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Secret’s founder returns with anti-loneliness app Ikaria 0
- Raises and Exits, Uncategorized
- February 18, 2020
“I don’t feel good about that. That sucks” Chrys Bader-Wechseler reflects when asked about the bullying that went down on the anonymous app Secret he co-founded in 2013. After $35 million raised, 15 million users, and a spectacular flame out two years later, the startup was dead. “Since I left secret I feel alive and…
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Tesla ordered to stop work on Berlin Gigafactory site 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- February 18, 2020
As Tesla gets its Shanghai Gigafactory up and running after a temporary shutdown earlier this month due to the coronavirus outbreak in China, the company is having to put the brakes on the start of its first such factory in Europe. A German court ruled over the weekend that Tesla has to temporarily halt work…
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TubeMogul execs launch Arize AI for AI observability 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- February 18, 2020
A new startup called Arize AI is building what it calls a real-time analytics platform for “observability” in artificial intelligence and machine learning. The company is led by CEO Jason Lopatecki, who has also served as chief strategy officer and chief innovation officer at TubeMogul, the video ad company acquired by Adobe. TubeMogul’s co-founder and…
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Infographic: 4 High-Growth Startup Industries for Entrepreneurs in 2020 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- February 18, 2020
See the cultural trends that are leading to big business ideas this year.
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MotoRefi Raises $8.6M Series A 0
- Raises and Exits, Uncategorized
- February 17, 2020
ARLINGTON, VA, MotoRefi has raised $8.6M in a Series A funding round co-led by Accomplice and Link Ventures.
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Boston’s year jump starts as two local startups raise $520M in two rounds 0
- Raises and Exits, Uncategorized
- February 17, 2020
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Late last week two Boston-based companies raised big rounds. The size of the two investments — each over the $100 million mark — and their rapid succession made them stand out. The pair of investments…
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