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STARTUPS
Voyage raises $31 million to bring driverless taxis to communities
Voyage, the autonomous vehicle startup that spun out of Udacity, announced Thursday it has raised $31 million in a round…
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SmileDirectClub makes its debut on the public market
SmileDirectClub rang the opening bell earlier today, marking its first day of trading as a public company. The teeth-straightening company…
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Incredible Health’s hiring platform for nurses gets $15M led by Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz has led a $15 million Series A in US-based job matching platform for nursing vacancies, Incredible Health. Other…
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Google to pay $549 million fine and $510 million in back taxes in France
After years of back and forth with tax authorities in France, Google has settled a fiscal fraud probe, as the…
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Amazon’s crowdsourced Q&A community Alexa Answers goes live for all
In December, Amazon launched a crowdsourced Q&A platform into beta with the goal of improving Alexa’s ability to answer questions.…
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India’s ride-hailing giant Ola makes serious bet on two-wheeler
Ola, the largest ride-hailing service in India, said today its two-wheeler service — Ola Bike — is now operational in…
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STARTUPS
Veo raises $6M Series A to bring its ‘AI camera’ for soccer matches to the US
Veo, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based startup that offers an “AI camera” to make it easier for amateur soccer clubs to video…
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Finance
Accel and Sequoia seed Middesk with $4M to background check businesses
For those of you that diligently follow the hot startups to graduate from Y Combinator’s accelerator program, you might recall…
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SmartDrive snaps up $90M for in-truck video telematics solutions for safety and fuel efficiency
Trucks and other large commercial vehicles are the biggest whales on the road today — are they also, by virtue…
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