September 19, 2019
‘The best VC on Instagram’ is now VC-backed
About 18 months ago, Jenny Gyllander created an Instagram account by the name of @thingtesting. The premise was simple. Gyllander, who was at the center of the London…
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September 18, 2019
Lunchclub raises $4M from a16z for its AI warm intro service
There are apps out there that help you find friends, find dates and find your distant family histories, but when it comes to “growing your professional network,” the…
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On-demand plant food startup Simple Feast raises $33M B round to push its climate credentials
As Greta Thunberg heads back to Europe from the U.S. after radicalizing a generation, entrepreneurs are quickly realizing there is a zeitgeist to be gotten hold of here.…
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Indonesia’s Julo raises $10M to expand its P2P lending platform
Julo, a peer-to-peer lending platform in Indonesia, said on Wednesday it has extended its $5 million Series A raise to $15 million as it looks to scale its…
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PlayVS picks up $50 million Series C to build out high school esports
PlayVS, the platform that allows high school students to compete on varsity esports teams through their school, has today announced the close of a $50 million Series C…
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Aliro comes out of stealth with $2.7M to ‘democratize’ quantum computing with developer tools
It’s still early days for quantum computing, but we’re nonetheless seeing an interesting group of startups emerging that are helping the world take advantage of the new technology…
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FarmWise and its weed-pulling agribot harvest $14.5M in funding
Automating agriculture is a complex proposition given the number and variety of tasks involved, but a number of robotics and autonomy companies are giving it their best shot.…
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Boston-based DataRobot raises $206M Series E to bring AI to enterprise
Artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly large role in enterprise software, and Boston’s DataRobot has been helping companies build, manage and deploy machine learning models for some time…
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GitLab hauls in $268M Series E on 2.75B valuation
GitLab is a company that doesn’t pull any punches or try to be coy. It actually has had a page on its website for some time stating it…
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Trigo raises $22M for an automated grocery check-out platform, similar to Amazon Go
Automated check-out systems in supermarkets, where cashiers are replaced by barcode-readers and touchscreen interfaces for taking payments, have become a commonplace fixture in many parts of the world.…
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