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Camunda snares $98M Series B as process automation continues to flourish Mar 22, 2021

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It’s clear that automated workflow tooling has become increasingly important for companies. Perhaps that explains why Camunda, a Berlin startup that makes open source process automation software, announced an €82 million Series B today. That translates into approximately $98 million U.S. Insight Partners led the round with help from A round investor Highland Europe.

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Vega raises $5M to give anyone the ability to launch a derivatives market Mar 22, 2021

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Vega, a startup that is building a decentralized protocol for creating and trading on derivatives markets, has raised $5 million in funding. Arrington Capital and Cumberland DRW co-led the round, which also included participation from Coinbase Ventures, ParaFi Capital, Signum Capital, CMT Digital, CMS Holdings, Three Commas and a slew of others.

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Backed by YC, Vendease is building Amazon Prime for restaurants in Africa Mar 19, 2021

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For small and mid-sized restaurants in Nigeria and most of Africa, food procurement can be a complex process to manage. The system is such that a business can easily run out of money or have considerable savings. Most restaurants don’t have access to deal directly with farms to get better deals because they lack the […]

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Cohere raises $3.1 million for its remote control solution for web apps Mar 19, 2021

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Existing remote desktop solutions like LogMeIn and TeamViewer can be complicated to set up and use, and can feel dated. A new startup called Cohere, now backed by $3.1 million in seed funding, aims to improve on the remote desktop and screen-sharing experience.

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This new startup is weeding out the weed-out classes, instead of students Mar 18, 2021

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Five years ago, entrepreneur Dan Sommer bet big on the adult learning space when he was building out Trilogy Education, an online and in-person bootcamp in collaboration with universities to train workforces on the latest tech skills.

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Oso announces $8.2M Series A to simplify authorization for developers Mar 18, 2021

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When we think about getting access to an application, we tend to focus on the authentication side — granting or denying people (or devices) entry. But there is another piece to this, and that’s authorization.

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Docker nabs $23M Series B as as new developer focus takes shape Mar 17, 2021

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It was easy to wonder what would become of Docker after it sold its enterprise business in 2019, but it regrouped last year as a cloud native container company focused on developers, and the new approach appears to be bearing fruit. Today, the company announced a $23 million Series B investment.

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Noogata raises $12M seed round for its no-code enterprise AI platform Mar 17, 2021

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Noogata, a startup that offers a no-code AI solution for enterprises, today announced that it has raised a $12 million seed round led by Team8, with participation from Skylake Capital.

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Mexican challenger bank Fondeadora adds $14 million to its Series B Mar 16, 2021

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Fondeadora, a fintech startup based in Mexico City and building a challenger bank, has extended its Series A funding round. I covered the company’s original round back in August 2020.

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Swell launches its app for asynchronous voice conversations Mar 16, 2021

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You might think that Clubhouse is the final word on audio-centric social networks, but a San Francisco startup called Swell is launching its own iOS and Android app focused on voice conversations. The big difference: While conversations on Clubhouse all happen in real-time — meaning that you’ve got to listen live or miss it all […]

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