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Countable brings in $12M for virtual brand communities

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Enterprise engagement company Countable raised $12 million in Series A funding so that brands can more easily engage with customers, even in a way that shows a brand’s values and stance on issues. It is also serving as a launchpad for social token community exchange. How engaged are your employees?

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Confluent’s IPO brings a high-growth, high-burn SaaS model to the public markets

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As we wrote at the time of Confluent’s $50 million Series C in 2017 , the open-source project was designed to move massive amounts of data at the professional social network: At its core, Kafka is simply a messaging system, created originally at LinkedIn, that’s been designed from the ground up to move massive amounts of data smoothly around the enterprise (..)

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Varo Bank raises another $63M, led by NBA star Russell Westbrook

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Westbrook’s investment came through Russell Westbrook Enterprises , which previously backed social avatar startup Genies. Founded in 2017, Varo Bank competes with a growing number of all-digital banks operating in the U.S., Varo Bank last year raised $241 million in Series D funding.

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Givz raises $3M in seed funding to make donations a marketing tool for businesses

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Givz was founded in 2017 to make charitable giving more accessible and convenient for the masses. Prior to the funding, Givz had been working with more than 80 enterprise, mid-market and SMB retail and e-commerce clients such as H&M, Tom Brady’s TB12, Seedlip and Terez, and accumulated more than 40,000 individual users.

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Constructor finds $55M for tech that powers search and discovery for e-commerce businesses

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The last year and a half has been a bumper one for the world of e-commerce — with more traffic, transactions and retailers moving online in the wake of social distancing measures impacting in-person, physical shopping. Constructor has built a search and discovery platform that is truly making a difference for enterprise retailers.

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Living Security raises $14M for predictive human risk management

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Husband and wife Drew and Ashley Rose founded Living Security out of their house in June 2017 with the mission of making cybersecurity training less boring and more effective via gamified learning with live action immersive storylines, role-based micro modules and reporting. I wanted to gamify how I presented training,” she recalls.

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New GV partner Terri Burns has a simple investment thesis: Gen Z

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Burns left Twitter in 2017 to join GV, formerly known as Google Ventures. Social media, networking events and warm intros are pretty good paths. Some other things that I’m interested in [are] fintech on the enterprise side and [ … ] enterprise collaboration tools. Her hope has now been met with recognition.

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