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May 20, 2020 • 7min
Buzzy Ethereum wallet app Argent comes out of stealth
Argent is launching the first public version of its Ethereum wallet for iOS and Android. The company has been available as a limited beta for a few months with a few thousand users. But it has already raised a seed and a Series A round with notable investors, such as Paradigm, Index Ventures, Creandum and […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 19, 2020 • 3min
Notion drops usage limit on its personal free tier
Notion, a popular note-taking and wiki-creation app, revamped their personal pricing plans today stripping many of the user limitations from the free tier, bringing it on par with the functionality offered by the $5 per month paid plan of yore. The company’s previous free tier had a fairly low usage limit (1,000 “blocks,” which are […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 19, 2020 • 5min
Electric gets another $7 million in funding from 01 Advisors and the Slack Fund
Electric, the platform that puts the IT department in the cloud, has today announced new funding following a continuation of its Series B earlier this year. Dick Costolo and Adam Bain (01 Advisors) and the Slack Fund participated in the $7 million capital infusion. 01 Advisors put up the majority of the financing ($6 million) […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 18, 2020 • 3min
Users complain of Robinhood, Etrade outages as stocks soar
Users are reporting that stock trading platforms Robinhood and Etrade are not working on a day that’s seem stock markets soar. Neither company acknowledged immediate outages with their platforms. Robinhood’s status page says all systems are “operational,” but its website crashed on loading, stating: “An internal error occured! [sic].” After weeks of turbulent markets largely driven […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 18, 2020 • 4min
E-bike startup Angell partners with SEB for manufacturing and investment
French startup Angell has signed a wide-ranging partnership with SEB, the French industrial company behind All-Clad, Krups, Moulinex, Rowenta, Tefal and others. As part of the deal, SEB will manufacture Angell’s electric bikes in a factory in Is-sur-Tille near Dijon, France. SEB’s investment arm, SEB Alliance, is also investing in Angell . The terms of […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 15, 2020 • 3min
Atlassian acquires Halp to bring Slack integration to the forefront
Atlassian announced today that it was acquiring Halp, an early stage startup that enables companies to build integrated help desk ticketing and automated answers inside Slack. The companies did not disclose the purchase price. It was a big day for Halp, which also announced its second product today called Halp Answers. The new tool will […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 15, 2020 • 4min
FortressIQ snags $30M Series B to streamline processes with AI-fueled data
As we move through life in the pandemic, companies are being forced to review and understand how workflows happen. How do you distribute laptops to your workforce? How do you make sure everyone has the correct tool set? FortressIQ, a startup that wants to help companies use data to understand and improve internal processes, announced […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 14, 2020 • 6min
Quizlet valued at $1 billion as it raises millions during a global pandemic
As millions of students and teachers shift to learn from home in response to the novel coronavirus disease, modern-day flashcard business Quizlet has raised $30 million in a Series C round led by General Atlantic. Quizlet’s chief executive officer Matthew Glotzbach said that the new funding values the business at $1 billion, up five times […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 14, 2020 • 5min
LeoLabs launches its global satellite monitoring and collision avoidance service
LeoLabs has been building out its global network of space-scanning radars for the last couple years, leading up to today’s launch of its Collision Avoidance system, essentially satellite-monitoring-as-a-service. It should prove an indispensable asset to startups that don’t happen to have their own state of the art radar setup. Space is full of junk, and […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 13, 2020 • 10min
Target Global has a €1M “super seed” fund incoming to switch on laid off tech talent in Spain during COVID-19
Target Global is backing a €1 million support fund for tech talent in Spain laid off or furloughed as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The aim is to provide pre-seed financing to help crisis-hit tech workers switch gears and build out a startup concept over the next four to six months, covering living expenses […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
