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Mar 16, 2021 • 4min
Mexican challenger bank Fondeadora adds $14 million to its Series B
Fondeadora, a fintech startup based in Mexico City and building a challenger bank, has extended its Series A funding round. I covered the company’s original round back in August 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 16, 2021 • 4min
Swell launches its app for asynchronous voice conversations
You might think that Clubhouse is the final word on audio-centric social networks, but a San Francisco startup called Swell is launching its own iOS and Android app focused on voice conversations. The big difference: While conversations on Clubhouse all happen in real-time — meaning that you’ve got to listen live or miss it all […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 15, 2021 • 5min
Disruptel raises $1.1M to make smart TVs smarter
St. Louis-based voice assistant startup Disruptel is announcing that it has raised $1.1 million in seed funding. The money comes from an impressive group of investors who seem well-aligned with what the startup is aiming to do — namely, build a voice assistant that can provide detailed information about what’s happening on your TV screen. […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 15, 2021 • 6min
Arist adds $2M to its seed round to grow its SMS-based training service
This morning Arist, a startup that sells software allowing other organizations to offer SMS-based training to staff, announced that it has extended its seed round to $3.9 million after adding $2 million to its prior raise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 12, 2021 • 7min
Regenerative agriculture is the next great ally in fight against climate change
Backed by innovations in science, big data, financing and farmer networking, investing in regenerative agriculture promises to slash farming’s carbon footprint while rewarding farmers for their stewardship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 12, 2021 • 6min
Tackle nabs $35M Series B to help companies navigate cloud marketplaces
Each of the big three cloud vendors — Amazon, Microsoft and Google — has a marketplace where software vendors can sell their wares. It seems like an easy enough proposition to throw your software up there and be done with it, but it turns out that it’s not quite that simple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 11, 2021 • 6min
M1 Finance raises another rapid-fire round after scaling its AUM to more than $3.5B
Months after raising a Series C worth $45 million, Chicago-based M1 Finance announced a new round of capital today. A Series D, the new $75 million investment was led by Coatue, with two prior investors — Left Lane Capital and Clocktower Technology Ventures — also taking part. The new financing comes after M1 raised twice […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 11, 2021 • 4min
Chatbot startup Heyday raises $5.1M
Montreal-based Heyday announced today that it has raised $6.5 million Canadian ($5.1 million in US dollars) in additional seed funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 10, 2021 • 4min
Fleex lets you allocate a monthly budget for work from home equipment
Meet Fleex, a French startup that was formally named Flexlab. The company wants to make it easier to give some cash to your employees so that they can spend it on a desk, an external monitor, some computer peripherals, a nice chair, etc. Essentially, Fleex wants to make it easier to turn remote work into […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 10, 2021 • 5min
Cube raises $10M more to help companies plan their financial future
This morning Cube, a startup that builds FP&A software for the mid-market, announced that it has raised a $10 million Series A. The company previously raised a $5 million seed round that TechCrunch covered last August. Mayfield led its Series A, which saw participation from Operator Collective and Bonfire Ventures. FP&A is probably not an […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
