Minute.ly, the Tel-Aviv and New York-based AI-driven video enhancement startup, has closed $8 million financing round to develop its AI-powered solutions and accelerate global expansion in order to meet growing customer demands for best-in-class video technology. The round was led by Ansonia Holdings, […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Thursday, July 25, 2019. Wisely Secures USD$1.15M Seed Funding. Wisely, a Toronto, Canada-based tech startup for nonprofits, secured $1.5M CAD in seed funding to advance AI technology and expand […]
Brainly, an education technology startup and the world’s largest peer-to-peer learning community for students, parents and teachers, today announced it has raised a new funding round of $30 million to enhance its platform user experience and invest further in the quality […]
Every day on this site, we write about startup raising millions of dollars in funding from venture capitalists. But what you don’t hear very often are startups doing it the old-fashioned way–bootstrapping with little money and accelerating in an organic […]
Hippo, an insurtech that’s transforming the home insurance market with a simpler process and smarter coverage, has raised $100 million Series D funding round to fuel the expansion of Hippo’s geographic footprint to more than 80 percent of the U.S. homeowner […]
William Green, a 46-year-old New Jersey man was indicted today by a federal grand jury for allegedly running an unlicensed money transmission service. The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the indictment in a press release today. According to the […]
Even though decades of robust research demonstrates both intrinsic motivation to read and print book ownership strongly shape kids’ reading achievement than using any instructional technique, however, few existing educational software products address them. Mia Learning is an educational technology startup […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Gusto raises $200 million in Series D funding. Gusto, a San Francisco-based people platform for small businesses to take care of their teams, has […]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with Facebook over the company’s privacy policies. Facebook is fined with a record $5 billion fine and orders the orders the social giant to conduct a privacy oversight. The fine is the largest ever imposed […]
Millions of working families in America lack access to safe and affordable loans and are vulnerable to predatory lenders. Aura is a San Francisco, California-based financial technology startup on a mission to reverse this trend by providing affordable, credit-building loans to America’s […]
HeartHero, the maker of a free mobile app that empowers everyday citizens to save lives by learning CPR and getting notified if someone nearby is in need, announced today it has close raised an undisclosed amount for its Series A funding […]
EdTech startup MAXIMUM Education, has raised $6.8 million (RUB 390M) Series B round to enhance growth and launch new products. The round was led by Skolkovo Digital, an investment fund created for direct investments in fast-growing tech companies in Russia, with participation […]
With the influx of sales automation technology and the focus of quantity over quality, buyers are become increasingly frustrated with the pushy tactics (cold calls, email spam barrage) employed by B2B sales teams; thus, making it harder for quality salespeople […]
Fetch Robotics, a San Jose, California-based industrial robotics startup that develops and manufactures collaborative, autonomous mobile robot solutions for the warehousing and logistical markets, has raised $46 million inSeries C round of funding. The round was led by Fort Ross […]
FlipGive, a free team funding app that makes it easy to raise money, has raised $5 million in a Series A to continue to accelerate its growth across the U.S. and Canada and further revolutionize how youth sports, member organizations, […]
Today, Ford Motors released a YouTube video of an all-electric F-150 pickup prototype truck towing 1.25 million pounds of double-decker rail cars carrying 42 F-150 pickups. The all-electric F-150 pickup prototype truck is seen in video pulling 10 double-decker rail cars over […]
Porch, a leading home repair and improvement marketplace today announced it has acquired HireAHelper, a San Diego-based moving services marketplace startup for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 2006 by Mike Glanz, HireAHelper.com is a moving labor marketplace. The startup helps people find, compare, and […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Netflix competitor startup iFlix raises $50 million in funding to accelerate growth. Southeast Asian Netflix competitor TV streaming startup iflix has raised around $50 […]
Not again! Facebook is making the news again for privacy issues. A new design flaw was discovered in Facebook’s Messenger Kids app allowed users to sidestep that protection through the group chat system, allowing children to enter group chats with unauthorized users […]
Electric vehicle (EV) startup Seres, formerly known as SF Motors, announced Tuesday that former General Motors senior executive James Taylor has taken the office as co-CEO as the struggling Chinese electric vehicle startup cuts 47 jobs in the U.S. and […]