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Oct 13, 2020 • 5min
Quince launches out of beta with new ‘manufacturer-to-customer’ model
The retail landscape is shifting rapidly. While D2C brands have changed the way we shop, Quince is looking to change retail even more dramatically. The brand, which raised $8.5 million in seed funding last year (and only revealed as much today), is looking to rethink the supply chain with its own line of 700 items […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 12, 2020 • 4min
Twilio is buying customer data startup Segment for between $3B and $4B
Sources have told TechCrunch that Twilio intends to acquire customer data startup Segment for between $3 and $4 billion. Forbes broke the story on Friday night, reporting a price tag of $3.2 billion. We have heard from a couple of industry sources that the deal is in the works and could be announced as early […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 12, 2020 • 5min
YC grad DigitalBrain snags $3.4M seed to streamline customer service tasks
Most startup founders have a tough road to their first round of funding, but the founders of Digital Brain had it a bit tougher than most. The two young founders survived by entering and winning hackathons to pay their rent and put on food on the table. One of the ideas they came up with […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 9, 2020 • 6min
Grid AI raises $18.6M Series A to help AI researchers and engineers bring their models to production
Grid AI, a startup founded by the inventor of the popular open-source PyTorch Lightning project, William Falcon, that aims to help machine learning engineers more efficiently, today announced that it has raised an $18.6 million Series A funding round, which closed earlier this summer. The round was led by Index Ventures, with participation from Bain […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 9, 2020 • 5min
Revolut lets you track your subscriptions, adds savings bonus in the US
Fintech startup Revolut has rolled out a handful of additional features over the past few days. The financial app lets you track all your subscriptions that you pay with your Revolut account or your card. In the U.S., Revolut is adding a savings bonus based on your purchasing habits. Finally, business customers can now order […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 8, 2020 • 6min
Lydia partners with Tink to improve open banking features
French fintech startup Lydia is going to work with financial API startup Tink for its open banking features in its app. Lydia started as a peer-to-peer payment app and now has 4 million users in Europe. Lydia’s vision has evolved to become a financial super app that lets you control your bank accounts and access […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 8, 2020 • 4min
Zira raises $3.1M for its shift-scheduling service that helps manage hourly workers
This morning Zira raised $3.1 million in a seed round. The startup provides software that helps businesses schedule their hourly workforce in a more intelligent manner. Software often fails to reach non-information workers, so it’s nice to see a startup focus on a somewhat forgotten demographic. General Catalyst and Abstract Ventures led the round, which […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 7, 2020 • 5min
Nivelo nabs $2.5M seed to reduce risk in digital ACH payments
As we plunge deeper into the pandemic, online transactions have become increasingly important, and ACH transactions, the ones that help us get direct deposit of our paychecks or pay our bills are growing ever more essential. Nivelo, an early stage startup from a former JP Morgan executive wants to take the risk out of ACH […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 7, 2020 • 5min
Why startups are going public now
After all those years of startups not going public, 2020 is a little bit different. It feels like more companies are filing, and more companies are seeing their debuts through. We’re even seeing direct listings and SPAC-led deals, along with a trove of traditional IPOs. Data backs up how we feel about this year’s IPO […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 6, 2020 • 5min
Faraday Future plans to go public through a SPAC deal
Faraday Future, the electric vehicle startup with a messy and complicated past, is planning to go public through a special-purchase acquisition company (SPAC) deal. The company’s chief executive Carsten Breitfeld told Reuters that the company is working on a reverse merger with a SPAC and “will be able to announce something hopefully quite soon.” Breitfeld, […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
