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Cable wants to help banks cut financial crime through automated assurance May 11, 2023

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Cable enables banks and fintechs to monitor all of their accounts — not just a fraction as before — to know, in real time, if failure controls are working as expected to combat breaches.

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Prewave pulls in $20M as supply chain tech investments remain on VC radars May 11, 2023

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Despite the investor caution narrative permeating the startup world throughout the economic downturn, certain startup-types have been a little more impervious to market conditions.

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Ascend raises $25 million for pre-seed AI startups in the Pacific Northwest May 10, 2023

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Investing in artificial intelligence (AI) startups is the latest bandwagon VCs are piling onto.

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Invesco cuts Indian food delivery giant Swiggy’s valuation to $5.5 billion May 10, 2023

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Invesco, which led Swiggy’s previous round, has marked down the Indian food delivery giant’s valuation in its holding to about $5.5 billion, according to a filing.

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PermitFlow advances construction permitting automation with $5.5M in new capital May 09, 2023

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PermitFlow has software for developers and general contractors to streamline the construction permit application and management processes.

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Antimetal is putting AI to work to root out cloud cost inefficiencies May 09, 2023

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One constant theme we’ve been hearing from the big cloud infrastructure vendors this year is helping customers increase the efficiency of their cloud spend.

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Go1 snaps up speed reading app Blinkist to expand in enterprise learning May 08, 2023

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After raising $100 million at a valuation of over $2 billion last year, the Australian ed-tech startup Go1 is making an acquisition and getting some investment to expand its reach and technology to serve the market of corporate online learning.

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Slash aims to corner the Gen Z market with business-focused banking features May 08, 2023

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Around two years ago, Victor Cardenas and Kevin Bai built a fintech platform called Slash that lets users create shareable virtual cards to split recurring expenses.

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AI-powered supply chain startup Pando lands $30M investment May 05, 2023

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Signaling that investments in the supply chain sector remain robust, Pando, a startup developing fulfillment management technologies, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series B round, bringing its total raised to $45 million.

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Green-Got is a neobank for climate-conscious customers May 05, 2023

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French startup Green-Got is building an alternative to your traditional bank account with a focus on climate change.

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