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Finance
Accel and Sequoia seed Middesk with $4M to background check businesses
For those of you that diligently follow the hot startups to graduate from Y Combinator’s accelerator program, you might recall…
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Nigerian online-only bank startup Kuda raises $1.6M
Nigerian fintech startup Kuda — a digital-only retail bank — has raised $1.6 million in pre-seed funding. The Lagos and…
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Uber commits $200 million to Uber Freight expansion in bet on trucking and Chicago
Uber Freight is establishing its headquarters in Chicago as part of Uber’s broader plan to invest more than $200 million…
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Urbvan raises $9 million for its private shuttle service in Mexico
As cities in emerging markets grapple with increasingly traffic-clogged and dangerous streets, Urbvan, a startup providing private, high-end transportation shuttles…
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STARTUPS
Birth control delivery startup Nurx approaches $300M valuation
Nurx, citing 200,000 current patients and a monthly growth rate as high as 20%, has raised $32 million in Series…
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Facebook could face billions in potential damages as court rules facial recognition lawsuit can proceed
Facebook is facing exposure to billions of dollars in potential damages as a federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Facebook’s…
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Trueface raises $3.7M to recognise that gun, as it’s being pulled, in real time
Globally, millions of cameras are in deployed by companies and organizations every year. All you have to do is look…
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How parking app SpotHero is preparing for an era of driverless cars
On-demand parking app SpotHero wants to be ready for the day when autonomous vehicles are ubiquitous. Its strategy: target the…
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STARTUPS
Standard Cognition lands $35M at $535M valuation to battle Amazon Go
EQT Ventures, Initialized Capital, CRV and Y Combinator have fueled Standard Cognition with another $35 million to help retailers battle…
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