As SpaceX prepares to launch first astronauts, the space company announced today it has hired William “Bill” Gerstenmaier, the former NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations. He will be reporting to VP Hans Koenigsmann. SpaceX is only a couple of […]
In the United States, startup employees, the company builders, forgo 50% of $60 Billion in unexercised stock options every year. When employees leave their startup, they have a limited amount of time to exercise their stock options before they expire. […]
Brandless, a SoftBank-backed direct-to-consumer startup focused on food, beauty and personal care products, has shut down operations. The San Francisco-based was founded in 2016 by Ido Leffler and Tina Sharkey. Before the shutdown, Brandless raised up to $292.5 million for its vision […]
Back in January, we wrote about GoDaddy when the world’s most popular domain registrar acquired South Africa-based social content startup Over to expand beyond domain names and websites. Now the biggest news in the industry in years. Today, GoDaddy announced it […]
Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Tuesday, February 11, 2020. Google’s HR head to step down amid tension among employees. Google human resources chief Eileen Naughton is stepping down from her role amid growing tensions between […]
Two US wireless providers T-Mobile and Sprint are merging together in a bid to take on Verizon. A federal judge in New York has approved the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint in a controversial decision Tuesday, according to a report from Wall […]
DocSynk, a Dallas-based healthcare AI startup, announced today it has raised a bridge funding to further grow its Artificial Intelligence Healthcare engine platform. The total amount of investment was not disclosed. The funding came from Chicago-based PE firm Colosseum Group. DocSynk […]
SpeeDx, a Sydney, Australia-based startup and the developer of innovative clinical diagnostics to support improved patient outcomes, has raised $15 million in additional series B equity investment from U.S.-based Northpond Ventures. This investment comes with a company value uptick of […]
We wrote about TradeShift last month when the world’s largest business commerce platform that connects buyers and sellers raised $240M in new funding to accelerate growth of its supply chain payments and marketplaces. The startup continues to grow at exponential rate. […]
Goldman Sachs Renewable Power LLC (“Goldman Sachs Renewable Power”, “GSRP” or the “Company”), a private company managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), announced today that a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSRP (the “Issuer”) has priced and closed a private placement […]
Gento (formerly Nursing Without Walls), a Los Angeles-based that provides on-demand staffing and care delivery management to home health agencies and skilled nursing facilities through their platform and mobile app, today announced it has raised $5 million in Series A funding […]
The United States Justice Department (DOJ) today announced charges against four Chinese military intelligence officers with hacking the credit-reporting giant Equifax in one of the largest data breaches in history. The four Chinese spies were charged for allegedly hacking the credit bureau […]
Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Monday, February 10, 2020. iPhone manufacturing in China is in jeopardy amid coronavirus outbreak. Coronavirus continues to spread around the globe. In addition to taking over 900 casualities, the virus […]
EmployStream, a provider of onboarding automation to the staffing industry, announced the close of its $7 million Series B funding round led by Plymouth Growth Partners, with support from several key investors including JumpStart, Rev1 Ventures, Ohio Innovation Fund and […]
Lake Turkana wind farm (LTWP), located in Kenya, is the single biggest operating wind farm in Africa. The wind farm provides 310MW of reliable, low cost energy to Kenya’s national grid. The LTWP consortium comprises of KP&P Africa B.V and Aldwych International […]
Snowflake, the San Mateo, Calif.-based data warehousing cloud service provider Snowflake Computing, today announced $479 million in additional growth funding co-led by new investors, Dragoneer Investment Group and Salesforce Ventures. Existing Snowflake investors, including Altimeter Capital, ICONIQ Capital, Madrona Venture […]
We all know about Apple App Store and Google Play. Many people may not be familiar with Slack App Marketplace, an app directory owned by Slack, a popular collaboration hub that brings the right people, information and tools together to get […]
A/O PropTech, Europe’s largest property technology venture capital firm, announced its official launch with €250 million capital to invest in startups disrupting real estate. PropTech backs and supports companies from late-stage seed to IPO. We’re comfortable with the rough imperfection of a new […]
BigProfiles, an Italian startup and a provider of SaaS B2B platform that enables companies to profile their customers and predict their behaviors with its proprietary Artificial Intelligence solutions, has closed $1.6 million (€1.5 million) investment to strengthen its leadership in the […]
Where did the coronavirus originate from? That’s one of the most asked questions since the virus started about two months ago. It is a lingering question everyone is asking about. According to a new report from Science Magazine, Wuhan seafood […]