3 adtech and martech VCs see major opportunities in privacy and compliance
Between a pandemic, the emergence of new media business models and upcoming privacy changes in iOS, this might seem like a terrible time to get into digital advertising and marketing. Nevertheless, we spoke to top venture capitalists who said they still see investment opportunities.
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SmartHop raises a $12M Series A to ease trucking logistics
If you are a founder and launched a startup last February of 2020 just before the pandemic hit, then you may have felt like you were living the ultimate business nightmare. But if your company serves to stabilize the supply-chain business, then, in fact, you may have hit the ground running at just
Ramp secures $150M debt line from Goldman Sachs as the corporate spend market grows
This morning Ramp, a startup that competes in the corporate spend market, announced that it has secured a $150 million debt facility with Goldman Sachs. Ramp previously raised a $30 million Series B in late December 2020, after raising a $23 million Series A earlier in the same year.
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NeuReality raises $8M for its novel AI inferencing platform
NeuReality, an Israeli AI hardware startup that is working on a novel approach to improving AI inferencing platforms by doing away with the current CPU-centric model, is coming out of stealth today and announcing an $8 million seed round. The group of investors includes Cardumen Capital, crowdfundi
Insight launches a customizable iOS browser with support for extensions
A new startup called Insight is bringing web browser extensions to the iPhone, with the goal of delivering a better web browsing experience by blocking ads and trackers, flagging fake reviews on Amazon, offering SEO-free search experiences or even calling out media bias and misinformation, among ot
TomoCredit raises $7M to help the cash rich and credit poor
It's difficult to get credit if you don't have credit.
That's the problem that startup TomoCredit is trying to solve. Co-founder and CEO Kristy Kim came up with the concept for the company after being rejected multiple times for an auto loan while in her early 20s.
Kim,
Podz turns podcasts into a personalized audio newsfeed
Podz is the latest startup trying to solve the problem of podcast discovery, with backing from investors like M13, Katie Couric and Paris Hton.
“Even though podcasts have gained a lot of momentum — there are 100 mlion folks in the U.S. who listen to podcasts — we stl haven't seen that
Archer lands $1B order from United Airlines and a SPAC deal
Archer Aviation, the electric aircraft startup targeting the urban air mobility market, has landed United Airlines as a customer and an investor in its bid to become a publicly traded company via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company.
Archer Aviation said Wednesday it reached an agr
Thrasio raises $750M more in equity for its Amazon roll-up play
The Amazon Marketplace roll-up play is well and truly underway. In the latest development, Thrasio — one of the biggest and earliest movers in the market to consolidate third-party sellers on the platform, with the promise to provide better economies of scale to manage and grow those business
Labster gets millions from a16z to bring virtual science lab software to the world
Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm with $16.5 billion in assets under management, has poured millions into an edtech startup that sells virtual STEM lab simulations to institutions.
Copenhagen-based Labster, which sells virtual science laboratory simulations to schools, announced today tha
‘Knowledge hacking’ app Uptime raises $16M
Uptime, the self-described “knowledge hacking” app, has raised $16 million in seed funding, after officially launching on iOS in January.
Positioned as a “micro-learning” platform,” Uptime presents five-minute “knowledge hacks” from books, courses and docum
Snap partners with ShareChat’s Moj to roll out Camera Kit
Snap has partnered with ShareChat's Moj app to integrate its Camera Kit into the Indian app as the American social giant looks to accelerate its growth in the world's second-largest internet market.
This is the first time Snap has partnered with an Indian firm for its Camera Kit technology,
Klarna launches bank accounts in Germany
Fintech startup Klarna is turning its mobile app into a banking app in Germany. Customers living there can now open a consumer bank account and get a Visa debit card.
For now, Klarna is launching bank accounts for a limited number of users. The company expects to roll it out more broadly in the com
With AI translation service that rivals professionals, Lengoo attracts new $20M round
Most people who use AI-powered translation tools do so for commonplace, relatively unimportant tasks like understanding a single phrase or quote. Those basic services won’t do for an enterprise offering technical documents in 15 languages — but Lengoo’s custom machine translation mode