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Benchmark’s Peter Fenton is joining us at Disrupt
Benchmark used to be the quintessential Silicon Valley venture firm. It was small. It was focused. It was aggressive while…
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Bingie is an app for all your streaming recommendations and debates
If you’re overwhelmed trying to choose the next movie or TV show to watch on Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max…
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LaunchNotes raises a $1.8M seed round to help companies communicate their software updates
LaunchNotes, a startup founded by the team behind Statuspage (which Atlassian later acquired) and the former head of marketing for…
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MIT CSAIL grad launches machine learning platform with $10M Series A
Manasi Vartak, founder and CEO of Verta, conceived of the idea of the open source project ModelDB database as a…
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Rideshare and taxi ad startup Firefly acquires Strong Outdoor’s out-of-home ad business
Firefly is expanding its ad business in New York City by acquiring the out-of-home business of Strong Outdoor, as well…
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Nomad’s Base Station Pro with Aira FreePower tech finally realizes the promise of wireless charging
Accessory maker Nomad has a long history of delivering great accessories for iOS and Android devices, using great quality materials…
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Despite COVID-19, 5 Chicago VCs say region is poised for success
Chicago has a long history of creating industry-leading companies and it doesn’t seem COVID-19 is slowing down the city. TechCrunch…
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Visual collaboration startup MURAL raises huge $118M Series B
This morning MURAL announced that it has raised $118 million in an outsized Series B. The visual collaboration startup…
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Level Home introduces Level Touch, a sleek smart lock that doesn’t advertise its intelligence
Hardware startup Level introduced their first product earlier this year, and now they’re already following it up with a brand…
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