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UK startup Causal raises $4.2M to kill Excel with a better number-crunching app

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We want to democratize this process with a truly horizontal product that every knowledge worker can use, and we’re excited to have Accel join us on the next phase of our journey.”. Over a call Abdaal told me: “We started really because we saw how difficult it is to actually work with numbers and spreadsheets.

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Visual collaboration company Miro valued at $17.5B following $400M in new funding

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In our view, Miro’s culture of customer centricity makes it well-positioned to address a myriad of use cases across hybrid work for more than a billion knowledge workers globally. Prior to the raise, Miro was already profitable and growing three times year over year before the global pandemic.

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BigChange raises $102M for a platform to help manage service fleets

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The company has been around since 2012 and appears to be profitable. Here, it’s one of the many companies that have dived into the area of building apps and larger pieces of software aimed not at “knowledge workers” but those who do not sit at desks, are on the move and tend to work with their hands.

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Is Your Nonprofit Using Data to Boost Productivity?

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Highlights from that report: Most workers toggle between apps 10 times an hour , costing organizations 32 days per worker, per year of workplace productivity Staff spends 25% of their time looking for information they need to do their jobs Knowledge workers spend 40% of their time on work about work.

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Wefarm adds $11M to expand its network for independent farmers, now at 2.5M users

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The vast majority of startups remain focused on consumers, knowledge workers and the opportunities to provide services to those that are already operating completely, or at least partially, in digital environments. European founders look to new markets, aim for profitability.

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Freelancer marketplace Toptal sues Andela and ex-employees, alleging theft of trade secrets

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In a global economy with an estimated 1 billion so-called knowledge workers, and with freelancers accounting for some 35% of the world’s workforce , it’s a pretty gigantic market, which you could alternately look at as a major opportunity, but also a ripe field for many players with multiple permutations of the marketplace concept.

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SightCall raises $42M for its AR-based visual assistance platform

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There has been an interesting wave of startups emerging in recent years building out the tech stack used by people working in the front lines and in the field, a shift after years of knowledge workers getting most of the attention from startups building a new generation of apps.