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A group of former Meta engineers is building a platform to help enterprises deploy machine learning models at the speed of big tech companies. Their startup, TrueFoundry, has raised $2.3 million in a funding round. The San Francisco, California-headquartered startup automates repetitive tasks in the machine learning pipeline to allow data scientists and engineers to […] Meta alumni’s startup TrueFoundry raises $2.3 million to accelerate ML deployments by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

For more than half of a decade, Zopper built a platform for small and medium-sized businesses, helping merchants with invoicing and payments through its point-of-sale platform. It sold that IP to PhonePe in mid-2018, but instead of joining the fintech giant, Zopper has been working on a new venture from scratch and independent of PhonePe. […] Zopper raises $75 million to solve India’s insurance problem by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

In this issue: Morpheus Space's big raise; Starlink comes to... Antarctica!; News from Firefly Aerospace, Spire and more Max Q: Propulsive! by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

Portabl is a digital wallet and password manager for financial services and banking apps. Fintech app Portabl raises $2.5M to help consumers securely store financial data by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch... →

First Star, backer of deep tech startups like Plus One and Fyto, aims to raise as much as $40 million for its third venture fund, TechCrunch has learned. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, First Star typically backs robotics, blockchain, AI and machine learning-focused startups at the early stage. The firm has not disclosed a first close […] Deep tech VC First Star plots a $40M third fund by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch... →

Will Ross and William Steenbergen were AI researchers at Stanford working on climate and atmospheric modeling and reinforcement learning, respectively, when they began to collaborate on wildfire modeling and hurricane modeling initiatives for the insurance industry. They were surprised to learn how big of a difference there was between what the data told insurers to […] Federato raises $15M to help insurance customers manage risk by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Denim, the fintech platform for freight and logistics formerly known as Axle Payments, today announced that it raised $126 million in a Series B funding round led by Pelion Venture Partners with participation from Crosslink Capital, Anthemis, Trucks VC, FJ Labs, Tribeca Early Stage Partners and Refashiond Ventures at a “nine-figure” valuation. CEO and co-founder […] Denim, a fintech platform for freight brokers, raises $126M in equity and debt by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

HICX, a supplier experience management platform designed to give companies visibility into their supply chain, has raised $30 million in a round of funding led by U.S. private equity firm Wavecrest Growth Partners and Canada’s Espresso Capital. The funding constituted a mixture of $22 million equity and $8 million in debt. Businesses from across the industrial […] HICX raises $30M to give companies visibility into their supply chain by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Insurance penetration in Africa is currently below 3% largely attributable to the slow adoption of innovation in the sector. Many underwriters rely on traditional systems involving agents and lots of paperwork to sign-up new customers, which limits customer reach, and hampers the uptake of their products. However, a change-point is in the offing as insurtechs […] Kenya’s insurtech Turaco maintains 1 billion user target as it raises $10M funding by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch... →

Tech-talent marketplace MVP Match has raised €5 million ($5 million) seed funding from Stage 2 Capital to double down its strategy for pairing companies with talent from across the globe. The Germany-based startup plans to use the funding to build new hubs in Africa and Europe, grow its team, and re-launch its proprietary platform to […] MVP Match, a tech-talent marketplace, raises $5M from Stage 2 Capital by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch... →

Sigmoid, a startup helping firms in the U.S., U.K. and Europe comb through their data and derive better insights from it, has raised $12 million in a new financing round following a strong year of growth, it said Thursday. Sequoia Capital India led the San Francisco-headquartered startup’s Series B funding, which included some secondary shares […] Sigmoid raises $12 million to scale its data engineering and analytics platform by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Groundcover, a performance monitoring platform for cloud apps, today announced that it raised $20 million in a Series A round led by Zeev Ventures with participation from Angular Ventures, Heavybit and Jibe Ventures. The new capital brings the startup’s total raised to $24.5 million, which CEO Shahar Azulay says will be used to “raise awareness” […] Groundcover lands $20M to help companies monitor app performance by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Chameleon, a startup providing low- and no-code tools designed to help software companies personalize the appearance of their apps, today announced that it raised $13 million. Part of a Series A funding round led by Matrix Partners with participation from True Ventures, the proceeds — which bring Chameleon’s total raised to $14.8 million — will […] Chameleon raises cash to help SaaS companies build better onboarding experiences by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Norwegian startup Nomono this week announced that it has raised $3.6 million. The audio firm is still classifying the raise as part of a seed round, in spite of having additionally raised around $12.4 million to date through investors and various local grants. The round, led by Norway-based VC firm Schibsted Ventures, follows the unveiling […] Maker of the $3,000 podcast mic array raises $3.6M by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

EV charging company Monta has been building out EV charging solutions to make it easier to charge electric vehicles everywhere. It started in Europe, but it just raised an additional $30 million from Energize Ventures, at a $155 million valuation, to expand into the U.S. market. The company tackles one of the biggest bottlenecks to […] EV charging platform Monta raises at $155M valuation to expand into the US by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Fazz, the Southeast Asian digital financial services group created by the merger of PayFazz and Xfers, announced today that it has raised a total of $100 million in Series C funding. This includes $75 million in equity and a $25 million debt facility. The equity investment came from returning investors Tiger Global, DST Investment, B […] Southeast Asian fintech Fazz raises $100M Series C to serve businesses of all sizes by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch... →

Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package. Daily Crunch: Xeneta raises $80M to build out its real-time analytics platform for shipping and air freight  by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

French startup Devialet has raised a new $50 million (€50 million) funding round from two existing investors — Crédit Mutuel Equity and Bpifrance’s Large Venture fund — and a new mysterious Asian investor. Devialet doesn’t want to share the name of this new investor. All I know is that it’s an industrial company based in […] High-end speaker manufacturer Devialet raises $50 million by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

The unpaid element kicked off commentary on the ethics of unpaid work more generally, an issue that felt all the more glaring in an investment group able to raise millions in external capital. 4 views on unpaid venture internships by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Despite well-known volatility in the crypto market, crypto startups building infrastructure to support the industry’s long-term growth have seemed to fare better than their peers. This is especially true for data, a universally necessary input for web3 companies, with crypto data firms like Messari reportedly fundraising amid a down market. Goldsky, a data infrastructure company […] Goldsky raises $20M to bring real-time, on-chain data to crypto companies by Anita Ramaswamy originally published on TechCrunc... →