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BookClub checks out a shiny new $20 million Series A Jun 16, 2021

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Serial edtech entrepreneur David Blake, who co-founded Degreed and launched LearnIn, is living the dream of any book worm. He reads at least one book a week, talks to the authors behind it and unpacks his biggest questions around the subtlest of passages. And it’s all thanks to his latest startup, BookClub, which first launched […]

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Klaxoon introduces whiteboard-focused conference room for hybrid work Jun 15, 2021

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French startup Klaxoon is announcing a product update for its whiteboard collaboration platform as well as a new hardware product. With Hybridity, the company is going to sell ready-to-use conference rooms that optimize hybrid meetings between people currently in the office and people on the go. Let’s start with the software update.

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Fraud protection startup nSure AI raises $6.8M in seed funding Jun 15, 2021

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The round will help the company bolster the predictive AI and machine learning algorithms that power nSure AI’s “first of its kind” fraud protection platform.

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Anrok raises $4.3M to solve sales tax for SaaS companies Jun 14, 2021

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It’s easier than ever to build a product and sell it around the United States, or the world. But if you want to do so without incurring the wrath of any particular state, or nation-state, you’d best have your tax matters in order.

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Lydia partners with Cashbee to add savings accounts Jun 14, 2021

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French startup Lydia is better known as the dominant app for peer-to-peer payments. But the company has been adding more features, such as a debit card, account aggregation, donations, money pots and more. This week, the company is adding savings accounts thanks to a partnership with French fintech startup Cashbee.

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Money Minx aims to build a ‘Personal Finance’ OS for the everyday investor Jun 11, 2021

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New regulations are making it easier to invest in alternative assets via crowdfunding, and the recent explosion of crypto and NFTs means that investors are more diversified than ever.Â Keeping up with such a variety of investments may prove difficult to those who want to handle managing their investment portfolios on their own. Money Minx, […]

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Slintel scores $20M Series A as buyer intelligence tool gains traction Jun 11, 2021

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One clear outcome of the pandemic was pushing more people to do their shopping online, and that was as true for B2B as it was for B2C. Knowing which of your B2B customers are most likely to convert puts any sales team ahead of the game. Slintel, a startup providing that kind of data, announced […]

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Recorded Future launches its new $20M Intelligence Fund for early-stage startups Jun 10, 2021

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Threat intelligence company Recorded Future is launching a $20 million fund for early-stage startupsÂ developing novel data intelligence tools.

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Stacey Abrams co-founded fintech company Now raises $9.5M Jun 10, 2021

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After co-founding Insomnia Consulting, Stacey Abrams and Lara O’Connor Hodgson started Nourish to address a personal problem. “We were at a meeting, I think for one of my campaigns,” explains Abrams, the Georgia-based lawyer and politician whose voting rights work became a focal point for the country in 2020.

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Pennylane raises $18.3 million for its accounting service Jun 09, 2021

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French startup Pennylane has raised a new $18.3 million funding round (€15 million). Interestingly, this is Sequoia Capital’s first investment in France after they announced ambitious expansion plans in Europe. If you’re not familiar with Pennylane, the startup has been developing an accounting platform that improves accounting for both clients and their accountants.

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