Seattle-based Syndio raises $50M on heels of funding round just months ago

Seattle-based pay equity software company Syndio on Monday announced a $50 million Series C round. 

The raises comes after Syndio raises a $17.1 million Series Bin January and roughly $1 million in June from Penny Jar Capital, which is backed by two-time NBA MVP Stephen Curry. According to the Syndio, the money will help the company with new product development and hiring.

"As you think about Syndio as a company, we started by addressing pay equity with the intent to always broaden to a platform that addressed workplace equity," Syndio CEO Maria Colacurciopreviously told the Business Journal. "I think that’s what we’re seeing right now. We’re seeing that trend continue."

Syndio's website says the company has open roles in engineering, marketing and sales.

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Flying Lion Secures Redondo BeachLife Festival with WhiteFox Drone Detection

Flying Lion partnered with law enforcement to secure BeachLife Festival's airspace using WhiteFox’s drone detection technology.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA, UNITED STATES, September 20, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- From September 10th – 12th, the Redondo BeachLife Festival took place in Southern California. The event sold out - with a daily attendance of over 9 thousand people for the three-day beachfront concert.Organizers were eager to ensure that attendees would be safe. To help maintain order and protect against potential dangers –WhiteFox's technology was used by law enforcement, event security, andFlying Lionto detect and identify unauthorized drone activity in the airspace around the event grounds.

“WhiteFox’s DroneFox and STRATUS enhanced the aerial operations for the BeachLife Festival. With WhiteFox solution, Flying Lion provided Drone Operations Management, Law Enforcement Overwatch, and Drone Detection protecting attendees, talent, staff and Intellectual Property. The event was a huge success – and we look forward to future airspace security partnerships with WhiteFox.” – Barry Brennan, President Flying Lion

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Digbi Health AI Powered Digital Therapeutics Platform for Polychronic Illnesses Expands to Manage Mental Health

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Digbi Health, an AI-powered, precision digital therapeutics platform that uses gut microbiome and host genetic information, expands its digital health platform to manage several mental health and psychiatric disorders under the FDA's Enforcement Policy for Digital Health Devices For Treating Psychiatric Disorders during the Coronavirus Public Health Emergency.

Digbi Mental Health™ was created to improve the mental health and well-being of members during periods of shelter-in-place, isolation and quarantine and serves as an adjunct to clinician-supervised, outpatient treatment to its members.

A real world study of 275 Digbi Health members reveals clinically significant reductions in Anxiety, Insomnia & Depression symptoms linked to improved gut health. The human gut microbiome has been called a "second brain" because it is responsible for the synthesis and metabolism of critical neurotransmitters and hormones, like serotonin and dopamine, implicating gut health in the so-called gut-brain axis. In fact, it is estimated that 90% of serotonin is made in the digestive tract.

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Biden asks nations to join US, EU in pledge to cut global methane emissions

President Joe Biden said the U.S. is working with the European Union on a pledge to cut global emissions of methane by at least 30% below 2020 levels by the end of the decade, and he urged other world leaders to sign the pact. 

"This will not only rapidly reduce the rate of global warming, but it will also produce a very valuable side benefit, like improving public health and agricultural output," Biden said.

The Sept. 17 announcement came as world leaders joined Biden for a virtual meeting of the U.S.-led Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate ahead of a United Nations conference on climate change in Glasgow, Scotland, from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12. The virtual forum followed a summit in April where some of the world's biggest emitters pledged to ramp up their nonbinding nationally determined contributions, or NDCs, that were established as part of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.

"We believe the collective goal is ambitious but realistic," Biden said.

Much of the summit was closed to the public, and senior administration officials have said not to expect announcements of further commitments from the Sept. 17 event. Biden did not say which other countries have agreed to join the pact, called the "Global Methane Pledge." Attendees of the summit included leaders from Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, the European Commission, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico and the United Kingdom, as well as the U.N. secretary general, according to the White House.

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Can You Envision Sharing Engineering and Design Data with a Single Application?

Envision by Canvas lets you share engineering designs with anyone you choose (Picture courtesy of Canvas)
Envision is a bold attempt by Canvas GFX to let you share your engineering designs in real time with any and all, internal or external to your organization, using only a browser, on any device – a welcome alternative to the ragtag assortment of applications you may have been using to accomplish this.

More than a viewer and collaboration tool, and easier to use and access than your design software, Envision is a thoroughly modern approach to engineering data, broadening its audience, allowing easy access for many who were previously denied, either by their skills or technical knowledge. 

You may have thought of Canvas, based on our previous coverage, as the company that supplied graphics software used to create user manuals, maintenance instructions and other technical documentation, but the more than 30-year old company has reinvented and reinvigorated itself under new leadership.

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