Huge congratulations to Kiwi founders Min-Kyu Jung and Jacob Duligall, and the Ivo team on their US$55 million Series B raise!When Min-Kyu left Bell Gully and Jacob left Xero in 2021, they set out to solve a problem Min-Kyu knew well – legal teams were spending too much time on manual contract reviews. Three years later, this vision is now helping in-house legal teams at Uber, Shopify, Atlassian, Reddit, and Canva work smarter.Ivo’s Contract Intelligence platform goes beyond generic AI by access ...

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Foxglove have closed a US$40 million Series B! 👏Co-founded by Kiwi Adrian Macneil and Roman Shtylman, Foxglove is building the data infrastructure that powers robotics development.Robotics companies face a common infrastructure challenge: their robots capture huge volumes of multimodal data from cameras, sensors, and other equipment, which needs to be visualised, analysed, and used to train AI models. Until recently, most companies were building their own internal platforms to handle this, each ...

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Congratulations to the Number 8 bio team on raising A$11m in their Series A round!Founded by Waikato-raised Dr Thomas Williams and Dr Alex Carpenter, Number 8 bio has developed a slow-release capsule that sits in the rumen for up to six months, delivering a proprietary molecule that cuts methane emissions from ruminant animals (such as cattle, sheep, and goats) by up to 90%, while improving productivity.The commercial model is just as innovative. Number 8 Bio is rolling out a carbon-insetting pr ...

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