Episodes

  • MealMe, the startup integrating food ordering tech into apps, picks up $8M

    MealMe, the startup integrating food ordering tech into apps, picks up $8M
    Nov 1 2024
    MealMe, a unified API that embeds food and retail ordering into consumer apps and websites, announced on Thursday that it secured $8 million in Series A funding. The newly raised capital brings the total amount raised to $16 million. MealMe has undergone several changes since its launch in 2019. Initially, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    3 mins
  • Gecko Materials wants to sell you the next Velcro

    Gecko Materials wants to sell you the next Velcro
    Oct 31 2024
    A new startup setting out to combat the scourge of deepfakes and spoofed evidence in the age of AI is showing off its wares on the Startup Battlefield stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    5 mins
  • Luna wants to help young girls navigate their health and well-being

    Luna wants to help young girls navigate their health and well-being
    Oct 31 2024
    Meet Luna, a health and well-being app for teen girls that is designed to help them navigate teenhood. The app lets teens ask questions about their health and wellness and get responses from experts. It also lets them track their periods, moods, and skin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    6 mins
  • Infraspeak raises $19.5M to bring collaboration to facilities management

    Infraspeak raises $19.5M to bring collaboration to facilities management
    Oct 30 2024
    It might not be the sexiest of subjects, but facilities management is central to any business that has a physical premises — the bigger that footprint becomes, the more complex it gets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    6 mins
  • Emidat is building a tool to clean up construction by automating environmental reporting

    Emidat is building a tool to clean up construction by automating environmental reporting
    Oct 30 2024
    Fixing the climate crisis is a vast, world-sized puzzle. But one particularly large piece of this ginormous conundrum is construction and real estate — which collectively amount for around 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Enter Munich-based data startup Emidat, which has built a software platform for automating the generation of validated Environmental Product Declaration Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    15 mins
  • Read AI raises $50M to integrate its bot with Slack, email, and more

    Read AI raises $50M to integrate its bot with Slack, email, and more
    Oct 29 2024
    There are plenty of startups now that have AI bots that will listen to your meetings, transcribe them, make notes, and create insights. That means companies in this area must differentiate themselves by offering additional feature sets and integrations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 mins
  • Vinted hits $5.4B valuation amid wave of secondary share sales in Europe

    Vinted hits $5.4B valuation amid wave of secondary share sales in Europe
    Oct 29 2024
    Lithuania’s Vinted has secured a new valuation of €5 billion (around $5.4 billion at current exchange rates), after the second-hand fashion marketplace closed a secondary share sale worth €340 million ($367 million). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    3 mins
  • General Catalyst raises $8B in fresh funds to back startups globally

    General Catalyst raises $8B in fresh funds to back startups globally
    Oct 28 2024
    U.S. venture capital giant General Catalyst has announced a fresh $8 billion in funds as it looks to ramp up its investments in multi-sector early-stage startups globally, with a specific focus on the U.S., Europe, and India. The capital constitutes around $4.5 billion for its “core VC funds” which spans seed and growth equity funding, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    6 mins