Balderton Capital, a London, UK-based venture capital firm and one of the earliest investors in fintech giant Revolut, on Monday announced the launch of a new $400 million (£311 million) fund to support European tech startups. Launched against a backdrop of unprecedented momentum within […]
BlackSky, a Seattle-based satellite-imaging-as-a-service startup, has closed a $50 million senior secured loan from global satellite communications company Intelsat. The transaction results in an industry first, creating a strategic relationship that pairs Earth observation with a global communications infrastructure. The new […]
As part of its mission to support innovation and investments in startups, the banking giant J.P. Morgan today announced the launch of a new venture capital coverage effort and four senior hires from Silicon Valley Bank to lead it. This […]
The demand for wireless connectivity is growing exponentially due to the fast growth in smart living, massive IoT, VR/AR and autonomous systems. LiFi (short for light fidelity) can serve as the largest pipe for data providing 1000 times the bandwidth of […]
GuRu, a wireless power startup formerly known as Auspion, Inc., has raised $15 million in Series A funding to deliver electric power through the air and complete commercialization, obtain FCC approval of its first products and add new management and engineering talent. The […]
SpaceX’s ambition to bring global internet coverage to the people around the world just took another leap forward as its 9th Falcon 9 rocket flight of the year launched 60 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit. The Monday’s launch makes […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Monday, November 11, 2019. Chinese apps continue to rake millions from America users even as TikTok faces scrutiny in the US. According to mobile research firm SensorTower, […]
Alibaba is on fire. The Chinese e-commerce giant smashed through its Singles Day sales record grossing over $30 billion in sales in the 24-hour shopping event. The gross merchandise value, a figure that shows sales across Alibaba’s shopping platforms, surpassed last year’s […]
Daré Bioscience, a clinical-stage bio-pharmaceutical company, today announced its acquiring Microchips Biotech, another biotech company that developed proprietary microchip-based implant can store and release precise doses of drugs over months and years. The total amount of the deal was not disclosed. […]
With the explosion in SaaS, enterprises are using thousands of apps across all lines of business leading to the rise of a new function–Business Technology (BT). The Business Technology teams, reporting to either IT or business, work in tandem with […]
Nala, a Saudi Arabia-based healthtech startup, today announced the launch of its artificial intelligence platform that enables instant medical diagnosis in Arabic. The new AI platform will provide users with an accurate medical diagnosis within seconds. In conjunction with the […]
VOI Technology, a Swedish tech startup that owns, operates, and manages electric scooters for urban commuters in Stockholm, has raised $85 million from new investors and existing to continue its mission of building a profitable micro-mobility business that transforms the future […]
Flavourworks, a tech startup developing a revolutionary games studio which fuses the intensity of filmed content using real actors with the deep interactivity of narrative video games, has secured $3.8 million (£3 million) in funding to further deepen its patent-pending […]
LambdaTest, a SaaS startup that helps users to seamlessly test their public or locally hosted web apps across 2000+ different browsers,OS, resolutions and devices, has closed $2 million Pre-Series A funding to enhance its existing platform by investing in technology and research […]
To succeed as a small business owner, you need the right tools to help you automate most of your day to day tasks so you can focus on core business. Unfortunately, most of these tools are only available to the […]
Varentec, a cleantech startup backed by Bill Gates and Khosla Ventures, has secured $5 million in growth funding to accelerate new commercial deployments of its grid edge control technology. The round was led by WindSail Capital Group, a Boston-based investment firm focused on energy […]
It’s no secret that 9 out of every 10 startups fail. That means only about 10% of startups will exist past the 5-year mark. We can debate about what is causing this epidemic. But what is rarely talked about is the […]
LogRocket, a tech startup that helps product teams develop better experiences for users by recording videos of user sessions with logs and network data, today announced the launch of LogRocket Metrics, a performance monitoring for front end. In conjunction, the company also […]
GENIUS NY, the world’s largest accelerator competition for unmanned systems and a business accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden, announced 19 teams as semi-finalists in the competition’s fourth round. The companies, which are developing innovations in the unmanned aircraft […]
HealthCare.com, an insurtech startup and nation’s preeminent source helping consumers compare and enroll in health insurance and Medicare plans, has secured $18 million in Series B funding to fund technology, engineering and data-science investments, expand consumer experience solutions and accelerate the development […]