Robovision has raised $42M to industrialize deep learning tools and make them more accessible to businesses that are not tech companies at their core. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Varda Space Industries has closed a massive tranche of funding just weeks after its first drug manufacturing capsule returned from orbit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As big social apps are optimizing for maximum engagement using algorithmic feeds and personalized content recommendations, Retro wants to go in the opposite direction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two years ago, Jobs for the Future, a non-profit dedicated to helping low-wage workers attain upward mobility, established a venture arm, JFFVentures, to back innovative employment tech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The funding climate for AI chip startups, once as sunny as a mid-July day, is beginning to cloud over as Nvidia asserts its dominance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Full Glass Wine, a brand acquisition management startup that specializes in acquiring wine marketplaces, has raised $14 million in a Series A round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A few years ago, Darren Shimkus, ex-president of Udemy, had a conversation with Dennis Yang about skills building. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Using Quadratic, users can bring in hundreds of thousands of rows of data, write analyses in their preferred programming language and share the results with outside stakeholders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This morning Skyflow announced that it has raised a $30 million Series B extension led by Khosla Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you noticed the massive gap between consumer and business apps on your phone? While consumer apps are both beautifully designed and easy to use, business apps are simply painful to use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This morning Skyflow announced that it has raised a $30 million Series B extension led by Khosla Ventures. The deal is interesting on a number of fronts including the round’s structure and how Skyflow has been impacted by growth of AI. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Climate-tech VC Satgana has reached a final close of its first fund, which targets to back up to 30 early-stage startups in Africa and Europe. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

StealthMole, an AI-powered dark web intelligence startup that specializes in monitoring cyber threats and detecting cybercrime, announced Thursday that it has raised a $7 million Series A funding round. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Marissa Mayer co-founded a startup six years ago in Palo Alto, Ca., expectations were sky high for the former Yahoo CEO and early Google employee. When that startup, Sunshine, revealed that its first app centered around subscription software for contact management, people wondered if something more ambitious might be around the corner. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harvesting methane from organic waste and using it to produce electricity or heat is nothing new, but the startup isn't building another anaerobic digester. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here’s the harsh truth behind personal care products: you’re mostly buying water and plastics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some of the new venture-backed beverage startups are hoping to upend the industry by creating new drink categories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Uzum, an e-commerce startup offering online shopping, fintech and food deliveries to millions of customers in Uzbekistan, has raised $114 million in funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Globally, a third of the food produced is lost or wasted, and in Kenya, that figure stands at between 20% to 40%. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

World Fund closes first €300M ClimateTech fund, seeking to follow-on and backing hardware Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Biden administration announced that six new countries had joined an international coalition to fight the proliferation of commercial spyware, sold by companies such as NSO Group or Intellexa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The company reached profitability in 2023, however, more customers began asking for web and Android capabilities so they could share Copilot with family and friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Silence wants to shake things up when it comes to climate tech investment; The carbon accounting startup targets SMBs to help them assess the carbon footprint of their operations and products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

India-based audio platform Pocket FM has secured $103 million in Series D funding led by Lightspeed Ventures with participation from Stepstone Group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices