Awake Security, the Santa Clara, California-based cybersecurity startup today announced it raised $36 million in Series C financing to fuel expansion in areas including R&D, sales and marketing to meet the growing demand for the company’s advanced network traffic analysis platform. The latest […]
The concept of a password has been around since the Roman military of 200 B.C. It is no wonder it has been used since the invention of computers. Passwords have also become a popular method to login to website, mobile apps and […]
As startups and businesses continue to grapple with the fallout from coronavirus pandemic, Lightspeed Venture Partners, a venture capital firm we’ve covered multiple times in the past, announced on Tuesday it has raised more than $4 billion for three new funds […]
Finally a story about tobacco smoking and coronavirus covid19. Studies from at least four countries show that smokers are far less likely to be hospitalized with coronavirus (COVID-19) than non-smokers. The first official French data on tobacco smoking covid19, which was […]
Today, the director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Robert Redfield, announced the coronavirus outbreak could reach its peak in the United States this week, paving way for the government to reopen back the country so people can go back […]
At a time when millions of Americans are losing their jobs due to coronavirus pandemic, Amazon continues to hire more workers as demand for its goods and services rises. Today, the ecommerce giant announced it is hiring additional 75,000 full […]
As death toll from coronavirus surges past 100,000, the need for better testing is more than ever before. Today, Aegis Sciences Corporation, an healthcare company that provides clinically innovative medication compliance testing and consulting services to providers, announced it will start […]
i2o Therapeutics, a Boston, MA-based biotech startup developing a platform for oral delivery of traditionally injectable biological drugs, has launched to commercialize innovations developed at Harvard University that may one day enable patients and clinicians to give up syringes in […]
With many startups reporting layoffs, this Amsterdam-based logistics startup continues to thrive amid the coronavirus pandemic that has cost tens of thousands lives and trillions of dollars in economic damage. Quicargo is an online platform that connects empty trucks to […]
Airbrake, a San Francisco, CA-based application performance and code-level error monitoring software startup, today announced it has raised $11 million financing round led by Elsewhere Partners to grow its application error monitoring platform. In conjunction with the funding, Airbrake also announced that […]
SilverCloud Health, a Boston, MA-based healthtech startup and provider of digital mental health platform for healthcare systems and providers, health plans, and employers, today announced it has raised $16 million in Series B funding round led by MemorialCare Innovation Fund, […]
Filo, a Rome, Italy-based IoT startup born with the aim of creating products that simplify some aspects of our daily life, has raised $2.72 (€2.5 million) to invest in Tata Pad, the first car seat reminder device to prevent the abandonment […]
Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey announced he is giving $1 billion from his equity in the mobile-payment platform he founded, Square, to help “fund global COVID-19 relief.” This is the largest pledged gift by a private individual since the pandemic […]
SoFi, a San Francisco, California-based personal finance startup, has agreed to buy Utah-based payment processor Galileo for $1.2 billion. According to the CEOs of both companies, the cash-and-stock deal will help the companies launch new products, expand internationally and capitalize on consumers’ […]
Tyto Care, a New York-based healthtech startup and a mobile-health platform that allows anyone to perform self physical examination and remote diagnosis, has raised $50 million to continue to expand commercialization throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia as well as to introduce […]
The ongoing coronavirus has not deterred investors from pouring millions of dollars into promising startups. Ingrid is a Stockholm, Sweden-based tech startup that offers services for e-com companies such as customized checkout and transparent tracking. The company provides SaaS solutions for e-commerce shipping […]
Deerfield, a healthcare investment management firm committed to advancing healthcare through investment, information and philanthropy, today announced the closing of $840 million in Deerfield Healthcare Innovations Fund ll, which will invest in advancements in science that may lead to important therapeutic […]
As organizations embrace data analytics and move to modern data platforms such as cloud data lakes, having a centralized platform to protect and manage sensitive data at scale becomes essential in order to reduce the time it takes to make […]
Over the years, Apple has been investing heavily in augmented reality and virtual reality, with rumors swirling around that the tech giant is working on some form of AR or VR headset, or smart glasses. Now, according to a report […]
Farmers lose 20%-40% of their yield to disease and pests (FAO). Today, to mitigate spread of disease in fields, agronomists perform manual, visual checks in different parts of the field every few days. This provides limited coverage (around 5-10%), and […]
