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The future of flight can be energy-efficient May 21, 2020

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Can eVTOL vehicles be green? Specifically, can eVTOL vehicles be more energy-efficient than cars?

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FireHydrant lands $8M Series A for disaster management tool May 20, 2020

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When I spoke to Robert Ross, CEO and co-founder at FireHydrant last week, we had a technology adventure. First the audio wasn’t working correctly on Zoom, then Google Meet. Finally we used cell phones to complete the interview. It was like a case study in what FireHydrant is designed to do — help companies manage […]

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Buzzy Ethereum wallet app Argent comes out of stealth May 20, 2020

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Argent is launching the first public version of its Ethereum wallet for iOS and Android. The company has been available as a limited beta for a few months with a few thousand users. But it has already raised a seed and a Series A round with notable investors, such as Paradigm, Index Ventures, Creandum and […]

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Notion drops usage limit on its personal free tier May 19, 2020

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Notion, a popular note-taking and wiki-creation app, revamped their personal pricing plans today stripping many of the user limitations from the free tier, bringing it on par with the functionality offered by the $5 per month paid plan of yore. The company’s previous free tier had a fairly low usage limit (1,000 “blocks,” which are […]

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Electric gets another $7 million in funding from 01 Advisors and the Slack Fund May 19, 2020

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Electric, the platform that puts the IT department in the cloud, has today announced new funding following a continuation of its Series B earlier this year. Dick Costolo and Adam Bain (01 Advisors) and the Slack Fund participated in the $7 million capital infusion. 01 Advisors put up the majority of the financing ($6 million) […]

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Users complain of Robinhood, Etrade outages as stocks soar May 18, 2020

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Users are reporting that stock trading platforms Robinhood and Etrade are not working on a day that’s seemÂ stock markets soar. Neither company acknowledged immediate outages with their platforms. Robinhood’s status page says all systems are “operational,” but its website crashed on loading, stating: “An internal error occured! [sic].” After weeks of turbulent markets largely driven […]

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E-bike startup Angell partners with SEB for manufacturing and investment May 18, 2020

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French startup Angell has signed a wide-ranging partnership with SEB, the French industrial company behind All-Clad, Krups, Moulinex, Rowenta, Tefal and others. As part of the deal, SEB will manufacture Angell’s electric bikes in a factory in Is-sur-Tille near Dijon, France. SEB’s investment arm, SEB Alliance, is also investing in Angell . The terms of […]

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Atlassian acquires Halp to bring Slack integration to the forefront May 15, 2020

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Atlassian announced today that it was acquiring Halp, an early stage startup that enables companies to build integrated help desk ticketing and automated answers inside Slack. The companies did not disclose the purchase price. It was a big day for Halp, which also announced its second product today called Halp Answers. The new tool will […]

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FortressIQ snags $30M Series B to streamline processes with AI-fueled data May 15, 2020

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As we move through life in the pandemic, companies are being forced to review and understand how workflows happen. How do you distribute laptops to your workforce? How do you make sure everyone has the correct tool set? FortressIQ, a startup that wants to help companies use data to understand and improve internal processes, announced […]

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Quizlet valued at $1 billion as it raises millions during a global pandemic May 14, 2020

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As millions of students and teachers shift to learn from home in response to the novel coronavirus disease, modern-day flashcard business Quizlet has raised $30 million in a Series C round led by General Atlantic. Quizlet’s chief executive officer Matthew Glotzbach said that the new funding values the business at $1 billion, up five times […]

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