Employee leave startup Cocoon launches after raising $20M in new funding – TechCrunch

Employee leave startup Cocoon launches after raising $20M in new funding – TechCrunch

Employee leave benefits are an intricate web of company and government policies, and Cocoon strives to make both employer and employee experiences clear and simple. The platform was launched on Wednesday in all 50 states and is designed for any type of employee leave such as parental, doctor, nursing, or bereavement leave. It takes into … Read more

Vector design tool Vectornator raises $20M round led by EQT Ventures – TechCrunch

Vector design tool Vectornator raises $20M round led by EQT Ventures – TechCrunch

It’s an age-old story in the tech industry: the company develops a tool to solve its own problem and then realizes that the tool is actually worth more than the existing company. Something similar happened to linearity. Its 17-year-old founder Vladimir Danila developed the Vectornator tool in 2017 to simplify vector design. It is now … Read more

Cycode raises $20M to secure DevOps pipelines – TechCrunch

Cycode raises $20M to secure DevOps pipelines – TechCrunch

Israeli security startup Cycode, which specializes in helping companies secure their DevOps pipelines and prevent code tampering, announced today that it has received a Series A funding round of Has launched $ 20 million. Seed investor YL Ventures also participated in this round, bringing the company’s total funding to $ 24.6 million. In its beginnings, … Read more

Battery Resourcers raises $20M to commercialize its recycling-plus-manufacturing operations – TechCrunch

Battery Resourcers raises $20M to commercialize its recycling-plus-manufacturing operations – TechCrunch

As more of the transportation market becomes electrified, companies have begun to grapple with disposing of the thousands of tons of used EV batteries that are expected to hit the streets by the end of the decade. Battery Resourcers suggests a seemingly simple solution: recycle them. But the company doesn’t stop there. A “closed-loop” process … Read more

Fortify raises a $20M Series B for its composite manufacturing 3D printer – TechCrunch

Fortify raises a $20M Series B for its composite manufacturing 3D printer – TechCrunch

A lot has happened in the field of additive manufacturing in the last few months. If I had to figure out a reason, I would say that – much like robotics (another area that I’m following pretty closely) – the pandemic has seen a surge in interest in the category. Medical applications are understandably of … Read more