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Entity Academy, an edtech startup that trains, mentors and places women in tech roles, secures $100M

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An edtech startup called Entity Academy — which provides women with training, in areas like data science and software development; mentoring; and ultimately job coaching — has raised $100 million on the heels of strong growth of its business, and an ambition to improve that ratio.

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Cyber insurance startup At-Bay raises $34M Series C, adds M12 as a new investor

TechCrunch LA

Cybersecurity insurance startup At-Bay has raised $34 million in its Series C round, the company announced Tuesday. But where traditional insurance companies have struggled to acquire the acumen needed to accommodate the growing demand for cybersecurity insurance, startups like At-Bay have filled the space.

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Washe Raise $3.5M To Expand On-Demand Car Washes In LA

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On-demand, car wash startup Washe , which lets users connect with professional mobile car washers, said this week that it has raised $3.5M in a seed funding, to help it to "greatly expand" its operation sin Los Angeles, as well as expand into other new markets. READ MORE>>.

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Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud

TechCrunch LA

Google raised the curtain with a splashy announcement that they’d be setting up their fifth cloud region in the U.S. in Los Angeles. Now companies like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are competing for their business as more companies wake up to the pressures and demands for more flexible technology architectures.

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GM exits car-sharing business and shuts down Maven

TechCrunch LA

The automaker Tuesday said its Maven car-sharing service, which launched in 2016, will shut down for good. Maven continued to operate in Detroit, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. GM confirmed to TechCrunch that it has started to wind down Maven. GM’s experiment with car sharing is over. and Toronto.

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Boulevard books $70M to help beauty and wellness salons with their bookings

TechCrunch LA

But at the same time, Los Angeles–based Boulevard got this funding infusion at a boosted valuation because it has been on a roll. They were early to that idea: Danna describes it as “creator tools for YouTube before YouTube built them itself,” and he said they came up with the idea for Boulevard out of a joke between them.

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As it raises new cash, Recharge adds homes to its supply of on-demand spaces

TechCrunch LA

Recharge , the business which got its start pitching pay-as-you-go rentals of unused hotel rooms, is adding private homes to its inventory of spaces — offering the first 100 signups in cities where the plan is available a guaranteed income of $1,000 per month. Recharge chief executive Manny Bamfo. So Bamfo took his pitch to hotels.

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