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Jun 14, 2022 • 3min
EV SPAC Faraday Future now has the attention of the DOJ
Amid an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into inaccurate statements to investors, Faraday Future has received a preliminary request for information from the U.S. Department of Justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 14, 2022 • 5min
Boulder Care takes in funding as its opioid telehealth program yields industry-leading retention rates
The company is serving several thousand patients and growing its footprint as a value-add employee benefit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 13, 2022 • 6min
Charm Therapeutics applies AI to complex protein interactions, locking down $50M A round
The world of AI-powered drug discovery keeps expanding as the capabilities of machine learning grow. One approach that seemed unthinkable just a few years ago is simulating the complicated interplays of two interlocking molecules. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 13, 2022 • 6min
Maze raises $40M to help facilitate software product research
Product research generally involves determining whether an idea for a new product might be successful and how to best develop and sell that product. It’s a straightforward process, in theory, but the basic definition belies the barriers that can crop up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 10, 2022 • 4min
Luminai (formerly DigitalBrain) gets $16M investment for customer support RPA-like tool
The founders of DigitalBrain have quite a back story, a pair of immigrants living in a hacker house in San Francisco, the two paid bills for a time by competing at hackathons and winning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 10, 2022 • 6min
HYCU locks down additional funding to grow its cloud data protection business
Hybrid Cloud Up Time (HYCU), a self-described “backup-as-a-service” company for customers managing hybrid and multi-cloud environments, today announced that it raised $53 million in a “majority equity” Series B round led by Acrew Capital with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Atlassian Ventures, and Cisco Investments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 9, 2022 • 4min
TestBox nabs $10M seed to expand platform for software purchase testing
TestBox, an early stage startup, has a goal of making it easier to test software you want to purchase in your own environment. What’s more, it comes pre-populated with synthetic data that is similar to yours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 9, 2022 • 5min
Proper raises $4.3M seed round to help other fintechs wrangle data
What’s one of the hottest areas within fintech today? Funny enough, it’s fintech for fintechs (say that a few times fast). Fintech startups have absolutely proliferated in the past few years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 8, 2022 • 5min
Former Better.com exec alleges company misled investors ahead of SPAC
One of Better.com’s former executives has filed a lawsuit against the online mortgage lender, alleging that the company and its CEO Vishal Garg misled investors when it attempted to go public via a SPAC, reports the Wall Street Journal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 8, 2022 • 6min
Magical makes $35M appear to move data between webpages
It’s the belief of some analysts that the market for robotic process automation, which leverages AI to automate certain software tasks, is headed toward consolidation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
