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Arcade launches ‘try before you buy’ demo capabilities with $2.5M in new capital Jan 11, 2022

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The company's technology makes it easier for companies to create demonstration videos, called “arcades,” that walk people through how their tools work.

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Career Karma lands $40M to evolve into an edtech employee benefit Jan 11, 2022

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Career Karma raised its first millions off of a pitch that resonates with anyone who has ever googled coding bootcamps: a navigation tool for aspiring students and working professionals.

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Parrot, a tool for digitizing Mexico’s restaurants, takes in $9.5M Jan 10, 2022

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ParrotConnect is a point-of-sale software for restaurants enabling them to digitize and take advantage of the home delivery boom to accelerate growth.

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FanDuel founder and Sequoia bet on Spanish-language fantasy sports app Draftea Jan 10, 2022

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Founder Alán Jaime Misrahi grew up devoted to soccer, eventually playing in Mexico’s third division. While he didn’t necessarily make it to the “big leagues” playing the sport, his new company Draftea aims to win over the 350 million sports fans in Latin America.

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Startups at CES showed that age-tech can help everyone Jan 07, 2022

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Age-tech startups at this year’s CES demonstrated the potential breadth of the sector. If tech can help an older person live more comfortably, it can also help out a lot of other people.

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Zuddl raises $13M for its simple but powerful virtual events platform Jan 07, 2022

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Will the world ever go back to big in-person events? Of course. Eventually. CES already moved in that direction this year, for better or worse.

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Doosan announces $33.7M raise, as it introduces a robotic camera system at CES Jan 06, 2022

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Doosan Robotics this week announced $33.7 million in funding, led Praxis Capital Partners and Korea Investment Partners. The fundraising news arrives as the Seoul-based company shows off its wares at CES in Las Vegas.

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New pet tech at CES treats dogs and cats like the complex beings they are Jan 06, 2022

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There’s always fun tech for pet owners at CES, and 2022 is no different.

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DriveU.auto to power remote piloting of EasyMile’s autonomous shuttles, Coco’s sidewalk robots Jan 05, 2022

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Autonomous shuttle company EasyMile and sidewalk robot delivery startup Coco are integrating DriveU.auto’s teleoperation and connectivity platform into their operations, DriveU.auto, an Israeli startup that came out of stealth last year, they announced at CES.

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Refinery Ventures’ second fund aimed at getting startups to Series A Jan 05, 2022

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Refinery focuses on “early scale” companies, a term the firm uses to describe companies that secured a seed, but need that “oomph” to get it to Series A.

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