California-based startup, DiversyFund, announced today that it has surpassed its $1 million Series A financing goal, as investors flock to the innovative platform that is using technology to disrupt alternative investing. DiversyFund is the only vertically-integrated crowdfunding platform for alternative investments […]
Fleet, an Oregon-based startup started by a 22-year old founder has just raised $10 million to help small and midsized businesses ship or import products around the globe. The funding is led by the German airline Lufthansa. Fleet has has […]
The Silicon Valley-based Katerra announced today it has raised $865 million Series D funding round led by the SoftBank Vision Fund. The funding will be used to fund Katerra’s continued manufacturing expansion and for further investment in its R&D efforts. […]
As part of its push to accelerate its digital strategy and support innovation, German software giant and Europe’s biggest software company SAP said it will invest two billion in French tech startups over the next five years, the company announced on […]
Pioneer Square Labs (PSL), a Seattle-based startup, has secured a $15 million in Series B funding to scale its successful startup studio. The current investment round is led by Foundry Group with $10 million investment, and PSL’s 12 existing VC investors […]
Intelligent mobile banking startup Varo Money has just raised a$45 million Series B funding round to further the explosive growth its banking app. The latest funding round is led by existing investor Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth […]
Usermind, a Seattle-based startup Usermind, is growing and expanding. Thanks in part to big demand for its marketing technology. Today the company announced it has raised $23.5 million again from prominent Silicon Valley investor to expand overseas. To date, Usermind has now raised […]
Energy monitoring and SaaS-based analytics startup, Bidgely, has $27 million in Series C funding round to grow its India office and expand artificial intelligence solution for utilities and energy retailers. This is its largest round of investment to date. Founded by Indian Institutes […]
San Francisco-based technology company and Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) startup, SmithRx, has raised $9 million in Series A funding, the company announced. The investment round was led by Founders Fund with participation from Blumberg Capital, NextGen Venture Partners, Box Group, and others. […]
According to Forbes report, Grocery giant Kroger and rivals in talks to buy of the highest-profile e-commerce startups, Boxed.com, for up to $500 million. The online wholesale has received acquisition interest from grocery giant Kroger and several other major retailers, […]
Crowdfunding platform YieldStreet has closed a $113 million financing round to accelerate the transformation of wealth creation by investing in further product innovation and growing its loyal community of investors. The Series A round includes $12.8 million of financing co-led […]
The long awaited initial public offering (IPO) for Dropbox is finally here. According to report from Bloomberg, unicorn and file sharing company Dropbox is set to go public in the first of this year after many years of rumors. Dropbox has hired […]
Chinese startup Meicai has joined the unicorn startup club after raising $450 million round in a funding round from China Media Capital and Tiger Global Management. The company is now valued at $2.8 Billion. The news was first reported on Bloomberg. The company […]
According to a Chinese local media report, Google has invested about $77 million (RMB 500 million) into the Chinese game streaming platform Chushou TV. This is Google’s first major investment in game streaming startup. Insiders see the move as another step […]
Everyday, we monitor funding raised by startups from around the globe. Below are the top startup funding news stories. Dallas Home Repair Startup Raises $2M for Texas Expansion. Dallas-based startup Fixd is aiming at disrupting the home repair and warranty business […]
We’ve all heard or read the statistics – 90% of startups fail. The the question is, how do you find a needle in an haystack? That is the challenge investors face everyday in finding promising early-stage startups. Since there is no […]
The Redwood City, California-based startup has raised $87.5 million from Temasek Holdings. Temasek Holdings Private Limited is a state-owned holding company that can be characterized as a national wealth fund owned by the Government of Singapore. Poshmark has gone through multiple rounds of funding.The […]
Good morning! Here is the startup news you need to know this Wednesday. A unicorn startup, Compass, is now valued at $2 Billion according to Fidelity. Compass, a New York-based startup is pitching investors that it can disrupt the home-buying […]
