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Jun 28, 2022 • 5min
Degreed’s co-founder is back at the company he left…with the startup he built
Edtech up-skilling platform Degreed has acquired Learn In, which creates talent resource hubs for employers to better spin up education services for their teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 28, 2022 • 5min
ConductorOne is bringing automation to identity and access management with $15M investment
The founders of ConductorOne, an identity and access control startup, both came from Okta, which is itself a single sign-on vendor based on the zero trust model. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 27, 2022 • 6min
Zomato acquires Blinkit for $568 million in instant-grocery delivery push
Zomato has acquired Blinkit, a struggling 10-minute grocery delivery startup, in a $568.1 million all-stock deal as the loss-making food delivery firm looks to broaden its offerings at a time when its shares are trading far below last year’s debut price. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 27, 2022 • 5min
Cryptoys banks a16z funding to build NFTs for kids
The past several months haven’t been entirely kind to the NFT market — while transaction volume hasn’t stuttered too significantly, the dollar amount invested in the space has been in free fall as cryptocurrency prices have taken a historic dive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 24, 2022 • 6min
Epsilon3’s space industry OS powers more than launches as it brings in $15M in new funding
The space industry is evolving, as are the tools it uses; Epsilon3 is a startup trying to make launches, satellite design, rocket manufacturing, and other complex processes easier and more collaborative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 24, 2022 • 5min
Tiger Global backs SaaS omnichannel social commerce platform SleekFlow in $8M funding
Social commerce — the process of buying and selling products or services directly through social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok — is becoming the most natural way for consumers to make purchases since people use social media and messaging apps almost every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 23, 2022 • 3min
Starburst acquires data lake analytics accelerator Varada to challenge Snowflake
Starburst, the well-funded data warehouse analytics service and data query engine based on the open-source Trino project, today announced that it has acquired Varada, a Tel Aviv-based startup that focuses on data lake analytics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 23, 2022 • 5min
Fermyon wants to reinvent the way programmers develop microservices
When Fermyon’s founders were working at Microsoft, they helped build a lot of cloud native technologies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 22, 2022 • 5min
Vietnam-based Anfin makes stock investing accessible
Based in Vietnam, Anfin wants to turn more people into stock investors with features like fractional trading and in-app communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 22, 2022 • 7min
Platform.sh secures $140M for web app development tools
The growing complexity of web infrastructure is a challenge that many organizations face today. When building and deploying web apps, IT teams must grapple with an array of choices, from selecting which backend system to use to deciding which framework to code in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
