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Enterprise IT startup Convercent closed $25 million in financing, led by Rho Ventures, with participation from Sapphire Ventures and Tola Capital. Convercent’s ethics cloud platform and global compliance and ethics software solutions help companies engage with employees, understand organizational risk, and create opportunities for stronger, sustained

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Unbound is a sexual lifestyle company aimed at redefining the retail experience online for sex toys. Unlike other sex toy retailers, Unbound says that it vets every single product sold on their site to make sure it meets quality standards, has a full online magazine of educational

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AEPONYX, a fabless micro optical switch semiconductor chips designer and manufacturer, completed $3.3 million in financing, led by Ecofuel Fund and Silicon Catalyst. Aeponyx’s patented and patent pending technologies, which combine planar micro-electro-mechanical-systems and silicon photonics, can be used in disaggregated switching systems, enabling tunability in

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Autowater’s easy-to-install kitchen and bathroom faucet adapters make regular faucets automatic, helping to prevent the spread of germs and lowering home water consumption. Complete with a motion sensor night-light, their magnetic-charge batteries lasts 8–12 months per charge.

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Impossible Foods named veteran sales leader Stephanie Lind as the company’s first senior vice president of sales. Previously, Lind was CEO of Elohi Strategic Advisors, a sales and marketing agency she founded on her family’s organic farm in Carbondale, Illinois. Before that, she was VP of

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Evergage, a real-time personalization platform company, appointed Cliff Lyon as its vice president of engineering. Lyon spent the last 20 years in technical roles in software engineering, data warehouse infrastructure, and personalization technology. Prior positions include head of technology recommender systems at StubHub, senior director

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According to a recent SEC filing, UrbanStems, an on-demand flower delivery company, raised $6.6 million in financing from an undisclosed investor. Currently available in Washington, DC, New York City, Baltimore, Maryland, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Austin, Texas, UrbanStems’ flower bouquets start at $35, with no delivery fee.

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Online course provider Springboard completed $9.5 million in Series A financing, led by Costanoa Venture Capital, with participation from Learn Capital, Blue Fog Capital, Moneta Ventures, and rocketship.vc. Springboard offers monthly cohorts of data science, design, analytics, marketing, and security online courses featuring learning materials

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Artificial intelligence startup Fyusion closed $22 million in Series B financing. Seven investors contributed to the round, among them New Enterprise Associates, Presence Capital, 2020 Ventures, NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Colopl VR Fund, and Gionee. The company’s core technology – which is covered by over 50

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