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Rollup wants to be the hardware engineer’s workhorse May 22, 2024

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Hard tech startups generate a lot of buzz, but there’s a growing cohort of companies building digital tools squarely focused on making hard tech development faster, more efficient, and — well, a whole lot more like software development.

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Zen Educate raises $37M and acquires Aquinas Education as it tries to address the teacher shortage May 22, 2024

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Zen Educate, an online marketplace that connects schools with teachers, has raised $37 million in a Series B round of funding.

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CyberArk snaps up Venafi for $1.54B to ramp up in machine-to-machine security May 21, 2024

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CyberArk — one of the army of larger security companies founded out of Israel — is acquiring Venafi, a specialist in machine identity, for $1.54 billion.

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Agora raises $34B Series B to keep building the Carta for real estate May 21, 2024

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Since he was very young, Bar Mor knew that he would inevitably do something with real estate.

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Thoma Bravo’s LogRhythm merges with Exabeam in more cybersecurity consolidation May 20, 2024

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Private equity giant Thoma Bravo has announced that its security information and event management (SIEM) company LogRhythm will be merging with Exabeam, a rival cybersecurity company backed by the likes of Cisco and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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Spoor uses AI to save birds from wind turbines May 20, 2024

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Wind is the largest source of renewable energy in the U.S., according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, but wind farms come with an environmental cost as wind turbines can wreak havoc on bird populations.

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Embedded accounting startup Layer secures $2.3M toward goal of replacing Quickbooks May 17, 2024

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So did investors laugh them out of the room when they explained how they wanted to replace Quickbooks? Kind of.

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Meet PayHOA, a profitable and once-bootstrapped SaaS startup that just landed a $27.5M Series A May 16, 2024

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PayHOA, a previously bootstrapped Kentucky-based startup that offers software for self-managed homeowner associations is an example of how real-world problems can translate into opportunity.

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Orange Charger thinks a $750 outlet will solve EV charging for apartment dwellers May 16, 2024

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Charging has long been the Achilles’ heel of electric vehicles. One startup thinks it has a better way for apartment dwelling EV drivers to charge overnight.

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Aplazo is using buy-now-pay-later as a stepping stone to financial ubiquity in Mexico May 15, 2024

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Four-year-old Mexican BNPL startup Aplazo facilitates fractionated payments to offline and online merchants even when the buyer doesn't have a credit card.

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