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Upfront Ventures Backs Tact In $15M Funding

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Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Upfront Ventures is the lead investor in a new, $15M Series B funding round for artificial intelligence software developer Tact. Tact develops artificial intelligence software for Salesforce which helps salespeople automate data entry into their CRM systems.

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Upfront Backs Tact.ai In New Funding Round

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Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Upfront Ventures has joined in a new round for one of its portfolio firms, Tact.ai , which announced a $27M Series C funding this morning. develops artificial intelligence software used for providing conversational interaction with customer relationship management (CRM) software.

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Kutcher, Oseary Back Gigster Next To Michael Jordan

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Gigster said today that it raised $20M in a Series B funding, which was Redpoint Ventures, and also included Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary's Sound Ventures, Marc Benioff and Adam D'Angelo, along with Michael Jordan.

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Startups Weekly: Upfront Ventures bets on a bus service

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Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy news pertaining to startups and venture capital. Landline , the operator of a bus network in the Midwest, is one of the latest companies to raise venture capital. billion in a round led by the private equity firm GPI Capital this week.

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Clicker.com To Launch Public Access

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The startup, which is venture backed by Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures, said its site includes guides to content in Netflix Instant Streaming, Amazon VOD, as well as another 1,200 sources. Clicker.com is headed by Jim Lanzone, former CEO of Ask.com. READ MORE>>.

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The Coming Shift in Enterprise Software

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AI / Bots  — Neither voice nor chat-based communications would truly work as seamlessly without a level of artificial intelligence that powers the communications. It’s great to see Microsoft understand the importance of venture capital under the leadership of Satya Nadella and at Tact working with Rashmi Gopinath.

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