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BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front): This is your weekly list of the latest deals and disrupters, insights and trends to keep you up-to-date on the startup scene.
💳 Mastercard has agreed to acquire Minna Technologies, a Swedish startup that makes it easier to manage and cancel subscription plans. [CNBC]
☎️ Prepared, which enables 911 dispatchers to get a caller’s real-time GPS location if their phone supports it, has raised $27M in a Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz. [Tech Crunch]
🤖 AI startup Poolside has secured $500M in a Series B funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from NVIDIA, Citi Ventures, and Capital One Ventures. The company aims to build the world’s most advanced AI for software development. [Tech Funding News]
💸 Ryan Reynolds’s ad tech firm MNTN may be working with Morgan Stanley on an IPO next year, sources say. [Fast Company]
🚁 Toyota is investing another $500M into electric air taxi Joby Aviation, bringing Toyota’s total investment in the CA-based company to $894M. [Tech Crunch]
🏆 HackerNoon’s annual Startups of The Year (SOTY) 2024 has officially opened. Now in its 3rd edition, SOTY is a 100% community-driven voting event recognizing startups that are transforming technology and the world for the better. Nominations close October 31. [Hackernoon]
🎮 Series, a GenAI game development platform, has quietly raised $28M in a Series A round that included investments from Netflix, Dell, a16z, Andreessen Horowitz,and others. [Tech Crunch]
🤖 3Laws Robotics Inc. has raised $4.1M in Seed funding led by TenOneTen with participation from the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund. The company’s software aims to make autonomous robots safer to operate. [SiliconAngle]
🚗 AI-powered dealership platform Numa has raised $32M in Series B funding. The CA-based company, which is creating AI-native dealerships by putting intelligent AI agents into every facet of dealership operations, already works with 600+ dealerships across the U.S. and Canada. [finsmes]
👁️ Vizit, the pioneering leader in Visual AI software for global brands and retailers, has raised $25M in a Series B round led by Industry Ventures. [Yahoo Finance]
🩺 Rezilient Heath, a leading tech-enabled healthcare company, has closed a $10M Series A funding round led by Govo Venture Partners. [HealthcareDive]
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Your weekly list of the latest deals and disrupters, insights and trends to keep you up-to-date on the startup scene.
Your weekly list of the latest deals and disrupters, insights and trends to keep you up-to-date on the startup scene.
Your weekly list of the latest deals and disrupters, insights and trends to keep you up-to-date on the startup scene.
Your weekly list of the latest deals and disrupters, insights and trends to keep you up-to-date on the startup scene.