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**TechCrunch Startup News**

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Amazon to invest up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic Sep 25, 2023

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Amazon said Monday it has agreed to invest up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic.

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Frontier Space Technologies is developing an on-orbit autonomous lab to make space science easy Sep 25, 2023

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Astronauts have been conducting experiments on the International Space Station for as long as the station has been in orbit, but astronaut labor is expensive: crew time costs $130,000 per hour, and companies are capped at 25 hours per year.

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Mesh, which helps people manage their digital assets, raises $22M Sep 22, 2023

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Mesh (formerly Front Finance), a startup developing a service to help customers transfer and manage digital assets like crypto, has raised $22 million in a Series A funding round.

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Somani’s Offline secures $2M to build community for top Indian startup founders Sep 22, 2023

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Utsav Somani, who helped AngelList launch in India and oversaw its local operations for five years, is gearing up to find more ways to help founders.

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Google-backed Indian audio platform Kuku FM raises $25 million Sep 21, 2023

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Google-backed audio content platform Kuku FM has raised $25 million in a new funding round as it looks to make deeper inroads with its audiobook offerings in the South Asian market.

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Legit Security lands $40M to lock down apps and dev environments Sep 21, 2023

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Legit Security, a cybersecurity company developing a platform to identify app vulnerabilities from code, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by CRV with participation from Cyberstarts, Bessemer Venture Partners and TCV.

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Database startup MotherDuck lands $52.5M to grow its DuckDB-based platform Sep 20, 2023

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A few weeks ago, it was reported that MotherDuck, the company commercializing the lightweight database platform DuckDB, was in talks to raise new capital from VC firm Felicis.

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European cyber insurance startup Stoïk raises $10.7 million and expands to Germany Sep 20, 2023

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French startup Stoïk offers a cyber insurance product to small and medium companies — a bit like Coalition in the U.S. And things have been working well in France.

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Babbel acquires language learning browser extension Toucan Sep 19, 2023

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Babbel, the popular subscription-based language learning service, today announced that it has acquired Toucan, the well-funded language learning browser extension.

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Dragos raises $74M to secure industrial control systems from threats Sep 19, 2023

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Dragos, a company building software to secure the control systems for manufacturing and industrial equipment, has raised $74 million in a Series D round extension led by WestCap.

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