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Mar 10, 2022 • 5min
Topsort, an auction-based advertising startup, now valued at $110M after seed round
When Regina Ye was in college, she was a Shopify seller and recalls being so fed up with advertising solutions that she spent finals week staying up late to figure out how ads worked on Facebook and Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 10, 2022 • 4min
E-bike subscription service Dance adds new cities and mopeds
After raising nearly $20 million a few months ago, Berlin-based startup Dance is expanding its electric bike subscription service to a handful of new cities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 9, 2022 • 3min
Workbounce’s ‘Google meets Slack’ product for sales teams raises $2.7M from Index Ventures
Selling commercial products has become pretty complex, and the pandemic has not helped. Sales teams are often hampered by the difficulties of building trust in their product, especially in a hybrid world where much of the interactions are virtual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 9, 2022 • 6min
Amazon launches a ‘live radio’ app, Amp, which lets you play DJ with the Amazon Music catalog
Amazon’s Clubhouse competitor has arrived. The retail giant on Tuesday launched a new mobile app called Amp, which allows people to create live “radio shows” where they can act as a DJ, by taking callers and playing tracks from Amazon Music’s tens of millions of licensed songs, ranging from classic titles to today’s music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 8, 2022 • 5min
General Motors, PG&E pilot EVs as backup power sources for homes
General Motors and Pacific Gas and Electric Company are launching a pilot that will let EV owners use their vehicles as a backup power source for their homes during an outage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 8, 2022 • 4min
Robotaxi startup Pony.ai now valued at $8.5B
China- and U.S.-based Pony.ai said Monday its valuation has surged to $8.5 billion after the first close of its Series D funding round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 7, 2022 • 3min
Aston Martin to develop battery cell technology with Britishvolt
British luxury carmaker Aston Martin has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with lithium-ion battery cell technologies company Britishvolt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 7, 2022 • 5min
Disco gets brands to boogie together on customer acquisition
Disco used to be Co-op Commerce, and leadership says the new name better reflects the company's focus on consumer discovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 4, 2022 • 4min
Sony and Honda reveal plans to jointly make and sell electric vehicles
Sony’s current favorite big tease is playing at being a carmaker, and today it announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with real automaker Honda to discuss and develop that idea further. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 4, 2022 • 5min
Sikur touts a new secure Android phone for enterprise, gov’t comms
It’s many years since the Blackberry was the corporate phone du jour. Touchscreen phones and the ‘Bring your Own Device’ trend put paid to all that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
