[Funding alert] Singapore startup Raena raises $9M in Series A round led by Alpha Wave Incubation, Alpha JWC V

Singapore-based startup Raena has announced it has raised $9 million Series A funding. The round was led by Alpha Wave Incubation and Alpha JWC Ventures, and also saw participation from…

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‘Empathy is as important as salt’ – design tips for customer and employee experience from Pune Design Festival

The annual Pune Design Festival, now in its 15th edition, is being held online this week due to the coronavirus pandemic. The seven-day event features 30 speakers as well as…

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The Landing is bringing shoppable social and collaboration to interior design – TechCrunch

Monetizable mood boards might sound like the moonshot idea that no one asked for, but when you think about it, the vision is already informally happening in various corners of…

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Newsela, the replacement for textbooks, raises $100M and becomes a unicorn – TechCrunch

Newsela, a SaaS platform for K-12 instructional material backed by the likes of TCV, Kleiner Perkins, Reach Capital and Owl Ventures, announced today that it has raised $100 million in…

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This Bhagalpur agritech startup’s Preservator helps farmers reduce produce wastage

India is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world. However, this abundance also brings along produce spoilage and wastage.The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the…

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How Bengaluru-based Pyse is helping open up a new, niche investment sector for retail investors

Robinhood investors — a term used to refer to plebian investors — recently turned heads around the world after they triggered a short-squeeze in micro-cap companies such as GameStop and AMC…

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