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Nov 4, 2020 • 4min
Indonesian logistics platform Logisly raises $6 million Series A to digitize truck shipments
Indonesia’s logistics industry is very fragmented, with several large providers operating alongside thousands of smaller companies. This means shippers often have to work with a variety of carriers, driving up costs and making supply chains harder to manage. Logisly, a Jakarta-based startup that describes itself as a “B2B tech-enabled logistics platform,” announced today it has […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 3, 2020 • 4min
TVision raises $16M to measure viewer attention on connected TVs
TVision is building what its team hopes will become the standard for measuring streaming viewership — and to accelerate those efforts, it’s raised $16 million in new funding. The New York City startup started out by measuring traditional TV viewing, using webcams to determine whether viewers were actually paying attention to the ads. More recently, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 3, 2020 • 3min
NerdWallet acquires small business loan marketplace Fundera
Financial guidance company NerdWallet announced at the end of last week that it has acquired Fundera. New York City-based Fundera was co-founded in 2013 by Jared Hecht, who previously co-founded GroupMe. It created a marketplace where small businesses could find loans, subsequently expanding into other areas like legal services, while also (like NerdWallet) offering free […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 2, 2020 • 7min
Warren gets $1.4 million to help local cloud infrastructure providers compete against the giants
Started as a side project by its founders, Warren is now helping regional cloud infrastructure service providers compete against Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Google and other tech giants. Based in Tallinn, Estonia, Warren’s self-service distributed cloud platform is gaining traction in Southeast Asia, one of the world’s fastest-growing cloud service markets, and Europe. It recently closed […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 2, 2020 • 5min
Daimler invests in lidar company Luminar in push to bring autonomous trucks to highways
Daimler’s trucks division has invested in lidar developer Luminar as part of a broader partnership to produce autonomous trucks capable of navigating highways without a human driver behind the wheel. The deal, which comes just days after Daimler and Waymo announced plans to work together to build an autonomous version of the Freightliner Cascadia truck, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 30, 2020 • 3min
One-click housing startup Atmos raises another $4M from Khosla, real estate strategics, and TikTok star Josh Richards
Atmos wants to make designing a house as simple as a single click. Well, that vision is now getting a double click from VCs. The company, which we profiled back in July, announced today that it raised another $4 million, this time from Evan Moore at Khosla Ventures, real estate strategic investors like David Gerster […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 30, 2020 • 3min
One-click housing startup Atmos raises another $4M from Khosla, real estate strategics, and TikTok star Josh Richards
Atmos wants to make designing a house as simple as a single click. Well, that vision is now getting a double click from VCs. The company, which we profiled back in July, announced today that it raised another $4 million, this time from Evan Moore at Khosla Ventures, real estate strategic investors like David Gerster […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 30, 2020 • 5min
Donut launches Watercooler, an easy way to socialize online with coworkers
If you miss hanging out with your coworkers but don’t want to spend a single second more on Zoom, the latest product from Donut might be the answer. The startup is launching its new Watercooler product today while also announcing that it has raised $12 million in total funding, led by Accel and with participation from […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 29, 2020 • 4min
Upgrade adds rewards program to its credit card
Fintech startup Upgrade has been quite successful with its two flagship products —Â a low-cost credit card and personal loans. The company is making its credit card more attractive by adding rewards. Upgrade Card consumers will earn 1.5% cash back on all purchases made with the card — there’s no specific category, no partner retailer, no […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 29, 2020 • 5min
Anima’s latest update draws on the popularity of design and no-code tools
Anima, the company that turns design prototypes into code, has today announced the launch of Anima 4.0, which will allow designers to create prototypes in Figma that are translated into components in React with the click of a button. The company was founded by Or Arbel (cofounder of Yo!), Avishay Cohen (who led R&D at […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
