German insurtech platform Hepster raises $10M Series A led by Element Ventures – TechCrunch

Hepster, an insurtech platform from Germany, has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Element Ventures. Also participating was Seventure Partners, MBMV and GPS Ventures, as…

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InsurGrid raises pre-seed financing to help modernize legacy insurance agents – TechCrunch

Insurance agents spend hours handling paperwork and grabbing client information over the phone. A new seed-stage startup, InsurGrid, has developed a software solution to help ease the process, and make…

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Stream raises $38M as its chat and activity feed APIs power communications for 1B users – TechCrunch

A lot of our communication these days with each other is digital, and today one of the companies enabling that — with APIs to build chat experiences into apps —…

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Backed by Blossom, Creandum and Index, grocery delivery and dark store startup Dija launches in London – TechCrunch

Dija, the London-based grocery delivery startup, is officially launching today and confirming that it raised £20 million in seed funding in December — a round that we first reported was…

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Fintech startup ClearGlass Analytics closes $3.6M for pension funds transparency platform – TechCrunch

Fintech startup ClearGlass Analytics has closed a £2.6 million ($3.6 million) funding round for its platform, which aims to create greater transparency on fees in the long-term savings market, such…

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Asynchronous video startup Weet just launched to cement bonds, and know-how, within companies – TechCrunch

For founder Najette Fellache, coming to the Bay Area a few years ago from Nantes, France was a way to grow a company she’d founded and which was already was…

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Flourish, a startup that aims to help banks engage and retain customers, raises $1.5M – TechCrunch

It’s not uncommon these days to hear of U.S.-based investors backing Latin American startups. But it’s not every day that we hear of Latin American VCs investing in U.S.-based startups.…

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