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Mar 31, 2023 • 6min
Crypto wallet company Ledger raises another $108 million
French startup Ledger has added more money to its Series C funding round. The company designs and manufactures so-called hardware wallets to secure crypto assets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 30, 2023 • 4min
Green Labs secures $38.4M in debt financing
Green Labs, a Seoul-based agritech startup, has secured $38.4 million (50 billion won) in debt financing from existing investors BRV Capital Management and Skylake Incuvest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 30, 2023 • 6min
Krisp expands from noise canceling to on-device transcription
Krisp got its start as an AI-powered noise cancellation service, but now the startup is moving beyond that with instant on-device transcription of all your calls and meetings — and of course it integrates ChatGPT now for quick summaries as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 29, 2023 • 3min
Amazon-backed Acko nears $120 million in new funding
Indian insurtech Acko is in late-stage discussions to secure $120 million in a funding round at a time when weak global market conditions have subdued large financing deliberations in the South Asian market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 29, 2023 • 5min
Isar Aerospace raises $165 million to bring more sovereign launch to Europe
German launch startup Isar Aerospace has scored $165 million (€155 million) in new funding as it races toward the inaugural flight of its Spectrum small rocket later this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 28, 2023 • 6min
Neubility plans to roll out 400 lidar-free delivery and security robots by year-end
Last-mile robotics startup Neubility — which makes autonomous delivery robots that work without lidar — says that it plans bump its fleet up to 400 by the end of this year, up from the 50 it currently has in circulation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 28, 2023 • 6min
OpenAI connects ChatGPT to the internet
OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, can now browse the internet — in certain cases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 27, 2023 • 5min
Snap quietly acquired 3D scanning startup Th3rd last year
Snap quietly acquired Amsterdam-based 3D scanning studio Th3rd in the second quarter of last year, at a time when the company was looking to bolster its AR-powered commerce ambitions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 27, 2023 • 6min
Workera double downs on AI for upskilling with $23.5M infusion
Workera, an upskilling platform geared toward enterprise customers, today announced that it raised $23.5 million in a Series B round led by Jump Capital with participation from existing investors NEA, Owl Ventures, the AI Fund and Sozo Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 24, 2023 • 6min
Former Stripe engineer raises $4M for Beam, a fintech startup out to help contractors get paid faster
Beam, a five-month-old startup out to more easily help general contractors pay subcontractors and get paid themselves, has raised $4 million in a seed funding round led by Accel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
