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TaskHuman lands $20M to expand its virtual coaching platform

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Swaminathan and Daniel Mazzella co-founded TaskHuman in 2017, with the goal of connecting users with specialists on topics related to their personal and professional lives. According to another survey , 75% of managers were dissatisfied with their company’s learning and development function in 2019.

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Southeast Asia health tech platform Speedoc raises $28M

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Based in Singapore, Speedoc was founded in 2017 by Dr. Shravan Verma and Serene Cai. Its services include telemedicine consultations, on-site doctor and nurse visits, virtual hospital wards and ambulance hailing. As part of the program, Speedoc plans to expand its virtual hospital program, which includes a 24/7 patient care team.

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Scoot lands $12M to inject customization into videoconferencing

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In a separate survey , staffers — especially new employees — say that requiring video during virtual meetings increases their work fatigue. “CEOs are dissatisfied with their virtual all-hands platforms and badly need something better.” Ed Stevens thinks he has the answer.

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Private cloud makes its comeback, thanks to AI

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According to Forrester’s Infrastructure Cloud Survey in 2023, 79% of roughly 1,300 enterprise cloud decision-makers surveyed said their firms are implementing internal private clouds, which will use virtualization and private cloud management. Buying into private cloud Analysts support that private cloud spending is on the rise.

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Hexa raises $20.5M to turn images into 3D objects for VR, AR and more

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Atias co-launched Hexa with Ran Buchnik and Jonathan Clark first as a virtual dressing room platform aimed at bridging the massive disconnect. Mark Cuban and former Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe recently backed VNTANA , whose product allows users to view shoppable objects in AR and try on items virtually. million in total capital.

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Digital listening reveals 3 leading innovation drivers

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adult web users surveyed have used one or more generative AI tools. McKinsey & Company’s 2022 Global Survey on AI says , “AI adoption globally is 2.5x higher [in 2022] than in 2017.” In these spaces, virtual and physical worlds can be unified, and what happens in one world can affect the other.

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Ready, Set, Raise, an accelerator for women built by women, announces third class

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This year, as funding for female founders drops to 2017 levels , Feinzaig realized why accelerators, hers included, might not work for women as well as they work for men: demo day. In 2018, Leslie Feinzaig , the founder of Female Founders Alliance , launched a free, equity-free accelerator for women called Ready, Set, Raise.

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