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Jul 14, 2022 • 6min
Deci lands $25M for tech that makes AI models more efficient
Deci, a startup company with 50 employees who are developing a platform to build and optimize AI-powered systems, today announced that it closed a $25 million Series B financing round led by Insight Partners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 13, 2022 • 5min
DeltaStream secures cash to build real-time streaming databases
DeltaStream, which is developing a streaming database platform geared toward enterprise customers, today announced that it raised $10 million in a seed round led by New Enterprise Associates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 13, 2022 • 5min
Uprise banks $1.4M to be a ‘family office’ for Gen Z
Uprise takes in a user’s full financial picture, including overlooked aspects like employer benefits, and offers recommendations on where to funnel money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 12, 2022 • 6min
Scale Computing secures $55M to help companies manage edge infrastructure
Edge computing is seeing an explosion of interest as enterprises process more data at the edge of their networks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 12, 2022 • 4min
Despite layoffs, there’s still a talent crunch in Southeast Asia
Tech layoffs have hit almost every region in the world, and Southeast Asia is no exception, with companies like Sea, Crypto.com and JD.ID among those affected. In particular, fintech startups—BNPL, credit and lending, and inventory-holding businesses—are vulnerable, like in other parts of the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 11, 2022 • 4min
For businesses seeking low-code fintech infrastructure options, there’s a Quiltt for that
Company founders pivoted when customers wanted their fintech data engine over their budgeting app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 11, 2022 • 5min
Casper king Philip Krim is getting into the insurance business
Since departing his role as Casper CEO in 2021, Philip Krim has spent the majority of his time investing and incubating companies via Montauk Ventures. The latest is an insurance company called Ranger, which aims to elevate the agents in the insurance industry, rather than replace them. Most of the new-wave insurance platforms out there […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 8, 2022 • 5min
Six reasons to apply to the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt
If you haven’t heard yet, there’s a new and awesome opportunity available for early-stage startup founders at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco on October 18-20. It’s called the Startup Battlefield 200, and it’s packed with perks and possibility. Here’s the thing — it’s a time-sensitive application process, and you only have until July 31 to […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 8, 2022 • 4min
Crypto gaming firm Cauldron raises $6.6M to build ‘Pixar of web3’
A number of crypto gaming firms have ramped up production in the past year with hopes of revolutionizing the growing industry. Adding to the list is London-based gaming firm Cauldron, which plans on becoming the “Pixar of web3” through a key element: storytelling. The company just closed a $6.6 million seed round and plans to […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 7, 2022 • 5min
Wonderbelly is taking on Tums
Deep tech and D2C have very little in common, except Noah Kraft. The Doppler Labs founder, who first came into the spotlight in 2014 with the launch of a wireless earbuds company, is teaming up with his brother to start something brand new. Well, for clarity’s sake, the brother duo are actually disrupting something relatively […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
