In India’s fight against COVID-19, Portea tackles 3X surge in teleconsulting, home healthcare needs

As India battles a brutal second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, several startups across the country have stepped up to provide innovative tech-led solutions to assist the healthcare system.One of…

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Italy’s Commerce Layer raises $16M led by Coatue for its headless commerce platform – TechCrunch

“Headless” commerce — a set of tools that companies can use with their own customized front ends to build apps for selling goods and services — have become a huge…

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Engine Biosciences expands its digital drug discovery pipeline with $43M round A – TechCrunch

Drug discovery is a large and growing field, in which are to be found both ambitious startups and billion-dollar big pharma incumbents. Engine Biosciences is one of the former, a…

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Vise CEO Samir Vasavada and Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire break down the art of the pitch – TechCrunch

In just a few short years, Vise has gone from launching on the Disrupt Battlefield stage to unicorn. Co-founders Samir Vasavada and Runik Mehrotra met Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire at an…

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7 questions to ask before relocating your startup to Florida – TechCrunch

Or any emerging tech hub Lakshmi Shenoy Contributor Lakshmi Shenoy is CEO of Embarc Collective, a nonprofit innovation hub in Tampa that builds bold, scalable, thriving companies. Today, Embarc Collective…

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African fintech OPay reportedly raising $400M at over $1.5B valuation – TechCrunch

Chinese-backed and Africa-focused fintech platform OPay is in talks to raise up to $400 million, The Information reported today. The fundraising will be coming two years after OPay announced two…

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