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May 25, 2023 • 4min
Daylight, the LGBTQ+ neobank, calls it quits
Daylight, an LGBTQ+ banking platform, is shutting down. Its operations will cease on June 30, according to embattled co-founder and CEO Rob Curtis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 24, 2023 • 5min
Episode Six raises $48M to streamline payment processes
Episode Six, a global payments and banking infrastructure provider, today announced that it raised $48 million in a Series C funding round led by Avenir with participation from Anthos Capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 24, 2023 • 3min
Modular app-building platform Buildier.ai raises $250 million Series D funding
It was only recently that we reported Buildier.ai had signed a strategic collaboration with and undisclosed investment from Microsoft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 23, 2023 • 6min
Restaurant365 gobbles up $135M to supersize its software for the food service industry
The price of food continues to go up and up, but surprisingly that hasn’t (yet?) played out as pressure on the wider restaurant industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 22, 2023 • 5min
With government backing, Ireland’s Elkstone closes first VC fund at $108M for early-stage startups
Yet another early-stage VC fund has closed in Europe this week, as Elkstone finalized a €100 million ($108 million) pot aimed at Irish startups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 22, 2023 • 5min
SoftBank rebrands Opportunity Fund, will invest $150 million in Black and Latino-led startups
The new fund hopes to deploy the $150 million within three years, and has appointed Paul Judge as its managing partner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 19, 2023 • 4min
Stability AI open sources its AI-powered design studio
Stability AI, the AI startup behind the text-to-image model Stable Diffusion, this week announced the release of StableStudio, an open source version of DreamStudio, Stability AI’s commercial AI-powered design suite. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 19, 2023 • 6min
Union AI raises $19.1M Series A to simplify AI and data workflows with Flyte
Union AI, a Bellevue, Washington–based open source startup that helps businesses build and orchestrate their AI and data workflows with the help of a cloud-native automation platform, today announced that it has raised a $19.1 million Series A round from NEA and Nava Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 18, 2023 • 4min
Swiggy’s food delivery business reaches profitability
India’s Swiggy said on Thursday that its food delivery business has become profitable, eclipsing its publicly-listed rival Zomato on another key metric a day before the firm is set to report its quarterly earnings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 18, 2023 • 6min
Wefox secures new funding at $4.5 billion valuation as it aims for profitability
Wefox, the German insurtech startup, has closed a new funding round from existing investors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
