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Bobby Franklin is the president and chief executive of the National Venture Capital Association and previously served as an executive vice president for the CTIA & The Wireless Association.
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Food delivery startup DoorDash announced this afternoon that it has raised $250 million, justfive months since the company announced a $535 million round.

Why raise more money so soon CEO Tony Xu told Axios that he wasn&t actively looking for additional investment, but was open to investor interest because it could help the company

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Inokyo wants to be the indie Amazon Go. Itjust launched its prototype cashierless autonomous retail store. Cameras track what you grab from shelves, and with a single QR scan of its app on your way in and out of the store, you&re charged for what you got.

Inokyo‘s first store is now open on Mountain ViewCastro Street

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Credit Karma, the service best known for providing free credit score monitoring and other financial advice(mostly to millennials), is getting into the mortgage business. The company today announced that it has acquired Approved, a mortgage platform that brings modern technology to a process that even today often still involves faxing

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If you want to have a brutal workout from the comfort of your own home — and have about $3,000 to spend — look no further. Tonal, a strength-training system powered by electromagnetism resistance technology and machine learning, is launching today to let you get ripped and in shape without having to go to the gym.

There are two key

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Bark, the company behind the BarkBox subscription for dog treats and toys, is planning to open what it calls its first BarkPark in Nashville.

It sounds like the goal is to create a space that combines a dog park with a coffee shop or other hangout spot for humans.

&I was out with friends, we&re drinking wine, ita really cool

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  1. Shelf Engine uses machine learning to stop food waste from eating into store margins
  2. Descartes Labs launches its geospatial analysis platform
  3. Coinbase acquires Distributed Systems to build ‘Login with Coinbase’
  4. Flowbox is a tool that makes it easy to build special effects
  5. Twistlock snares $33 million Series C investment to secure cloud native environments