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Oct 18, 2023 • 4min
Flanks grabs additional capital to automate wealth services in Europe
Flanks, a wealth management platform, has raised $8 million in funding to democratize access to wealth management in Europe. They aim to digitize global wealth data across custodians and provide clients with real-time investment information.
Oct 18, 2023 • 7min
AI-generating music app Riffusion turns viral success into $4M in funding
Nearly a year ago, developers Seth Forsgren and Hayk Martiros released a hobby project called Riffusion that could generate music using not audio but images of audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 17, 2023 • 8min
Reality Defender raises $15M to detect text, video and image deepfakes
Reality Defender, one of several startups developing tools to attempt to detect deepfakes and other AI-generated content, today announced that it raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by DCVC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 17, 2023 • 7min
Accessercise’s app makes it easier for people with disabilities to exercise
Accessercise, which developed a fitness app for people who want to exercise despite their disabilities, was one of the Startup Battlefield 200 finalists at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 16, 2023 • 5min
Creative Force, now with $8.9M, gives e-commerce workflows an AI treatment
Creative Force helps retailers and brands create content at scale for marketing campaigns and online merchandising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 16, 2023 • 6min
Lanch, which creates food delivery brands for influencers, gobbles up $6.9M
Two of the biggest drivers of growth on social and e-commerce platforms have been food and influencers, so it should come as no surprise that startups are now getting in on the act in trying to combine how these two work together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 13, 2023 • 4min
Israeli biotech startup mana.bio launches AI-fueled programmable drug therapy
Israeli biotech startup Mana.bio has been planning to launch its programmable drug treatment solution for months, and decided to forge ahead in spite of the attacks that happened this past weekend in the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 13, 2023 • 5min
KIT Plugins, an audio software startup that help producers and musicians enhance their sound, raises $1 million
KIT Plugins, a music software development startup, has raised $1 million in Series A funding led by Copycat Holdings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 12, 2023 • 6min
10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
Access to education in Bangladesh is filled with inequalities, say the founders of edtech 10 Minute School. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 12, 2023 • 5min
AI revolutionizing MRI scans — A Munich startup banked $32M to scan eggs, and says humans are next
Germany, France, and Italy are among the countries which last year enacted laws to stop the practice of culling male day-old chicks, because, as they do not lay eggs, are considered surplus to requirements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
