StudySmarter books $15M for a global ‘personalized learning’ push – TechCrunch

More money for the edtech boom: Munich-based StudySmarter, which makes digital tools to help learners of all ages swot up — styling itself as a “lifelong learning platform” — has…

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Sprout.ai raises $11M Series A led by Octopus Ventures to apply AI to insurance claims – TechCrunch

It was way back in 2018 that Omni:us appeared to disrupt the insurance market by applying AI to this most legacy of all industries. It has now gone on to…

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Despite gains, gender diversity in VC funding struggled in 2020 – TechCrunch

People have been discussing the importance of expanding opportunities for women in venture capital and startup entrepreneurship for decades. And for some time it appeared that progress was being made…

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Cymulate nabs $45M to test and improve cybersecurity defenses via attack simulations – TechCrunch

With cybercrime on course to be a $6 trillion problem this year, organizations are throwing ever more resources at the issue to avoid being a target. Now, a startup that’s…

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