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Jun 2, 2021 • 4min
Ditto raises $1.5 million to help teams collaborate on copy
Even as remote software uptake has boomed during the pandemic, certain workflows have gotten prioritized for specialized toolsets while other team members have been left piecemealing their productivity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 1, 2021 • 5min
Singapore-based D2C dental brand Zenyum raises $40M Series B from L Catterton, Sequoia India and other investors
Zenyum, a startup that wants to make cosmetic dentistry more affordable, announced today it has raised a $40 million Series B. This includes $25 million from L Catterton, a private equity firm focused on consumer brands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 1, 2021 • 3min
June makes product analytics more accessible
Meet June, a new startup that wants to make it easier to create analytics dashboards and generate reports even if you’re not a product analytics expert. June is built on top of your Segment data. Like many no-code startups, it uses templates and a graphical interface so that non-technical profiles can start using it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 31, 2021 • 7min
By working with home entrepreneurs, Jakarta-based DishServe is creating an even more asset-light version of cloud kitchens
Cloud kitchens are already meant to reduce the burden of infrastructure on food and beverage brands by providing them with centralized facilities to prepare meals for delivery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 31, 2021 • 5min
Anthropic is the new AI research outfit from OpenAI’s Dario Amodei, and it has $124M to burn
As AI has grown from a menagerie of research projects to include a handful of titanic, industry-powering models like GPT-3, there is a need for the sector to evolve — or so thinks Dario Amodei, former VP of research at OpenAI, who struck out on his own to create a new company a few months […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 28, 2021 • 4min
Café helps hybrid organizations schedule in-office time
Meet Café, a new French startup founded by two brothers that wants to help companies switch to a hybrid remote-and-office workplace model. Café isn’t a traditional desk-booking tool. Instead, the company helps you see when people in your team are coming to the office so that you can plan when you should go to the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 28, 2021 • 5min
Engine Biosciences expands its digital drug discovery pipeline with $43M round
Drug discovery is a large and growing field, encompassing both ambitious startups and billion-dollar Big Pharma incumbents. Engine Biosciences is one of the former, a Singaporean outfit with an expert founding crew and a different approach to the business of finding new therapeutics, and it just raised $43 million to keep growing. Digital drug discovery […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 27, 2021 • 3min
Parametrix Insurance raises $17.5 million to offer cloud downtime insurance
Insurtech is picking up steam in a big way, but startup Parametrix thinks there is still plenty of room left to innovate. The company, which today announced the close of a $17.5 million funding round, offers insurance policies for companies who rely on third-party cloud providers, ecommerce services, payment gateways and CRM systems. In essence, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 27, 2021 • 3min
Tractive raises $35M as it expands GPS pet tracking to the US
Another sizable raise for a pet (cats and dogs) tracking company this morning. Austria-based Tractive has announced a $35 million Series A, led by Guidepost Growth Equity. The round is the company’s first since 2013, when its GPS-based tracker first hit the market. Along with the funding round, the company is also announcing its official […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 26, 2021 • 6min
Aurora Solar aims to power the growing solar industry with a $250M round C
Aurora Solar had one of those pitches that seemed obvious in retrospect. Instead of going to a house and measuring its roof manually for a solar panel installation, why not use aerial scans and imagery of the whole region? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
