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Danish startup Whistleblower Software is rebranding as Formalize as it expands into the broader compliance software sphere — and it has raised a fresh €15 million ($16 million) to fund the expansion. The announcement comes as the compliance software market has exploded, due in large part to growing regulatory pressure — and investors have taken note. Private equity giant Thoma Bravo took German compliance and investor relations software company EQS Group  private in a $435 million deal last…

It’s a rare startup that tears down its own pitch deck, but that’s exactly what Equals did after it raised a $16 million Series A round. Equals’ mission is not to replace the spreadsheet, but to ensure that a spreadsheet can do whatever its users throw at it. As an inveterate spreadsheet user, this is an approach that I can get behind — I’ve built entire software solutions with extremely complex spreadsheets as the back end. Furthermore, as a pitch deck connoisseur, I can also get behind the bright and bold design of…

A former Kmart building in Thornton has a new owner. An entity associated with Michigan-based Gordon Food Service purchased the 192,532-square-foot building on 23 acres at 1400 E. 104th Ave. this month for $16.5 million, according to public records. Gordon Food Service, a 125-year-old firm, is a restaurant distributor that also operates grocerylike stores open to the public. The company has 25 distribution centers and 175 stores, according to its website. None are in Colorado. But Gordon has been in expansion mode this…

There are a lot of exciting events happening in the Fintech and Cryptocurrency spheres. Rampant growth is taking place which constantly proves why each industry is set to dominate its respective markets. Over the past few months, we have seen great changes that have shaken the market, but with their solid foundations, they remain strong. There is a great future ahead for the Egyptian startup market, Camel Ventures, which recently announced the launch of their investment vehicle called Camel Ventures for Investment 1…

Fast News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) estimates that TikTok allowed as many as 1.4 million UK children under 13 to use its platform in 2020, even though it sets 13 as the minimum age to create an account. The ICO's fine follows moves by Western governments and institutions…

You may not have known that space needs tugboats, but now you do — and Atomos Space just closed a $16.2 million Series A investment, which will enable the company to complete its demonstration mission where it will show off its docking and towing capabilities. The company is building a series of Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTV) that makes it possible to reposition satellites in space. The theory is that, by making it possible to move flying objects into different orbits, they don’t have to have…

Disperse, a U.K.-based construction tech company that offers an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform to help project managers track work and capture data from building sites, has raised $16 million in funding. Founded out of London in 2015, Disperse effectively creates a digital version of an entire construction site, including visual snapshots that track the progress of work to help all stakeholders — regardless of where they’re based — keep up with things. For this, someone employed on the site (e.g. a…

A federal jury found Wednesday that Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant’s widow $16 million for emotional distress caused by deputies and firefighters sharing photos of the bodies of the NBA star and his daughter taken at the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed them. The nine jurors who returned the unanimous verdict agreed with Vanessa Bryant and her attorneys that the photos of the remains of Kobe Bryant and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna invaded her privacy and brought her emotional…

Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: Hang, which aims to help brands create and manage Web3-powered membership and loyalty programs that leverage NFTs, raised a $16M Series A led by Paradigm — Crypto startups — fresh off a mind-boggling bull run — are preparing for the next phase of life where the mere mention of “NFT,” … Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: Hang, which aims to help brands create and manage Web3-powered membership and loyalty programs that leverage NFTs, raised a $16M…