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Contributions were also received from several existing investors including defy.vc, Quest Ventures, GK Plug and Play, and Next Billion Ventures. The funds are earmarked for product development, Indonesian business growth, and expansion across Southeast Asia.

We’re excited to officially launch our platform that helps companies plan and forecast all the budgeting and resource requirements across its entire workforce. We’re also excited to announce a $17 million series A round of funding led by General Catalyst.

TruePlan, a so-called “headcount management” platform that helps companies plan and forecast all the budgeting and resource requirements across its entire workforce, officially launched to the public today. The company also announced a $17 million series A round of funding led by General Catalyst.

Let’s say you’re a YouTube star — honestly, it’s not impossible, given that now, some estimate that over 20,000 YouTubers have at least 1 million subscribers. You’re going to monetize through YouTube ads, probably, but you might also sell merch, run a Patreon membership or write a subscription-only newsletter. More and more startups like Fourthwall are emerging to help creators consolidate their various income streams within one all-in-one creator platform, aiming to take away some of the backend administrative stress of running your own business. The goal is to give creators more time to focus on creating.

Hakimo, an AI platform designed to bring cybersecurity-like tools to the physical security industry, has announced its seed funding. Founded by Stanford-trained engineers and funded by experienced venture capitalists with decades of experience in the space, Hakimo has entered the market at a moment when re-populated office campuses are most in need of new security solutions.

WhyLabs, a spinout from the Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2), raised $10 million and released a new tool to support machine learning applications.

WhyLabs, a machine learning startup that was spun out of the Allen Institute last year, helps data teams monitor the health of their AI models and the data pipelines that fuel them. Last year, the startup raised a $4 million seed round and today, the team announced that it has raised a $10 million Series A round co-led by Defy Partners and Andrew Ng’s AI Fund. Existing investors Madrona Venture Group and Bezos Expeditions also participated in this round.

Beamable has raised over $5 million in a new round of funding to expand its platform for live operations.

The Boston-based company has more than 1,000 developers that use its self-serve platform that enables companies to easily schedule and manage live events, like tournaments that are aimed at getting gamers more engaged in existing titles.

We’re thrilled to announce that Greenwork has raised $2.4M to pursue our mission: building a path for infrastructure workers to learn skills, find great jobs, and rebuild the world.