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TrustLayer raises $6M seed to become the ‘Carta for insurance’

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TrustLayer comes in by “attacking a messy, data-rich and unstructured problem within the insurance industry that is a major friction source for commerce.”. Mort appreciates that TrustLayer is tackling the problem not by becoming the insurance broker, but by working with the incumbents as a software solution.

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AI-powered supply chain startup Pando lands $30M investment

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This, along with the platform’s emphasis on no-code capabilities, differentiates Pando from incumbents like SAP, Oracle, Blue Yonder and E2Open, Jayakrishnan asserts. Customers can customize the tools and apps or build their own using Pando’s APIs. ” Pando makes a best effort to automate processes around the supply chain.

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Your Startup's Competitive Advantage

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A better chat experience ; a data modeling layer for data analysis, near-instant transcription of expenses. David Duffield founded and ran PeopleSoft before starting Workday, a SaaS disruptor to an incumbent whose business he understood better than anybody else. Product improvements are common startup differentiators.

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AeroCloud, a cloud-native airport management platform, raises $12.6M

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. “You may see a niche in terms of the number of airports there are in the world, but the potential of the niche is significant — we see a market worth $20 billion,” Richardson said, citing figures garnered through internal competitor data analysis. “For example, in the U.S. million, and with another $12.6

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Crypto tax software provider TaxBit raises $130M at a $1.33B valuation

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The startup also works with governmental agencies, including the IRS , to provide data analysis and tax calculation support for taxpayers with digital assets. . Loverro went on to say that a common refrain that he hears with regards to anything crypto is “Why can’t [incumbent] just add that as a feature?” .