We wrote about Aura back in October when the fintech startup secured $130 million credit facility to provide affordable loans to hard-working Americans. Today, Aura announced it has reached a new milestone with disbursement of 500,000th loan to needy families across […]
It all started with an investigation by the Verge, in which a number of former employees described a ‘toxic’ environment at the popular online luggage retailer, Away Travel. Today, Away confirmed the resignation of its chief executive, Steph Korey, and the […]
On January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs announced the first iPhone at the Macworld convention. The first iPhone was later released on June 29, 2007. The iPhone is arguably revolutionary and has transformed the way we live today. iPhone form factor […]
Passport, a fintech startup transforming the way cities manage their operations by reducing operational complexity and delivering intelligent data, has closed a $65 million Series D funding to grow its mobility software platform and expanding the mobility ecosystem to enable digital […]
Perceptive Advisors, an investment management firm focused in life sciences, has closed $210 for its inaugural venture capital fund, the Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Fund, LP (the “PXV Fund”), solely focused on investment in early-stage life science companies. The PXV Fund will be […]
I don’t know about you, but here in the United States, healthcare costs are skyrocketing with very little to show for it. In some cases, families have to choose between paying for their healthcare and feeding their children. In 2017 […]
“Peloton girl” ad is taking the internet by storm. Everyone is talking about the Peloton’s fitness bike ad that went viral for all the wrong reasons. Since launch in November, people have been obsessed with Peloton’s stationary-bike advertisement showing a woman […]
About two years ago, we wrote about Wag Labs when the dog-walking app mistakenly exposed home addresses and lockbox codes of its users. The startup has gone through many ups and downs since then. Now, Japanese giant SoftBank, is selling […]
Zeus Living (Zeus), the San Francisco-based home decor startup that provides furnished homes for modern professionals, has raised $55 million in Series B funding to grow its portfolio of furnished homes for stays of 30 days or longer, and deepen its technology platform […]
Sterling Partners’ Education Opportunity Fund (EOF) announced today it is rebranding as Avathon Capital to better communicate its vision and investment approach. In conjunction with rebranding, the company also announced it has doubled its assets under management to $404 million […]
Let the blame game begins. In a heavily redacted, 103-page document made public on Monday, Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon, is laying the blame on U.S. President Trump for losing the JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure) contract to its […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Monday, December 9, 2019. Amazon is blaming President Trump for losing $10 billion JEDI cloud contract to Microsoft. Let the blame game begins. Amazon Web Services (AWS), […]
Centana Growth Partners, a growth equity firm focused on the future of financial services, has closed $375 million for its second fund, Centana Growth Partners II, L.P. (“Fund II”) to expand its investments in innovative, high-growth companies across the financial services ecosystem. […]
Techcode, a global incubator and accelerator network with facilities and offices in 22 cities of 7 countries, launched an online B2B platform named TechBook to provide instant and trusted partnership opportunities for tech startups. The platform was launched in October to […]
Gismart, a leading developer and publisher of entertainment-focused apps and games, is investing $500,000 in Jambl, a Berlin-based music startup aspiring to become the largest social media platform for beat making music creators. The investment has been made within the […]
Have you ever wondered how advanced our pharmaceutical industry is at present? The history of the modern pharmaceutical and biotech sector dates back to the time of Apothecaries where medicines were provided based on some folk knowledge. It was only […]
The prevalence of obesity was 39.8% and affected about 93.3 million of US adults in 2015~2016, according to data from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Gelesis is a Boston-based biotech startup developing therapeutics to safely treat obese, overweight, […]
Proteus Digital Health, a healthtech startup that develops digital medicines that collect and aggregate various behavioral, physiological and therapeutic metrics, now needs a lifeline after failing to close an expected $100 million financing round, according to a report from CNBC. […]
The Founder Institute, the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, announced this week it signed a partnership agreement with NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, to help startup founders connect to selected NASA software and technologies while providing a robust global network of startup resources. The accelerator […]
It’s the year 2025, the skies are now filled with flying taxis. When you look at science fiction movies, nobody thinks five years from now there will be people going to work in flying taxis. And that’s exactly what Lilium is on […]