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Recall.ai helps companies make the most of virtual meeting data
For organizations that do a good chunk of their work through virtual meetings, simply hitting record or taking notes isn’t enough to capture everything that’s said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Y Combinator-backed Poly uses AI to generate art assets
As generative AI like ChatGPT and DALL-E 2 attract investor attention, startup entrepreneurs are looking to cash in with new business models built around them. One of the more interesting ventures to emerge from the space recently is Poly, which lets designers create video game and other virtual assets, including textures for 3D models, using […]Y Combinator-backed Poly uses AI to generate art assets by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jakarta-based fintech Akulaku raises $200M from Japan’s largest bank
Jakarta-based fintech Akulaku has raised $200 million from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), the largest bank in Japan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TechCrunch Early Stage focuses on fledgling founders
Whether you’re singing “Take This Job and Shove It” while workin’ “9 to 5” or you’re a fledgling startup founder, TechCrunch Early Stage 2023 is the bootstrapping bootcamp designed just for you. The daylong founder-focused summit — on April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts — covers the essential building blocks you need to build a solid foundation […]TechCrunch Early Stage focuses on fledgling founders by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Indian fintech Money View valued at $900 million in new funding
Indian fintech Money View said on Monday it has raised $75 million in a new funding round, its second this year, despite the market slump as it looks to scale its core credit business and build more products in the South Asian market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Vianova builds a location data platform for shared mobility companies and cities
Meet Vianova, a French startup that is building a data platform for shared mobility companies as well as local governments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Reliance buys 23.3% stake in US-based AI firm Exyn
Reliance has backed Philadelphia-based AI and robotics startup Exyn, the Indian conglomerate disclosed in a stock exchange filing on Thursday, making further inroads in startups globally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Gynger launches out of stealth to loan companies cash for software
Software spend is becoming a prime target for cuts as it grows into a larger line item in enterprises’ budgets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
South Park creators’ deepfake video startup Deep Voodoo conjures $20M in new funding
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park and various other media over the years, have raised $20 million to continue work on their professional deepfake studio for creators, Deep Voodoo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ImagenAI, which uses AI to personalize photo editing styles, lands $30M
ImagenAI, a startup using AI to help professional photographers edit photos and automate post-production work, today announced that it raised $30 million in an all-equity growth investment from Summit Partners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Early-stage Mexico fintech Aviva is making loans as easy as a video call
Aviva uses AI and natural language processing to match customers’ spoken words with fields of a loan application. Within minutes, customers can qualify for up to $1,000.Early-stage Mexico fintech Aviva is making loans as easy as a video call by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Revel raises $7.8M to become the Instagram and Robinhood of NFT platforms
Social collectibles platform Revel describes itself as 'a cross between Instagram and Robinhood, wrapped in social game economics.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Salon software Mangomint raises $13M as it booms in post-COVID labor shortage
Ever needed to read your credit card information on the phone to make a massage appointment? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Solo GP Nichole Wischoff raises $20M fund backed by Peter Thiel to invest in ‘unsexy businesses’
Wischoff Ventures closed a second fund of $20 million that will be 'leaning in heavily on B2B.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dropbox buys form management platform FormSwift for $95M in cash
Dropbox today announced that it’s acquired FormSwift, a cloud-based platform designed to help businesses build, edit, approve, share and print custom personalized and documents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Protect AI lands a $13.5M investment to harden AI projects from attack
Seeking to bring greater security to AI systems, Protect AI today raised $13.5 million in a seed-funding round co-led by Acrew Capital and Boldstart Ventures with participation from Knollwood Capital, Pelion Ventures and Aviso Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
With Bling, the fintech startup revolution spreads even to pocket money
Today, banks and fintech startups tend not to provide products dedicated to families, specifically, and this has appeared as something of a gap in the market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sweep, a no-code config tool for Salesforce software, raises $28M
Businesses often encounter challenges in configuring their customer relationship management (CRM) platforms, whether because of requirements specific to their organization or industry or a lack of institutional technical knowledge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Taiwanese startup WritePath’s AI tech speeds up financial disclosure translation
In countries where English is not a main language, listed companies not only have to deal with financial disclosure regulations, but make sure their investor materials are available in English for global backers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Vic.ai raises $52M, shows that automating accounting processes can be profitable
AI is an imperfect technology, but one task at which it excels is identifying patterns in vast amounts of data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bondaval raises $15M Series A for its alternative to traditional bank guarantees
Bondaval, the London-based B2B insurtech that gives credit teams assurance that customers will fulfill their financial obligations, has raised $15 million in Series A funding led by Talis Capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TheyDo fires the starting gun on the race to own the customer journey
It doesn’t matter what kind of web site it is, the ‘customer journey’ has always been important, otherwise you lose that engagement and the end result can hit the bottom line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in The Bahamas
Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested by The Royal Bahamas Police Force following reports that the United States had filed criminal charges against the founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, and is likely to request his extradition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Akros Technologies, an AI-powered asset management platform, raises funding from Z Holdings
Artificial intelligence is taking over almost every industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Avarni is building a comprehensive dataset to analyze supply chain emissions
For companies aiming toward net zero, tracking scope 3 carbon emissions is a key challenge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Computer vision technology startup Brodmann17 has shut down
Brodmann17, an Israeli computer vision technology startup that developed a novel approach to take on a marketplace dominated by Mobileye, shut down this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Instant grocery app Getir acquires its competitor Gorillas
After weeks of rumors, Getir has announced that it is acquiring Gorillas. This is a major consolidation deal for the instant grocery delivery space. The Financial Times first reported that Getir has closed the acquisition of its competitor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
WeWalk raises cash to bring computer vision to smart cane for visually-impaired people
WeWalk, a U.K.-based startup developing a “smart cane” for visually-impaired people, today announced it has raised £2 million ($2.4 million) in venture funding from several notable institutional and angel investors — this includes Manchester City and German international footballer Ä°lkay GündoÄŸan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
India’s Uolo raises $22.5M to bring edtech to the masses
Uolo, an Indian edtech platform that works with private K-12 schools to offer online learning programs to middle and low-income families, has raised $22.5 million in a funding round led by UAE-headquartered VC fund Winter Capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bosch shuts down its app store for AI-powered, internet-connected cameras
In 2018, appliance conglomerate Bosch created a startup, Security and Safety Things (or “SAST” for short), whose stated mission was to develop a platform to help developers create software for AI-equipped cameras. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Autonomous and electric truck company Einride raises $500M in equity and debt
Einride today announced a $500 million tranche of financing as it looks to expand its autonomous and electric trucks into new markets globally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rezonate raises $8.7M and launches its cloud identity protection platform out of stealth
Rezonate, a Boston- and Tel Aviv-based startup that offers an agent-less cloud identity protection platform that aims to help DevOps teams minimize attackers’ opportunities to breach cloud identity and access, is coming out of stealth today and announcing an $8.7 million seed funding round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
With $3M new funding, Egyptian startup OneOrder sets out on growth drive
OneOrder, Egypt’s supply chain solutions provider for restaurants, has raised $3 million seed funding led by Nclude with participation from A15, and Delivery Hero Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Looks like sextech startup Lora DiCarlo is done for
Lora DiCarlo, a sextech startup that made headlines in 2019 after being blacklisted from the Consumer Electronics Show, seems to have shut down. The company’s website is offline and reportedly orders have gone unfulfilled for months. TechCrunch has reached out to the eponymous founder for confirmation, but it sure looks like the end of the […]Looks like sextech startup Lora DiCarlo is done for by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Kenya’s Uncover raises $1M to expand skincare product enterprise across Africa
Africa’s beauty and personal care market is growing accelerated by its growing young and fashion conscious population, increasing spending power, and urbanization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mozilla acquires Active Replica to build on its metaverse vision
An automated status updater for Slack isn’t the only thing Mozilla acquired this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Spend management platform Teampay expands partnership with Mastercard, raises $47M
In 2016, Andrew Hoag, formerly a senior manager at Verisign and a web project lead at NASA’s Ames Research Center, founded Teampay, a platform that attempts to automate the software purchasing process for companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Shield, a communication compliance platform for financial institutions, raises $20M
Two months ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it had fined 16 Wall Street firms more than $1.1 billion for “widespread recordkeeping failures” regarding maintaining electronic communications, contravening federal securities laws. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Airbnb is helping finds renters an apartment so they can Airbnb it
Airbnb really wants you to Airbnb an apartment. So its latest step is to find renters a place, which they can also list on the travel booking platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Natives Rising wins backing to help Native Americans into tech and startups
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, Black, Latina, and Native American women represent approximately 16 percent of the total US population, but make up only 4 percent of students obtaining bachelor’s degrees in computing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Southeast Asia insurtech Igloo increases its Series B to $46M
Igloo, a Singapore-based insurtech focused on underserved communities in Southeast Asia, announced it has raised a Series B extension of $27 million, bringing the round’s total to $46 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
CRED acquires CreditVidya
CRED is acquiring CreditVidya, a SaaS startup that helps firms underwrite first-time borrowers, in the latest of a series of investments from the Bengaluru-headquartered fintech as it broadens its offerings. The firms did not disclose the terms of the deal. The 10-year-old CreditVidya — headquartered in Hyderabad and backed by Navroz Udwadia, Kalaari Capital and […]CRED acquires CreditVidya by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Female Invest acquires sustainability-focused investment platform Gaia Investments
When Female Invest launched in 2019, it did so with the goal of creating a community where women who wanted to invest in the stock market, but weren’t sure where to start, could gain the knowledge and confidence to take the plunge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Deepomatic wants to build the AI-based computer vision companion for field workers
French startup Deepomatic has raised a $10.5 million (€10 million) Series B funding round. While the founding round is relatively small, the startup has managed to convince some large-scale clients to use its visual automation platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Google Cloud partners with Indian startup SuperGaming to offer gaming engine to developers
Google Cloud has partnered with SuperGaming to offer the Indian gaming startup’s proprietary gaming engine, SuperPlatform, to developers worldwide, the latest in a series of recent steps from the Android-maker to expand focus into the gaming industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dat Bike gets another $8M to put more e-bikes on Vietnam’s roads
Dat Bike is on a mission to put more electric bikes on Vietnam’s roads. The startup said today it has raised $8 million led by returning investor Singapore-based firm Jungle Ventures, just seven months after its first round of funding was announced. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As employees shift from office, Cloudbrink provides a strong, secure internet connection
Most companies have worked hard over the years to produce strong and secure internet connections in the office, but over the last several years in particular, as more employees have been working away from the office, it’s been difficult for IT pros to reproduce that speed and safety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sequoia India’s Surge backs healthtech startup RedBrick AI in $4.6M funding
Healthtech startup RedBrick AI has raised $4.6 million in a funding round led by Sequoia India and Southeast Asia’s Surge as it plans to expand the market for its medical imagery annotations solution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
‘Stranger Things’ actor wants to spread the wealth around tbh, his vegan Nutella alternative
Actor Noah Schnapp, who plays Will on Netflix’s hit original series Stranger Things, is passionate about tbh, a company he co-founded which aims to “reinvent” hazelnut cocoa spread Nutella. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bitpanda obtains German crypto license as crypto platforms want to prove they are legit
All eyes are currently on the collapse of FTX in the crypto industry. That’s why today’s news from Bitpanda is an important signal for the Austrian unicorn company. Bitpanda has received a crypto license from Germany’s financial regulator (BaFin). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices