Immerok, which is building an Apache Flink-based cloud service for data streaming, raised a $17M seed led by CUSP Capital, 468 Capital, and others (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Tim Hakki / Decrypt:
CoinGecko: the Aptos token fell 40.5% on its first day of trading; Aptos’ Layer 1 blockchain was panned for opaque tokenomics and a low transaction throughput  —  The price of Aptos has crashed more than 40% a day after launch as investors remain wary of the network’s widely-panned mainnet rollout.

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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 …

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
QA Wolf, a cloud-based service to detect software bugs, exits stealth with $20M from Inspired Capital, Thiel Capital, and others  —  QA Wolf, a cloud-based platform designed to detect bugs in software, today exited stealth and announced a $20 million funding round with contributions from Inspired Capital …

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Ox Security, which helps companies improve software supply chain security, raised a $34M seed from Microsoft’s M12 and others, and says it has 30 customers  —  The rise in software supply chain attacks, like the SolarWinds hack, prompted last year’s executive order from the Biden Administration …

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
AWS launches Application Composer, a low-code tool for visually designing and building serverless applications with a drag-and-drop interface  —  At its re:Invent conference today, AWS announced the launch of AWS Application Composer, a new low-code tool for visually designing and building serverless applications.

Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
UK’s Ofcom proposes changes to net neutrality rules carried over from the EU to give ISPs more flexibility, like offering deals on latency and other parameters  —  UK regulator Ofcom proposed changes to net neutrality rules carried over from the European Union to give telecommunications and internet providers more flexibility.