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LeoLabs lands new capital to help the U.S. keep track of space junk and adversarial satellite launches

February 12, 2024

The number of objects in space has risen dramatically over the past thirty years, and much of that is due to commercial companies unlocking new business cases and discovering cheaper ways to get to space. But that doesn’t mean there haven’t been growing pains — like increased congestion in orbit. For commercial satellite operators, the […]

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Rippling opens Asia-Pacific HQ as its international expansion gears up

February 12, 2024

After recent launches in the United Kingdom and Ireland, workforce management platform Rippling is continuing its ambitious international expansion with the opening of its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Sydney, Australia today. The company, which already has 10,000 customers and is valued at $11.25 billion, will invest millions of dollars in its APAC expansion, co-founder Parker Conrad […]

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Travel startup Layla acquires AI itinerary building bot Roam Around

February 12, 2024

Travel startup Layla — backed by firstminute capital, M13, Booking.com co-founder Andy Phillips, Skyscanner co-founder Barry Smith, and Paris Hilton — said today that it has acquired AI-powered itinerary building bot Roam Around. Roam Around was founded last year by Shie Gabbai, a former Google employee who worked on Waze. The company raised $1 million […]

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Bugcrowd snaps up $102M for a ‘bug bounty’ security platform that taps 500K+ hackers

February 12, 2024

Bugcrowd — the startup that taps into a database of half a million hackers to help organizations like OpenAI and the U.S. government set up and run bug bounty programs, cash rewards to freelancers who can identify bugs and vulnerabilities in their code — has picked up a big cash award of its own to […]

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Kenya’s Ilara Health gets $4.2M backing to expand clinic-support services

February 12, 2024

Ilara Health, a Kenya-based health-tech enabling private clinics to access diagnostic devices and pharmaceutical products, has secured $4.2 million debt-equity in a pre-Series A round. The funds will be used to scale operations in the East African country, and to deepen health care access to the masses through the rollout of a B2B health and […]

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Peak XV takes startups on a Silicon Valley trip in AI push

February 12, 2024

Peak XV, the venture capital firm that split from Sequoia Capital last year, is taking its portfolio companies from India, Southeast Asia and Australia on an “immersion” trip to Silicon Valley this week to meet several industry titans, the latest in the venture firm’s broadening offerings and networking flex. About 60 founders, many backed by […]

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