Softbank is on fire. The third quarter lackluster performance result did nothing to stop the Japanese giant from investing in high performance startups. Today, Mexico’s fintech startup Konfio announced it has raised $100 million funding led by SoftBank. This is Konfio’s fourth […]
Gong, a U.S.-Israeli startup that develops speech recognition technology that provides sales representatives with real-time insights into their interactions with customers by analyzing recorded phone calls, announced today it has raised $65 million investment to grow its Sales Conversation Analytics platform. The […]
With global’s effort towards sustainable energy, Japan has been relying on its offshore wind power to produce renewable energy on a massive scale domestically via the installation of wind power generators right off the coast or further out in the sea. […]
Harlem Capital Partners (HCP), an early-stage venture capital firm that is focused on investing in minority and women founders in the United States, today announced the closing of Harlem Capital Partners Venture Fund I, LP at $40.3 million (“Fund I”). […]
The payday loan industry is a $40 billion market. Roughly 2.5 million American households, about one in 50, use payday loans each year, according to government statistics. The typical loan is $350, lasts two weeks, and costs $15 for each […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Monday, December 2, 2019. Cyber Monday shoppers on track to hit a record $9.4 billion, Adobe Analytics says. As of 9:00 a.m. New York Time, Cyber Monday […]
Breed Reply, a London, England-based Internet of Things (IoT) investor, announced today that its investee companies have attracted $194 million (£150m) in investments with over 30 institutional and industrial investors from across Europe, the United States and Asia co-investing with […]
Fovia Ai, a provider of artificial intelligence cloud-based medical imaging solutions for picture archiving and communication system (PACS) companies, today announced the release of XStream aiCockpit and XStream aiPlatform, to provide radiologists and clinicians access to customized AI-driven workflows and visualizations. A spin-off of […]
Saturn Cloud, a provider of data science tools for the enterprise, today announced it has launched the first-ever commercial offering of Dask, a Python-native parallel computing framework for scalable data science. The announcement comes just one month after the startup […]
Getting student loans for higher education in developing countries is a daunting task. According to India-based EdTech startup Credenc, 30% of Indian students’ families sell assets to fund their education. 20% borrow from local money lenders at rates as high as […]
SecuLetter, a cybersecurity startup that provides advanced persistence threat (APT) response solution to email attack, has secure $6 million series B investment funding for its for its email security technology and non-executable file attack diagnosis technology. The round, which values the company at […]
KOHO, a FinTech startup that is changing the way Canadians bank, has raised $25 million led by U.S.-based venture capital firm Drive Capital, whose portfolio boasts Duolingo, Udacity, and Root Insurance. National Bank of Canada, through its venture capital arm NAventures, also […]
We featured Newchip back in May when the Austin-based web and mobile investment platform launched its first equity-free accelerator program to connect startups with investors. Today, announces the launch of its November 2019 Pre-Seed Accelerator cohort, which includes nineteen (19) startups from across […]
Gameplan, a London-based tech startup and a provider of enterprise software that helps facilities management companies co-ordinate a diverse workforce and multiple suppliers from one central platform, announced today that it has raised £500,000 to continue to develop its Integrated Workforce Management […]
More than ever before, smooth and seamless team communication is critical to the success of today’s organizations. However, most organizations are still relying on the old fashion ways of sending emails among their teams. Enter Loom, a new work communications and video […]
SAR, a Bethesda, Maryland-based securities class action (SCA) data analytics software startup, has closed $1 million seed round to grow its team and expand its SCA data analytics coverage. The fresh capital infusion came from a group of angel investors. In […]
PriceFx, a Munich, Germany-based SaaS pricing software startup announced today it has raised additional $25.3 million (€23 million) in Series B funding to expand the company’s award-winning pricing platform and engage in strategic M&A projects. The round, which brings the total […]
Widget Brain, a fast-growing startup from the Netherlands that helps organizations make optimized decisions in Workforce Management and Industry 4.0, has closed $2.2 million (EUR 2 million) to quickly expand globally providing AI scheduling services to optimize workforce management and predictive maintenance. […]
As if people are not already tired of Facebook, why do we really need another social app, you may ask? The answer may surprise you. According to a 2018 survey by the Pew Research Center survey, social media use by US adults […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, November 26, 2019. Former Facebook employees launch Cocoon, a social media network for your family. Yesterday, Cocoon made its debut on Apple’s iOS just in time […]
