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Mighty Networks raises $50M to build a creator economy for the masses Apr 26, 2021

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Mighty Networks, a platform designed to give creators and brands a dedicated place to start and grow communities, has closed on $50 million in a Series B funding round led by Owl Ventures.

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Introvoke raises $2.7M to power online events that can be embedded anywhere Apr 26, 2021

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While there’s been plenty of attention and money lavished on virtual event platforms over the past year, Introvoke co-founder and CEO Oana Manolache predicted that we’re only at the beginning of a “third wave of digital transformation.” In her framing, the first wave came at the beginning of the pandemic, when everyone was using video […]

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Hyundai invests in teleoperations startup Ottopia as part of $9M round Apr 23, 2021

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After spending much of his career in mission-critical environments, including the Israeli Air Force, Israeli Intelligence and leading development of a cybersecurity product at Microsoft, Amit Rosenzweig turned his attention to autonomous vehicles.

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Queenly raises $2.3M for its dress marketplace Apr 23, 2021

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One of our favorite companies from the most recently Y Combinator batch has closed a seed round. This morning Quenly announced that it has closed a $2.262 million round, following its $800,000 pre-seed raise. TechCrunch covered the company in February, noting that the company was building something akin to the StockX for women’s formal wear. […]

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MasterClass co-founder’s Outlier.org raises $30M for affordable, virtual college courses Apr 22, 2021

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Outlier.org — a startup offering intro-level college courses online and at a relatively affordable price — is announcing that it has raised $30 million in Series B funding.

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Figma introduces a whiteboard tool called FigJam Apr 22, 2021

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Figma spent years in stealth before launching its web-based collaborative design tool. Since coming into the light, the company has been iterating quickly. Today, Figma launches its biggest product update to date. Meet FigJam, Figma’s new whiteboarding tool.

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Tom Brady and Salesforce Ventures pour millions into Class, a Zoom-friendly edtech startup Apr 21, 2021

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Class, an edtech startup that integrates exclusively with Zoom to make remote teaching more elegant, has raised $12.25 million in new financing. The round brings Salesforce Ventures, Sound Ventures and Super Bowl champion Tom Brady onto its capital table.

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Druva raises $147M at a valuation north of $2B as the cloud rush continues Apr 21, 2021

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Druva, a software company that sells cloud data backup services, announced today that it has closed a $147 million round of capital. Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a group that manages Quebec’s pension fund, led the round, which also saw participation from Neuberger Berman.

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After a decade of bootstrapping, Octopus Deploy raises $172.5M from Insight Partners Apr 20, 2021

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Founded almost a decade ago, Octopus Deploy has grown to serve 25,000 organizations, including Microsoft, NASA, Xero, Disney and Stack Overflow, through bootstrapping. Today the company announced its first outside investment.

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Zoom launches $100M Zoom Apps investment fund Apr 20, 2021

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When Zoom launched Zoom Apps and the Marketplace as a place to sell them last year, it was a big signal that the company wanted to be more than just a popular video conferencing application. It wanted to be a platform, which developers could use to build applications on top of Zoom.

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