Oviva grabs $80M for app-delivered healthy eating programs

Oviva grabs $80M for app-delivered healthy eating programs

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UK startup Oviva, which sells a digital support offering, including for Type 2 diabetes treatment, dispensing personalized diet and lifestyle...

VanMoof raises $128 million to become the world’s leading e-bike brand

VanMoof raises $128 million to become the world’s leading e-bike brand

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Amsterdam-based startup VanMoof has raised a $128 million Series C funding round. The company designs and sells electric bikes that are quite...

Reframe your Metaphors, and other lessons from Y Combinator S21 Day 1

Reframe your Metaphors, and other lessons from Y Combinator S21 Day 1

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After a 17-hour marathon through nearly 200 startup pitches, the Equity team was fired up to get back on Twitter and chat through some early...

Sanas aims to convert one accent to another in real time for smoother customer service calls

Sanas aims to convert one accent to another in real time for smoother customer service calls

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In the customer service industry, your accent dictates many aspects of your job. It shouldn’t be the case that there’s a “better” or “worse”...

Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 21 Demo Day, Part 1

Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 21 Demo Day, Part 1

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Y Combinator kicked off its fourth-ever virtual Demo Day today, revealing the first-half of its nearly 400 company batch. The presentation,...

Olsam raises $165M to buy up and scale consumer and B2B Amazon Marketplace sellers

Olsam raises $165M to buy up and scale consumer and B2B Amazon Marketplace sellers

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On the heels of Heroes announcing a $200 million raise earlier today, to double down on buying and scaling third-party Amazon Marketplace sellers,...

Tribe and Arkam back Jar app to help millions in India start their savings journey

Tribe and Arkam back Jar app to help millions in India start their savings journey

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Even as hundreds of millions of people in India have a bank account, only a tiny fraction of this population invests in any financial instrument. Fewer...

Here are all the companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 Demo Day, Part 1

Here are all the companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 Demo Day, Part 1

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Today Y Combinator kicked off the Demo Day cycle for its Summer 2021 cohort. The collection of early-stage startups on day one-of-two alone...