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Figure: AI Robotics Company Closes $9 Million From Intel Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2023

Figure - an AI Robotics company building general-purpose humanoid robots - recently announced a $9 million equity investment made by Intel Capital. This funding round from Intel Capital helps strengthen Figure's balance sheet and will accelerate the development of Figure 01 (the company's autonomous humanoid robot), build out Figure's AI data pipeline for autonomous operations, and drive the Company toward commercialization. This announcement follows the company's most recent achievement of the Figure 01 robot taking its first steps.

Gearset’s DevOps Launchpad Passes 10,000 Users

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2023

DevOps Launchpad - a Salesforce DevOps training platform and community-powered by Gearset - recently announced that it had crossed the 10,000 users milestone. Launched in 2021, all of the content is free to access for Salesforce professionals, and courses are available as either stand-alone courses or as part of a certification program.

Runway: Strategic Planning Platform Company Secures $27.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2023

Runway - a leading Strategic Planning platform - recently announced $27.5 million in Series A funding led by Initialized Capital to accelerate its vision of empowering all teams to make better business decisions faster.

POLYN Technology: This Neuromorphic Analog Signal Processing Company Is Rapidly Growing In The Fabless Semiconductor Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2023

Noah Medical: Helping Physicians By Building Essential Endoluminal Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2023

Noah Medical is a medical robotics company that delivers adoptable clinical solutions through innovative endoluminal technologies to enhance the quality of life for patients globally. To learn more, Pulse 2.0 interviewed Noah Medical founder and CEO Jian Zhang, Ph.D.

Snack It Forward: This Company Is Aiming To Upgrade America’s Snacks With Better-For-You Options

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2023

Gooten: Order Management Technology Company Closes $11 Million

By Noah Long ● Jul 23, 2023

Gooten - a global provider of order management technology for on-demand manufacturing - recently announced the closing of $11 million of Series A funding. The funding round was led by KEC Ventures, with participation from INX International, Tech Pioneers Fund, and other existing investors. As part of the funding round, Will Geiger of Touchdown Ventures will join Gooten as a board observer on behalf of INX International.

La La Land Kind Cafe: Coffee Shop Chain Closes $20 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Jul 23, 2023

La La Land Kind Cafe - a chain of coffee shops - recently announced that it raised a $20 million investment from John Phelan, former Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of MSD Capital, L.P. and Founder of Rugger Management LLC, and Andy Teller, a private investor.

Ten Thousand: Activewear Brand Company Secures $21.5 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 23, 2023

New York-based men's activewear brand Ten Thousand recently announced a $21.5 million Series A raise and a partnership with Life Time, North America's premier Athletic Country Clubs and omnichannel Healthy Way of Life Brand. The funding round and partnership underscore Ten Thousand's strong following, differentiated positioning, and rapid growth. Provenance led this investment with participation from Fernbrook and Alfa. And this syndicate joins existing seed investors, including Dave Gilboa (co-founder of Warby Parker), Blue Scorpion, and Elizabeth St Ventures.

Optiversal Raises $4.2 Million To Help Large Retail Enterprises Accelerate Content Creation Using AI

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 23, 2023

Optiversal - a generative AI content provider accelerating content creation for large retail enterprises - recently announced that it has secured $4.2 million in seed funding led by Bling Capital with participation from Alpaca Ventures and Red Sea Ventures.

Metafold: $1.78 Million Raised To Drive Mass Industrial 3D Printing Adoption

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2023

Metafold - the only provider of a cloud- and API-based 3D engineering platform - recently announced it raised $1.78 million in seed funding to advance the mass adoption of industrial 3D printing with sustainability at the forefront of its mission. And Differential Ventures led the oversubscribed investment round with participation from Active Impact Investments, who led the company’s pre-seed round, climate-tech-focused Jetstream, and Standup Ventures.

RADAR: $30 Million Secured To Develop Platform For Combining RFID And Computer Vision

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 21, 2023

RADAR - a technology platform that combines RFID and computer vision technology to track and precisely locate in-store inventory with 99% accuracy - announced it secured $30 million in Series A funding, bringing its total funding to date to $63 million.

Tangibly: SaaS Trade Secret Management Platform Company Raises $6.5 Million

By Annie Baker ● Jul 21, 2023

Tangibly - a SaaS trade secret management platform - recently announced the successful completion of its Seed round. This funding round was led by Madrona and included Spike Ventures, Volo Ventures, Holt Ventures, MVP Ventures, Incisive Ventures, WS Investment Company (an affiliate of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati), and DLA Piper.