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Go1 nabs $100M at a $2B+ valuation to upgrade its curated enterprise learning platform

TechCrunch

And while most of its growth to date has been organic, it will be using some of the funding potentially to bring some inorganic growth into the mix. But Go1’s ambitions extend beyond that: It also plans to use some of the funding to further explore how it might extend its platform beyond corporate learning as well.

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Collaborative Disruption at the DoD with Kathleen Hicks and Sharon Weinberger

Andreessen Horowitz

It’s an area where a lot of companies are trying to innovate. First of all, I think it’s about our 165th attack on us using those sorts of techniques, largely UAS, but a variety of techniques. Without the budget, it’s very, very hard for us. We are using everything we have.

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Grover raises $71M to grow its consumer electronics subscription business

TechCrunch

A startup tapping into the concept of the circular economy, where people don’t buy items outright but pay an incremental amount to use them temporarily, has raised some funding to scale its business in Europe and beyond. And, it plans to invest in more innovation around its rental services.

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Behind the scenes: The challenges of building an EdTech startup

Startup Grind

I would definitely recommend UCL educate program for that side. Challenges: It’s not really that hard to acquire users for your product at this stage given your value proposition is clear and the product is somehow useful. Startup Failure Reason SharpScholar Layers of approvals needed for the product to be used.

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EnerVenue raises $100M to accelerate clean energy using nickel-hydrogen batteries

TechCrunch

In fact, it’s been used for decades in aerospace applications, to power everything from satellites to the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope. The company is planning on using the funds to scale its nickel-hydrogen battery production, including a Gigafactory in the U.S., And our battery does that really well.”.

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Plume raises $300M as it passes 1.2B devices in 35M homes using its smart Wi-Fi service

TechCrunch

Plume’s CEO and founder Fahri Diner said the startup will be using the money to continue building out its software platform, inking and servicing more deals with carriers and generally expanding its horizons. Now it has closed a huge funding round to ride the wave. In an OTT-style play, in the U.K.,

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Intelligent Implants raises $8.7M to help you grow a spine

TechCrunch

Intelligent Implants uses wireless implantable electronics to stimulate, steer and monitor bone growth. Intelligent Implants is wading into the market to add a more tech-forward solution to the mix. Intelligent Implants’s innovation is in creating a solution that doesn’t require wires or batteries.

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