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Mar 22, 2022 • 4min
With $9.3M in fresh funding, Zestworld plans a newsletter service for creator-owned comics
The comics world has seemingly been waiting for a digital revolution since the birth of the internet. Launched in 2007, ComiXology has come the closest to delivering such a play to the medium, so naturally, Amazon went and purchased the service and messed it up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 22, 2022 • 6min
Kenya-based agritech Apollo raises $40 million in Softbank-led round, joined by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, CDC
Kenya-based agritech Apollo Agriculture, which helps farmers access high-quality farm inputs, financing and markets, plans to double the number of farmers it is serving by the end 2022 and to introduce other products that deliver more value per acre of land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 21, 2022 • 4min
Upstash snags $1.9M seed to build serverless data platform for Redis and Kafka
When it comes to data-intensive applications, setting up the infrastructure is expensive and time-consuming. You’re often paying for resources you aren’t using, even in the cloud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 21, 2022 • 4min
The Expert jumps into home goods e-commerce
The Expert, which provides video consultations with top designers, expands into e-commerce to become what co-founder Leo Seigal referred to as “Farfetch for home.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 18, 2022 • 5min
Hence secures $1.8M seed to grow its legal services sourcing technology
Hence Technologies, a Kigali and London based startup that uses data and AI technologies to match companies with external legal service providers is set to scale its precision matching engine after raising $1.8million in seed funding from various institutions and angel investors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 18, 2022 • 4min
SentinelOne scoops up Attivo Networks for $617M
Security companies typically start by focusing on one particular problem, but the biggest ones like Palo Alto Networks, FireEye and Symantec have shifted to a horizontal approach typically gaining functionality over time through acquisition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 17, 2022 • 4min
Arcol aims to do for building design what Figma did for UI design
The company is building web-based tools that can turn a 2D sketch into a 3D representation so that someone can design anything from a small building to a skyscraper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 17, 2022 • 5min
TruEra raises $35M for its AI analytics and monitoring platform
TruEra, a startup that offers an AI quality management solution to optimize, explain and monitor machine learning models, today announced that it has raised a $25 million Series B round led by Menlo Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 16, 2022 • 5min
Plantish fishes for restaurant partners to try plant-based salmon filets
Plantish aims to get its salmon product into the first five restaurants by December 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 16, 2022 • 4min
Motto to launch a new electric bike subscription service in Paris
Meet Motto, a new French startup that plans to offer electric bikes in Paris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
