Toronto-based healthtech startup Dialogue is partnering with Doctor On Demand, a virtual care provider in the United States (US) to give enterprise clients the ability to offer virtual healthcare to employees visiting the US.

This collaboration will allow more than 300,000 Canadians to access care.

Their employers will now have the option to offer them access to virtual care so that they can travel with ease.”This year has seen many new developments in the virtual healthcare space.

In the spring, three medical organizations launched a virtual health task force to examine virtual care technology and how it can improve access and quality of care for patients across the country.

This partnership allows Dialogue members to have access to Doctor On Demand’s medical services in all 50 states. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576092607.2056644/Dialogue-to-offer-virtual-healthcare-to-employees-travelling-in-the-US?ref=audio_experience

This post is also available in: Español (Spanish)Contxto – In Miami, Google alongside TheVentureCity are wrapping up Launchpad Accelerator, a program for Latin American startups.

Startups party with Google and TheVentureCity in South BeachLaunchpad Accelerator kicked off in Mexico City from April to June of this year.

In the final leg of its journey, the program will end up in Miami connecting startups with investors.

During this week, the nine startups that had partaken in Google’s 2019 Launchpad Accelerator will meet and greet the 10 startups from TheVentureCity’s Growth Acceleration Program.

Moreover, the city’s airport has the largest number of routes and available seats to Latin America and the Caribbean. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576090807.5505815/Google's-Launchpad-Accelerator-for-LatAm-startups-closes-in-Miami?ref=audio_experience

Vancouver-based EdTech startup Riipen, which has created an experiential learning platform that allows companies to connect with post-secondary schools on projects, has closed a $5 million CAD pre-Series A.

Riipen told BetaKit the funding will be used to diversify its offering in order to reach more students, as well as expand globally.

“To address this problem, we created Riipen to change the relationship between educational institutions and employers.

Riipen is a powerful, proven platform that enables companies to rapidly identify and recruit students to work on projects.

Riipen has offices in Vancouver and Toronto, and confirmed with BetaKit that it has plans to open an office in the US next year. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576089005.8753703/Vancouver-EdTech-startup-Riipen-raises-$5-million?ref=audio_experience

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Tweet SANTA CLARA, CA, Ordr announced it has closed a $27.5 million Series B funding round led by Battery Ventures.

To export Ordr funding data to PDF and Excel, clickClick here for more funding data on OrdrTo export Ordr funding data to PDF and Excel, click here Ordr, the leader in proactive protection for the hyper-connected enterprise, today announced it has closed a $27.5 million Series B funding round led by Battery Ventures, with additional participation from existing investors Wing Venture Capital, 1011 Ventures, and Unusual Ventures.

Battery Ventures General Partner Dharmesh Thakker will join the Ordr board of directors.

Ordr uses its comprehensive understanding of device behavior to automatically generate policies to protect these devices and other critical enterprise assets.

We are excited to partner with the top-notch Ordr management team and assist with the company's further growth and innovation." | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576085406.795675/Ordr-Raises-$27.5M-Series-B-Funding?ref=audio_experience

Deepak Bagla, managing director and CEO of Invest India, government’s investment promotion and facilitation agency, told IANS that out of the INR 10K Cr corpus, established under the Fund of Funds, much of the funds have not been sanctioned yet.

Out of this 10K Cr corpus, the government has invested INR 2,669.83 Cr in 279 startups, commerce minister Piyush Goyal has recently revealed during the ongoing Lok Sabha session.

Speaking on the sidelines of an event hosted by Invest India, Bagla said that while India has around 25K registered startups, the fund is looking at around 50K startups, which are there in the Indian startup ecosystem.

Established in 2009, Invest India is a non-profit venture under the department for promotion of industry and internal trade which acts as the first point of reference for investors in India.

The CEO of Invest India also added that the primary focus for the Indian government is to improve ease of doing business regulation. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576083609.3462427/Startup-India-Fund-Of-Funds:-Govt-To-Deploy-INR-10K-Cr-By-2025?ref=audio_experience

China (among other data junkies) is counting on this dependency to track its citizens (and foreign adversaries).

Recently, Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang declared (ironically on Twitter), “Our data is ours – or it should be.

Since then, the American Civil Liberties Union has championed Merideth’s and all Americans’ rights of privacy over the proliferation of unmanned vehicles.

People weren’t taking the consents seriously, would ignore them, or they couldn’t conceivably understand what machine learning could do with their data,” suggests Polonetsky.

If I trust that you’re on my side, I’m eager for you to have my data, to help me, and to support me,” volunteers the privacy advocate. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576081808.760515/Privacy-Data-Guidelines-For-Mechatronic-Innovators?ref=audio_experience

Piva, a San Francisco, CA-based newly formed venture capital firm, has launched its inaugural $250m fund to invest in a new era of industry and energy technologies.

Piva counts one of the world’s largest energy companies, Malaysia-based Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), as its sole LP.

Core investment areas include:– the future of industry,– technologies like AI, IIoT, robotics and automation driving the 4th Industrial revolution;– the future of energy, including new technologies accelerating the energy transition along with electrification, automation and digitalization of mobility; and– the future of materials and production including breakthrough chemicals and new materials.

Piva leverages its global partners and deep professional networks in over 90 countries and six continents to allow founders to access new markets, leading corporations, organizations and the technical experts they need to build the future of industry and energy.

Venture Partners are:– Issam Dairaneh,– Michael Idelchik,– Robert Siegel, and– Steve Foster,who each bring decades of venture capital investing and operating experience to Piva. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576080010.106872/Piva-Launches-$250M-Industry-and-Energy-Fund?ref=audio_experience

WhyHotel, a Washington, DC-based alternative lodging service that operates pop-up hotels in newly built, luxury apartment buildings, secured over $20m in Series B funding.

The round was led by Harbert Growth Partners with participation from Camber Creek, Highland Capital Partners, Working Lab Capital, Geolo Capital, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, and Mark Nunnelly, former Managing Director of Bain Capital Partners.

Led by Jason Fudin, CEO and Co-founder, WhyHotel operates 100 to 250 room pop-up hotels with 24/7 on-site staff in newly built, luxury apartment buildings.

The company’s concept provides developers with a new way to utilize units during lease-up and provides tourists/guests with a new way to travel.

The company’s new business arm, Hospitality Living, will deliver a flexible use development, targeted to launch in 2022. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576078308.0634294/WhyHotel-Raises-Over-$20M-in-Series-B-Funding?ref=audio_experience

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