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Searchable.ai nabs additional $4M seed to continue building AI-driven search Jun 05, 2020

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Searchable.ai is an early-stage startup in the alpha phase of testing its initial product, but it has an idea compelling enough to attract investment, even during a pandemic. Today the company announced an additional $4 million in seed capital to continue building its AI-driven search solution. Susquehanna International Group and Omicron Media co-led the round […]

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Cowboy releases updated e-bike with new carbon belt Jun 05, 2020

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Electric-bike maker Cowboy has released a new iteration of its bike, the Cowboy 3. It’s a relatively small update that should make the experience better for newcomers. The first orders will be delivered at the end of July and the Cowboy 3 is now slightly more expensive at €2,290 or £1,990 ($2,500). The bike still […]

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NetApp to acquire Spot (formerly Spotinst) to gain cloud infrastructure management tools Jun 04, 2020

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When Spotinst rebranded to Spot in March, it seemed big changes were afoot for the startup, which originally helped companies find and manage cheap infrastructure known as spot instances (hence its original name). We had no idea how big at the time. Today, NetApp announced plans to acquire the startup. The companies did not share […]

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What the last 2 months of fundraising tells us about the future Jun 04, 2020

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There is just as much capital ready to deploy, and just as much investor interest, as there was earlier this year, but founders are still adjusting to new market conditions.

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Lili raises $10M for its freelancer banking app Jun 03, 2020

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Lili, a startup building banking products to meet the needs of freelance workers, is announcing that it has raised $10 million in seed funding. The startup takes its name from its founders, CEO Lilac Bar David and CTO Liran Zelkha, who previously foundedÂ Israeli challenger bank Pepper. Bar David told me that while many neobanks have […]

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Overjet raises $7.85M for its dental-focused AI tech Jun 03, 2020

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Overjet, a startup focused on using AI to help dentists and insurance companies understand dental scans, today announced that it has raised $7.85 million in what it describes as a seed round. According to Overjet’s CEO Wardah Inam (an MIT PhD in electrical engineering and computer science), the company raised the funds from Crosslink Capital, […]

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Cisco to acquire internet monitoring solution ThousandEyes Jun 02, 2020

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When Cisco bought AppDynamics in 2017 for $3.7 billion just before the IPO, the company sent a clear signal it wanted to move beyond its pure network hardware roots into the software monitoring side of the equation. Yesterday afternoon the company announced it intends to buy another monitoring company, this time snagging internet monitoring solution […]

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Jeremy Conrad left his own VC firm to start a company, and investors like what he’s building Jun 01, 2020

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When this editor first met Jeremy Conrad, it was in 2014, at the 8,000-square-foot former fish factory that was home to Lemnos, a hardware-focused venture firm that Conrad had cofounded three years earlier. Conrad —Â who as a mechanical engineering undergrad at MIT worked on self driving cars, drones and satellites — was still excited […]

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Stackin’ raises $12.6M Series B to help millennials navigate the crowded fintech space Jun 01, 2020

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Fintech’s funding boom for the past decade has led to a flurry of new consumer startups tackling a wide range of money-related issues, from saving apps to investing platforms. Should you download Robinhood, Stash, Public, Acorns, or Truebill? The fintech craze creates confusion for consumers when it comes to figuring out which startup is the […]

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BeeHero smartens up hives to provide ‘pollination as a service’ with $4M seed round May 29, 2020

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Vast monoculture farms outstripped the ability of bee populations to pollinate them naturally long ago, but the techniques that have arisen to fill that gap are neither precise nor modern. Israeli startup BeeHero aims to change that by treating hives both as living things and IoT devices, tracking health and pollination progress practically in real […]

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