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Data show 2021 was a bonkers, record-setting year for venture capital

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Venture capitalists went hard in 2021. Data collected from a number of sources indicates that last year set venture capital records around the world. Today’s startup boom, from a venture capital perspective, is a wide-ranging and incredibly expensive enterprise. A record year ‘round the world.

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Reveal raises $50M to espouse the benefits of partner ecosystems

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In a 2018 Accenture survey , 76% of business leaders said that current business models will be unrecognizable in the next five years, with ecosystems being the main change agent. ” Before launching Reveal in 2020, Bouchez was the CEO of Multiposting, an HR tech startup, until 2018, when it was acquired by SAP.

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Why 2022 insurtech investment could surprise you

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And yet when CB Insights dropped its 2021 fintech data collection , it noted that global insurtech venture activity hit a new high in the year. MetroMile was valued at $540 million during its final private round in 2018, per PitchBook data. billion in capital (again, an all-time record, and a 90% gain over 2020.).

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How Amazon’s continued expansion into healthcare could buoy the sector

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The tech behemoth originally entered the health sector after it acquired PillPack , an online pharmacy, in 2018 and later rebranded as Amazon Pharmacy. Although those endeavors seem to be bearing fruit, Amazon also had a failed venture, Haven, with Berkshire and JPM that disbanded after multiple internal issues.

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Invisible AI raises $15M to stick worker-monitoring cameras in factories

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. “Everything done in manufacturing, from safety audits to continuous improvement cycles, is still based on manual data collection using stop watches and clipboards. Danziger co-founded Invisible AI in late 2018 with Prateek Sachdeva, who he met while working at lidar sensor startup Luminar.

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Latent AI, which says it can compress common AI models by 10x, lands some key backing

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It just closed on $19 million in Series A funding in a round co-led by Future Ventures and Blackhorn Ventures, with participation from Booz Allen, Lockheed Martin, 40 North Ventures, and Autotech Ventures. It didn’t win that contest, but that hasn’t kept it from winning the interest of investors elsewhere.

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Searchlight puts new capital to work with expanded talent intelligence tools

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They started Searchlight in 2018 to develop technology that uses behavioral reference data and prescriptive analytics to give employers a more 360-degree view of a potential candidate’s strengths and weaknesses that might not appear on a resume or come out during an interview. Searchlight collection of behavioral data.

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