Ankorstore raises $29.9 million for its wholesale marketplace

Ankorstore raises $29.9 million for its wholesale marketplace

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French startup Ankorstore has raised a $29.9 million Series A round (€25 million) with Index Ventures leading the round. Existing investors...

Singapore-based mental health app Intellect reaches one million users, closes seed funding

Singapore-based mental health app Intellect reaches one million users, closes seed funding

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Theodoric Chew, co-founder and chief executive officer of mental health app Intellect Intellect, a Singapore-based startup that wants to...

China’s tech firms rush to deliver solutions for grocery shopping

China’s tech firms rush to deliver solutions for grocery shopping

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Nearly all of China’s largest internet firms have established a presence in online grocery. Just this week, news arrived that Alibaba co-led...

AWS brings the Mac mini to its cloud

AWS brings the Mac mini to its cloud

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AWS today opened its re:Invent conference with a surprise announcement: the company is bringing the Mac mini to its cloud. These new EC2 Mac...

Cyber Monday scams? Fakespot says it can identify fraudulent reviews and sellers online

Cyber Monday scams? Fakespot says it can identify fraudulent reviews and sellers online

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The pandemic has made it all but impossible for a retail company without an online presence to survive. Yet while companies heavily dependent...

Salut raises $1.25M for its virtual fitness service

Salut raises $1.25M for its virtual fitness service

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This morning Salut, an app-based service that allows fitness trainers to host classes virtually, announced that it has raised $1.25 million...

Curio Wellness launches $30M fund to help women and minorities own a cannabis dispensary

Curio Wellness launches $30M fund to help women and minorities own a cannabis dispensary

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“We think of diversity as a keystone issue for the cannabis industry,” said Curio WMBE Fund managing director Jerel Registre in a conversation...

The Station: COVID’s effect on car ownership

The Station: COVID’s effect on car ownership

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The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every...

Review: Sketchboard Pro for iPad

Review: Sketchboard Pro for iPad

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2-year-old CRED valued at $800 million after $80 million funding round

2-year-old CRED valued at $800 million after $80 million funding round

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CRED, a two-year-old startup that is helping credit card users in India improve their financial behaviour, has raised $80 million in a new...

Dozens of tech companies sign ‘Tech for Good Call’ following French initiative

Dozens of tech companies sign ‘Tech for Good Call’ following French initiative

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A couple of years ago, French President Emmanuel Macron initiated the Tech for Good Summit by inviting 50 tech CEOs to discuss the challenges...

The road to smart city infrastructure starts with research

The road to smart city infrastructure starts with research

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Dominik Schiener Contributor Dominik Schiener is co-Founder and Chairman of the IOTA Foundation. He has been in the blockchain space since...

Alphabet’s DeepMind achieves historic new milestone in AI-based protein structure prediction

Alphabet’s DeepMind achieves historic new milestone in AI-based protein structure prediction

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DeepMind, the AI technology company that’s part of Google parent Alphabet, has achieved a significant breakthrough in AI-based protein structure...

As Slack acquisition rumors swirl, a look at Salesforce’s six biggest deals

As Slack acquisition rumors swirl, a look at Salesforce’s six biggest deals

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The rumors ignited last Thursday that Salesforce had interest in Slack. This morning, CNBC is reporting the deal is all but done and will be...

Materialize scores $40 million investment for SQL streaming database

Materialize scores $40 million investment for SQL streaming database

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Materialize, the SQL streaming database startup built on top of the open source Timely Dataflow project, announced a $32 million Series B investment...