a16z writes first check out of UK to crypto startup Pimlico

November 7, 2023

Upon opening its first overseas office in London last Thursday, a16z announced today that its first check written from the U.K. was for Pimlico. Based out of London — as one could surmise from its name borrowed from the city’s charming area — Pimlico is building the infrastructure for developers to make more user-friendly decentralized […]

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The Download: combating Parkinson’s with implants, and counting carbon’s cost

November 7, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A man with Parkinson’s regained the ability to walk thanks to a spinal implant The news: A man with Parkinson’s disease has regained the ability to walk after physicians implanted a small device…

Volante raises $66M for payments tech for banks and other legacy financial businesses

November 7, 2023

“Digital transformation” among enterprises hasn’t happened with quite the gusto that people predicted it would a few years ago. But today, a startup building fintech technology — for businesses to modernize legacy financial services like payments — is announcing a decent round of funding, a sign of how change is coming, even if slowly. Volante […]

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Enable, a platform for managing B2B rebates, is now worth $1B

November 7, 2023

There’s a new unicorn in town, and its name is Enable. A rebate management platform, Enable today announced that it raised $120 million in a Series D funding round that values the company at $1 billion pre-money. Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Insight Partners and Sierra Ventures participated, bringing Enable’s total raised […]

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