Metalab goes from quietly building the internet to investing in it

[ad_1] Nearly 20 years after finding success in helping startups build products, Canadian interface design firm Metalab has launched Metalab Ventures to invest in many of those product-led startups. Serial…

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How a tiny 4-person startup, Supaglue, caught Stripe’s eye

[ad_1] In Stripe’s annual letter, the company discussed several fast-growing areas, one of them being the “Revenue and Finance Automation” unit. Those are tools that help businesses manage billing, tax…

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Century Health, now with $2M, taps AI to give pharma access to good patient data

[ad_1] Artificial intelligence can find hidden signals in data across healthcare, and companies like Nvidia are leaning into what this can mean. For example, it announced two dozen new AI-powered…

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Chiyo, postpartum, nutriton

Food-as-medicine startup Chiyo helps postpartum moms with nutrition after raising $3 million

[ad_1] One of the hardest things about being pregnant is learning what to eat for maximum digestive comfort and nutrition. Once the baby is born, the nutrition guessing game continues…

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Rants, AI and other notes from Upfront Summit

[ad_1] The venture capital stars were shining in Los Angeles this week at the Upfront Summit, an invite-only VC conference founded by Mark Suster and known for going all-out. For…

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Goldman Sachs bets on Simetrik’s payments infrastructure tech

[ad_1] Nearly two years after securing $20 million in Series A capital, B2B financial solutions startup Simetrik is back with additional investment to the tune of $55 million in Series…

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Miruku grabs more capital as its plant-based dairy tech reaches proof of concept

[ad_1] While the food tech investment sector figured itself out last year, Miruku, a New Zealand-based food tech company, was busy getting ahead of molecular farming technology. That proactive strategy…

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Pacifico Biolabs emerges from stealth with fermentation process for alternative seafood

[ad_1] In the quest to replace traditional seafood with alternatives, Berlin-based Pacifico Biolabs believes it has a unique approach to making whole muscle structures using fermentation. While fermentation, the process…

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Spacegoods shakes up functional beverage industry with mushroom-based powders

[ad_1] Mushrooms are having a moment. Whether it’s in the form of a functional beverage, using the mushroom root to make alternative protein, creating leather-like materials or just the mushroom…

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Stellar Sleep app gets initial funding to awaken root cause of chronic insomnia in users

[ad_1] Stellar Sleep, a startup providing a first-Digital tool for chronic insomnia management, raised $6 million in seed funding. In just the U.S. alone, poor sleeping habits not only impact…

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