NYC-based Regal, an outbound call and text messaging tools provider to brands, raised a $38.5M Series A led by Emergence Capital at a $350M post-money valuation (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

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Coalesce, which helps model, clean, and govern data in Snowflake’s cloud, raised a $26M Series A led by Emergence Capital, bringing its total funding to ~$32M  —  Coalesce is a startup that offers data transformation tools geared mainly toward enterprise customers.

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Winn.AI, maker of an AI assistant to help sales teams track, capture, and update CRM entries, comes out of stealth with a $17M seed led by Insight and S-Capital  —  Conventionally, salespeople are responsible for juggling tasks like following a playbook, capturing responses, building rapport …

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Amazon will roll out Customers Ask Alexa, which lets brands answer some common customer questions and provide links to their storefronts, starting in late 2022  —  Amazon wants Alexa owners to buy more things.  That’s the clear impetus behind the new Alexa feature announced today …

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Web3 gaming and VC firm Animoca Brands raised $110M via convertible notes led by Temasek, Boyu Capital, and GGV, after raising $434M in 2022  —  – Animoca Brands confirmed earlier reports it had raised a fresh funding round of $110 million.  — Temasek, Boyu Capital and CGV Capital are now backing the firm.

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
PolyAI, which uses AI to handle call center calls, raised a $40M Series B led by Georgian at a $300M post-money valuation, bringing its total funding to $70M  —  Is it possible to build a voice assistant for the call center that can pick up on indirect questions to figure out the best time to hand calls over to a human?

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Indian B2B marketplace Udaan raised $120M in convertible notes and debt, taking its funding to $350M+ in the past year, and plans an IPO in 12-18 months  —  India’s Udaan has raised $120 million in convertible notes and debt led by existing shareholders and bondholders …