Motion, which sells analytics and research tools for creative strategists, raised a $30M Series B led by Inovia Capital, bringing its total funding to $42M (Josh Scott/BetaKit) Josh Scott / BetaKit: Motion, which sells analytics and research tools for creative strategists, raised a $30M Series B led by Inovia Capital, bringing its total funding to $42M — Inovia-backed startup's software enables creative strategists to turn data into ad ideas. — Toronto-based advertising technology startup Motion …
Email: Linda Yaccarino announces X is launching a "video tab" feature and an X-exclusive women's soccer reality show, The Offseason, produced by Alexis Ohanian (Kylie Robison/The Verge) Kylie Robison / The Verge: Email: Linda Yaccarino announces X is launching a “video tab” feature and an X-exclusive women's soccer reality show, The Offseason, produced by Alexis Ohanian — In a late Friday email, X CEO Linda Yaccarino announced the launch of a new “video tab” feature …
Brazil-based Cayena, which operates a marketplace to connect suppliers and buyers in the wholesale food industry, raised a $55M Series B led by Bicycle Capital (Daniel Cancel/Bloomberg) Daniel Cancel / Bloomberg: Brazil-based Cayena, which operates a marketplace to connect suppliers and buyers in the wholesale food industry, raised a $55M Series B led by Bicycle Capital — The Brazilian startup helps streamline transactions between suppliers and buyers in the wholesale food industry.
Functional Finance, which offers financial operations software for managing general agents, insurers, and wholesalers, raised a $20M Series A led by Walkabout (Avi Ben-Hutta/Coverager) Avi Ben-Hutta / Coverager: Functional Finance, which offers financial operations software for managing general agents, insurers, and wholesalers, raised a $20M Series A led by Walkabout — Functional Finance, a software platform “revolutionizing financial operations” for managing general agents, insurance companies …
The judge overseeing the Google ad trial calls Google's testimony that it faces "fierce competition" from the likes of Microsoft and Meta "highly questionable" (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg) Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: The judge overseeing the Google ad trial calls Google's testimony that it faces “fierce competition” from the likes of Microsoft and Meta “highly questionable” — - Search giant starts defense in antitrust ad tech lawsuit — Justice Department alleges company monopolized several markets
Akur8, which uses AI to automate the generation of insurance pricing models, raised a $120M Series C led by One Peak, bringing its total raised to $180M (FinTech Global) FinTech Global: Akur8, which uses AI to automate the generation of insurance pricing models, raised a $120M Series C led by One Peak, bringing its total raised to $180M — Akur8, the machine learning-powered insurance pricing and reserving platform, has announced the closure of a $120m Series C funding round.