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WhatFix raises a whopping $125M for its in-app user guides Sep 26, 2024

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Digital transformation — upgrading a company’s legacy apps and processes with new tech — has long been a buzzy and lucrative business. But the pandemic supercharged the market. Covid pandemic lockdowns and the widespread move to work-from-home spurred brands relying on old technology to modernize their organizations.

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Radian Aerospace completes ground tests of prototype space plane Sep 26, 2024

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Radian Aerospace has moved one step closer to achieving the “holy grail” of spaceflight: a reusable space plane that can take-off from an airfield and land on a runway like a conventional airplane. The startup just announced completion of a series of ground tests in Abu Dhabi earlier this summer.

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Fintech Mesa promises 1% cash back on mortgages, up to 3x on other home needs Sep 25, 2024

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Mortgage fintech Mesa has emerged from stealth on Tuesday with $9.2 million in seed capital and a novel idea for homeowners. It’s offering cash back and rewards on all spending done on the home, including the mortgage itself.

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Torq, which automates cybersecurity workflows, raises $70M in new capital Sep 25, 2024

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As the volume of cyberattacks grows, there’s increasing interest from the corporate sector in tech to help automate responses to breaches. Per a 2023 survey from analytics firm Devo, 80% of security leaders expected expanded investments in security automation technology this year; most cited the tech’s potential to support cyber threat mitigation.

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Jump raises $12M to help freelancers get benefits just like employees Sep 24, 2024

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Jump offers full-time contracts to freelancers looking for some stability and the benefits involved with a full-time job.

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David Energy is going up against Goliath energy incumbents Sep 24, 2024

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James McGinniss has been obsessed with decarbonization and the energy grid since he was a high schooler over a decade ago. Now, his startup David Energy has a lofty goal: getting the energy grid to run entirely on clean energy in the next 10 years.

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FTC report on predatory social media data hoarding hints at future regulations Sep 23, 2024

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A new FTC report on how social media and streaming sites collect and monetize their hoards of user data doesn’t really feature a lot of surprises for anyone who’s followed the space

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Health insurance startup Alan reaches $4.5B valuation with new $193M funding round Sep 23, 2024

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Belfius is leading Alan’s Series F funding round of €173 million (around $193 million at current exchange rates).

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Tidal Metals sees seawater as the solution to a critical mineral shortage Sep 20, 2024

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The startup, previously known as GreenBlu, was working on desalination when it realized there was more value in the minerals that were left behind.

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Brightband sees a bright (and open-source) future for AI-powered weather forecasting Sep 20, 2024

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With an explosion of weather and climate data that the last generation of tools can’t handle, is AI the future of forecasting? Research certainly suggests so, and a newly funded startup called Brightband is taking a shot at turning machine learning forecast models into both a business and open source standard.

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