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Postmates lands first-ever permit to test sidewalk delivery robots in San Francisco
On-demand delivery business Postmates says it’s been granted the first-ever permit for sidewalk robotics operations in the city of San…
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Brolly launches ‘Brolly Contents’ to tackle the antiquated home contents insurance market
Brolly, the U.K. insurance app that lets you keep track of your various policies so that you are correctly and…
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The Pill Club is donating 5,000 units of emergency contraception
Eleven million women in the U.S. live more than an hour from an abortion clinic, a number expected to increase…
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Dogdrop is launching a doggy daycare to take on Wag Hotels
When you think of dog daycare, Wag Hotels and Rover likely come to mind. Now, there’s a new entrant in…
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Financial services marketplace CompareAsiaGroup raises $20 million in new funding led by Experian
Experian, one of the largest credit reporting bureaus in the United States, announced today that it has invested in CompareAsiaGroup,…
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Data-driven events discovery and planning startup Fever raises $35 million led by Rakuten
Fever, a startup that uses proprietary algorithms to help companies plan events, announced today that it has raised $35 million…
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News discovery app SmartNews valued at $1.1B
A $28 million financing has made SmartNews, an AI-powered news aggregation app, a unicorn. Japan Post Capital has led the…
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Digital identity startup Yoti raises additional £8M at a valuation of £82M
Yoti, the London startup offering a digital identity platform and app that lets you prove who you say you are…
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UrbanClap, India’s largest home services startup, raises $75M
UrbanClap, a marketplace for freelance labor in India and the UAE, has raised $75 million in a new financing round to…
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Bloomscape raises $7.5M to sell you plants of all sizes
Direct-to-consumer plant retailer Bloomscape has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding, with several high-profile D2C startup founders signing on…
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