Also - digital postage solutions, fintech tools for renters

Ben Wodecki, Jr. Editor

May 30, 2022

2 Min Read

Also -  digital postage solutions, fintech tools for renters

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Funding blitz

Startup: Rivery - provider of SaaS solutions designed to create the optimal data stack. Its products help data teams avoid complex issues that come with managing fragmented data stacks.

Latest funding: $30 million, series B

Lead investors: Tiger Global Management

Other investors: State Of Mind Ventures, Entrée Capital

Funding plans: Rivery will look to grow its teams in New York and Tel Aviv and expand to London. It will use the cash to double down on its R&D and product efforts.

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Startup: Curious Thing - Conversational AI tools that ask users questions for use in settings like e-commerce and financial services

Latest funding: $4.8 million, pre-series A

Lead investors: Hawkstone

Other investors: Black Sheep Capital, January Capital, Reinventure and Qualgro

Funding plans: Currently in Australia, the company plans to expand to the U.S. and Southeast Asia.

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Startup: Stamp Free Limited - a provider of digital postage solutions, the company’s offerings are designed to send and receive parcels with ease

Latest funding: $757,000, seed round

Investors: R42 Group, Cambridge Angels

Funding plans: Stamp Free will use the cash to increase marketing activities and product development.

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Startup: Jetty - A fintech firm focusing on the rent market - replacing traditional cash deposits with low-cost surety bonds

Latest funding: Undisclosed

Investors: PayPal Ventures and Experian Ventures

Funding plans: The undisclosed sum will be put towards growing its current product portfolio as well as expanding into new lines, including a credit building service.

In other news

Iterate.ai launches Interplay 7

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The San Jose-based company has unveiled a platform designed to help brands build low-code applications.

The solution supports AI workflows, with data scientists able to import code written on Jupyter.

“Interplay 7 will absolutely supercharge application development for enterprises working to outpace competitors and get new products and innovations to market,” said Brian Sathianathan, CTO of Iterate.ai.

About the Author(s)

Ben Wodecki

Jr. Editor

Ben Wodecki is the Jr. Editor of AI Business, covering a wide range of AI content. Ben joined the team in March 2021 as assistant editor and was promoted to Jr. Editor. He has written for The New Statesman, Intellectual Property Magazine, and The Telegraph India, among others. He holds an MSc in Digital Journalism from Middlesex University.

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