Pike Street Capital, a Seattle, Washington-based private equity firm, today announced the closing of Pike Street Capital Partners (the “Fund”), a $237 million fund that will focus on control investments in industrial technology businesses. The fund, which was over-subscribed to its […]
MarginEdge, a Fairfax, Virginia-based tech startup and a provider of restaurant management platform, announced today that it has secured $4 million in new funding to assist restaurants with financial and operations management using its smart technology. The round was led by […]
Cogito, a Boston, MA-based tech startup that enhances the emotional intelligence of phone professionals by applying behavioral science through artificial intelligence, today announced it has raised $25 million in funding to accelerate the development of new capabilities that enhance the performance of the […]
Over the past few years, several state governments have deregulated the electricity provider industry, allowing homeowners the right to choose who provides their electricity. Today, residents in 14 states can choose among 50+ electricity providers and plans to find one […]
PingCAP, a Beijing, China-based tech startup and the team behind TiDB, the open-source, cloud-native, distributed SQL database, announced today that it has closed $270 million in Series D funding. The funding was jointly led by GGV Capital, Access Technology Ventures, Anatole […]
90% of information transmitted to the human brain is visual, and the brain can identify images seen for as little as 13 milliseconds, according to research conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). With a rapid rise in demand for […]
InterVenn Biosciences, a Redwood City, California-based biotech startup announced today it has raised $34 million in Series B funding to commercialize the diagnostic for ovarian cancer and to also accelerate development efforts for the immuno-oncology treatment response and colorectal cancer indications. The […]
Start Codon, a Cambridge, England-based life science and healthcare business accelerator, today announced it has closed $20 million (£15 million) in funding for its Start Codon Fund I LP (the “Fund”). Start Codon leverages its unique resources of the Cambridge Cluster to […]
ShowPay, a global cryptocurrency payment system powered by BitcoinSV, today announced it has raised a $1.5 million angel round of funding to build MetaID, a global ID based on blockchain. The round is led by Jinghe Investment, a subsidiary of China Lantian Corporation, with […]
Last week, we wrote about SoftBank after the Japanese giant led a $250 million investment in Germany’s e-scooter rental startup Tier Mobility. That was its first foray into the $18.6 billion electric scooter market. Now, SoftBank is back at investing […]
We now live in a contactless world, thanks in part to coronavirus. Social distancing has become part of our daily lives. Gone are the days of sitting down in a restaurant and ordering meals. We now live in an era […]
Apartment communities are vibrant micro-economies of services and goods. From dog walkers and grocery delivery to dry cleaning pick-up and drop-off, there are 100+ transactions every day. Spruce is an Austin-based tech startup aiming to efficiently channel these interactions into a […]
Investors continue to pour billions of dollars into promising tech startups across the seven continents. However, African startups are still lagging far behind. According to a report from Africa focused fund, Partech, the total 2019 venture capital investment in African startups […]
Tailscale, a Toronto, Canada-based tech startup and the provider of a new kind of corporate VPN that requires no hardware or infrastructure, today announced that it has $12 million in Series A funding from Accel, with participation from Heavybit and Uncork Capital. Founded […]
A recent IHL research report found that about $1.75 trillion are lost to the “Ghost Economy” of overstocks, excess inventory, out-of-stocks, and sales returns. One tech startup set out on a mission to address this problem and simplify the sale […]
SoftBank is back with its spending spree after it made its foray into real estate with a $200 million investment in Clutter at a $600 million valuation in February 2019. Now, SoftBank is making another big bet, this time the tech giant […]
SME Finance, a Lithuanian-based fintech startup and leading fintech platform for non-banking financing in the Baltic states, today announced it has received €80 million in back from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support small and medium-sized Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian enterprises […]
JumpCloud, a Denver, Colorado-based cloud directory platform startup today announced it has raised $75 million Series E funding to expand product development, marketing, and sales globally. The round was led by BlackRock, with participation from existing investor General Atlantic. JumpCloud said it […]
Local Logic, a Montreal, Canada-based tech startup on a mission to change the world of investing, buying, and building real estate using urban planning and data science, announced today it has raised $6.1 million ($8 million CAD) in funding to expand its […]
While the travel industry had suffered extensive furloughs and layoffs, this travel tech startup is not only thriving but also maintaining its workforce and continuing to expand with new hiring. CuddlyNest is an Orlando-based travel tech startup that offers accommodations at millions of properties all […]
