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inFeedo gets $12M to help employers find out how their workforce really feels Mar 15, 2022

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Employee sentiment can be hard to gauge, even at smaller businesses. This can lead to burnout and attrition, when managers least expect it.

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Pareto thinks it shouldn’t be so hard to collect lead-generation data Mar 15, 2022

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Pareto’s team of data experts offer actionable insights on everything from TikTok influencers to qualifying B2B sales leads.

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Fleet thinks companies should rent laptops instead of buying them Mar 14, 2022

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French startup Fleet wants to become your IT department’s best friend by managing hardware as a service. Fleet clients can rent computers and smartphones for a flat monthly fee. If there’s a hardware issue, the startup handles returns and repairs.

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Zeta Surgical comes out of stealth with a $5.2M raise for image-guided surgery Mar 14, 2022

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Boston-based Zeta Surgical comes out of stealth this week, with the announcement of a $5.2 million seed round. The funding, led by Innospark Ventures, follows a $250,000 pre-seed featuring Y Combinator and Plug and Play Ventures.

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Stilt secures $114M in debt & equity to help fintechs and neobanks launch credit offerings with its API Mar 11, 2022

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Stilt, which started its life as a provider of financial services for immigrants, has raised $14 million in Series A funding led by Link Ventures as it expands its focus to include a B2B offering.

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Zaya Care partners with payers to bring the European model of maternal care to the States Mar 11, 2022

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Despite the fact that we spend more on healthcare per capita, the U.S. leads the wealthy world in maternal mortality. And health inequity plays a big part.

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Blink looks to simplify cloud operations management with $26M investment Mar 10, 2022

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Blink’s co-founders have been working in security and automation for a number of years, and they observed that there was a strong overlap between developer operations (DevOps) and security operations (SecOps) when it came to managing cloud infrastructure.

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Kodiak Robotics is moving autonomous freight for Ceva Logistics Mar 10, 2022

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Autonomous trucking startup Kodiak Robotics has partnered with Ceva Logistics to deliver freight autonomously between Dallas-Forth Worth and Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth and Oklahoma City, the company said on Wednesday, marking its first publicly announced customer.

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Sneaker e-commerce platform Kicks Crew raises $6M Series A Mar 09, 2022

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The global thirst for an up-charged pair of Yeezy’s or limited edition Jordan’s combined with a growth in a digital ecosystem is creating new opportunities, particularly in the sneaker resale market, for companies like Kicks Crew, a Los Angeles- and Hong Kong-based sneaker and apparel platform.

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Fundrise invests $128M into expansion of Saltbox’s warehouse, co-working spaces for entrepreneurs Mar 09, 2022

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Fundrise will acquire warehouses ranging in size from 50,000 to 150,000 square feet that will house the new Saltbox locations.

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