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Muck Rack, the journalist database, raises $180M in its first outside funding

TechCrunch

Today, Muck Rack is making another kind of connection, with investors: it’s raised $180 million in what it’s describing as its first outside funding, having been bootstrapped since being founded back in 2009. Founders Gregory Galant (the CEO) and Lee Semel (the CTO) will continue to control the company post the deal.

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This startup wants to use technology to help solve Austin’s housing shortage problem

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Homebound has raised about $73 million over the years from the likes of Google Ventures, Fifth Wall, Khosla, Sound Ventures, Atomic and Thrive Capital. It raised a $35 million Series B last April and then closed on a $20 million convertible note late last year. This is a good time to start a proptech company.

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Knight Foundation Launches The Giving Day Play Book

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That’s something we have heard more and more over the last year, as foundations and nonprofits look for ways to tap into the growing online giving market with these daylong campaigns raising funds for local causes. Giving Days aren’t just about dollars raised—though they certainly can bring in lots of cash for worthy causes.

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Singapore-based alternative protein startup Next Gen Foods gets $100M Series A for U.S. growth

TechCrunch

The company announced today it has raised a $100 million Series A that will be used to expand quickly in the United States and on its Singapore research and development center, which is currently under construction. Next Gen Foods says this is the largest Series A ever raised by a plant-based meat company, based on data from Pitchbook.

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University will stop using controversial remote-testing software following student outcry

The Verge

In an email to instructors, ADA coordinator Allison Kushner and Vice Provost Kevin Pitts wrote that professors who continue to use Proctorio through the summer 2021 term are “expected to accommodate students that raise accessibility issues,” and that the campus is “investigating longer-term remote proctoring options.”.

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Zeus Living closes on $55M to offer flexible, furnished rentals as it expands beyond corporate housing

TechCrunch

One startup poised to benefit from this is Zeus Living , which is focused on giving people “flexible living” options and has just raised $55 million in a round led by SIG. The company declined to reveal its current valuation, but it was valued at $205 million at the time of its last raise in 2019. You can be anywhere in the country.

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Daily Crunch: Oracle dives deeply into healthcare after closing $28B Cerner acquisition

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Don’t call us; we’ll call you : Kyle reports that Take Blip, an online messaging platform for businesses, today announced that it raised $70 million. The ability to raise capital is less impressive than finding sustainable ways to build a growing base of paying customers. Image Credits: John Lund (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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