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ManageXR grabs $4 million seed round to scale XR business 

TechCrunch

ManageXR announced today it has raised a $4 million seed round led by Rally Ventures , with venture partner and previous lead angel investor Jay Borenstein joining the company’s board of directors. . Device management solutions have been around for years, but until recently, there hasn’t been a viable option for VR and AR devices.

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Novo, the SMB neobank, nabs $90M at a $700M valuation

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But Novo sees incumbents as the real “challenger” here. The company has seen truly accelerated growth in the last year, and specifically the last six months, both in terms of customer numbers and in terms of how much its app is getting used. Kulkarni is joining Novo’s board with this round.

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Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A

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Most of those are product buys to drive or accelerate revenue growth with the secondary benefit of getting new talent, Ruark said. QED Investors said it has expanded its mental health initiative aimed at tackling addiction among entrepreneurs to its Spanish-language portfolio companies. As a result, they may have to sell.”.

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Monzo Makes Money Work For Everyone

Y Combinator

In 2022 and beyond, Monzo’s revenues are likely to further accelerate as they benefit from cross border-travel, increased EU interchange rates, and new products. 2 Incumbent banks miss the mark in two crucial areas: The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer. Banking is a ubiquitous but hard to crack industry.

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Monzo Makes Money Work For Everyone

Y Combinator

In 2022 and beyond, Monzo’s revenues are likely to further accelerate as they benefit from cross border-travel, increased EU interchange rates, and new products. 2 Incumbent banks miss the mark in two crucial areas: The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer expectations. trillion in deposits.

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“Customer First” Healthcare

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Most frequently people use this phrase in association with personal technology devices (heart-monitors, exercise accessories, sleep monitors, etc) that allow consumers to take direct control of their health information. practice of employer sponsored health care coverage. healthcare system rarely thinks of the patient as a customer.

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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next

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Such an example is Augury from our portfolio that has developed an end-to-end solution to provide manufacturers with early, actionable and comprehensive insights into machine health and performance. DevOps, martech, digital health. Games, vertical AI and AI agencies, digital health. the speed of creating vaccines).

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