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Energy Technology Firm ComboCurve Announces $50M Series B Financing

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

The Series B capital raise firmly cements ComboCurve as the fastest growing technology company in the energy industry.

Key Points: 
  • The Series B capital raise firmly cements ComboCurve as the fastest growing technology company in the energy industry.
  • Since last years Series A funding round, ComboCurve has quickly become the energy operating platform of choice, boasting 650% year-over-year growth and more than 170 customers with a collective enterprise value exceeding $600 billion.
  • ComboCurve was created to solve critical pain points, helping energy companies better manage their forecasting, valuation, reporting and decision-making functions, said Armand Paradis, CEO and Co-Founder, ComboCurve.
  • Were thrilled to be partnering with ComboCurve in their journey to modernize the energy industry in the U.S. and beyond.

Thumbtack Names Amee Chande to Board of Directors

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Thumbtack , the modern home management platform, today announced that Amee Chande will join the companys board of directors after more than a decade in leadership roles at multinational brands that include Alibaba, Walmart, and Waymo.

Key Points: 
  • Thumbtack , the modern home management platform, today announced that Amee Chande will join the companys board of directors after more than a decade in leadership roles at multinational brands that include Alibaba, Walmart, and Waymo.
  • Chande joins the board in advance of major new initiatives at Thumbtack that are designed to expand its relationship with homeowners.
  • A seasoned executive with experience across consumer technology, ecommerce, and marketplace businesses, Chande helps companies challenge the status quo and redefine markets.
  • Bringing the $500 billion home services industry online, Thumbtack empowers millions of homeowners to fix, maintain, and improve their most valuable asset.

Energy Technology Firm ComboCurve Announces $50M Series B Financing

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

The Series B capital raise firmly cements ComboCurve as the fastest growing technology company in the energy industry.

Key Points: 
  • The Series B capital raise firmly cements ComboCurve as the fastest growing technology company in the energy industry.
  • Since last years Series A funding round, ComboCurve has quickly become the energy operating platform of choice, boasting 650% year-over-year growth and more than 170 customers with a collective enterprise value exceeding $600 billion.
  • ComboCurve was created to solve critical pain points, helping energy companies better manage their forecasting, valuation, reporting and decision-making functions, said Armand Paradis, CEO and Co-Founder, ComboCurve.
  • Were thrilled to be partnering with ComboCurve in their journey to modernize the energy industry in the U.S. and beyond.

Tachyum Enhances Customer and Partner Experience with New Web Ticketing System

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Tachyum today announced that it has launched enhancements to its online Customer & Partner Portal with the addition of a ticketing system for users performing testing and evaluation of the Prodigy Universal Processor.

Key Points: 
  • Tachyum today announced that it has launched enhancements to its online Customer & Partner Portal with the addition of a ticketing system for users performing testing and evaluation of the Prodigy Universal Processor.
  • In addition to scaling up engagement, the new ticketing system better serves customers and partners across time zones, countries and continents.
  • The ticketing system also helps Tachyums developers monitor progress of Prodigy testing, identify what users need, and provide fast responses.
  • Tachyum developers are using the ticketing system to see how much better the Prodigy platform performs in these demanding scenarios, and support users in their testing.

Noogata Closes $16 Million Series A to Make AI Analytics Accessible

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

NEW YORK and TEL AVIV, Israel, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --  Noogata, a global leader in no-code artificial intelligence (AI), announced today that it has closed $16 million in Series A funding led by Eight Roads, the global venture capital firm, with participation from Allon Ventures. The latest investment will help Noogata fuel rapid growth and accelerate its vision to enable any business user to make data-driven decisions leveraging AI. To date, this brings the company's total funding to $28 million, with the seed investment made by Team8 and Inference Partners.

Key Points: 
  • The latest investment will help Noogata fuel rapid growth and accelerate its vision to enable any business user to make data-driven decisions leveraging AI.
  • To date, this brings the company's total funding to $28 million, with the seed investment made by Team8 and Inference Partners.
  • This includes extending integrations with a growing list of datasets from Amazon, direct to consumer, and Google to the platform, as well as expanding the range of solutions (AI blocks) that Noogata offers.
  • Noogata delivers the benefits of best-in-class AI for maximum business impact without the complexity and costs of having to develop or maintain your own models.

DeFiChain Adds New dTokens Corresponding to Disney, Intel, MicroStrategy, and iShares MSCI China ETF

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Sunday, April 10, 2022

The four new decentralized tokens will give users price exposure, not ownership, to the underlying stocks and ETFs without any restrictions.

Key Points: 
  • DeFiChain already offers dTokens corresponding to the S&P 500, Tesla, Apple, Alibaba, GameStop, Nasdaq 100, Nvidia, Amazon, Microsoft, Netflix, Meta, and many other stocks and ETFs.
  • The price of dTokens may not always mirror the underlying asset's price because of fluctuations in the supply and demand of dTokens.
  • Users can mint dTokens on the DeFiChain blockchain by depositing BTC, DFI, dUSD, USDT or USDC as collateral in the DeFiChain Vault.
  • Users can also buy dTokens - even in fractional pieces - on the DeFiChain DEX and then put them towards liquidity mining for additional passive income.

Kohl’s Sends Letter to Shareholders Highlighting Strong Board

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Monday, April 11, 2022

Macellum CEO Jonathan Duskins short-term approach threatens to destroy significant value, making him unfit to serve on the Kohls Board.

Key Points: 
  • Macellum CEO Jonathan Duskins short-term approach threatens to destroy significant value, making him unfit to serve on the Kohls Board.
  • Mr. Duskins focus on short-term value is further evidenced by his firms recent trading of Kohls securities.
  • Alarmingly, multiple Macellum nominees do not have the experience that any other public company comparable to Kohls would expect from its board members:
    Six of Macellums 10 nominees have never served on a public company board.
  • None of Macellums nominees have served on a retail company board with a comparable market capitalization to Kohls.

Record Cloud Demand Fuels IT, Business Services Growth in Q1, ISG Index™ Finds

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Overall, the global market for IT and business services remains robust, but could face some headwinds going forward, said Steve Hall, president of ISG.

Key Points: 
  • Overall, the global market for IT and business services remains robust, but could face some headwinds going forward, said Steve Hall, president of ISG.
  • The ever-unpredictable business process outsourcing (BPO) segment, meanwhile, surged 86 percent, to a record $3.0 billion of ACV, fueled by strong demand for industry-specific services.
  • Demand for managed services was strongest in the telecommunications and manufacturing sectors, as well as in the financial services industry, which saw record ACV in the quarter.
  • The ISG Index is recognized as the authoritative source for marketplace intelligence on the global technology and business services industry.

Doceree Closes $11 Million Series A Funding Round Led by Eight Roads Ventures

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

LONDON, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Doceree Inc, the first global network of physician-only platforms for programmatic messaging, today announced the completion of $11 million Series A funding round led by Eight Roads Ventures, a global investment firm backed by Fidelity. F-Prime Capital and Alkemi Growth Capital also participated in the round.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Doceree Inc, the first global network of physician-only platforms for programmatic messaging, today announced the completion of $11 million Series A funding round led by Eight Roads Ventures, a global investment firm backed by Fidelity.
  • "Doceree is transforming the way digital interactions between pharmaceutical brands and prescribers are facilitated," says Ashish Venkataramani, Partner, Eight Roads Ventures.
  • "Doceree has proven the ability to efficiently connect stakeholders and is well-positioned to serve the needs of the pharma industry."
  • https://fprimecapital.com/
    Eight Roads Ventures is a global venture capital firm managing $8bn of assets across offices in the UK, China, India, Japan, and the US.

Eleos Health Raises $20M to Unlock In-Session Behavioral Health Voice Data

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

As the U.S. works to expand its behavioral health workforce , existing mental health care providers are shouldering a crushing workload , with self-reported burnout rates among psychiatrists at 78% .

Key Points: 
  • As the U.S. works to expand its behavioral health workforce , existing mental health care providers are shouldering a crushing workload , with self-reported burnout rates among psychiatrists at 78% .
  • Launched in early 2020, Eleos Health is a breakthrough clinical application for voice AI, operating ambiently in the background of behavioral health clinician-patient conversations (full patient consent and permission are pre-conditions of clinical use).
  • Eleos is currently used by thousands of clinicians across more than 20 national care providers and health plans, including Gaudenzia Home, The Brookline Center for Mental Health and Coleman Health Services.
  • It allows providers and payers to unlock the holy grail in behavioral health - the synchronization of behavioral, medical and SDoH data to improve outcomes and reduce clinician burnout all without changing the clinical workflow."