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Pagos raises $34M as the demand for ‘payment intelligence’ rises
With global digital payments revenue expected to reach $14.79 trillion by 2027, payment infrastructure has arguably never been more critical. But at the same time the tech is becoming essential,…
Nail product market fit in an ever-changing market with Underscore VC and Hi Marley
Mike Greene founded Hi Marley in 2017 and has since raised $41.75 million to fund the AI-powered insurance chat platform. Hear how the company — which was designed as an…
Goldcast spotlights which event attendees will be your next customer
Investor attention is focused on event companies lately, especially as pandemic restrictions ease around the world and events become in-person again. Just this year, we’ve seen companies like EventX, Twine,…
Ikigai gets $13M to build automated workflows with humans in the loop
Ikigai, a startup based on research out of MIT, wants to make it simple to build workflows with humans involved. Whereas traditional robotic process automation (RPA) is about building bots…
Founded by ex-Braintree and PayPal execs, Pagos raises $10M to offer API-driven payment intelligence
Pagos, a payment intelligence infrastructure startup founded by former Braintree and PayPal execs, has raised $10 million in seed funding. Started earlier this year, the remote-first Pagos is building a…
Kudos, with its cotton-based, eco-friendly diaper, soaks up $2.4 million in seed funding
If you’ve experienced parenthood, you’re well versed in the surprisingly small world of disposable diapers. Help may be on the way. Kudos, a startup that is looking to reinvent the…
Demand Sage raises $3M to make sales and marketing data more accessible
Demand Sage, a new startup from the founders of recently acquired mobile analytics company Localytics, announced this morning that it has raised $3 million in seed funding led by Eniac…
Macro just raised $4.3M to make your never-ending Zoom calls more useful
In this pandemic world, in-person meetings are a thing of the past. Most meetings these days are done via video conference, and no company has capitalized on the shift quite…
13 Boston-focused venture capitalists talk green shoots and startup recovery
Welcome back to the second half of our two-part Boston investor survey. Catching you up, TechCrunch reached out to a host of Boston-area venture capitalists to get their take on…
13 Boston-focused VCs share the advice they’re giving portfolio companies
TechCrunch is focusing a bit more on the Boston-area startup and venture capital ecosystem lately, which has gone pretty well so far. In fact, we had originally intended on releasing…
Boston startups may see some fresh checks as Underscore VC closes on its second fund
There’s a whole lot of data and information that’s stored in the cloud, and it’s critical that consumers and enterprises alike be able to trust that this information is safe…
