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Reacting to growing demand and interest, Bitcoin storage company Casa plans to expand by introducing Ethereum “self-custody” options for users in early 2023. Fortune

I’m proud to announce that we have acquired Pulse, an incredible team that has developed some truly novel machine learning approaches to help streamline the digital workplace. The products that Raj, Jag, Rolf, and team have built are a great demonstration of their creativity and skill, and we’re incredibly excited to bring their expertise into our organization. They will spearhead our efforts in applied ethical machine learning, as we invest to make Mozilla products more personal, starting with Pocket. Mozilla

In 2016, Andrew Hoag, formerly a senior manager at Verisign and a web project lead at NASA’s Ames Research Center, founded Teampay, a platform that attempts to automate the software purchasing process for companies. Hoag’s insight was that the way businesses spend money is changing, particularly as they embraced digital transformation, and that visibility into — and control over — spend was becoming increasingly important with the economy’s ups and downs. TechCrunch

Just days after a bill that would codify same-sex marriage in the U.S. cleared a key hurdle in the Senate, Daylight, a digital bank that pitches itself as LGBTQIA+-friendly, announced a $15 million Series A round led by Anthemis Group with participation from CMFG Ventures, Kapor Capital, Citi Ventures and Gaingels. TechCrunch

A new app that allows users create realistic, lifelike avatars of themselves is providing a level of representation rarely seen in the gaming and digital world. DAZED

During the height of the pandemic, no one was driving cars, and that forced a big pivot for Drivetime, which made voice-driven games for people to play in the car. And so the company raised $5 million and changed its name to Blockstars. VentureBeat

At CodeSee Shanea Leven is building a culture that allows her employees to feel comfortable being themselves. She knows, from personal experience, that’s not always the case in tech. San Francisco Business Times

Why should we all be rectangles on a screen? Mmhmm has ideas about how things could be better — and more fun. The Verge

TRAXyL, Inc., an industry disrupter in the optical fiber installation industry, today announced the closing of an oversubscribed $5 million series seed funding round led by Draper Associates, a global venture capital firm investing in industry-transforming companies. TRAXyL

Even before the baby formula shortage, Bobbie co-founders Sarah Hardy and Laura Modi were working on a plan to fix the broken industry. Inc.

“When it’s your own business, it’s hard to disconnect from work and not attach the company and how well it’s doing to your own worth and identity,” says Carley Lake, co-founder of slow fashion app Lucky Sweater. Fortunately, they’re on an upward trajectory… The Robora

When Partake Foods founder and CEO Denise Woodard’s daughter was a year old, she began having food allergies, and while seeking out options, she was not excited by what she saw. TechCrunch

As a mother of two, Susie Jaramillo was looking to introduce her kids to music and stories that incorporated Hispanic culture. When she couldn’t find it, she decided to create it. Along with a co-founder, Encantos, was born. NY1

Mario Amaro, founder/CEO of Ease, was featured as a panelist in Out-Of-Pocket’s discussion about how we can get to physician independence. Out-Of-Pocket

Pair Eyewear’s co-founder Sophia Edelstein and Partake Foods’ founder Denise Woodard made Inc.’s 2022 Female Founders 100 List. Inc.

Each year, millions of civilians—non-lawyers, that is—represent themselves in civil court, because they’re not poor enough to merit free legal aid and not sufficiently affluent to afford attorney fees. Of course, the other side typically has legal representation. And that puts those civilians struggling to navigate the system at a severe disadvantage. “It means that middle-class people end up being shut out of the process,” says Sonja Ebron. That’s why, in 2019, she and co-founder—and wife—Debra Slone launched Courtroom5. Forbes

For those who have to go to court without a lawyer, navigating the justice system can be daunting. Courtroom5 is a unique justice tech company that addresses that problem by providing pro se litigants with the training, tools, documents and support they need to represent themselves. For litigants who need extra help, it also offers access to à la carte lawyer services. LawNext Podcast

In a 2018 McKinsey/LeanIn.org study of 64,000 employees at 279 companies in North America, 45% of women of color said they were often the only one in the room at work. Such isolation was proving to be costly to their careers and the companies that employed them. Those findings were hardly a surprise to Tiffany Dufu. In 2018, the leadership advocate and consultant launched The Cru to give women the support they often lack at work — especially Black women like herself. Forbes

The origin stories of some of the world’s biggest tech companies begin in and around college campuses. Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook from his Harvard dorm. Dylan Field was at Brown when he decided to pursue a Peter Thiel Fellowship that would ultimately birth Figma, the software company we reported last week was getting bought by Adobe for $20 billion. Others are now adding their own chapters because even tough markets and looming recessions can’t deter a 20-something with an entrepreneurial dream. Take Liam McGregor, 25. He’s the CEO and founder of Marriage Pact—a dating startup popular on dozens of campuses. Bloomberg

Brightflow AI is injecting technology into this problem with its forecast and analysis tools so that small businesses can assess their cash flow and make data-driven decisions in real time. Brightflow also has a capital lending program to help during times of volatility or periods of high interest rate for traditional capital. TechCrunch