That’s where Work Better Now comes in.

What is Work Better Now?

Work Better Now focuses just on helping businesses find full-time personal assistants that are dedicated to serving their operations.

Since Work Better Now focuses on helping businesses find full-time assistants, that is the only service they provide.

Work Better Now certainly isn’t the only option for finding personal assistants. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584037810.2471502/Need-an-Assistant?-Try-Work-Better-Now?ref=audio_experience

Glowforge, the Seattle-based startup that makes a 3D laser cutter/engraver, is making a move into education to bring its technology to more schools and students and foster a sense of creativity that moves far beyond traditional shop classes.

The 5-year-old company has hired Melissa Smith as its new head of educational sales.

Smith was previously vice president of sales and partnerships for education at Sphero, makers of interactive robotics and more.

“We live in a world where kids need to know how to make things for themselves,” said Dan Shapiro, founder and CEO of Glowforge.

Glowforge has set up special resources for educators that includes free designs, lesson plans, peer support, video instruction, and more. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584036006.141112/Glowforge-makes-push-to-bring-3D-laser-printer-to-more-students,-hires-head-of-educational-sales?ref=audio_experience

What could happen to the fundraising market in the coronavirus era where organizers cancel events, the financial markets suffer from a bear market, and there is a lot of uncertainty?

The most recent event to use as an analogy is the 2008 financial crisis.

Seed rounds stayed constant at $300k (different era!).

If history is a guide, though, we can look to the 2008 financial crisis.

In 2008, the venture market saw depressed valuations for 18-24 months, but a similar deal velocity. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584034206.4592493/What-Could-the-Venture-Market-Look-Like-in-the-Coronavirus-Era?ref=audio_experience

Contxto – Colombian logistics startup Liftit is expanding its operations.

The startup can already be found within two other parts of the country: Mexico City and Monterrey.

Related article: Colombian logistics startup, Liftit, raises US$14.3 million from monashees and the IFCLiftit in MexicoThe Colombian startup was very busy last year.

The startup reported that around 25 percent of its earnings come from its operations in Mexico.

Startups centered on large-scale logistics and freight like Liftit and Nowports are being hard hit with trade slowdowns. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584032407.079793/Colombian-logistics-startup-Liftit-expands-in-Mexico?ref=audio_experience

Ride Report announced a $10 million investment round to fuel growth of its data platform that helps city governments manage shared mobility fleets.

The Portland, Ore.-based startup serves 60 cities and oversees nearly 100,000 unique vehicles being rolled out on streets and sidewalks across the globe.

For operators, it means balancing city needs and profitability.”Unusual Ventures led the Series A round, which follows a $3.4 seed investment round announced last year.

Ride Report originally started as Knock Software, which made a small device that counted bicycle traffic.

Ride Report CEO and co-founder William Henderson is a former engineer at Square and Apple. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584030605.504628/Ride-Report-raises-$10M-to-help-cities-manage-data-from-shared-scooters-and-bikes?ref=audio_experience

Zomato is an Indian restaurant aggregator and delivers food in almost every Indian city.

Zomato has done this in the United States through its acquisition of Seattle based Urbanspoon for an estimated $60 million in 2015.

Deepinder Goyal's Zomato IdeaZomato LogoOrdering food from home wasn’t easy initially.

Zomato FundingWhen the Zomato team was desperate for funding, Info Edge came into the picture.

After expansion, Zomato collaborated with Citibank which was named as “Citibank Zomato Restaurant Guide”. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584028816.546731/Never-Have-A-Bad-Meal-Through-Zomato?ref=audio_experience

0 Shares EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRisk management startup Interos landed $17.5 million in a new round of funding, the company announced Thursday.

The company looks at financial risk, operational risk, geographic risk and cyber risk.

In CEO Jennifer Bisceglie’s words, Interos is “building the world’s largest business relationship graph.”The new funding round was led by Venrock with participation from Kleiner Perkins, which also invested in the company’s $8.35 million Series A last year.

Interos tripled its headcount in 2019 and saw its annual recurring revenue grow by 700 percent, according to a statement from the company.

Half of the new funding will go toward engineering and data science, and the other half will be for sales and marketing, Bisceglie said. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584027022.9033709/Interos-Raises-$17.5M-Series-B-In-Venrock-Led-Round?ref=audio_experience

YC-backed Giveaway lets folks give away their unused or unnecessary items in a marketplace.

Unlike other buy/sell or donation platforms, Giveaway uses a virtual currency on the platform to reward people for listing their products for free on the app.

Folks can then use that Karma to claim items listed on the app.

The first person to try to claim an item offers zero Karma for the item.

The app promotes giving items away to earn Karma but does offer a flow for purchasing the virtual currency. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584025206.7267516/YC-backed-Giveaway-is-a-peer-to-peer-marketplace-that-uses-virtual-currency-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

Today French startup Akur8, an AI-driven insurance pricing solution, has raised €8 million in its Series A round from BlackFin Capital Partners and MTech Capital, bringing its total funding to €10 million.

Akur8, founded in 2018, is an insurtech startup providing AI-powered pricing automation and optimization for insurance carriers.

This is where Akur8 jumps in – its unique AI algorithm automates the insurance pricing process while providing complete transparency, thereby ensuring compliance with local insurance regulatory requirements.

Samuel Falmagne, Co-founder and CEO of Akur8, said: “When we embarked on building Akur8, we were passionate about offering a truly novel solution for the insurance industry.

We are proud to be backing Akur8 as a unique player solving a critical issue for the entire industry.” | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584023405.645064/Paris-based-Akur8-raises-€8-million-to-solve-pain-points-in-insurance-pricing?ref=audio_experience

SpotOn Raises $50M in Series B Back to HomeSAN FRANCISCO, CA, SpotOn Transact announced $50 million in Series B funding.

SpotOn Transact, Inc ("SpotOn"), an innovative payments and software company, today announced $50 million in Series B funding.

The $50 million in funding will be used to continue SpotOn's investment into product development building solutions for specific verticals.

"Business owners are rapidly selecting SpotOn as their go-to technology partner, and we're excited to continue building SpotOn into a household name within the business community and beyond."

About SpotOn Transact, IncSpotOn Transact, Inc ("SpotOn") is a cutting-edge software and payments company that has redefined the merchant services industry. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584021711.9689875/SpotOn-Raises-$50M-in-Series-B?ref=audio_experience