4BIO Capital, a London-based biotech venture capital firm, has raised the first $50 million for a new $150 million 4BIO Ventures II fund to invest in “advanced therapies” such as gene and cell therapy. The firm is expected to raised the total […]
Spendesk, a fintech startup and a provider of spend management software that helps businesses take control of spending, has raised $38 million in its third funding round to drive international expansion and help businesses everywhere spend smarter. The Series B round, […]
Hong Kong is currently at the epicenter of a gargantuan political furor over personal lives being invaded by the government without the permission of the citizens. Demonstrations have been tumbling on for weeks, turning violent only very recently. As the […]
Loadsmart , a digital freight technology startup company that specializes in truckload and intermodal shipping, has raised $19 million for a major initiative to improve freight flow through American ports. Ports America, the largest terminal operator and stevedore in the U.S., joins the […]
Beyond Next Ventures and DENSO Corporation, a global mobility supplier that develops advanced technology and components for nearly every vehicle make and model on the road today, announced the official launch of OPExPARK, a spin-off to develop the businesses utilizing DENSO’s OPeLiNK […]
Just two days, we wrote a story about Alibaba nearing a deal to acquire NetEase Kaola for $2 billion. Now, it is official. Alibaba confirmed the story Friday. The world’s e-commerce giant announced it will acquire NetEase’s cross-border e-commerce business unit, […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Friday, September 6, 2019. Huawei’s foldable phone could go on sale next month. If everything goes as planned, Huawei’s 5G foldable Mate X smartphone, will “soon be on the […]
SeekOps, a sensor tech startup that was formed as a spinoff from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, today announced it has secured funding from two strategic investors as part of its Series A-1 fundraising to increase US domestic and global operations. The […]
Aero Commerce, an ecommerce platform designed for scalable ecommerce platform for both the professional and cloud based markets, has raised nearly $1 million ( £750,000) in equity investment led by Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”), one of the UK’s most active […]
Terra Drone Corporation, a drone startup and one of the world’s largest provider of industrial drone solutions, today announced it has finalized its expansion into the Australian market after completing an equity investment in Australian firm, C4D Intel Pty Ltd. The terms […]
Every year, LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, showcases the top startups list in the United States, identifying the top 50 hottest U.S. startups to work for in 2019 as determined by billions of actions of LinkedIn’s 645+ million members. […]
Back in June, we wrote about HighRadius when the fintech startup and provider of credit-to-cash automation platform partnered with Noventis to debut secure straight-through processing for virtual card payments. Today, HighRadius announced a partnership with Thomson Reuters subsidiary, Confirmation.com, to improve the bank […]
Today, Facebook announces the official launch of “Facebook Dating,” a new dating feature for users billions of users on its platform. For now, the feature is only available to users in the United States. In a blog post, the company […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Thursday, September 5, 2019. “Facebook Dating” officially launched in the US. Today, social giant Facebook officially launched a dating feature for billions of users on its popular […]
Aural Analytics, a health tech startup that focused on building the world’s most advanced speech analytics platform, has raised a seed round totaling totaling $4.3 million. The round was led by led by Morningside Ventures and Tamarisc Ventures with participation from […]
Hotel Engine Raises $16 Million in Series A Funding After 4 Years of Bootstrapped Growth The Denver-based travel tech company’s first round of external investment of $16 million in Series A funding after four years of bootstrapped growth. The round, which was […]
SoftBank is known for investing in technology startups. As every investor knows, you win some and you lose some. For now, SoftBank’s investment in Uber doesn’t seem to be paying off. As Uber stock hits an all-time low, SoftBank, which invested […]
Over the two years, we’ve written several stories about Facebook’s mission to make broadband Internet available to rural communities in third world countries. Back in February, Facebook partnered with Telefonica and other companies, to extend rural connectivity and bring internet access […]
Rumors continue to swirl around Alibaba acquisition of NetEase‘s cross-border retail platform unit, Kaola. After many weeks of media speculations, Alibaba may finally be buying Kaola this week for $2 billion, according to an exclusive report from 36kr.com, which first broke […]
Astrocast, an Internet of Things (IoT) startup and a provider of IoT Nanosatellite Network that offers a bidirectional and highly secure connection to any #IoT device on Earth, has closed $9.2 (€8.3 Million) Series A round of funding to accelerate production of […]
