According to the Investment Company Institute (ICI), Americans have more than $28 trillion of assets in retirement accounts, including $9 trillion in IRAs. And, while Americans have always been allowed to invest in alternative assets with an IRA, only about […]
We first wrote about the Soundstripe back in May when the Nashville-based music startup closed $4 million in Series A financing to accelerate growth and expand its offerings. The startup has witnessed explosive growth since then. Soundstripe is a music startup creating and […]
Salaryo, a Techstars-backed startup and a fintech platform for U.S. freelancers and startups, has secured $5.5 million to to scale its first-to-market digital lending service for entrepreneurs and freelancers to over 500 coworking office locations across 20 new cities including […]
ThoughtSpot, an artificial intelligence startup and business intelligence platform that helps anyone explore, analyze, and share real-time business analytics data easily, has raised $248 million in funding at at $1.95 billion valuation. ThoughtSpot will use the funds to continue to invest in […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Wednesday, August 28, 2019. Amazon is in preliminary discussions to partner with Indonesian ride-hailing startup Gojek. Amazon.com and Indonesian ride-hailing startup Gojek Group have held preliminary talks on […]
With subscription businesses expanding worldwide, each recurring revenue business needs more options and flexibility to manage varied billing use-cases. Fast-growing SaaS businesses are now investing in streamlining their revenue operations to identify leakage and capture opportunities across their revenue cycle. Enter […]
6D.ai, a seed-stage startup spun out from Oxford University’s world-renowned Active Vision Lab, is laying the foundation to build a 3D map of the world using real-time spatial recognition across XR head mounted displays (HMDs and smartphones. Using the 3D mesh generated by […]
Global AI Internet Freedom Fund (GAIIFF), LP today announced the launch of their new $20 million investment to fuel next generation of applied artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. GAIIFF will invest in and nurture cutting edge technologies aimed at solving real-world […]
Kin Insurance, an insurtech startup that is fixing home insurance through intuitive tech, affordable pricing, has raised $47 million to launch the Kin Interinsurance Network, a Florida home insurance carrier, and expand its capacity to serve homeowners in catastrophe-prone regions. Kin was […]
Particl Open Marketplace Grows to 500 Active Users per Day and Counting in Less than Two Weeks. New York, August 27, 2019 – Particl has successfully developed a fully decentralized, private marketplace on the blockchain thanks to expert advisors such as […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, August 27, 2019. Geotech startup What3Words helps you find any place on the planet without an address. What3Words is a British tech startup that let you […]
Lightbend (formerly Typesafe), a tech startup dedicated to helping developers build Reactive applications on the JVM, today announced the launch of CloudState, the first Open Source Serverless framework designed to enable stateful workloads on the Knative / Kubernetes stack. Created […]
EBR Systems, a health tech startup and the developer of the world’s only wireless cardiac pacing system for heart failure, has closed $30M in new funding to complete enrollment of its pivotal SOLVE CRT clinical trial and to prepare for […]
We wrote about PeerWell in late 2018 when the health tech startup launches augmented reality trip and fall hazard detector for smartphones. PeerWell helps patients prevent, prepare for and recover from surgery. The startup also helps patients throughout their musculoskeletal journey Today, PeerWell […]
TechSoup, a nonprofit organization connecting nonprofit, charity and public libraries with technological products and services, has received a $2.5 million grant from VMware Foundation to support initiatives to significantly expand its offerings and nearly double the number of nonprofit organizations it serves. […]
ZeroDown, a real estate startup and a provider of an affordable homeownership solution in the Bay Area, has closed more than $100 million of debt capital from Credit Suisse to fuel the next stage of the company’s growth. ZeroDown gives […]
CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company that provides cloud-based endpoint protection, has launched a $20m early stage investment fund. Started in partnership with Accel, Falcon Fund will focus on seed and Series A investments in security startups that are building applications on […]
Sleeper, a San Francisco-based fantasy football startup aiming to beat ESPN and Yahoo by catering to women and casual fans. Sleeper announced it raised $5.3 million in venture capital, bringing its total funding to $7.3 million. Sleeper claims to have grown […]
Stylitics, an ecommerce startup and provider of cloud-based SaaS platform for retailers, has closed a $15 million Series B round of funding to grow its sales and marketing function while fueling the development of new types of shoppable, content-driven e-commerce […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Monday, August 26, 2019. Alibaba-backed AI startup Megvii files for Hong Kong IPO. Megvii, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup backed by Alibaba has filed for an initial public offering […]
