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May 22, 2023 • 5min
SoftBank rebrands Opportunity Fund, will invest $150 million in Black and Latino-led startups
The new fund hopes to deploy the $150 million within three years, and has appointed Paul Judge as its managing partner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 19, 2023 • 4min
Stability AI open sources its AI-powered design studio
Stability AI, the AI startup behind the text-to-image model Stable Diffusion, this week announced the release of StableStudio, an open source version of DreamStudio, Stability AI’s commercial AI-powered design suite. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 19, 2023 • 6min
Union AI raises $19.1M Series A to simplify AI and data workflows with Flyte
Union AI, a Bellevue, Washington–based open source startup that helps businesses build and orchestrate their AI and data workflows with the help of a cloud-native automation platform, today announced that it has raised a $19.1 million Series A round from NEA and Nava Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 18, 2023 • 4min
Swiggy’s food delivery business reaches profitability
India’s Swiggy said on Thursday that its food delivery business has become profitable, eclipsing its publicly-listed rival Zomato on another key metric a day before the firm is set to report its quarterly earnings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 18, 2023 • 6min
Wefox secures new funding at $4.5 billion valuation as it aims for profitability
Wefox, the German insurtech startup, has closed a new funding round from existing investors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 17, 2023 • 5min
Insurtech bolttech gets $196M at $1.6B valuation from investors like MetLife
Embedded insurtech is still hot, as the $196 million in funding landed by bolttech proves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 17, 2023 • 5min
This UK startup plans to radically shake-up the antiquated word of COPD measurement
In 1846, London surgeon John Hutchinson invented the spirometer, a thing you blow hard into, to measure the volume of air inspired and expired by the lungs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 16, 2023 • 5min
Jenfi raises more funding for its “growth capital as a service” platform
Jenfi, a “growth-capital-as-a-service” platform, can provide online businesses with revenue-based financing in a little as a day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 16, 2023 • 8min
Everseen raises over $70M for AI tech to spot potential retail theft
In 2007, Alan O’Herlihy, who previously worked with large SAP installations as well as retail, set out to find a way to help retailers minimize “shrinkage,” or where a store has fewer items in stock than in its recorded inventory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 15, 2023 • 4min
Pale Blue Dot continues investing in its climate vision, with a second, $100M fund
Sweden-based VC fund Pale Blue Dot bounced onto the scene in 2020 with a €53 million fund to help climate-focused startups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
