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Green Labs secures $38.4M in debt financing Mar 30, 2023

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Green Labs, a Seoul-based agritech startup, has secured $38.4 million (50 billion won) in debt financing from existing investors BRV Capital Management and Skylake Incuvest.

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Krisp expands from noise canceling to on-device transcription Mar 30, 2023

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Krisp got its start as an AI-powered noise cancellation service, but now the startup is moving beyond that with instant on-device transcription of all your calls and meetings — and of course it integrates ChatGPT now for quick summaries as well.

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Amazon-backed Acko nears $120 million in new funding Mar 29, 2023

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Indian insurtech Acko is in late-stage discussions to secure $120 million in a funding round at a time when weak global market conditions have subdued large financing deliberations in the South Asian market.

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Isar Aerospace raises $165 million to bring more sovereign launch to Europe Mar 29, 2023

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German launch startup Isar Aerospace has scored $165 million (€155 million) in new funding as it races toward the inaugural flight of its Spectrum small rocket later this year.

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Neubility plans to roll out 400 lidar-free delivery and security robots by year-end Mar 28, 2023

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Last-mile robotics startup Neubility — which makes autonomous delivery robots that work without lidar — says that it plans bump its fleet up to 400 by the end of this year, up from the 50 it currently has in circulation.

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OpenAI connects ChatGPT to the internet Mar 28, 2023

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OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, can now browse the internet — in certain cases.

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Snap quietly acquired 3D scanning startup Th3rd last year Mar 27, 2023

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Snap quietly acquired Amsterdam-based 3D scanning studio Th3rd in the second quarter of last year, at a time when the company was looking to bolster its AR-powered commerce ambitions.

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Workera double downs on AI for upskilling with $23.5M infusion Mar 27, 2023

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Workera, an upskilling platform geared toward enterprise customers, today announced that it raised $23.5 million in a Series B round led by Jump Capital with participation from existing investors NEA, Owl Ventures, the AI Fund and Sozo Ventures.

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Former Stripe engineer raises $4M for Beam, a fintech startup out to help contractors get paid faster Mar 24, 2023

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Beam, a five-month-old startup out to more easily help general contractors pay subcontractors and get paid themselves, has raised $4 million in a seed funding round led by Accel.

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Britive, which helps secure public clouds, lands $20.5M investment Mar 24, 2023

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Proving that there’s still plenty of venture money in cybersecurity, cloud identity security platform Britive today announced that it raised $20.5 million in a Series B funding round.

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