Legal tech platform Definely raises $30M Series B to make contract reviewing more efficient
The company, based in the U.K., offers a productivity suite to streamline the legal drafting and review process.
Jewel Burks Solomon’s Collab Capital has closed a new $75M fund
Collab Capital announced today the close of a $75 million Fund II. Jewel Burks Solomon, who rose to prominence in Silicon Valley during her years running Google for Startups US, has just closed her second…
An investor makes a case for funding sex, drugs and other socially taboo products
Impact investor and advisor Christian Tooley posed a simple question to the audience at SXSW London last week: What if investors put aside societal prudence for profit? Tooley was mainly referring to vice clauses, the…
Humans provide neccessary ‘checks and balance’ for AI, says Lattice CEO
Of all the words in the dictionary, Sarah Franklin says “balance” is perhaps her favorite – especially when it comes to companies embracing AI. Franklin leads the Jack Altman-founded employee performance software company Lattice, which…
Klarna CEO says company will use humans to offer VIP customer service
CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski told the crowd at London SXSW that his company plans to balance employees and AI workers.
Colossal Labs will release the sounds of dire wolves howling ‘later this year,’ founder says
The company is working on a bio-acoustic project, which will map out the different types of dire wolf howls.
Hinge CMO Jackie Jantos hopes to help make Gen Zers less lonely
Hinge CMO and President Jackie Jantos chats about how Hinge is marketing itself to a new generation in what has become a listless dating scene.
Valla raises $2.7M to make legal recourse more accessible to employees
Even for someone with a cushy tech job, the prospect of going against their company is daunting. That bothered Shell so much that in 2022, she launched Valla, which seeks to make legal support more…
Apple to change the way it names operating systems, report says
Apple will reportedly change the way it names its operating systems, per a Bloomberg report. Operating systems will now be named by year, meaning the update after the current iOS 18 will be iOS 26…
Zeal Capital Partners announces close of $82M Fund II
Zeal Capital Partners announced on Wednesday the close of its second fund, raising $82 million. Limited partners in the fund include Citi Impact Fund, M&T Bank, Wells Fargo, and Spelman College. It hopes to invest…