Google-acquired founder / Chief Scientist building eye and gaze tracking for head-mounted displays, mobile, and automotive.

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In a glance

(Highlighting our past featured startups in the news)

• Dust announced earlier this week on their seed round led by Sequoia Capital. (85th edition)

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Geeks of the week

Startup Name: Zinn Labs

Geography: US

One-liner: Eye and gaze tracking for head-mounted displays, mobile, and automotive.

Founder(s) Background: PhD at Stanford, Research scientist (intern) at Magic Leap and Oculus VR, Co-founder/Chief Scientist at Raxium (acquired by Google), Associate Professor at Stanford.

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Startup Name: Statement

Geography: US

One-liner: Statement is transforming the way finance organizations run by helping streamline the corporate finance function, and empowering next-generation finance leaders.

Founder(s) Background: VP of Products and Innovation at Mastercard.

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Founders building in stealth

• Founder at Mainstreet ($60m+ raised).

• Head of GTM at HeadsUp (backed by 645 Ventures, Wing Venture Capital, Firstminute Capital)

• Head of ML at Uber / Co-founder of Tecton (backed by a16z and Sequoia Capital).

• VP & GM, Monetization at Meesho (raised $1b+).