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Numa raises $32M to bring AI and automation to car dealerships Oct 03, 2024

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Numa, a startup developing AI-powered automation tech for car dealerships, has raised fresh capital in a Series B round.

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Eon emerges from stealth with $127M to bring a fresh approach to back up cloud infrastructure Oct 03, 2024

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A team of founders who sold their last company to Amazon to build a new business within AWS is setting out to reinvent the tricky business of backing up an organization’s cloud infrastructure. Today, Eon — as their new startup is called — is coming out of stealth with a product, a set of customers, and more.

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Beta Technologies unveils first passenger carrying electric aircraft Oct 02, 2024

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Beta Technologies unveiled Monday the next electric aircraft in its lineup — a passenger-carrying version of its ALIA vertical takeoff and landing and fixed-wing vehicles. Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles don’t rely on a runway, whereas fixed-wing aircraft do.

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.Airship wants to build better sales tools for HVAC contractors Oct 02, 2024

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The HVAC industry is going through a transformation. The old guard of tradespeople are on the cusp of retiring while private equity firms are consolidating the industry. Airship is building a software solution for HVAC’s next chapter.

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Podcasting startup Podeo gets $5.4M to go beyond the Arab world Oct 01, 2024

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Podcast listeners crossed half a billion people at the end of last year as listenership maintained steady growth. With countries in the Arab world having some of the most engaged listeners, a podcasting startup out of Dubai is doubling down on the opportunity

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HungryPanda, a food ordering app for the Asian diaspora, picks up $55M Oct 01, 2024

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Apps catering to the Chinese and wider Asian diaspora, especially urban consumers focused on food, can be big business. Now, HungryPanda, one of the trailblazing startups in that market is announcing more funding. The food ordering and delivery app, founded in London and aimed squarely at Chinese and other Asian consumers living outside their home.

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Why Index Ventures is bulking up its investment team in NYC Sep 30, 2024

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While online discourse would make it seem that venture has retreated to the Bay Area, with San Francisco being the most important place to build a startup, Index Ventures is looking to bulk up its New York-based investing team.

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Indian game streaming startup Loco sells majority stake to Redwood Sep 30, 2024

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UAE-based Redwood has acquired a majority stake in the game streaming platform Loco as the Indian firm looks to expand focus to international markets, TechCrunch has learned and confirmed. Redwood, a newly-formed investment firm, has signed a $65 million deal with Loco, an investment that also gives full exit to all existing Loco backers

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Prepared, which wants to ‘revolutionize’ emergency 911 calls, raises $27M Sep 27, 2024

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A company that claims its tech can “revolutionize” emergency calls has raised $27 million in a Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The company, Prepared, enables 911 dispatchers to get a caller’s real-time GPS location if their phone supports it.

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Dinii, a cloud-based restaurant management platform, raises $45M Series B Sep 27, 2024

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Japan has always been a strong market for bringing technology into the experience of consuming food, and now one of the startups leading on this idea is attracting investors from across the ocean.

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