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E-bike maker Cowboy raises new funding round and launches AdaptivePower
Brussels-based startup Cowboy has been in the news lately for its cash burn rate. But the company wants to control its narrative again with some product and business news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Threecolts raises $90M to build out its toolkit for third parties selling on marketplaces like Amazon
Amazon rules the roost when it comes to e-commerce, with its marketplace outpacing everyone else when it comes to gross merchandise value, reach and market capitalization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Consensus raises $110M to inject automation into SaaS product demos
Garin Hess, a tech entrepreneur based in Utah, experienced what he calls the “demo bottleneck” at a previous software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup while pitching to potential customers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Growfin’s AI-based cash collection SaaS expands further to US and Asia
Cash management — tracking who needs to pay an invoice and whether it’s been done — can make or break a business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Assured Allies secures $42.5M Series B to help Americans ‘successfully age’
The company uses machine learning and predictive analytics along with science-of-aging and essential human support to offer retirement products and programs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Behavioral marketing platform Wunderkind nabs $76M
Wunderkind, a platform that enables brands to target web visitors through emails, texts and other digital advertising formats, today announced that it raised $76 million in a Series C round led by Neuberger Berman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Attio raises $23.5M to build a next-gen CRM platform
While a partner at a VC firm, Nicolas Sharp took on the project of finding customer relationship management (CRM) software for the firm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Japan’s Geniee acquires AdPushup-operator Zelto for $70 million
Japanese marketing tech firm Geniee, part of the SoftBank Group, has paid about $70 million in cash to acquire the revenue optimization platform Zelto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
SpotDraft shows that contract lifecycle management remains profitable, raises $26M
VCs see a rich opportunity in tools to manage the contract lifecycle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hexa raises $20.5M to turn images into 3D objects for VR, AR and more
Hexa, a 3D asset visualization and management platform, today announced that it closed a $20.5 million Series A round from Point72 Ventures, Samurai Incubate, Sarona Partners and HTC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
8VC raises $880M in new fund that aims “to fix a broken world”
Austin-based venture firm 8VC, led by controversial Palantir founder Jon Lonsdale, has raised $880 million in its fifth fund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
StudentFinance nabs $41M to help Europeans upskill for in-demand jobs
StudentFinance, a European fintech that funds educational programs for individuals through so-called income share agreements, has raised €39 million ($41 million) in a Series A round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
E-commerce aggregator Una Brands lands $30M just five months after its Series B
Una Brands, a Singapore-based e-commerce aggregator, has raised $30 million in pre-Series C financing just five months after announcing its $30 million Series B funding that was raised in September of last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Cycle is a new product management hub that centralizes all customer feedback
Meet Cycle, a French startup that is building a collaboration tool for product managers where they can collect data from various tools, work on the next product iterations and close the feedback loop with the most engaged customers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Pagos raises $34M as the demand for ‘payment intelligence’ rises
With global digital payments revenue expected to reach $14.79 trillion by 2027, payment infrastructure has arguably never been more critical. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Born of drone tech, InsureTech Flock raises $38M Series B to nudge commercial drivers towards safety
It’s only human nature. If you tell a driver their insurance premium will go down if they drive more safely, then – it turns out – they will probably drive more safely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Earthly wants to reinvent continuous integration to make it faster and cheaper
Continuous integration and continuous delivery, aka CI/CD, is a modern development concept where code is being constantly updated and delivered to a central repository, rather than waiting for a set of features to be completed and releasing it all at once. It’s a fairly recent construct, but Earthly Technologies, an early stage startup, believes that […]Earthly wants to reinvent continuous integration to make it faster and cheaper by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Source.ag raises $23M to raise the bar on raising crops with AI
Based in the Netherlands, blossoming agtech startup Source.ag has announced a $23 million Series A funding round to help grow its business, less than a year after its previous, $10 million round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rebuy is out to change the customer buying experience, one personalization at a time
Merchants can use Rebuy to create personalized shopping experiences for their customers through upsells, cross-sells and post-purchase follow-ups.Rebuy is out to change the customer buying experience, one personalization at a time by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trust & Will secures $15M after doubling revenue
Drafting a will and planning for what happens to your estate once you pass away is well, not exactly fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Byju’s has discussed shutting down coding platform WhiteHat Jr
Byju’s is weighing whether to wind down WhiteHat Jr, a coding platform that it acquired over two years ago at an enterprise value of $300 million, as the edtech group looks to cut expenses and eliminate a business unit that has drawn considerable criticism to the firm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Scoot lands $12M to inject customization into videoconferencing
While much of the white-collar workforce has adjusted to the new norm of videoconferencing from home, that doesn’t mean that they — or their bosses — necessarily like it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Finch lands $40M to connect disparate HR systems with a single API
Finch, a platform that helps companies connect to various HR apps, services and systems, today announced that it raised $40 million in a Series B round co-led by General Catalyst and Menlo Ventures with participation from QED Investors, Altman Capital and PruVen Capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Strive gets backing from Y Combinator to show kids that coding is fun
Strive is an online learning platform that teaches kids to code, but it wants to do more than just that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Accel, Square Peg back Chronicle’s tool for presentations that won’t put you to sleep
You would expect the co-founder of a startup that improves on traditional slide presentations to hate tools like PowerPoint. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The entire fintech industry is not in distress – here’s who is hiring
With so many fintechs laying off staff, it can be easy to assume that the entire industry is in distress. But that’s not the case. In fact, some companies are finding opportunity in the masses of layoffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Carbon Maps helps the food industry reduce their climate impact
Meet Carbon Maps, a new French startup that raised $4.3 million (€4 million) just a few weeks after its inception. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Planetarians grabs $6M to get its plant-based protein into foodservice orbit
Planetarians' plant-based whole cuts of protein have a umami-like flavor and are made with two ingredients: the oil cakes and brewer's yeast.Planetarians grabs $6M to get its plant-based protein into foodservice orbit by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Singapore-based Transcelestial uses lasers to build affordable internet networks
Transcelestial is on a mission to make the internet more accessible by building a network of shoebox-sized devices that send lasers to one another, creating a fiber-like network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Lightspeed backs CommandK’s mission to become the go-to enterprise security command center
CommandK, a startup offering a dedicated platform to manage enterprise security, has raised $3 million in a seed round led by Lightspeed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Wefunder’s equity crowdfunding platform has officially expanded to the EU
After two years of seeking regulatory approval, Wefunder has officially received the green light to operate its investment crowdfunding services within the European Union. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Korea’s Portlogics makes international shipping easier for merchants with its software tool
Most merchants in South Korea keep track of their international shipping logistics via email until their cargo safely gets to its destination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Battery recycling startup Cylib recharges its coffers to go faster
In 2024, a number of new EU regulations are expected to come into force, which will tighten the obligation of electric vehicle manufacturers and resellers to recycle batteries at the end of their natural lifespan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Crew aims to build the ‘HubSpot for recruiting’
Amine Skalli recruited teams for ten years, including four as a tech professional recruiter. In her last startup, he relied exclusively on outbound recruiting — in other words, proactively searching for and contacting potential candidates for open positions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Singapore-based neobank Aspire raises $100M from Lightspeed and Sequoia SEA
Aspire, the Singapore-based neobank that wants to become the financial operating system for SMEs, has raised an oversubscribed $100 million Series C round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Cleantech Qotto embarks on growth plan backed by $8M funding
Qotto, a solar kits provider with operations in Burkina Faso and Benin, has raised $8 million in a Series A equity-debt round led by the IBL group, a billion-dollar conglomerate headquartered in Mauritius with business interests in a number of sectors including energy, financial services, logistics, distribution, and engineering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Strava searches for new CEO with cofounder Michael Horvath departing for a second time
Strava is on the hunt for a new CEO, after Michael Horvath revealed that he’s stepping down from the role for a second time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Replo gives businesses a low-code option for creating Shopify landing pages
Prior to starting Replo, the co-founders launched and sold Berkeleytime.com, a platform that digitized University of California, Berkeley’s course scheduling system. Replo gives businesses a low-code option for creating Shopify landing pages by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Wikifarmer uses its agricultural knowledge base to bring people to its marketplace
Meet Wikifarmer, an agriculture-focused startup based in Athens that has an interesting two-sided strategy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Macro raises $9.3 to layer intelligence on top of digital documents
Jacob Beckerman, a former investment logic engineer at Bridgewater Associates, grew frustrated using standard document apps like Acrobat and Microsoft Office to print out and mark up documents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Atlantic Money launches its cheap foreign exchange service across Europe
Fintech startup Atlantic Money is rolling out its international money transfer service to more markets and more platforms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
EV startup Zypp Electric nabs $25M to hit 30 Indian cities by 2025
Zypp Electric, an Indian startup that offers an EV-as-a-service platform catering to e-commerce companies and gig workers, has received a $25 million investment led by Taiwan’s battery-swapping giant Gogoro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Data observability platform Acceldata raises $50M
Acceldata, the company behind a data observability platform used by multinational enterprises including Oracle and Verisk, today announced it has raised $50 million in a Series C round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dotfile is a one-stop identity verification API for compliance purposes
Meet Dotfile, a new startup backed by eFounders that just raised a $2.7 million funding round (€2.5 million) to help companies verify users and other companies with a single application programming interface (API). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Gameball raises $3M to scale its CRM platform for consumer brands
The uptake of customer relationship management (CRM) tools has grown immensely over the last few years such that the market size is expected to experience a 12.5% compound annual growth rate, and to be worth $145.79 billion in the next six years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Breef raises $16M to match brands with marketing agencies
Breef, a platform that allows brands to manage and service marketing agency projects, today announced that it raised $16 million in a Series A round (an undisclosed portion of which was debt) led by Greycroft with participation from BDMI, UTA.VC, Afterpay’s Touch Ventures and UC Berkeley’s The House Fund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Labor marketplace ShiftMed secures $200M to solve nursing shortage
ShiftMed, a Virginia-based W-2 healthcare workforce management marketplace that focuses on nurses and aides, closed on $200 million in new funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plant-based Rebellyous is raising millions to ‘rethink the nugget’
Rebellyous, a startup that’s striving to build “a better chicken,” has raised at least $20 million in fresh funding, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Triple Whale raises $25M for its Shopify data platform
Shopify powers a massive number of e-commerce sites, so it’s also no surprise that there is a vast ecosystem of tools around it that help these merchants manage all aspects of running their stores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Lavender lands $13.2M for its AI-powered email marketing engine
Years ago, Will Allred and William Ballance were developing a tech platform, Sorter, to apply personality and communication psychology to marketing campaigns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices