SambaNova Systems, a Palo Alto, CA-based company building an advanced systems platform to run artificial intelligence (AI) and data-intensive applications from the datacenter to the edge, raised $250m in Series C funding.

The round was led by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock with participation from existing investors including GV, Intel Capital, Walden International, WRVI Capital and Redline Capital.

The company intends to use the funds to further accelerate the software capabilities of its computing platform and to build out all areas of the organization.

Olukotun, known as the “father of the multi-core processor,” SambaNova Systems offers an integrated hardware and software solution with an architecture optimized for dataflow from algorithms to silicon, enabling a broad range of compute-intensive applications to run from the datacenter to the edge.

In April of 2019, the company announced a Series B funding round of $150m, led by Intel Capital with participation from GV. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582633811.8127863/SambaNova-Systems-Raises-$250M-in-Series-C-Funding?ref=audio_experience

“We can’t restrict changes inside a Wikipedia article from being visible in one country and not another,” she added.

In terms of the total number of users, India accounts for the fifth-largest market for Wikipedia.

Wikipedia Questions Intention Of NormsAccording to the drafted provisions, internet companies will have to take down their online content within 24 hours on the government’s request.

These rules also make it mandatory for internet companies to leverage automated tools to detect and remove any content which promotes illicit information.

Last month, Mozilla, GitHub, and Cloudflare had written an open letter to the government sharing their concerns with intermediary liability rules. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582632108.4792721/Wikipedia-Might-Shut-Shop-If-India-Passes-Internet-Rules?ref=audio_experience

In this article, we take a look at some of the best ways to saving money when organising an event.

Hire event crewIf you are hosting an event that requires a large stage setting or specialised sound systems, for example, hiring an event crew could save you time, money and any potential errors.

By having them attend via a live video link-up or pre-recorded message, saving yourself plenty of money without tarnishing the event for your attendees.

So, working with universities could be an excellent option when saving money for your event, while also helping out the up and coming generation!

Students could also bring some fresh ideas and a burst of energy; something that is very useful when organising an event. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582630208.70721/8-tips-for-saving-money-when-organising-an-event?ref=audio_experience

The government on Monday introduced a new electronic form for incorporation of companies, saying the initiative will help in reducing the time and cost of starting a business in the country.

SPICe+, an integrated web form, would have two parts – for reserving names for new companies and providing various services at the time of incorporation.

Ten services, including the issuance of EPFO and ESIC registration numbers, would be done through SPICe+.

It replaces the electronic form SPICe (Simplified Proforma for Incorporating Company Electronically).

All required filings under the companies law as well as the incorporation of companies are made through its portal MCA21. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582628544.90028/Govt-introduces-new-electronic-form-SPICe+-to-reduce-time-for-incorporation-of-companies?ref=audio_experience

Scipio bioscience, a Paris, France-based biotechnology company developing a new generation of single-cell sequencing solutions, secured a €6.0 M Series A financing.

The funding will accelerate the final development of its single-cell RNA-sequencing kit, as well as marketing and business development efforts to prepare for commercial launch in 2022.

Co-founded and led by Pierre Walrafen, PhD, CEO, and world-renowned biophysicist Prof Stuart Edelstein, President, Scipio bioscience develops a new generation of single-cell sequencing solutions, to answer the needs of clinical and basic research labs.

Scipio bioscience was supported by a grant from the Région Île-de-France and the Programme d’Investissement d’Avenir, operated by BPI France.

FinSMEs25/02/2020 | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582626713.9481783/Scipio-bioscience-Secures-€6.0M-Series-A-Financing?ref=audio_experience

Nowadays, small business owners have access to enormous amounts of data, which they leverage to improve their marketing efforts.

This data is collected via several different means, but call tracking technology is up there with the most accessible and effective.

Let’s take a look at five ways in which call tracking can benefit your business.

Identifying online customers and matching them with the phone-based ones can be tricky; sophisticated call tracking software gets around this by assigning each customer with a unique number to call.

Identifying common complaintsIn most cases, large chunks of a calls to a business will concern the same few common complaints and criticisms. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582624807.22576/5-ways-that-call-tracking-could-benefit-your-small-business?ref=audio_experience

Speedinvest, a pan-European early-stage venture capital firm, closed its third institutional fund, at €190m.

The fund invests in European early-stage startups across Fintech, Deep Tech, Marketplaces, Industrial Tech, Digital Health and Consumer Tech writing initial checks from €50K up to €1.5M.

Led by CEO Oliver Holle, Speedinvest is a European venture capital fund with €400M+ AUM and more than 40 investment professionals working from Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Vienna and San Francisco.

Its portfolio now includes wefox (€235M Series B), TIER Mobility (€55M Series B), Curve (€50M Series B), CoachHub, TWAICE, Billie, TourRadar, Inkitt and Luko.

The new fund takes the firm’s total AUM to more than €400m. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582623012.5461867/Speedinvest-Closes-Third-Venture-Capital-Fund,-at-€190M?ref=audio_experience

Speedinvest, the European seed-stage VC that was started from Vienna but has since added offices in London, Berlin, Munich and San Francisco, has raised a new €190 million fund.

Sector-wise, Speedinvest says it is targeting fintech, “deep tech”, marketplaces, industrial tech, digital health and consumer tech startups — so a pretty wide brief.

In addition, the VC claims 20 “operational experts” providing portfolio companies with “full-service HR, growth marketing, business development, and U.S. expansion support”.

Meanwhile, Speedinvest’s portfolio includes a number of Europe’s fast-growing tech companies, such as insurtech Wefox (€235 million Series B), e-scooter rentals company Tier Mobility (€55 million Series B), and fintech Curve (€50 million Series B).

In fact, Speedinvest says it has already invested in over ten startups from this new fund. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582621215.2405932/Speedinvest-raises-new-€190M-fund-to-continue-backing-early-stage-European-tech-startups-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

After a report that it is considering a potential merger with Grab, Gojek denied that it is planning a deal with its rival, but a source tells TechCrunch that the two companies have been talking for about three and a half months, beginning after Gojek founder and former CEO left the company in October to join Indonesian president Joao Widodo’s cabinet.

Both companies offer a wide range of services, including ride-hailing, food deliveries and payments, through their apps.

(Grab said today that it has raised $850 million to expand its financial services).

According to the Information, executives from Gojek and Grab have met occasionally over the past several years, and began to discuss a merger more seriously recently.

If they agree to merge, the two companies would potentially also deal with regulatory challenges similar to the ones Grab had to deal with when it bought Uber’s Southeast Asia operations in 2018. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582619411.0297027/Grab-and-Gojek-began-discussing-a-potential-merger-more-than-three-months-ago-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

TRAI had released a new consultation paper on issues related to traffic management practices and the setting up of a multi-stakeholder body on net neutrality.

The paper discusses various challenges in the measurement of internet traffic and suggests reasonable traffic management practices.

Mozilla Corp, in stark contrast, called for the MSB which would enable stringent enforcement of net neutrality rules.

It also suggested emulating the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) model to “determine and measure (the extent) of net neutrality violations”.

It had also asked the regulatory body to recommend necessary traffic management practices for consideration of the DoT. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582617605.586226/Telcos,-Internet-Companies-Clash-Over-Net-Neutrality-Monitoring-Body?ref=audio_experience