Moonshot Brands, a rapidly growing platform that buys, launches, and scales direct-to-consumer and marketplace e-commerce brands, emerged from stealth mode today with $160 million in funding. The financing came from Y Combinator, Victory Park Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures (Joe Montana), Garage […]
No day goes by without a headline about SoftBank. Last month, the Japanese giant shocked its critics after it announced a $36.99 billion profit in just 3 months, making it the biggest profit in the history of a Japanese company. Now […]
Sempre Health, a Silicon Valley-based health tech startup that is bringing behavior-based, dynamic pricing to healthcare, announced today it has closed $15 million in Series B funding to improve medication affordability and reduces medication costs for patients with chronic disease also expands […]
It’s been over two years since we wrote about Pegasus Tech Ventures (“Pegasus”), a global venture capital firm managing over $1.5 Billion in assets. The last time we wrote about Pegasus, the Silicon Valley-based firm became the first firm to launch the Venture Capital-as-a-Service […]
The pandemic has led to the rise in the global mental health crisis. Today, around one in five of the world’s young people have a mental health condition. Over the past year, we’ve been using our platform to bring attention to […]
It’s been a while since we last wrote about Instacart, a leading online grocery platform in North America that offers same-day delivery and pickup services to bring fresh groceries and everyday essentials to busy people and families across the U.S. and Canada. […]
Did you know that transportation represents 28% of greenhouse gas emissions? As major cities continue to grow, traffic congestion is escalating and the planet continues to suffer. The macro trends are crystal clear and the current trajectory is not sustainable. Something […]
Enapter, a Saerbeck, Germany-based energy startup that turns water electrolysis into universal and highly efficient hydrogen generators, announced today it has raised $11.27 million funding to develop and deploy the pioneering, automated production line it needs to massively scale up electrolyzer manufacturing […]
One of the biggest challenges facing most businesses today is identifying who their potential buyers are. Before now, companies wasted billions on untargeted TV advertising with very little to show for it. Others spent millions on search ads making companies […]
Last week, we told you about Sennder, after the Berlin-based Digital freight startup raised $80 million in funding at over a billion-dollar valuation. Sennder offers shippers access to our connected fleet of thousands of trucks and manages over 12,500 trucks across Europe […]
Good evening! Below is a list of the top tech startup news for today, June 9, 2021. Bain Capital Private Equity and Crosspoint Capital Partners acquired ExtraHop for $900 million. ExtraHop, a Seattle, Washington-based startup and a provider of cloud-based network detection […]
The nature of the workforce is changing, moving from a workforce dominated by full-time workers to one where freelancers are becoming more prominent; projections show that the freelance workforce is expected to grow to over 50% of the total U.S […]
A little over a year ago, Embroker shared with us an informative article titled, “Startup Guide to Raising Venture Capital: Series A, B, and C Funding Explained.” It is a great read for those who may not be familiar with […]
It’s about three years since we last wrote about Blockdaemon, a New York City-based tech startup that facilitates and manages the deployment of nodes and payment rails for blockchain networks. At the time, Blockdaemon partnered with Citizens Reserve to help the startup quickly deploy nodes […]
Overhaul, an Austin, Texas-based logistics tech startup, has raised $35 million Series B funding led by Macquarie Capital, with participation from Edison Partners and Avanta Ventures (a venture arm of CSAA Insurance Group). Overhaul will use the fresh capital infusion to […]
It’s been more than a year since we last wrote about Flipkart, a Walmart-owned Indian e-commerce tech startup. In 2018, Walmart Inc. invested $16 billion for a majority stake in the company. Just at the beginning of the covid-19 crisis in February 2020, Walmart […]
PlanetWatchers, a London, England-based crop monitoring startup that uses advanced machine learning to provide detailed insurance claims assessment, has closed $3.5 million in the Pre-A series funding round. The round was co-led by Seraphim Capital and Creative Ventures, a Deep Tech venture fund, […]
Croptimistic Technology, a Saskatchewan, Canada-based AgTech startup announced today it has closed $3.5M in Series A investment from Forage Capital Partners (Forage) to complement an additional $1.7M in funding from the founders and institutional debt. Croptimistic is the company behind SWAT (Soil, water, […]
Getir, an Istanbul, Turkey-based tech startup that provides on-demand delivery services, has raised $550 million in a Series D investment round, pushing the company’s valuation to a whopping $7.5 billion. Getir was last privately valued at $2.6 billion in a May funding round. The […]
Outreach, a Seattle, Washington-based sales engagement platform, has just landed $200 million in Series G funding. The round was co-led by new investors, Premji Invest and STEADFAST Capital Ventures. To date, Outreach has raised a total of $489 million in funding. The […]
