Posted by admin on 1/17/20 • Categorized as Feature StoryThe internet is full of articles about hacks; life hacks, time-saving hacks and more.

However, if you are in business, these 2 tips could transform your working day, reduce stress and increase your productivity dramatically.

For example, you should avoid ‘subvocalizing’ – the silent speech that typically happens in a person’s mind when they are reading.

If you are able to eliminate less technical, time-consuming tasks such as proofreading, email management/filtering and calendar management you can often free up half of your working day.

As a business owner, calls are a very necessary evil – they interrupt my working day and flow but represent the most lucrative of all sales leads. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1579224608.938767/2-Real-Time-Saving-Hacks-That-Every-Entrepreneur-Should-Know---Young-Upstarts?ref=audio_experience

SpinLaunch, a company that aims to turn the launch industry on its head with a wild new concept for getting to orbit, has raised a $35M round B to continue its quest.

The team has yet to demonstrate their kinetic launch system, but this year will be the year that changes, they claim.

TechCrunch first reported on SpinLaunch’s ambitious plans in 2018, when the company raised its previous $35 million, which combined with $10M it raised prior to that and today’s round comes to a total of $80M.

With that kind of money you might actually be able to build a space catapult.

The funding round was led by previous investors Airbus Ventures, GV, and KPCB, as well as Catapult Ventures, Lauder Partners, John Doerr and Byers Family. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1579222807.5928147/SpinLaunch-spins-up-a-$35M-round-to-continue-building-its-space-catapult-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

Tweet NEW YORK, NY, ActionIQ today announced it has raised a $32M series C round.

To export ActionIQ funding data to PDF and Excel, clickClick here for more funding data on ActionIQTo export ActionIQ funding data to PDF and Excel, click here ActionIQ, the leading customer data platform helping enterprises leverage their data for personalized experiences, today announced it has raised a $32M series C round led by March Capital Partners with participation from top investors including Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and FirstMark Capital.

"The only way to do this is with customer data, which enterprises have troves of but have traditionally been unable to leverage.

The potential of such a platform is limitless, and spans well beyond traditional marketing channels to other areas of customer interactions including web and mobile app experiences, customer support, and sales."

Our real-time orchestration and intelligence hub, powered by the fastest and most scalable customer data platform, enables marketers to quickly turn disconnected customer data into personalized experiences, orchestrated across all channels in real-time. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1579221032.0713305/ActionIQ-Completes-$32M-Series-C-Financing?ref=audio_experience

This was the beginning of the online marketplace as a bootstrapped venture.

The buyers get to see a range of products online, while the sellers get timely payments.

Over the last year, this online marketplace has recorded over 100 percent growth in business from both the overseas and domestic markets.

Way forwardBiomall.in does not have any direct competition, but other horizontal B2B marketplaces including Amazon also sell diagnostic and research laboratory products.

According to Jhaveri, Biomall.in is a profitable operation, and the initial funding was largely from its offline distribution business. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1579219207.2987847/How-this-B2B-ecommerce-startup-plans-to-be-the-one-stop-shop-for-buying-scientific-and-diagnostic-products-online?ref=audio_experience

Phenom People, a Philadelphia, PA-based Talent Experience Management (TXM) company, raised $30m in Series C funding.

The company intends to use the funds to for continued growth and scale.

Led by Mahe Bayireddi, CEO and co-founder, Phenom People provides an AI-powered, SaaS based Talent Experience Management platform that eliminates the need for multiple HR tools by connecting the four key stakeholder experiences in the talent lifecycle: ù– Candidate Experience.

– Management Experience.

The company has 500 employees in Philadelphia, Canada, India, Israel, U.K. and Netherlands and over 300 customers across all industries. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1579217407.9616692/Phenom-People-Raises-$30M-in-Series-C-Funding?ref=audio_experience

Tweet NEW YORK, NY, Epsagon, a microservices application monitoring company, today announced a $16 million Series A funding round.

To export Epsagon funding data to PDF and Excel, clickClick here for more funding data on EpsagonTo export Epsagon funding data to PDF and Excel, click here Epsagon, a microservices application monitoring company, today announced a $16 million Series A funding round, bringing the company's total amount raised to $20M.

"Cloud microservices have enabled companies to build applications faster than ever before; yet visibility into what's working and what's running in production remains a challenge," said Nitzan Shapira, CEO and co-founder, Epsagon.

"Two years ago, we launched Epsagon to address this blindspot, and today we're continuously evolving our SaaS platform to scale with the growing cloud microservices stack.

With this round of funding, Epsagon extends its reach to more customers, delivering the ability to accelerate developer velocity and fix issues in seconds - with payload visibility. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1579215606.6315331/Epsagon-Announces-$16M-Series-A?ref=audio_experience

Tweet SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Modern Health announced today the close of a $31 million Series B funding round to expand its holistic mental health benefits platform for employers.

To export Modern Health funding data to PDF and Excel, clickClick here for more funding data on Modern HealthTo export Modern Health funding data to PDF and Excel, click here This funding round was led by Founders Fund and John Doerr, with continued investments from Kleiner Perkins and Afore Capital.

Modern Health will use the new capital to accelerate product development, expand its services internationally, and further cultivate a team of industry professionals and mental health experts.

"Alyson and the team at Modern Health are elevating mental health to the forefront of the conversation around holistic wellbeing.

Modern Health has a unique approach that effectively de-stigmatizes care by making it available to everyone. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1579213806.5635495/Modern-Health-Scores-$31M-Series-B?ref=audio_experience

At the same time, concern about related data privacy and security is growing among industry, professionals and the public.

HE allows AI computation on encrypted data, enabling data scientists and researchers to gain valuable insights without decrypting the underlying data or models.

Wierzynski leads Intel’s privacy preserving machine learning efforts, including HE work and in developing industry standards for the technology’s use.

The criticism has been, okay, you can operate on encrypted data, but it takes you a million times longer than using regular data.

Processing encrypted data happens wherever the AI system needs to operate on sensitive data, typically in a data center. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1579212008.055578/Meet-the-new-twist-on-data-encryption-that-promises-better-privacy-and-security-for-AI?ref=audio_experience

It turns out delivery vehicles could be the “Trojan horse” for electric to really take off.

Korean auto giants Hyundai and Kia put more than $110 million in U.K. startup Arrival, which emerged from relative stealth today.

According to the latest research from CB insights, only five other U.K. startups are worth more than this.

Their idea is to make electric vehicles at similar costs to traditional fossil fuel vehicles but by drastically cutting costs by using “microfactories” close to major cities for manufacturing.

As part of that, it wants to release 23 types of electric vehicles by 2025. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1579210207.0148656/Hyundai-and-Kia-put-over-$110M-into-UK-electric-delivery-vehicles-startup-Arrival-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

I was in SF last week and met with more than a dozen VCs over the course of two days.

And the one constant refrain I heard over and over again across these conversations was just this: VCs are tired.

VCs described to me how the top deals start and close their fundraises in 48-72 hours.

And so VCs are running ragged around South Park, and increasingly, flying around the world scouring for any alpha wherever they can find it.

They scour their own portfolios and probe their founders, trying to find a tip to a deal that their competitor may have missed. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1579208409.9728856/VCs-are-just-tired-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience