Podcast Episodes

Farmblox puts the control into farmers’ hands with its AI-powered sensor-reading platform

Nathan Rosenberg, the founder of farm automation platform Farmblox, said if there is one thing to know about trying to sell technology to farmers, it…

1 year, 8 months ago

Without this company’s technology, future fusion power plants might never light up

Marathon Fusion emerges from stealth with a plan to help fusion power plants extract tritium, a necessary fuel.

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1 year, 8 months ago

Unpacking how Alphabet’s rumored Wiz acquisition could affect VC

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for $23 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported o…

1 year, 8 months ago

PE firm PartnerOne paid $28M for HeadSpin, a fraction of its $1.1B valuation set by ICONIQ and Dell Technologies Capital

Canadian private equity firm PartnerOne paid $28.2 million for HeadSpin, a mobile app testing startup whose founder has been sentenced for fraud earl…

1 year, 8 months ago

Fintech startup Coast lands $40M just 4 months after its last $25M raise

Coast, a startup that describes itself as “a financial services platform for the future of transportation,” has raised $40 million in Series B fundin…

1 year, 8 months ago

WHAM! Nuclear fusion experiment hits new record for magnet strength

Strong magnets are essential for the type of fusion power being pursued by Commonwealth Fusion Systems and a number of other startups.

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1 year, 8 months ago

Deel acquires Hofy to build its own IT device management service

Both of Hofy's co-founders, Sami Bouremoum and Michael Ginzo, along with the rest of the startup's leadership team and 120 employees, are joining Dee…

1 year, 8 months ago

A company building Wordle for chess raises money from a16z Speedrun, Mark Pincus and Eric Wu

Echo Chunk, a company that is building Wordle-styled daily chess puzzle game Echo Chess, has raised $1.4 million in pre-seed from a16z Speedrun (Andr…

1 year, 8 months ago

Kandji raises another $100M for Apple device management as valuation rises to $850M

At a time when many startups have struggled to raise money and keep their heads above water, Kandji, an Apple device management platform, has been an…

1 year, 8 months ago

Astor’s ‘community’ approach to financial advice aims to help women feel more confident about investing

Astor is a free personal finance platform for women that merges community and investing in an approachable way, came to be.

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1 year, 8 months ago