Spotio, a Dallas, TX-based software company providing cloud-based sales acceleration and performance management solutions for field sales personnel, raised $4.5m in Series A funding.

The company intends to use the funds to accelerate development of its technology pipeline, add to its sales team, and intensify its marketing efforts.

Led by Founder and Chief Executive Officer Trey Gibson, Spotio provides a mobile-first feature platform that enables sales teams to manage sales territories, execute face-to-face meetings, and optimize the sales pipeline and performance across the outside sales organization.

The platform provides managers with real-time visibility into their team’s activities for improved sales development.

Sales reps receive access to the mobile application with targeted prospect data, historical knowledge of each account, and document management functionality. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578947407.2111714/Spotio-Raises-$4.5M-in-Series-A-Funding?ref=audio_experience

A lot of those workloads run on IBM Power Systems with their Power processors and until now, IBM was essentially the only vendor that offered cloud-based Power systems.

Now, however, Google is also getting into this game by partnering with IBM to launch IBM Power Systems on Google Cloud.

Power Systems on Google Cloud is obviously integrated with Google’s services and billing tools.

Since IBM has its own cloud offering, it’s a bit odd to see it work with Google to bring its servers to a competing cloud — though it surely wants to sell more Power servers.

The move makes perfect sense for Google Cloud, though, which is on a mission to bring more enterprise workloads to its platform. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578945609.9684389/Google-brings-IBM-Power-Systems-to-its-cloud-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

Mexican artificial intelligence (AI) startup, Atexto was the beneficiary of these funds.

And alongside the Tapatío venture capital (VC) firm were Avalancha Ventures, Dux Capital, MC Capital, Innogen Capital, Poligono Capital, as well as various angel investors.

Training voice bots to understand conversations is what Atexto does best.

Artificial intelligence needs training tooIsn’t it eerie how assistants like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa have an almost human-appeal to them?

In a way, voice bots are a fantastic way to pull people away from phone screens and be a little more present—even if technically, you’re talking to an algorithm. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578943807.842436/Startup-Atexto-raises-investment-to-expand-voice-bots'-training?ref=audio_experience

Regardless of which business you’re looking to set up, the below tips should help steer you in the right direction to achieve long-term success.

While many people decide to go into business purely for financial reasons, it shouldn’t be the only motivation of becoming an entrepreneur.

By studying a course at Suffolk University Online, you’ll learn the likes of communication, collaboration and actionable solutions to counteract the most common challenges.

All successful business people were once in your shoes, so they’ll be fully understanding of your situation and be happy to provide the relevant advice on the growth of your business.

If you don’t iron out major issues with the guidance of someone who knows how to steer your business, you’re more likely to watch your business fail. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578942009.5718637/Paving-The-Way-To-Success-As-A-Young-Entrepreneur---Young-Upstarts?ref=audio_experience

Concerto HealthAI, a Boston, MA-based provider of Real-World Data (RWD) and enterprise AI technology solutions for Precision Oncology, raised $150m in Series B financing.

The round was led by Declaration Partners with participation from Maverick Ventures, AllianceBernstein PCI, and SymphonyAI Group.

As part of the transaction, Andrew Goldfarb, partner at Declaration Partners, and Leif Pedersen, senior operating partner at SymphonyAI Group, will join Concerto HealthAI’s board.

Romesh Wadhwani, founder and CEO of SymphonyAI Group, will continue as executive chairman, and Jeff Elton, PhD, CEO of Concerto HealthAI as board member.

Concerto HealthAI has also launched a new version of eurekaHealth, which combines integrated RWD and advanced AI machine learning. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578940206.6512735/Concerto-HealthAI-Secures-$150M-in-Series-B-Funding?ref=audio_experience

At the end of 2018, BetaKit partnered with TradeRev to produce an event focused on the future of AutoTech.

BetaKit and TradeRev are happy to announce the first AutoTech meetup of 2020.

Perhaps even a regular meetup to help connect the local AutoTech community.

), but BetaKit and TradeRev are happy to announce the first AutoTech meetup of 2020.

If you’re interested, I highly suggest clicking the link below to secure your ticket now – space is limited! | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578938406.0975604/Turo,-TradeRev-headline-first-2020-AutoTech-meetup-on-Feb-6th?ref=audio_experience

However, you still find many instances where employers prefer suits or business casual.

History of SuitsCourt UniformsWhile it isn’t known exactly where the first suit came from, the history of suits can be traced back to early uniforms worn in European courts.

This is when suits started to resemble more of what is worn today.

Three Piece SuitsThree piece suits include a jacket, vest and pants and have been popular in formal business attire for decades.

Ladies’ PantsuitsWomen didn’t widely adopt traditional pants suits until later in the 20th century. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578936611.3872373/A-History-of-Suits-for-the-Office?ref=audio_experience

Zimyo will be using the funds to expand its presence to international marketsGurugram-based HRtech startup Zimyo, on Monday (January 13), announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Yatra Angel Network (YAN) and other angel investors.

The company will be utilising the funding to expand its presence into international markets and enhance its technology platform.

Incubated at IAMAI Mobile 10x Gurgaon Hub, Zimyo was founded by Kumar Mayank, along with Ajay Kadyan in 2018.

According to the Research and Markets 2018 report, the talent assessment market in HRtech is projected to cross $750 Mn by 2021.

In October 2019, Greytip Software raised a Series C funding of $4.87 Mn from Info Edge and MegaDelta Capital. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578934805.3431242/HRtech-Startup-Zimyo-Gets-Backing-From-Yatra-Angel-Network-For-Global-Expansion?ref=audio_experience

Tyra Biosciences, a Carlsbad, Calif.-based company discovering and developing new small molecule therapies targeting acquired resistance in oncology, raised $50M in Series A financing.

The round was co-led by Alta Partners, RA Capital Management, Boxer Capital of Tavistock Group, and Canaan.

The company intends to use the funds to advance next-generation compounds targeting acquired resistance to current therapies towards clinical trials.

The team also includes:– Ronald V. Swanson, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer;– Robert L. Hudkins, Ph.D., Vice President, Chemistry;– Jane Arboleda, Associate Director of Cell Biology;– Esther van den Boom, Chief Financial Officer;– Jeffrey Hager, Ph.D., Scientific Advisor;– William Hahn, M.D.

Ph.D., Scientific Advisor; and– Jason Sheltzer, Ph.D, Scientific Advisor. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578933007.779733/Tyra-Biosciences-Raises-USD-50M-in-Series-A-Funding?ref=audio_experience

Good morning friends, and welcome back to TechCrunch’s Equity Monday, a short-form audio hit to kickstart your week.

Regular Equity episodes still drop Friday morning, so if you’ve listened to the show over the years don’t worry — we’re not changing the main show.

(Here’s last week’s episode with Danny Crichton, which was a lot of fun.)

Looking at the coming week, earnings season is upon us, but not quite yet for companies that we care about, the recently public tech and venture-backed firms of the world.

There are some big names that are reporting this month, but over the next five days expect things to be a bit quiet. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578931310.360076/Equity-Monday:-Away’s-CEO-plans-comeback-while-SaaS-valuations-rise-and-epiFI-raises-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience