Unmind, a London, UK-based provider of a workplace mental health platform, raised €9.1m in Series A funding.

The company intends to use the funds to hire new people and expand its business expansion.

Founded in 2016 by Dr. Nick Taylor, Unmind provides small and large companies with a platform for employees to measure and manage their mental wellbeing through scientifically-backed assessments, and training programs made in partnership with world-renowned authors, experts and clinicians.

The solution also enables organizations to access aggregated and anonymous data to make informed decisions about their wider mental health strategy.

The company serves clients including British Airways, John Lewis & Partners, ASOS, Just Eat, among others. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581543008.179022/Unmind-Raises-€9.1M-in-Series-A-Funding?ref=audio_experience

LeafWorks Inc., a Sebastopol, Calif.-based female-founded genetics company specializing in plant identification, research and development for the cannabis, hemp and herbal industries, closed $1m Series A funding round.

The round was led by Bonaventure Equity.

The company intends to use the funds to scale its business and solidify its integral role within the B2B and B2C cannabis and herbal markets.

Co-founded by CEO Eleanor Kuntz, PhD and CSO Kerin Law, PhD., LeafWorks is a cannabis and hemp company that combats mislabeling in the marketplace through DNA-based tests and services that confirm verifiable ingredient authenticity and sourcing.

FinSMEs12/02/2020 | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581541211.7716198/LeafWorks-Raises-$1M-in-Series-A-Funding?ref=audio_experience

The purpose of employee training and development is to facilitate company processes and, ultimately, increase ROI for time spent and resources invested.

Also, it includes a directive that she be prepared to make the switch to Helpdesk Support Software B by a certain date.

Consequently, she puts off learning anything about Helpdesk Support Software B until the very last minute.

Periodic meetings throughout the training process to assess progress and make sure learning is on track can accomplish this.

Successful Employee Training Begins with a Clear VisionEnthusiasm for new systems and processes is a sentiment that has the greatest effect company-wide when it trickles down from the top. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581539406.7798808/Successful-Employee-Training-Requires-Clear-Communication-–-Education?ref=audio_experience

Next Friday, February 21, SaaS Office Hours at Redpoint welcomes Lisa Lawson.

Lisa also lleads the channel practice for SaaS Sales Management, the leading bootcamp for SaaS sales leaders.

SaaS Office Hours are events hosted at Redpoint with a speaker.

Over the course of two hours, we’ll invite four startups to conduct one-on-one office hours for 30 minutes with Lisa and I to discuss go-to-market questions and their channel strategies.

(Apply to attend these office hours here](https://ttunguz.typeform.com/to/JMEfco). | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581537606.9299688/Office-Hours-with-Lisa-Lawson?ref=audio_experience

Vezeeta, an Egypt-based healthcare services booking platform in the Middle East and Africa, raised $40m in Series D funding.

The company intends to use the funds to continue to expand operations and its business reach.

Led by Amir Barsoum, CEO and Co-founder, and Mohammad El Mougi, Director of Product Management, Vezeeta provides a digital healthcare booking platform and practice management software in MENA.

With over 200,000 verified reviews, patients are able to search, compare, and book doctors.

Doctors also provide patients with healthcare experiences through clinic management software. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581535809.5497367/Vezeeta-Raises-$40M-in-Series-D-Funding?ref=audio_experience

Tempe, AZ-based small business software provider Business Warrior, formerly known as Bluume (OTC: KDNG), completed a reverse merger and is now a publicly traded company under the ticker symbol KDNG.

They completed their first round of raising capital of $1 million through private investment.

Under new corporate structure, Business Warrior retains control of the company through newly issued preferred shares.

Led by CEO Rhett Doolittle, Business Warrior provides a platform that makes recommendations to small businesses on the tasks to simplify and prioritize daily decisions to improve profitability, improve and grow.

The company takes an organic view of each business’s online reputation, listings, website, search results, and advertising. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581534012.1383069/Business-Warrior-Goes-Public?ref=audio_experience

Mr. Ratan Naval Tata, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons and Chairman of the Tata Trusts.

Please treat this young lady with respect.” He wrote the following with a smiley face in the end.

However, this case of cyberbullying on Ratan Tata’s post revealed the business tycoon’s sophistication and subtle sense of humour.

Tata, neither took an offence to the remark of “Chhotu”, nor did he remain silent when the young lady was being cyberbullied.

And I think that has had a very profound influence on me and my value systems,” Ratan Tata told YourStory. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581532329.7305613/How-Ratan-Tata-defended-a-young-lady-from-cyberbullying-on-Instagram?ref=audio_experience

Marketing startup Habu is emerging from stealth today and announcing that it has already raised $15 million in Series A funding.

The company comes out of super{set}, the startup studio created by Krux founders Tom Chavez and Vivek Vaidya.

Instead, the company describes its core product as a “marketing data operating system” that can be used alongside the aforementioned clouds, bringing a company’s customer data together across platforms, then providing automated insights and recommendations on how to use that data to deliver personalized marketing.

“We’re trying not to be a platform,” Kilmartin said.

“It’s a modular, interoperable suite of services.”Habu’s software can pull in a marketer’s first-party customer data, as well as data from platforms like Google and Facebook. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581530407.3391404/Former-Krux-and-Salesforce-execs-raise-$15M-for-their-marketing-data-startup-Habu-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

Contxto – You loved our Mexico venture capital (VC) ranking so now we’re back with more.

Or is it simply just the raw number of startups the VC has invested in which makes it the best?

Well, interestingly enough, it turns out that most of these criteria combine once an investment fund has reached a critical mass of capital.

So, without further ado, we give to you, the top eight venture capital funds in Chile!

A pretty capital intensive area, so an average ticket goes from US$500,000 up to $US3 million. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581528607.187355/Top-8-Venture-Capital-funds-in-Chile?ref=audio_experience

Laka , a London-based community-driven insurance technology company, raised $4.7M in funding co-led by LocalGlobe and Creandum.

The company offers a commercial real estate management platform and offers a commercial P&C insurance program for portfolios between $500K and $10B in AUM.

LifeProformex, a Cleveland-based life insurance policy management platform, raised $500K from undisclosed investors as indicated in its Form D filing.

Cowbell Cyber augments cyber platform with loss data partnershipAI-enabled cyber insurance provider Cowbell Cyber partnered with cyber loss data provider Advisen to address cyber coverage gaps for small to mid-sized enterprises.

INCUMBENT INITIATIVESTokio Marine uses Metromile for claimsTokio Marine, the largest Japanese insurance company (and 17th largest US insurance company), will use Metromile’s enterprise platform to improve and digitize their claims management. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581526806.6774726/This-Week-In-Insurance-Tech:-Gojek-Rolls-Out-Online-Insurance,-Blockchain-Enabled-Insurance-Tests,-AXA-Partners-with-ClassPass?ref=audio_experience