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Nov 10, 2021 • 5min
igniteXL Ventures closes debut fund to target ‘$5T oversight’ in beauty, wellness
General Partner Claire Chang’s plan is to deploy capital into 30 new investments and keep some back for follow-on investments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 10, 2021 • 5min
Health tech startup Color raises $100M at a $4.6B valuation
Health tech startup Color has raised $100 million in Series E funding, bringing the company’s valuation to $4.6 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 9, 2021 • 5min
Point One Navigation raises $10M to bring its precise location tech to all vehicles
Drivers who spend any time commuting in a new car or truck have likely experienced ping ponging — a phenomenon when a vehicle equipped with an advanced driver assistance system has trouble centering itself in a lane and bops back and forth until it finds that sweet spot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 9, 2021 • 4min
HawkEye 360 raises $145M to scale space-based radio frequency data and analytics
The biggest players in the Earth observation industry use imaging satellites to deliver intelligence and analytics, but startup HawkEye 360 is taking a different tack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 8, 2021 • 6min
Fidelity, Visa and Kingsway back South African fintech JUMO in $120M round
JUMO, a South Africa- and London-based company that offers financial services to entrepreneurs and businesses in emerging markets, has raised $120 million in a new round of funding led by Fidelity Management & Research Company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 8, 2021 • 6min
Guardian’s Collective wants to make parenting easier, or at least less alone
While few would argue over the need for a tech-enabled solution to make parenting easier, the demand is more obvious than the execution. Parenting is hard and requires support for a whole range of moments, from when your kid accidentally eats a button to early signs of depression during the remote school day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 5, 2021 • 5min
MilkRun lands new capital to deliver farm-fresh groceries
The company offers a recurring subscription, and 50% of every dollar spent goes back to farmers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 5, 2021 • 3min
Gwoop raises $1.8M for its esports training platform as it starts working with high school gaming leagues
Earlier this year I wrote about Gwoop, a team out of Minnesota building a collection of browser-based games meant to help you get better at video games overall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 4, 2021 • 3min
Housing startup QuintoAndar to open first technology hub outside Brazil in Portugal
The new office will serve as its first in Europe and will be operational in March, initially staffing up to 50 by the end of next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 4, 2021 • 4min
Spartan Radar raises a total of $25M to help radar compete with lidar tech
Take a dollop of machine learning, a handful of radar sensors and a market that is clamoring for autonomous cars not mowing down hordes of pedestrians, and you’ve got yourself a particularly frothy fundraising environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
