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Teal unwraps $8.8M to build out a telehealth platform for women — starting with cervical cancer screening

Jan 31, 2023

Female-focused telehealth startup, Teal Health, is popping up today to announce an $8.8 million seed round with a roster of heavy hitting investors on board — including (Serena Williams’) Serena Ventures, (Chelsea Clinton’s) Metrodora Ventures, and (Laurene Powell Jobs’) Emerson Collective. TechCrunch

Idoru Brings Realism And A New Level Of Self Expression In The Digital World

Jan 24, 2023

These days it’s hard to imagine an experience in the digital world without some form of personalisation, whether it’s modifying your Google page, curating a specific playlist or a game character, we all want a personal experience that reflects who we are. In fact the idea of personalising your digital space has been around since the days of Winamp music players where you could modify the interface to your liking, and when games such as Sims were introduced to the world, the industry changed. As much as we have advanced in creating digital versions of ourselves, we still are yet to get a platform that represents our truest self…One company that is making strides in the digital world is Idoru. AFROPUNK

Notch Raises $10M to Help Restaurants Go Digital

Jan 19, 2023

Notch has raised $10 million in its efforts to help the hospitality sector go digital. The company, which makes software for the food service industry, announced the funding — led by investment platform Portage — in a news release Thursday (Jan. 18). It comes as the restaurant industry is stepping up its efforts to drive digitization. PYMNTS

He Built Evernote To 200 Million Users And Now Raised $140 Million To Make Virtual Meetings Better

Jan 19, 2023

Phil Libin has already launched and sold several startups. His latest venture is mmhmm where he is working with his team to take virtual meetings to another level. On the Dealmakers Show Libin shared his journey of creating things, selling his first company for $26M, fundraising, and bringing efficiency to making new products. Plus, his insight on the main thing to unlocking team productivity, remote work, and the future of work. Alejandro Cremades Blog

ShearShare’s founders climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. Here’s what they learned.

Jan 18, 2023

As Courtney Caldwell stood more than 19,000 feet above sea level, she felt at peace. She was surrounded by glaciers and pure white snow. The scene looked like uncharted territory with few people and no sense of time or a reason to rush, just like heaven. Buffalo Inno

Kinfield on Shark Tank

Jan 14, 2023

Four Sharks Circle This Eco-Friendly Outdoor Protection Company – Shark Tank ABC

Elroy Air Autonomous Cargo VTOL Orders Top $2 Billion With New Deal

Jan 11, 2023

Just short of a year after first demonstrating its autonomous hybrid-electric cargo vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft called the Chaparral, San Francisco Bay-area startup Elroy Air’s order book just grew by more than $100 million, the company announced Wednesday. Forbes

‘Shark Tank’: Amrita Saigal, Kudos founder, lands deal for diapers

Jan 10, 2023

Engineer saw how diapers were made, thought she could do better—now she has a $250,000 ‘Shark Tank’ deal. CNBC

Forbes 30 Under 30 2023: Marketing & Advertising

Dec 21, 2022

Influent’s founder, Julia Montgomery, was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 2023: Marketing & Advertising. Forbes

Finix named as one of Comparably’s best 100 companies for diversity for small & mid-sized businesses in 2022

Dec 16, 2022

Finix was named as one of Comparably’s best 100 companies for diversity for small & mid-sized businesses in 2022. Comparably

Drew Barrymore featured Marriage Pact on her show

Dec 15, 2022

Drew Barrymore featured Marriage Pact on her show, and, spoiler alert, she likes it (starts about 3 minutes in). The Drew Barrymore Show

Clutch: How the Creator Economy is Becoming the Future of Work

Dec 8, 2022

Many creators struggle to make enough, or consistent, income from their creative pursuits. Today, we’re speaking with Madison Long, CEO and Co-Founder of Clutch, and Simone May, CTO and Co-Founder of Clutch, about why the creator economy is the future of work and how Clutch is helping creators build sustainable careers. Net Influencer

Bitcoin storage company Casa to launch Ethereum wallets as demand rises post-FTX collapse

Dec 1, 2022

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

Pulse Joins the Mozilla Family to Help Develop a New Approach to Machine Learning

Dec 1, 2022

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

Spend management platform Teampay expands partnership with Mastercard, raises $47M

Nov 30, 2022

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

Daylight, the LGBTQ+ neobank, raises cash to launch subscription plan for family planning

Nov 18, 2022

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

Idoru is the app making avatars more realistic and representative than ever

Nov 8, 2022

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

Drivetime pivots to Blockstars with Web3 rock band game

Nov 5, 2022

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 business based on trust and transparency

Oct 21, 2022

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

Mmhmm’s new app turns your video calls into video games

Oct 18, 2022

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

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