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AllSpice thinks hardware developers lack their own ‘GitHub,’ so it is building one

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AllSpice , a collaborative hub designed for hardware development, came out of private beta on a mission to build a DevOps ecosystem inspired by GitHub. Founders Valentina Ratner (formerly Toll Villagra) and Kyle Dumont met at Harvard while both were getting a joint engineering master’s and MBA in 2019.

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Kenyan tech-enabled logistics platform Amitruck raises $4 million, embarks on Uganda, Tanzania expansion

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Amitruck , a Kenyan tech-enabled logistics platform, is one such provider of solutions that streamline the shipping market. And at the moment, it can cost up to five times more than it does in more developed markets to move those goods,” said Mwangi. In Africa, 99% of goods have to use a vehicle of some type.

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Singapore-based fintech STACS raises $3.6M to develop blockchain platforms for financial institutions

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The company develops blockchain platforms that can work with financial institutions’ existing infrastructure, and its core technology is also used in GreenSTACS for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments. Singapore-based fintech Hashstacs Pte Ltd (STACS) announced today it has raised $3.6 million USD in pre-Series A funding.

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Pangaea Holdings, developing men’s personal care brands, raises $68M, including minority stake from Eurazeo

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Harlem Capital’s Henri Pierre-Jacques invested in both Pangaea’s seed round in 2019 and Series A in 2020. Pangaea ended up developing proprietary infrastructure, including warehousing, payments and shipping, as a holding company to grow and scale direct-to-consumer brands.

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YC-backed Curacel unveils new API platform that enables tech-led businesses to offer insurance

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Curacel , the YC-backed startup that is developing insurance infrastructure for the African market, has launched a new interface that allows digital businesses like those in retail, fintech, e-commerce and logistics to add insurance to their core products.

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Real estate developer turned prefab home builder Veev closes on $400M in fresh funding

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Veev, a real estate developer turned tech-enabled homebuilder, announced today that it has raised $400 million a Series D round that propels the company to “unicorn status.” Interestingly, Veev Group started its life as a traditional real estate developer and asset manager.

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Modular closes $30 million seed round to simplify the process of developing AI systems

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But if you ask the co-founders of Modular , a startup emerging from stealth today, the software used to develop it is “monolithic,” fractured into silos piled with layers of complexity. “Modular’s main competition is the mindset that dominates AI software development within Big Tech, and Big Tech itself,” Lattner said.