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SafeBase Raises $33M in Series B to Accelerate Vision for Friction-Free Security Reviews

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

SafeBase , the leading Trust Center Platform for friction-free security reviews, today announced it has raised $33 million in a Series B funding round.

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SafeBase , the leading Trust Center Platform for friction-free security reviews, today announced it has raised $33 million in a Series B funding round.
Historically, these security reviews have been plagued by friction-filled processes that delay sales cycles and damage the trust between buyers and vendors.
Built with transparency at its core, the SafeBase Trust Center Platform delivers a centralized and automated approach to trust management.
To learn more about SafeBase and their Series B investment, visit safebase.io .

Hume AI Announces $50 Million Fundraise and Empathic Voice Interface

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Hume AI (“Hume” or the “Company”), a startup and research lab building artificial intelligence optimized for human well-being, today announced it has raised a $50M Series B.

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Hume AI (“Hume” or the “Company”), a startup and research lab building artificial intelligence optimized for human well-being, today announced it has raised a $50M Series B.
In connection with the fundraise, Hume AI has released a beta version of its flagship product, an Empathic Voice Interface (EVI).
With a single API call, developers can integrate EVI into any application to create state-of-the-art voice AI experiences.
Sinai have demonstrated.”
The growing Hume AI team currently comprises 35 leading researchers, engineers, and scientists advancing Dr. Cowen’s work on semantic space theory.

HealthSnap Closes $25 Million Series B Funding Amidst Continued Triple Digit Growth of Remote Patient Monitoring and Chronic Care Management Platform

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

MIAMI, Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthSnap, a Miami-based Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Chronic Care Management (CCM) solution for healthcare providers, today announced its Series B financing totaling $25 million. The round was led by Sands Capital, with new investments from Comcast Ventures, Acronym Venture Capital, and Florida Opportunity Fund. Existing shareholders, Asclepius Growth Capital, Florida Funders, MacDonald Ventures, and TGH Ventures also participated in the round. Scott Frederick, a Managing Partner at Sands Capital, will join HealthSnap's board of directors.

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MIAMI, Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthSnap , a Miami-based Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Chronic Care Management (CCM) solution for healthcare providers, today announced its Series B financing totaling $25 million.
Existing shareholders, Asclepius Growth Capital, Florida Funders, MacDonald Ventures, and TGH Ventures also participated in the round.
In the last 18 months, HealthSnap has grown exponentially, bolstered by the successful expansion of its market-leading Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) platform with the addition of a comprehensive Chronic Care Management (CCM) solution.
HealthSnap is actively hiring for care navigator nurse positions, customer success managers, and patient enrollment specialists.

Haven Energy Raises $7M Series A Funding Round

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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Haven Energy , a climate tech company that is accelerating the adoption of home battery systems, today announced a total of $7 million in Series A funding.

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Haven Energy , a climate tech company that is accelerating the adoption of home battery systems, today announced a total of $7 million in Series A funding.
Haven Energy has experienced rapid growth in its first year of operation by streamlining the entire process of getting a home battery, from installation to ongoing energy management.
Haven Energy is co-founded by a team of Casper and Uber executives, including Vinnie Campo, Jeff Chapin, and Philip Krim.
Haven Energy recently launched a virtual power plant (VPP), available to all California homeowners who have energy storage.

Menlo Ventures Hires Rama Sekhar as Partner

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

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MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Menlo Ventures, a leading venture capital firm, announced its newest partner, Rama Sekhar.

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MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Menlo Ventures, a leading venture capital firm, announced its newest partner, Rama Sekhar.
Rama also previously held positions at Comcast Ventures and Cisco Systems, where he held roles as a systems engineer and product manager.
“We are thrilled to welcome Rama to the Menlo Ventures team,” said Matt Murphy, partner at Menlo Ventures.
It's a fantastic time for him to be joining Menlo Ventures to help us double down on our AI-based cybersecurity and infrastructure investing.”
“Menlo Ventures has a phenomenal track record, and this is a particularly exciting time to join, as they have truly solidified their reputation in both cybersecurity and AI infrastructure with investments in companies like Abnormal, Anthropic, and Pinecone,” said Rama Sekhar, partner at Menlo Ventures.

Techstars Appoints Andrew Cleland as Chief Investment Officer

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

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Techstars , the most active pre-seed investor in the world, today announced the appointment of Andrew Cleland as Chief Investment Officer.

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Techstars , the most active pre-seed investor in the world, today announced the appointment of Andrew Cleland as Chief Investment Officer.
Cleland will oversee Techstars’ Investment and Capital Formation teams.
His responsibilities will include providing strategic leadership for the accelerator investment selection process globally, directing Techstars’ fundraising strategy and developing its investment products.
His leadership in spearheading Techstars’ fundraising strategy and investment decisions will further accelerate the growth of our business,” said Maëlle Gavet, Chief Executive Officer of Techstars.

AI21 Completes $208 Million Oversubscribed Series C Round

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AI21, a leader in AI systems for enterprise, announced today the completion of its $208 million Series C funding at a valuation of $1.4 billion. Participation from additional new investors includes Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of Intel Corporation, and Comcast Ventures, the venture capital arm of Comcast Corporation, which joined previously announced investors. This new round of funding brings the company's total capital raised to $336 million, accelerating AI21's purpose-driven approach in the era of AI-first enterprises.

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This new round of funding brings the company's total capital raised to $336 million, accelerating AI21's purpose-driven approach in the era of AI-first enterprises.
"We look forward to seeing how AI21 will deliver enterprise solutions to strategically leverage this technology in a way that is meaningful and reliable."
This versatility positions AI21 Studio as a comprehensive solution, offering top-tier NLP tools for a wide range of applications.
This enables us to define a flexible architecture with multiple LLMs, complemented by discrete knowledge and reasoning modules," said Prof. Yoav Shoham, co-founder and co-CEO, AI21.

Resemble AI Launches Deepfake Detector and Announces $8M Series A Round Led by Javelin Venture Partners

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

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SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 12, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today Resemble AI, a leader in generative voice artificial intelligence, announced the release of its deepfake audio detector, Resemble Detect, and an $8 million Series A round led by Javelin Venture Partners, along with Comcast Ventures, and follow-on investment from Craft Ventures, Ubiquity Ventures and Qasar Younis. The funds will be used to continue to deliver safe deployment of generative AI to the enterprise. Also generally available now is Resemble AI Speech-to-Speech voice conversion.

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Today Resemble AI, a leader in generative voice artificial intelligence, announced the release of its deepfake audio detector, Resemble Detect, and an $8 million Series A round led by Javelin Venture Partners, along with Comcast Ventures, and follow-on investment from Craft Ventures, Ubiquity Ventures and Qasar Younis.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 12, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today Resemble AI , a leader in generative voice artificial intelligence, announced the release of its deepfake audio detector, Resemble Detect , and an $8 million Series A round led by Javelin Venture Partners , along with Comcast Ventures , and follow-on investment from Craft Ventures , Ubiquity Ventures and Qasar Younis.
"We're proud to support Resemble AI's safe deployment of generative AI for the enterprise," says Alex Gurevich, managing director at Javelin Venture Partners.
Resemble Detect , PerTh Watermarker and Speech-to-Speech products are available now to Resemble AI customers.

650 Group Recognizes Versa Networks as the Market Leader for Both Deployed SASE and Enabled SD-WAN

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

According to 650 Group, Versa posted the leading market share for Deployed SASE and Enabled SD-WAN for Q3 2022 worldwide revenue.

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According to 650 Group, Versa posted the leading market share for Deployed SASE and Enabled SD-WAN for Q3 2022 worldwide revenue.
According to 650 Group, Deployed SASE is defined as single-vendor SASE deployed as a suite.
As a result of Versas market performance in Q3, we again recognized them as the quarterly market share leader in both Deployed SASE and Enabled SD-WAN, said Alan Weckel, Co-Founder and Analyst of 650 Group.
Versa Networks, VOS, the Versa logo, and Versa Titan are or may be registered trademarks of Versa Networks, Inc.
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Hive launches HiveMind to supercharge project planning with AI

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Thursday, December 15, 2022

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Modeled on six years of successful customer projects, HiveMindautomatically sets out the steps to accomplish any goal, expediting project planning and execution.

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Modeled on six years of successful customer projects, HiveMindautomatically sets out the steps to accomplish any goal, expediting project planning and execution.
It has the ability to create project tasks based on simple suggestions, set next steps from received emails and reply based on the inbound email's content.
In addition to increasing efficiencies in project planning, HiveMind can speed up market research by providing facts, statistics, competitive intelligence and new ideas for brainstorms without having to reference internet searches.
HiveMind is fully integrated into Action Cards, Hive Mail and Hive Notes.