The academic to founder pipeline with Dr. Stacy Blain from Concarlo Therapeutics
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by Stacy Blain, the co-founder and chief science officer at Concarlo Therapeutics. Blain talked about how she had been researching how to cure drug-resistant cancers before she accidently found her way
Read moreWyze’s Cam Floodlight Pro lights up when it recognizes vehicles and people
Image: Wyze Smart home company Wyze has announced the Cam Floodlight Pro, a security camera with built-in lighting and object sensing that serves as the next-gen successor to the original Wyze Cam Floodlight. The wired $149.98 Cam Floodlight Pro bumps its predecessor’s 1080p camera resolution to 1440p (2.5K) and features
Read moreWeb Roulette is an addictive, ‘swipeable’ web browser for the TikTok era
If mindlessly browsing the internet is your preferred way to combat boredom and waste time, the indie app makers behind to-do list app Clear and game Heads Up! have a new product you’ll want to try: Web Roulette, a mobile web browser app for iOS built for the short attention
Read moreAntimatter uses memes to turn C students into C+ students
Antimatter is an edtech company that operates under a simple, enticing premise: if a student really understands a topic, then they’ll be able to make a meme about it. “To be able to shitpost, you have to understand the subject matter really well,” Antimatter founder and CEO Jonathan Libov told
Read moreQflow raises $9.1M to track construction receipts, making it easier to de-carbonize
In the same way that we now take pictures of receipts to expense that ‘important lunch’, construction tech startup Qflow allows the teams running construction sites to do the same for building materials. Sounds like a no-brainer, right? However, it’s more innovative and less trivial than it sounds. To date,
Read moreKlarna’s Q1 results show that the fintech unicorn’s turnaround is in full swing
Last year wasn’t an easy one for European fintech giant Klarna. The company saw its valuation being truncated in an $800 million funding round, and coverage of its 2022 results focused on contrasting its stiff losses against a more conservative market. This column argued at the time of its earnings
Read moreUpCodes launches Copilot, an AI-based research assistant for building codes
For more than seven years, UpCodes has been making the complicated world of building codes easier to understand for people like industry professionals and homeowners. Its platform includes a searchable database covering regulations in all states and features like a “spellcheck” that flags code errors. Today, the startup is announcing
Read more5 Important Reasons Why IT Must Upgrade Remote Work Solutions
Sponsored by Verizon Recent reports show that companies continue to embrace hybrid working and fully remote employees to drive productivity and improve work-life balance. Gartner forecasts that 51% of U.S. knowledge workers (39% globally) will work in hybrid mode by the end of 2023, and 20% will be fully remote.
Read moreWellplaece wants to put a smile on dentists’ face with new supply procurement marketplace
There are nearly 186,000 dentist businesses in the U.S., and at any given time, they are replenishing supplies. The process of doing so was traditionally fragmented, with offices relying on between three and seven suppliers, on average. This means someone sits at the computer with tabs open to vendor websites,
Read moreBlackrock, a minority investor in Byju’s, cuts startup valuation to $8.4 billion
Blackrock, a minority investor in Byju’s, has yet again cut the valuation of its holding in the Bengaluru-based startup, this time to about $8.4 billion, even as the most Indian valuable startup continues to raise capital at a better price. Blackrock cut the value of Byju’s share by 62% in
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