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Wayve raises $200M Series B led by Eclipse for its AI for autonomous delivery vehicles Jan 18, 2022

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British autonomous vehicle startup Wayve has raised a $200 million Series B funding round from investors to scale its technology and expand its partnerships with commercial fleets. Wayve is aiming to be a major player in the arena of Robo-deliveries and logistics.

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Animoca, Galaxy Interactive and Polygon back gaming firm nCore in web3 push Jan 18, 2022

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nCore Games has raised $10 million in a new financing round as the top Indian gaming firm gears up to launch web3 offerings, its top executives said Monday.

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InFlow, a science-based app for ADHD, raises $2.3M Seed led by Hoxton Ventures Jan 17, 2022

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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms can include anxiety, chronic boredom, impulsiveness, trouble concentrating, controlling anger, and even depression. But ADHD suffers can face lengthy waiting periods for assessment and prohibitively expensive treatments. Now a startup, which launched in 2020, hopes to address this by luring the knowledge of a team of clinicians and coaches […]

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EVage raises $28M to be a driving force in India’s commercial EV revolution Jan 17, 2022

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A congruence of factors in India — notably, climate change policies, fuel costs and skyrocketing demand for e-commerce — has set up ideal conditions for startups like all-electric commercial vehicle startup EVage.

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Google’s loss to Sonos settles it: Big Tech has an IP piracy problem Jan 14, 2022

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Simply put, Big Tech benefits from stealing IP. The legal costs and potential damages, if ever issued after years of litigation, are paltry by comparison.

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Swell takes in $20M to develop more adaptable headless commerce infrastructure Jan 14, 2022

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Starting an e-commerce business is large marketplaces can be an easy process, but what the team at Swell began to notice was that the model could only take a business so far.

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Seel secures $17M round to infuse AI in customer product returns Jan 13, 2022

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Merchants can add “return assurance” to an order, if it is returned in the next 30 days, Seel, instead of the merchant, will pay for the refund.

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Newcomer aggregator Ecommerce Brands snags $40M in equity, debt to deploy eCaaS model Jan 13, 2022

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Ecommerce Brands aims to differentiate itself from the crowded aggregator space by being the technology force for DTC brands to scale while operators focus on running their businesses.

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BigPanda gets its horn after securing $190M in fresh capital Jan 12, 2022

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The company’s technology transforms huge volumes of IT data into actionable insight and automates incident management so IT operations teams can be proactive about their response processes.

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Roku adds a new ‘Live TV Zone’ to its homescreen Jan 12, 2022

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Roku is furthering its investment in its Live TV platform with today’s introduction of a new “Live TV Zone” that will roll out to the main, left-side navigation on Roku devices.

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