Heartland Ventures is bringing Silicon Valley VCs to Indiana
Splice Machine raises $16 million for unified machine learning platform
Facebook is bringing satellite Wi-Fi hotspots to rural communities, starting in Mexico
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Mojio raises $40 million to monetize connected car data
ThousandEyes raises $50 million to monitor network performance
Armorblox raises $16.5 million for NLP that secures human communication
GitHub expands bug bounty program and removes maximum award limit
Kairos raises $4 million for facial recognition technology
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ViSenze raises $20 million to further develop its AI product comparison tools
Thumbtack partners with Alia to bring benefits to independent contractors, starting with cleaners
Peraso raises $42 million for WiGig integrated chip solutions
Redis Labs raises $60 million for its NoSQL database
SendBird raises $52 million so developers can add messaging and chat features to their apps
Qualcomm debuts Snapdragon X55 modem for slimmer, faster 5G smartphones
M12-backed NsKnox raises $15 million for real-time payment fraud detection
Twitter expands political ad policy to EU, India, and Australia
Ann Arbor and Memphis are among the top cities for female founders raising their first round
Facebook chief AI scientist joins $4.5 million round for algorithmic music startup Antescofo
IOTA partners with Nova to launch seed fund for distributed ledger startups
GoCardless nabs $75 million from GV, others, to expand its recurring payments platform to the U.S.
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Problematic employees: When to hold on and when to fire them
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India is turning its back on Silicon Valley
Didi plans Chile, Peru, and Colombia launches to take on Uber
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China’s tech companies are taking a more American approach to international expansion
Amazon leads $700 million investment into electric pickup truck startup Rivian
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ProBeat: Tech company expansions need to be less arrogant and more transparent
Telecom industry calls for Europe-wide network testing to avoid banning vendors such as Huawei
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Amazon only has itself to blame for its failed New York campus
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Israel’s DriveNets raises $110 million to simplify telco service deployments
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