Austin startups raised over $80M in funding in January. Here are the Top 5
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Bio: Waldo allows professional photographers to upload photos directly from their cameras as they shoot using WiFi-enabled SD cards. Then, thanks to a facial recognition engine running on Waldo’s cloud, registered users who appear in the photos will automatically receive push notifications to view them. Bio: The Zebra has been running a comparison shopping site for car insurance since 2012, when CEO Adam Lyons launched it at Pittsburgh’s Alpha Lab accelerator. Lyons told Inc. this month raising money hasn’t been a concern for the startup since they went to market with their product and established themselves as a unique offering. The company rang in 2016 by announcing a $28 million funding round led by Audi, the maker of the sleek sedans that lend Silvercar its luxury cachet.