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Google’s AI-focused venture fund leads $5.4M investment for Seattle analytics startup Iteratively February 4, 2021 at 8:17 am Seattle startup Iteratively raised a $5.4 million round led by Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI-focused venture fund. Founded in 2019 by veterans of Atlassian and Microsoft, Iteratively sells software to data and product teams for customer analytics tracking. The idea is to help prevent data quality problems at the outset of entry and have standardized customer data in...

Speaking is one of the hardest parts of learning a new language, especially if you don’t have someone to practice with regularly. ELSA is an app that helps by using speech recognition technology to correct pronunciation. Based in San Francisco and Ho Chi Minh City, ELSA announced today it has raised a $15 million Series […]

Monk’s Hill-backed edtech startup ELSA raises $15m in Series B ELSA co-founder and CEO Vu Van January 31, 2021 AI-based English learning app ELSA has raised $15 million in its Series B round co-lead by VI (Vietnam Investments) Group and international investor SIG. Previous investors Gradient Ventures, an AI-focused venture fund launched by Google; SOSV; and Monk’s Hill Ventures also participated in this round. New investors include Endeavor Catalyst and Globant Ventures, which will facilita...

Search jobs BenchSci Listed as Best Workplace™ for Startups in Canada for 2nd Consecutive Year Recognition reflects vision to bring medicine to patients 50% faster by 2025, reaffirms dedication to employee wellbeing TORONTO - January 26, 2021 - (Newswire.com) BenchSci has been listed as a Best Workplace™ for Startups for the second consecutive year. This honor follows thorough and independent analysis by Great Place to Work® Institute Canada. Benc...

Benchmark Your Product Quality With The New unitQ Score™ unitQ Introduces Worlds 1st Product Quality Metric to Provide Holistic Insights Into Quality, Monthly Scorecard Lists Top Apps In Dating, Finance, Health and Music Categories News provided by Share this article Share this article BURLINGAME, Calif., Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- unitQ, the real-time solution for staying on top of product quality, today announces the unitQ Score, a proprietary quality rating based on user feedback & dat...

Openly, High-End Home Insurance MGA, Secures $40M for National Expansion Openly, an insurtech managing general agency for high-end homeowners insurance, raised $40 million of venture capital from multiple investors. The investment will fuel a national expansion, hiring and further technological development. “The reception has been phenomenal,” Openly co-founder and CEO Ty Harris said in prepared remarks about his company’s growth so far. “We’ve spent very little on marketing and yet s...

Openly, the technology-enabled provider of premium homeowners insurance, has closed a $40 million Series B investment round. The Series B funding follows just six months after Openly’s Series A. The round is led by Advance Venture Partners, with participation from return investors, including Gradient Ventures, Obvious Ventures, PJC, and Greenlight Re. This current round of fundraising brings the total investment in Openly to over $62 million. Founded by insurance industry veterans Ty Harris a...

Oura This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Founded in 2013, Oura is a device that fits on your finger and scores how well you slept based on data collected around resting heart rate, body temperature, movement, and other factors. Its recently gained momentum as the device the NBA bubble used to detect early signs of COVID-19. With new partnerships with NASCAR, UFC, an...

Brightflag, a NLP-powered ​legal spend and matter management platform​, has bagged $28m in funding, from private equity firm ​One Peak​ plus existing investors Sands Capital Ventures and Frontline Ventures. Dublin-based Brightflag will use the funds to expand internationally and further develop its products. It also has bases in New York and Sydney. — And as promised, more funding news. This time Denmark’s Contractbook has closed a $9.4m Series A investment round, led by Bessemer V...