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Nov 11, 2020 • 5min
With $29M in funding, Isovalent launches its cloud-native networking and security platform
Isovalent, a startup that aims to bring networking into the cloud-native era, today announced that it has raised a $29 million Series A round led by Andreesen Horowitz and Google. In addition, the company today officially launched its Cilium platform (which was in stealth until now) to help enterprises connect, observe and secure their applications. […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 10, 2020 • 5min
E-scooter startup Tier raises $250 million round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2
Berlin-based micro-mobility startup Tier has raised a significant Series C round of $250 million. SoftBank Vision Fund 2 is leading the round, which proves that the Vision Fund team is still focused on high-risk, high-potential bets. As a reminder, SoftBank has invested in many late-stage funding rounds through its Vision Fund team. Portfolio companies include […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 10, 2020 • 5min
Indian logistics startup Xpressbees raises $110 million
Xpressbees, an Indian logistics firm that works with several e-commerce firms in the country, said on Monday it has raised $110 million in a new financing round as online shopping booms in the world’s second largest internet market. The Pune-headquartered startup’s Series E financing round was led by private equity firms Investcorp, Norwest Venture Partners […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 9, 2020 • 4min
Positive vaccine news punishes pandemic-boosted companies like Zoom, Peloton, Etsy
Stock markets worldwide are soaring on news that a vaccine candidate is 90% effective at preventing COVID-19, and could start coming to market in a matter of months. This is upending the stock market, sending futures shares shooting higher in pre-market trading. But while the euphoria is helping sectors that have taken punishment during COVID-19, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 9, 2020 • 4min
French startups can apply to the Next40 and French Tech 120
Last year, the French government and the government-backed initiative La French Tech unveiled an index of French startups so that it would be easier to identify them. The 40 top-performing startups get the label Next40, and the top 120 startups are grouped into the French Tech 120 — it’s a play on words with the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 6, 2020 • 3min
Challenger bank Starling is out raising a new £200M funding round
Starling founder Anne Boden recently told TechCrunch that the U.K. challenger bank is on track to be profitable by Christmas, but this doesn’t mean it isn’t out raising additional capital already. According to well-placed sources, Starling has hired Rothschild with the aim of raising a new £200 million round. The draw is its expected profitability, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 6, 2020 • 4min
Rocket Lab will try to recover the booster of its Electron rocket for the first time on its next launch
Rocket Lab is set to complete a crucial test for its rocket reusability program during its next mission, which is currently set to take place sometime in mid-November, with a launch widow that opens on November 16. This is a bit of a surprise, because the launch company said that it would be doing this […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 5, 2020 • 5min
Singapore-based digital business assistant Osome raises $3 million
Osome, a Singapore-headquartered business assistant app that digitizes accounting and compliance tasks, has raised $3 million. An extension of Osome’s seed round, the new funding was led by XA Network and AltaIR Capital. The startup currently has about 4,500 SME clients across Singapore, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, founder and chief executive officer Victor […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 5, 2020 • 5min
Email creation startup Stensul raises $16M
Stensul, a startup aiming to streamline the process of building marketing emails, has raised $16 million in Series B funding. When the company raised its $7 million Series A two years ago, founder and CEO Noah Dinkin told me about how it spun out of his previous startup, FanBridge. And while there are many products focused […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 4, 2020 • 4min
Leena AI nabs $8M Series as it expands from chatbots to HR service platform
When we covered Leena AI as a member of the Y Combinator Summer 2018 cohort, the young startup was firmly focused on building HR chatbots, but in the intervening years it has expanded the vision to a broader HR policy platform. Today, the company announced an $8 million Series A led by Greycroft with help […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
