Techstars, a global investment business that provides access to capital, one-on-one mentorship, and customized programming for early-stage entrepreneurs, announced two strategic and operational leaders who will join the global management team effective immediately. Aparna Ramaswamy will serve as the new Chief Human Capital Officer and Kimberly Smith has been appointed to the newly formed role as Chief Capital…
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Conversational AI start-up AskSid completes Techstars Accelerator Program in Abu Dhabi
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•AskSid, an AI startup serving global marquee retail and consumer goods clients with live implementations across 23 countries, has announced their successful graduation from the Techstars Hub71 Accelerator program in Abu Dhabi. Techstars is a global platform for investment and innovation that helps entrepreneurs scale their business into international brands. The three month program focused…
Logixboard Raises $13M Series-A Funding From Redpoint Ventures
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•Logixboard, the modern customer experience platform for freight forwarders, closed a $13M investment led by Redpoint Ventures, with continued participation from Social Leverage, F-Prime Capital, Founders Co-op, Techstars Ventures, and others. Freight forwarders that handle the logistics of shipping trillions of dollars worth of the most high-cost, stakes, and volume goods such as vaccines, medical…
Pixxel raises additional $2.3 mn in seed round
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•Pixxel, a Bengaluru-based space technology startup, announced it has raised an additional $2.3 million in seed funding from Omnivore VC and Techstars. Till now, the startup raised a total of $7.3 million in the ongoing seed funding round. Also, the startup has announced its plans to build the world’s highest resolution hyperspectral satellite imaging service. …
Pixxel secures additional $2.3 million in seed funding
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•Pixxel has recently secured additional $2.3 million in seed funding. The fundraiser saw participation from Omnivore VC and Techstars. Awais Ahmed, co-founder and CEO of Pixxel, said, “Our new funding enables us to build a health monitor for the planet through the world’s most advanced hyperspectral small-satellites. This enables us to capture some of the…
Microsoft’s M12 leads $8 mn Series A round in remote collaboration platform Parabol
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•Parabol, an Agile meeting platform, announced it has secured a Series A investment of $8 million led by M12, Microsoft’s venture fund, with continued participation from CRV, Haystack, Techstars, and others. The announcement comes on the heels of Parabol’s latest milestone of registering 100,000 users across more than 3,000 companies worldwide to help them make…
Edtech startup Lancify raises angel funding from Techstars, Under 25, others
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•Lancify, a Bengaluru-based startup that is building the world’s strongest young workforce by teaching young people new-age skills related to the latest SaaS tools, has announced an angel round of funding worth $300,000, according to YourStory report. Investors that participated in the round are Techstars, Under 25, former Babajob executive Vir Kashyap, Hari TN, Head…
Techstars enters partnership with ABN AMRO
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•Techstars, the global platform for investment and innovation, and ABN AMRO, announced that they have agreed to a three-year partnership to accelerate innovation through a Techstars accelerator program. The partners will focus on identifying and supporting innovative startups transforming financial services in business and life. The collaboration will connect ABN AMRO with Techstars’ unmatched global…
DocSumo raises $220K seed funding from Better Capital, others
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•DocSumo, a document AI startup that captures data from unstructured documents such as invoices & bank statements into structured formats, announced it has raised seed funding of $220,000 from Better Capital, TechStars, and Barclays. The startup will use this investment to strengthen its product, marketing, and sales engine, and also foray into newer markets like…