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$100M Raised to Automate Vendor Risk Management for B2B SaaS
Laika (now Thoropass) provides a SaaS platform for companies to establish compliance practices to meet requirements from regulators and enterprise customers. The platform combines automated infosec workflows, audits,...
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Spring Software M&A Update with Jim Williams
I have a special edition of the show today. I recently attended a great software event co-hosted by GLC Advisors and a private equity firm. They provided the latest insights into what’s happening on the front lines...
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$40M Raised to Make Developers Lives Easier
Airplane, a San Francisco, CA-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) development platform, closed a $32 million Series B funding round led by Thrive Capital with participation from Benchmark, bringing the startup’s total...
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$1M Pre-seed Round to Create Visual Stories with AI
Aug X Labs, a New York-based AI video technology startup, raised $1 million in pre-seed funding to use AI to democratize video creation by content creators.
I interviewed Jeremy Toeman, Founder and CEO, who has a long...
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€7.5 million Raised to Modernize the Food Supply Chain
Orderlion, a Vienna, Austria-based SaaS platform for the food and beverage industry, raised €4 million in pre-Series A funding, bringing its total raised to about €7.5 million since its 2018 inception.
I interviewed...
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$20M Series B to Integrate Disparate SaaS Applications
From a basement project in 2015 to $33M raised to date, Unito is integrating disparate SaaS applications and improving workflows. I interviewed Mark Boscher, founder and CEO at Unito. Mark’s team uses a product-led...
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Special Edition | What is going on with the US R&D Tax Credit?
This is a special edition of the podcast covering the US R&D tax credit. I invited Tyler Kem, President of Strike Tax Advisory, to discuss the latest on this tax credit.
There were big changes to section 174 of...
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Crowdsourcing Real-time Cyber Attacks to Protect Your Servers
I interviewed Philippe Humeau, CEO and co-founder at CrowdSec. He is creating the Waze for cybersecurity. If one firewall is having issues, the product can see the machines having the same issues and then block the...
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Lawyer Turned SaaS Founder Raises $3M to Automate Legal Workflows
I interviewed Kathy Zhu, co-founder and CEO at Streamline AI. Kathy has 10+ years of experience as a commercial lawyer and has built legal teams from the ground up. She was bitten by the startup bug and turned her own...
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$15M Series A to Fund Surgical Robots As A Service
I spoke with Dave Saunders, CTO of Galen Robotics. His company is creating the “Uber” of surgical robots. Galen Robotics will place robots at hospitals and charge per use. This helps increase access to the latest...
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Fast Growing German Fintech Raises $16M to Automate Accounts Payable
I spoke with Christian Ritosek, co-founder and CEO of CANDIS. He’s helping finance departments in German companies improve their AP technology. He should pass $10M ARR this year as CANDIS expands into Europe.
CANDIS,...
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$4M Raised to Personalize the Online Shopping Experience
I interviewed David Weissman, CEO and co-founder of Humankind. He’s no rookie to e-commerce having spent 20+ years in the space. He’s worked for some of the biggest retail brands and has transformed that experience...
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