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Vantage raises $4M to help businesses understand their AWS costs Jun 23, 2021

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Vantage, a service that helps businesses analyze and reduce their AWS costs, today announced that it has raised a $4 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz. A number of angel investors, including Brianne Kimmel, Julia Lipton, Stephanie Friedman, Calvin French Owen, Ben and Moisey Uretsky, Mitch Wainer and Justin Gage, also participated in this […]

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Fintech veteran Jitendra Gupta is ready for his new inning — now he is going after banks in India Jun 22, 2021

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For most people in India, having to engage with banks doesn’t instill a sense of joy. Banks in the South Asian market are notorious for making unannounced spam calls to upsell customers loans and credit cards, even when they have been explicitly asked not to do so. Moreover, when a customer does reach out to […]

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Uber to become the sole owner of grocery delivery startup Cornershop Jun 22, 2021

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Uber has reached a deal to become the sole owner of Latin American delivery startup Cornershop, just one year after acquiring a majority stake in the company. The ride-hailing giant said in a regulatory filing Monday that it will purchase the remaining 47% interest in Cornershop in exchange for 29 million shares.

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Vietnamese financial services app MFast gets $1.5M pre-Series A led by Do Ventures Jun 21, 2021

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MFast, a mobile app that lets Vietnamese users in remote areas access financial services, announced it has raised a $1.5 million pre-Series A today. The round was led by Do Ventures, with participation from JAFCO Asia.Â Launched in 2019 by fintech company Digipay, MFast says it has been used by 600,000 people to date. It […]

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Mediflash is a freelancer marketplace for health professionals Jun 21, 2021

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Meet Mediflash, a new French startup that wants to improve temp staffing in healthcare facilities, such as nursing homes, clinics and mental health facilities. The company positions itself as an alternative to traditional temp staffing agencies. They claim to offer better terms for both caregivers and institutions.

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Neo4j raises Neo$325m as graph-based data analysis takes hold in enterprise Jun 18, 2021

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Databases run the world, but database products are often some of the most mature and venerable software in the modern tech stack. Designers will pixel push, frontend engineers will add clicks to make it more difficult to drop out of a soporific Zoom call, but few companies are ever willing to rip out their database.

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Twine raises $3.3M to add networking features to virtual events Jun 18, 2021

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Twine, a video chat startup that launched amid the pandemic as a sort of “Zoom for meeting new people,” shifted its focus to online events and, as a result, has now closed on $3.3 million in seed funding. To date, twine’s events customers have included names like Microsoft, Amazon, Forrester, and others.

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Construction robotics firm Dusty raises $16.5M Jun 17, 2021

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It certainly follows then that some leading construction robotics companies are able to strike while the iron is hot with some healthy raises. Today, Bay Area-based Dusty Robotics announced a $16.5 million Series A.

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Messaging social network IRL hits unicorn status with SoftBank-led $170M Series C Jun 17, 2021

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Social calendar app IRL has been busy building a messaging-based social network, or what founder and CEO Abraham Shafi calls a “WeChat of the West.” Following its pandemic-fueled growth and further push into the social networking space with group chat and other features, IRL is today announcing a sizable $170 million Series C growth round, […]

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Europe’s tech leaders define a strategy to create tech giants Jun 16, 2021

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A group of 200 startup founders, investors, associations and government members are backing a manifesto and a set of recommendations in order to create the next wave of tech giants in Europe. Today, French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting an event in Paris with some of the members of this group called Scale-Up Europe.

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