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Meet Mighty, an online platform where kid CEOs run their own storefronts; a “digital lemonade stand” Until children reach a certain age, enrichment programs are somewhat limited to school, sports, and camps, while money-making opportunities are largely non-existent. Now, a year-old, L.A.-based startup called Mighty, a kind of Shopify that invites younger kids to open a store online, aims to partly fill the void. In fact, Mighty — led by founders Ben Goldhirsh, who previously founded GOOD ...

Amogy Inc., a developer of ammonia-based, high energy-density power solutions, announced the close of a major funding round. Led by AP Ventures, an investor in hydrogen technologies, the round included San-Francisco-based funds DCVC and Collaborative Fund, and investor Shaun Arora. Proceeds will be used for the first commercial demonstration of...

Trade schools are nothing new, but a new startup called Copeland thinks it can build a big business by bringing education about plumbing, drywall, cabinetry and more to the masses through high-quality pre-filmed classes online that feature industry pros and professional educators. If it sounds like a kind of MasterClass for all things construction, that’s […]

Kula Bio, a Boston, MA-based provider of sustainable nitrogen solutions, closed a $10m seed funding round. The round was led by Collaborative Fund with participation from The Nature Conservancy, Lowercarbon Capital, and the Grantham Environmental Trust’s Neglected Climate Opportunities Fund, AgFunder, BOPU, Box Group, Decent Capital, Embark Ventures, iSelect Fund, and Pillar VC. The company intends to use the funds to continue to expand operations and its development efforts. Led...

socaltech.com Irvine-based Docbot, a startup developing artificial intelligenec tools for diagnosing gastrointestinal (GI) disease, has raised $4M in a Series A funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Khosla Ventures, and also included Bold Capital Partners, Collaborative Fund and Boutique Venture Partners. The company says it now raised a total of $8.5M. As part of the funding, the company says it has appointed Andrew J. Ritter as CEO of the company. Docboc said it is ...

Also: MindPortal lands $5 million for its wearable noninvasive brain-computer device and Docbot raises $4 million for its GI-disease-detecting software.

MedCity News Maternity startup Oula strikes partnership with Mount Sinai West Through the partnership, Oula’s patients will be able to deliver their babies at Mount Sinai West, while still working with their maternity care team at Oula.  Shares0 After Oula founders Adrianne Nickerson and Elaine Purcell opened their first maternity clinic in Brooklyn this year, there was still a missing piece of the puzzle. They had built up a service to care for people from the beginning of a pregnancy thr...

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Women’s digital health startups reap record VC funding on COVID surge By Jacqueline Davalos Bloomberg,Updated April 19, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend Funding for women-focused digital-health startups rose 105 percent last year, according to Rock Health, a San Francisco-based seed and early-stage venture fund. Once considered too niche or risky by the venture capital community, women’s health startups have seen a surge in investments as the COVID-19 pandemic pushed more services o...

Here’s our exclusive wrapup of upcoming events happening across North Carolina in April. Included are the latest meetups, conferences, workshops, application deadlines and networking events happening in Asheville, Charlotte, the Triad, Wilmington and other parts of the state. This post is part of our weekly column of upcoming events, along with our comprehensive resource guide for startups in the Triangle. To find out what’s happening this month in the Triangle specifically, check out part ...