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Microsoft opens registration for its free, online Build 2020 developer conference Microsoft has now opened registration for the virtual edition of its online-only Build 2020 developer conference, which will take place from May 19 to 20. Typically, the event draws more than 6,000 developers, but because of the coronavirus pandemic, …

Electric charging gets more juice as Soros Fund Management makes a bet on Amply Power Even as oil companies are getting crushed by the collapse of demand for energy in the wake of international shutdowns responding to the global pandemic, investors representing one of the world’s savviest financiers are placing …

Bryce Roberts: Profitability is ‘more achievable than a Series A round’   Despite all evidence to the contrary, there’s more to building a startup than raising venture capital. Founders are finding success without overly relying on VC dollars; some are even sharing profits with their respective employees and customers without …

Digits launches a free expense monitoring dashboard for small businesses, closes on $22M Series B Digits, a fintech startup hailing from the same team that built and sold Crashlytics to Twitter, is officially launching today after two years of development. It’s also announcing a $22 million Series B round of …

Everee raises a $10M Series A to scale its worker-friendly payroll software service This morning Everee, a Utah-based software as a service (SaaS) startup focused on payroll, announced that it has closed a $10 million Series A. The funding event was led by Origin Ventures and Signal Peak Ventures. Previously, …

Frame AI raises $6.3M Series A to help understand customers across channels   Frame AI, a New York City startup that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to help companies understand their customers better across multiple channels, announced a $6.3 million Series A investment today. G20 Ventures and Greycroft led …

Pinpoint releases dashboard to bring visibility to software engineering operations As companies look for better ways to understand how different departments work at a granular level, engineering has traditionally been a black box of siloed data. Pinpoint, an Austin-based startup, has been working on a platform to bring this information …

Wow  VCs are open for business right now Earlier today, to get a sense of what’s happening in the land of venture capital, the law firm Fenwick West hosted a virtual roundtable discussion with New York investors Hadley Harris, a founding general partner with Eniac Ventures; Brad Svrluga, a co-founder …

Austin-based SourceDay closes $12.5 million for its supply chain management software Austin-based SourceDay, which sells supply chain management software, said it raised $12.5 million in its latest round of financing. The company developed software to manage the relationship between companies and the businesses they source raw materials from as part …

Silicon Valley Bank only started processing stimulus loan applications today In a sign of just how broken the process is for startups looking to receive stimulus dollars, Silicon Valley Bank, the bank that claims “more innovative startups bank with us than any other bank,” only just began processing claims today. …