyone’s voice is recognized equally well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Market demand for cybersecurity products helps Devo raise $250M at unicorn valuation 26.10.2021 5:00

Devo, a Boston-area startup focused on log management and cybersecurity, announced this morning that it has closed a $250 million round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Heart to Heart raises $750K to bring sweet, sweet flirtation to your ear-holes 26.10.2021 5:04

Radio has long been described as the most intimate of media. Quips about putting radio on the internet aside, the persistent popularity of podcasting and the cockamamie climb of Clubhouse shows that audio-based platforms will continue to echo around the upper echelons of the ecosystem for a while yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Routine is a new productivity app that combines task management and notes 25.10.2021 4:56

Meet Routine, a new startup working on a productivity tool that should help you manage your work day more efficiently. It’s a brand new take on to-do lists as it combines both tasks, non-actionable notes and a daily planner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Citcon raises $30M to make paying with mobile wallets ‘as easy as paying with a credit card’ 25.10.2021 5:35

Citcon, a mobile wallet payment provider, has closed on $30 million in funding in a Series C round co-led by Norwest Venture Partners and Cota Capital. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Audit Sight takes on new capital to eliminate all of the back and forth between auditors, companies 22.10.2021 4:16

The company intends to build out several SaaS applications and is poised to roll out its first two modules for revenue and accounts receivables by the end of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AirGarage, a full-stack parking operator, raises $12.5M in round led by a16z 22.10.2021 5:45

Parking can often feel almost laughably old-fashioned, with some lots still hiring an attendant to collect fees and check for valid tickets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Customer engagement platform Batch raises $23 million after years of bootstrapping 21.10.2021 3:28

If you’ve been working in the French tech ecosystem, you may remember a startup called AppGratis. The app discovery and promotion startup basically had to stop operating overnight following a long and nasty fight with Apple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SoftBank-backed Flock Freight is the freight industry’s newest unicorn 21.10.2021 3:14

The global shipping and freight industry has never been more in the spotlight, as the pandemic and other disruptions have led to enormous supply chain bottlenecks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Credo AI launches out of stealth with $5.5 million to help companies with “ethical AI” 20.10.2021 5:07

There are many in the world of AI who worry about its implications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vertical Oceans aims to grow sustainable shrimp in huge ‘aqua towers’ inside cities 20.10.2021 3:43

John Diener, the CEO of an aquaculture nutrition and genetics company, would visit hundreds of shrimp farms as part of his job. But gradually he became frustrated by some of the environmentally unsustainable practices used in many locations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Frozen coffee startup Cometeer raises $35M Series B and launches its product in earnest 19.10.2021 4:39

Gloucester, Massachusetts-based Cometeer has been around for nine years. In that time, the company has built up a mad scientist’s lair worth of coffee scientists, equipment and processes to jolt some fresh life into the industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dance Church raises $4.7M to get your bootie back on the (virtual) dance floor 19.10.2021 5:27

Our DJ, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy dancefloor come, thy steps be done, on earth, as it is at Dance Church. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

VC Lab introduces free fund formation documents to make startup investing cheaper and easier 18.10.2021 5:03

There may be plenty of funding for some startups these days. But plenty of companies will tell you otherwise. VC Lab, an accelerator for venture capital firms, wants to create investors who will back the rest of the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices