Tag: True Ventures
Solo.io integrates a cloud native API gateway and service mesh into its enterprise platform
Connecting to all the services and microservices that a modern cloud native enterprise application requires can be a complicated task. It’s an area that startup Solo.io is trying to disrupt with the new release of its Gloo Mesh Enterprise platform. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Solo has had focus since its founding…
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In a YC “power” play, Gridware girds $5.3M to save humanity from weather
You might have thought that with more than 300 companies joining this year’s winter batch of Y Combinator, the investor interest might have thinned. Well, it’s 2021 and investors are hopping around like crazy to invest in ideas that push the boundaries in fields far flung from enterprise SaaS. Case…
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Window Snyder’s new startup Thistle Technologies raises $2.5M seed to secure IoT devices
The Internet of Things has a security problem. The past decade has seen wave after wave of new internet-connected devices, from sensors through to webcams and smart home tech, often manufactured in bulk but with little — if any — consideration to security. Worse, many device manufacturers make no effort…
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Hi Marley raises $25M to fund its AI-powered communication platform for the insurance industry
If you’ve ever had to file a claim with your insurance company, you know that it’s not exactly fun. Often, you’re on hold indefinitely waiting to speak to a live person. And if you’ve ever had to file an auto or home insurance claim, you know that all the back…
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Rise Gardens raises seed funding for an indoor hydroponic gardening system
You don’t need a green thumb and a big backyard to grow baskets of fresh produce. In fact, according to Chicago-based Rise Gardens, you probably just need a bookshelf’s worth of space in your living room and an app. Rise Gardens, an indoor hydroponic gardening system, has raised $2.6 million…
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Kevin Rose on health apps, crypto, and how founders get through this time with their sanity intact
Kevin Rose has been in the spotlight since cofounding the early social news aggregation site Digg in late 2004. A genial whiz kid turned serial entrepreneur, he has since become as well-known for launching a whole lot of slickly designed products, some of them out of his startup incubator Milk…
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