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It's a bumper edition of News & Reviews with Even More Alex (TM), we bring you an almighty 8 reviews this week with Alex responsible for 7 of them solo. Andy's on his armistice (more on that in episode) and therefore the balance is shifted to mostly Alex with reviews of...  ghost story romance 'All Of Us Strangers', powerful drama 'The Zone of Interest', Oscar hopeful 'The Holdovers', satire 'American Fiction', science fiction black comedy 'Poor Things', 'Samsara' a meditation on life, death and new life, deadpan supernatural comedy 'The Civil Dead' & the DCEU's unflushable shit 'Aquaman 2'

As a senior leader, he’ll also share his strategies for successfully ramping new hires, maintaining team connections, and building a culture of learning and growth. 

More about Samsara: Samsara is improving the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of the physical operations that power our global economy. They partner with customers across major industries including agriculture, construction, transportation, and more, helping them reduce millions of gallons in fuel consumed, keep their workers safe, and better navigate the daily challenges across their operations. 

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Megan and Michelle contemplate reincarnation, consciousness, karma, quantum physics, portals, and fantastical places.

Resources:
How Reincarnation Works
Evaluating the Evidence for Reincarnation
The Science of Reincarnation
Searching For The Science Behind Reincarnation
Chilling Reincarnation Stories: Meet 6 People Who Lived Before
The Evidence for Human Reincarnation is Here

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Thank you for tuning in to Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The Podcast—now in our third season! 

In this exciting new season we will turn our attention to focus on the world’s religions and observe how religious traditions— and their diverse perspectives— can share an active role in bringing us together with common purpose. Too often in the past, religion has been used as a wedge, pitting us against one another; in the era of “Well-Being” we will see how various spiritual practices can also have the opposite effect of uniting us in harmony. In this fashion, it may well be that the ancient wisdom traditions will be at center of the paradigm shift which ushers in a new era! 

It has been argued, with good evidence, that Hinduism is the oldest ongoing spiritual tradition on this planet. Its distant and nebulous origins can be traced with some authority to the pre-Vedic period of the Indus Valley civilization, which takes it back to before 1750 BCE—though it probably goes back much farther, perhaps into what we consider “prehistoric” times. As the world’s third largest faith with close to one-and-a-half-billion practitioners, Hinduism is a significant force in world affairs both in current events and throughout history— Siddhartha Gautama was believed to have been an observant Hindu prior to assuming the role of The Buddha. 

In order to delve deeper into the fascinating and complex essence of Hinduism, we are honored to have joining us the renowned spiritual leader and motivational speaker, Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, better known as Sadhviji. Originally from Los Angeles, Sadhviji is a graduate of Stanford University and holds a PhD in psychology. She has lived on the banks of the sacred Ganga river in the lap of the Himalayas for more than twenty-five years, the entire time engaged in spiritual service, wisdom teaching, sacred action, and deep spiritual practice. 

Sadhviji is currently based in Rishikesh, India. She is the author of the bestselling memoir, Hollywood to the Himalayas: A Journey of Healing and Transformation, which recounts the joys and challenges that she faced during her journey to enlightenment, and those who helped her on the way.  Now one of the preeminent female spiritual teachers in the world, Sadhviji serves as the Secretary-General of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, an international interfaith organization dedicated to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene; President of Divine Shakti Foundation, a foundation that runs free schools, vocational training programs, and empowerment programs; and Director of the world-famous International Yoga Festival at Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh—which has been covered in prestigious international publications and has been addressed by both the Prime Minister and Vice President of India.

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Lodro Rinzler has taught Buddhism and meditation for 20 years, starting when he was just 18 years-old. He is the author of seven meditation books including the best-seller The Buddha Walks into a Bar, and he's the co-founder of MNDFL meditation studios in New York City. His books Walk Like a Buddha and The Buddha Walks into the Office both have received Independent Publisher Book Awards. Named one of 50 Innovators Shaping the Future of Wellness by SONIMA, Rinzler's work has been featured in The New York Times,The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Good Morning America, CBS, and NBC. His new book is Take Back Your Mind: Buddhist Advice for Anxious Times.

Website: https://www.lodrorinzler.com/

  Someone asked Yangshan, "What is the difference between heaven and hell?"
   Yangshan drew a line on the ground.

-from Zen's Chinese Heritage by Andy Ferguson

As always, I learn something new with one of the Kamara-Pogroszewski family’s favorite humans, Rish Gupta - Cofounder of hard tech company, Spot AI.  Rish shares with me how he got interested in and immersed in entrepreneurship, his impressions of what the cruxes of the most successful startups are, and what going through of an IPO is like. Rish shares his impressions of what Silicon Valley companies can learn from traditional American companies and tells Marcin and I allll about Burning Man.

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In this episode, we explore the concept of Samsara, or the ignorance that causes suffering in your life. By understanding your true nature and the wisdom of the Upanishads, you can transform your suffering into wisdom. We cover:

• What is the reason you suffer?
• How the ego disguises our true nature and causes suffering in life
• The secret of Higher Knowledge as the key to unlocking your true self and potential for joy and happiness

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Sarah Patterson, CMO of Samsara, shares valuable lessons learned at Salesforce which lead her to achieve a career goal: taking a company public as CMO. Learn about the challenges Sarah faced and overcame while part of the Ohana, and how these experiences set Sarah up to lead marketing at a company with a $12B valuation, and much more.

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“Through my time at Salesforce, I had been prepping... What type of opportunity and challenge do I want to tackle next? I always tell this to folks: look for the job descriptions of the job you want to have next in 4-5 years down the road and think through what are the skills that you need to add to your tool belt. That's what I was doing. I was growing all of the skills to be a well-rounded marketer.”

Episode Timestamps:

*(1:43) - Ohana Origins 

*(3:40) - Sarah’s first major challenge at Salesforce

*(5:33) - Insights from building the service cloud team 

*(12:18) - Working on Chatter.com Superbowl Ad 

*(15:58) - What’s Cooking

*(18:14) - Product vs. platform positioning 

*(21:40) - Applying past lessons from Salesforce to current problems 

*(24:47) - Future Forecast

*(25:55) - Advice for aspiring CMOs

*(26:59) - Lightning Round

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Welcome back to United Kingdom Tech Weekly Deals Roundup, a weekly podcast by Tracxn for key startup deals in the United Kingdom from last week. 

In this edition, we will cover funding rounds of Gousto, EyeBio, Redsift, and more. In exits, we will cover the acquisition of The GP Service by Kanabo among others.

Starting with our deep dive into funding rounds, tech companies in the United Kingdom raised around $534 million of funding across 26 funding rounds during this week.

In a major funding round event, London-based Online Grocery startup Gousto, raised $230 million in a Series F funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund with participation from Railpen, Fidelity International, Grosvenor Group, and others. Gousto achieved unicorn status on 2nd November 2020 when it raised $32 million from Perwyn and others. Gousto is an online subscription platform offering recipe boxes. Gousto operates a recipe kit subscription service where users are sent three recipes per week. Gousto offers recipes such as beef wraps, chicken noodles, biriyani, and more. Founded in 2012, Gousto has raised $592 million till date.

Life Sciences startup, EyeBio, has raised its first Series A funding of $65 million from Jeito, SV Health Investors and Samsara with participation from MRLV. EyeBio is a developer of therapies to treat ophthalmological diseases. EyeBio focuses on the generation of therapies that restore and improve vision in patients with sight-threatening eye diseases. EyeBio's lead product is an anti-vascular endothelial growth factor drug for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration. London-based EyeBio was founded in 2021.

Enterprise Infrastructure startup, Redsift, raised $54 million in a Series B funding round led by Highland Europe with participation from MMC Ventures, Sands Capital and Oxford Capital. Redsift offers an anti-phishing solution. Redsift offers a visualisation platform for business data related to CRM, email, websites, and customer data in real-time. Redsift provides an SDK to connect to major services such as Gmail, Home Buyer, Slack, and Facebook. Redsift offers email security services against phishing attacks. Founded in 2015, London-based Redsift has raised $69 million till date.

In another funding round event, HealthTech startup, Automata, raised $50 million in a Series B funding round led by Octopus Ventures with participation from ABB, In-Q-Tel and Latitude, and others. Automata is a provider of lab automation robots. Automata offers human collaborative and arm-based lab automation robots. Automata offers robots for processing samples, drug screening, colony counting, and acid testing. Automata also provides cloud-enabled robot management software to schedule and orchestrate the protocols from a single platform. Founded in 2015, London-based Automata has raised $66 million till date.

London-based FinTech startup, Weavr, raised $40 million in a Series A funding round led by Tiger Global Management with participation from LocalGlobe, QED Investors, United First Partners, and others. Weavr is a cloud-based virtual card payment solution for innovators and payment providers. Weavr offers virtual cards for business payouts, consumer payments, and business purchasing. Weavr also provides API keys to configure and develop the pre-built payment templates, which can be embedded in consumer applications and can be used to drive business processes. Founded in 2018, Weavr has raised $55 million till date.

This was all from the funding updates, moving on to the exits. United Kingdom Tech observed 10 exits during the week of 27 Feb 2022.

Leicester-based HealthTech startup, The GP Service, was acquired by Kanabo for $18 million. The GP Service is an online doctor consultation platform and pharmacy store. The GP Service enables users to seek online doctor consultations, and request prescriptions and refills. The GP Service also enables users to opt for home delivery of medication from a pharmacy of their choice. Founded in 2014, The GP Service has raised $4 million till date from Maven Capital Partners, Midlands Engine Investment Fund, and others.

Energy Storage Tech startup, InstaVolt, was acquired by EQT. InstaVolt is a provider of electric vehicle charging solutions. InstaVolt operates DC charging stations and offers solutions for consumers and fleet operators to manage their charging operations. InstaVolt provides a mobile application for users to find charging points in their vicinity. Founded in 2016, InstaVolt has raised $62 million till date from Zouk Capital.

London-based Fintech startup, Purely Capital, was acquired by Pipe. Purely Capital offers a platform to accept payments from account receivables. Purely Capital enables users to accelerate long-dated contracts from a range of global streaming and broadcast platforms. Purely Capital ensures data privacy and also has a Purely Collection platform that manages the entire collection by digitising all agreements as smart contracts built on a decentralised blockchain platform. Founded in 2018, Purely Capital has raised $2 million till date from Finch Capital.

In another acquisition event, Blockchain Technology startup, Trustology, was acquired by Bitpanda. Trustology is a provider of digital-key safeguarding and custodial solutions for cryptocurrencies. Trustology offers customisable accounts which safeguard the digital assets of an individual, business, exchange, and institutional client. Trustology also provides a platform to safeguard crypto assets. Founded in 2017, London-based Trustology has raised $8 million till date from Two Sigma Ventures and Consensys Labs.

Overwatch Research, a Belfast-based Life Science Tech startup, was acquired by Benchling. Overwatch Research is an online platform for tracking and managing clinical data. Overwatch Research's platform is used to manage in vivo experiments, create workflows, manage multiple studies, study randomisation, assign and manage tasks in CROs, preclinical labs, and academic institutions. Founded in 2017, Overwatch Research has raised $4 million till date from Operator Partners, Frontline, Techstart Ventures, and others.

This was all for today, we will be back next Monday with more updates. You can subscribe to our podcast on Google Podcasts to stay updated. If you have any feedback, please reachout to us at podcast@tracxn.com. Thank you for tuning in today, see you next week.

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(12:00) - Samsara - the “infinite recycling” startup ♻️

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