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Fintech startup Vise brings on Andrew Fong (formerly Dropbox) as CTO

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Vise , a fintech firm that focuses on helping financial advisors rather than automating them out of existence, has today announced that it is bringing on Andrew Fong as its chief technology officer. You can check out the video of their demo here. Meet Vise AI, the startup reimagining portfolio management.

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Highlights from Berkeley SkyDeck’s virtual demo day

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With 17 startups participating, Berkeley SkyDeck’s Demo Day isn’t the largest cohort we’ve seen by any stretch. The collection of companies is, however, defined by a wide range of focuses, from pioneering diabetes treatments to retrofitting autonomous trucking, curated by the SkyDeck’s small team and a number of advisors.

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A look at the nine teams that just presented at Pear’s latest demo day

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TechCrunch has been covering the demo days of the seed-stage venture firm Pear VC since 2015. Of course, some VCs still get an early look, in part by mentoring the startups. Founders: Pol Hevia (CEO), Joaquim Tresserra (CTO). Founders: Virigina Folgueiro (CEO), Alejandro Quirno Lavalle (CMO), Santiago Lorenzo (CTO).

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Check out these startups from Pear’s Demo Day (there’s usually a breakout or two in the bunch)

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We can’t check out every investing outfit’s demo day. Founders: Sameer Kapur (CPO), Vishnu Chakroborty (CTO), Gautam Ajjarapu (CEO). With high-frequency microlearning and personal health coaching, Health U keeps patients engaged with their health on a daily basis. Founders: Matt Alston (CEO), Melissa Zhang (CTO).

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Space startup Wyvern raises $4.5M and joins YC’s latest cohort

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I’ve covered Wyvern in the past, including when the startup participated in incubator Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)’s academic conference-like demo day back in 2019. “Christine had been on our technical board of advisors for quite some time,” he said.

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Music wearable Mictic raises $2.5M to get you shredding, scratching and strumming

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Just from the demos and descriptions, it’s the kind of startup you’d scratch your head over and talk about in the bar after a long day of CES, for it to never be heard of again. We hope that people will find new ways of using our product,” says the company’s CTO Matthias Frey. million round.

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QA Wolf exits stealth with an end-to-end service for software testing

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Perl was previously the head of technology at home service booking platform Dispatch and the CTO of pharmacy supply chain firm Zipdrug. Clients submit a short demo of their app, which QA Wolf uses to build a testing plan and begin coding automated test suites. ” QA Wolf promises a lot.