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Petnet’s smart pet feeder system is back after a week-long outage, but customers are still waiting for answers
Petnet, the smart pet feeder backed by investors including Petco, recently experienced a week-long system outage affecting its second-generation SmartFeeders. While the startup’s customer service recently tweeted that its SmartFeeders and app’s functionality have been restored, Petnet’s lack of responsiveness continues to leave many customers frustrated and confused. Petnet first…
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Chattermill raises $8M Series A to enable companies to gain customer feedback insights ‘at scale’
Chattermill, the London startup that offers what it calls a “customer understanding” platform that uses machine learning to gain scalable insights into customer feedback, has raised $8 million in Series A funding. Leading the round is DN Capital, alongside Ventech and btov Partners. Silicon Valley Bank also participated, in addition…
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Baldur’s Gate 3 will launch as a Steam Early Access title in 2020
The twenty year wait is nearly over. Baldur’s Gate 3 is set to launch on Steam as an Early Access Title in 2020. That’s according to a Hasbro representative (the gatekeepers of the Dungeons and Dragons brand under which the Baldur’s Gate franchise lives) at the Toy Fair 2020. Being…
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Spain’s Cobee raises €2.1M for its employee benefits app and payment card
Cobee, a Spanish fintech startup that has developed an employee benefit management app and accompanying card, has closed €2.1 million in “pre-Series A” funding. The round was co-led by Speedinvest, and Target Global. Other backers include Chris Bouwer (co-founder of Adyen) and existing investors Encomenda Smart Capital, BStartup (Banco Sabadell),…
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Europe’s Target Global raises new €120M early-stage fund
Target Global, the pan-European venture capital firm headquartered in Berlin, has raised a new €120 million early-stage fund, following what it claims was only 3 months of fundraising. Dubbed “Early Stage Fund II”, the new vehicle will see the firm continue to back early-stage tech companies across Europe and Israel,…
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Sony’s new Xperia 10 II is a mid-range water-resistant phone with three cameras
Sony just unveiled the new Xperia 1 II, and alongside it comes the Xperia 10 II which is the company’s mid-range offering for 2020. It replaces the Xperia 10 and Xperia 10 Plus in the company’s range, but this year there will only be one size of the phone. The…
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