Venture University (VU), an investor accelerator for venture capital, private equity, and angel investing, today announces the launch of its Angel Immersion Program.

VU’s Angel Immersion Program costs $5,000 to attend and is held over a four day period in San Francisco.

The Angel Immersion Program will take place four times per year.

“There is truly no other angel investing program out there as comprehensive and immersive in terms of benefits as VU’s Angel Immersion Program,” said J. Skyler Fernandes, Founder at Venture University and General Partner at VU Venture Partners.

To sign-up for VU’s Angel Immersion Program, click here. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580833809.2472801/Investor-Accelerator,-Venture-University,-Announces-The-Launch-Of-Angel-Immersion-Program-For-Aspiring-Investors?ref=audio_experience

0 Shares EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInTop Hat is trying to innovate a sector that epitomizes tradition and legacy: higher education.

The Toronto startup wants to help textbook publishers bring their content from print-only to digitally palatable.

Subscribe to the Crunchbase DailyTop Hat has just announced a $55 million Series D, a mix of equity and debt, co-led by existing investors Georgian Partners and Inovia Capital.

There’s also a Top Hat marketplace to exchange textbooks and provide interactions between teachers to ensure content matches the ever-changing landscape.

Along with the fundraise announcement, Top Hat announced the recipients of its scholarship, which awards 5 kids in North America a combined $100,000 for academics. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580832008.8432286/Top-Hat-Raises-$55M-Series-D-To-Help-Make-The-8-a.m.,-150-Person-Lecture-More-Interactive?ref=audio_experience

Scheduling software does exactly that.

Better Schedules, SoonerThe best restaurant scheduling software doesn’t just create schedules in less time than it would otherwise take; it actually produces better schedules, too.

Get Shift Replacements QuicklyNo matter how effective the shift scheduling software is, sometimes employees have emergencies preventing them from coming to work.

New restaurant scheduling software gives prompts before the schedule is locked in place.

That’s why it’s essential to save money where possible, by implementing new technologies such as restaurant scheduling software. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580830210.4009702/Does-Scheduling-Software-Cut-Costs?-Let-Us-Count-the-Ways-–-Tech?ref=audio_experience

Anderson recruited several experienced business leaders with varying career paths to help co-lead four funds:Experience Fund , led by Scott Maw and Richelle Parham.

Pacific Northwest Fund , led by Anthony Bontrager and Laurel Buckner.

Prasad is a former investment banker who was most recently chief of staff at Blue Shield of California.

Prasad is a former investment banker who was most recently chief of staff at Blue Shield of California.

Opportunity Fund, led by Anderson and Lisa Stone, a former executive at Ellevest and co-founder of BlogHer. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580828430.3356068/Gender-balance:-Why-this-investment-firm-is-using-a-male-female-co-led-fund-strategy?ref=audio_experience

Global Savings Group (GSG), a Munich, Germany – based provider of Commerce Content Solutions, raised $13m in funding.

Backers included existing investors Rocket Internet, Holtzbrinck Ventures, DTCP and RTP Global.

Recently, GSG also announced that they had entered exclusive negotiations for French cashback player iGraal from M6 Group, valued at $137M.

The new office, in Atlanta, Georgia, joined GSG’s list within major global cities, including Amsterdam, Kuala Lumpur, London, Madrid and Warsaw.

Founded in 2012, Global Savings Group provides a PubTech platform for Commerce Content operating 100+ digital assets with leading publishers, enabling them to monetize by delivering inspirations, recommendations, deals and discounts to consumers. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580826608.6568077/Global-Savings-Group-Raises-$13M-in-Funding?ref=audio_experience

ClearMetal, a San Francisco, CA-based Continuous Delivery Experience (CDX) platform, received an additional $15m in funding.

The company intends to use the funds to further develop its CDX Platform.

Led by Adam Compain, CEO, ClearMetal provides a Continuous Delivery Experience (CDX) platform, which enables supply chain organizations to optimize logistics and provide customers with access to live information about their shipments.

The platform uses proprietary machine learning algorithms to continually learn, adjust and get smarter to draw out hidden patterns, enabling users to make smart business decisions based on up-to-date information.

The company also has offices in New York, Chicago, Houston, London and Switzerland. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580824807.3231642/ClearMetal-Raises-$15M-in-Funding?ref=audio_experience

Top Hat, a Toronto, Canada-based active learning platform for higher education, raised $55M USD in Series D equity and debt financing.

Led by Mike Silagadze, founder and CEO, Top Hat provides a cloud-based teaching platform that enables professors to engage students inside and outside the classroom with content, tools, and activities.

The system combines interactive textbooks, lecture slides, quizzes, and assignments all on one platform, supporting student learning before, during, and after class.

Partnerships with Fountainhead Press and Bluedoor Publishing augment the company’s strategy to move traditional textbooks to the digital world via its platform.

Today, Top Hat has 400 employees and more than 2.7 million students are enrolled in courses using its system at 750 of the top 1,000 higher education institutions in North America. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580823012.27555/Top-Hat-Secures-$55M-in-Series-D-Funding?ref=audio_experience

This post is also available in: Español (Spanish)Contxto – Colombia’s last-mile delivery startup, Vueltap is on the move.

Moreover, Vueltap told Contxto that thanks to an investment it closed last November with various national and international funds, it’s raised over US$1 million during its three-year run.

Delivery startup for e-commerceFive years ago, María Elisa Botero, Camilo Arango, and David Arango considered the launch of an e-commerce business.

It connects e-commerce business owners with its courier, usually a motorcyclist, for express or same day delivery of packages.

Plans for the futureThanks to its recent investment, in 2020, the startup will be deploying warehouses as dark stores. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580821211.1442356/Colombia’s-last-mile-delivery-startup-Vueltap,-raises-over-US$1-million?ref=audio_experience

Google has rolled out this new feature only for AndroidIn a bid to make mobile recharges simpler and faster, Google India, on Tuesday (February 4), launched a prepaid mobile recharge feature on Google search.

A user can use this feature by simply typing ‘prepaid mobile recharge’ in the Google search bar.

Today, we make it easier for people in India to recharge prepaid SIMs with a new Google Search experience,” Google said in a blog.

For the integration, a mobile recharge aggregator has to submit a form to Google which will be reviewed by the company before it starts to receive mobile recharge requests from Google Search.

“To be eligible for Mobile Recharge, you must be a service provider or a mobile recharge plans aggregator in India that providers offer on mobile phone plans,” Google said. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580819407.7813/Google-Search-Allows-Prepaid-Mobile-Recharge-On-Platform?ref=audio_experience

Mindance, a Leipzig, Germany-based mental fitness platform for office, raised a seven-figure seed financing round.

Backers included High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen (TGFS), Elevation Investments and a business angel.

Founded in 2017 by Robin Maier, Lukas Stenzel and David Schumann, Mindance provides a platform that digitizes mental wellbeing in companies.

The company offers customers with a tailor-made package of digitalized training programs and actions to maintain and promote the mental fitness status of their employees.

The package includes the customized use of digital tools and training programs, coaches, workshops and webinars. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580817608.625321/Mindance-Raises-Seven-Figure-Seed-Financing-Round?ref=audio_experience