Cresta, an AI startup that was spun out of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence lab, announced it has closed $21 million in funding to enable office workers to be experts on day one. Backers for the funding include Greylock Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Andy […]
Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for the first Monday of February 2020. Payments giant Worldline to buy rival Ingenico in $8.6 billion deal as fintech competition heats up. Two European giants in the payments space are […]
ArcLight Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on midstream and power infrastructure investments, announced today the final closing of its latest fund, ArcLight Energy Partners Fund VII, L.P. The fund closed with approximately $3.4 billion in commitments. ArcLight has […]
Jumpstory, the Netflix of images and the creator of a revolutionary AI-based digital content platform, today announced the rollout of its AI-powered image search and success prediction tools after securing a $1 million investment. The platform, which features a Netflix-style subscription […]
SafeSwiss, a Lucerne, Switzerland-based tech startup and provider of all-encompasing, end-to-end encrypted communication app, announced today that it has acquired Secure Swiss Data the end-to-end encrypted email provider. Although the exact details of this multi-million-dollar acquisition are undisclosed at this stage, […]
Industry Ventures, an investment firm pioneering venture capital solutions, announced today the final closing of its debut hybrid fund of funds for technology buyouts, Industry Ventures Tech Buyout, L.P. (“the Fund”), with total commitments of $125 million. The hybrid fund […]
Vestar Capital Partners, a middle-market private equity firm, announced has closed Vestar Capital Partners VII, L.P. (“Vestar VII”) with $1.1 billion to invest in profitable and growing companies in the Consumer, Business & Technology Services, and Healthcare sectors, with a focus […]
Coronavirus, a virus that cause diseases in mammals and birds, has claimed the lives of more than 300 people in China. As the overall death toll passed 360, the Chinese government expanded a quarantine in Wuhan, the central Chinese city where […]
Policygenius, an online insurance marketplace startup, has raised $100M funding to grow the Huckleberry insurance products through sectors such as auto repair, personal care and restaurants. The Series D financing was backed by KKR & Co. and venture capital operations backed […]
Mobile commerce has seen explosive growth in recent years. Thanks to smart devices that are making it easier for people to shop, the mobile commerce is now driving the majority of consumer traffic (81% h/t Shopify) and forecasted to draw more […]
Today, companies struggle to onboard, upskill and fire-up their employees for work. That’s the problem 1Huddle is solving. Using its mobile gaming platform, 1Huddle helps organizations onboard new hires. The startup also helps organizations to quickly and easily convert existing training manuals, videos, […]
StopLight, an Austin, Texas-based online platform that helps organizations manage their entire the pre-production API workflow, has closed $6 million Series A round of funding to augment engineering efforts, accelerating its product roadmap and covering more customer use cases. The round, which […]
Everyone knows Silicon Valley. Unless you live in the state of Minnesota, Medical Alley is a name that not many people may be familiar with. Medical Alley is the global epicenter of health innovation and care. It is also home to […]
Silicon Valley-based drug delivery startup Alto Pharmacy (formerly known as ScriptDash) has closed a total of around $250 million in funding to move beyond its delivery roots and offer doctors and clinics a technology platform to fill prescriptions. The new round, […]
Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Thursday, January 30, 2020. Facebook lost more than $50 billion in market value after reporting a 51% rise in expenses compared with its total in 2018. What’s a $50 […]
Neighbor.com, an Utah-based tech startup disrupting the self-storage marketplace, has closed a $10 million Series A funding round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors in this round include Nate Bosshard, former partner at Khosla Ventures and […]
SimScale, a Munich, Germany-based tech startup and the provider of the world’s first production-ready SaaS application for engineering simulation, today announced that it has closed $29.78 million (€27 million) in Series C funding to accelerate the expansion of its cloud-based computer-aided […]
RoadSafe Traffic Systems (“RoadSafe”), a Chicago-based construction startup and the nation’s largest provider of traffic control and pavement marking services, announced today the acquisition of A Cone Zone Inc. Founded in 2003 and based in Corona, California, A Cone Zone […]
RedShift Bioanalytics (formerly known as RedShift Systems), a biotech startup and a provider of innovative analytical solutions for protein characterization used in biotherapeutic drug development, announced it has closed $18M Series D Preferred Stock financing for commercial expansion and continued innovation. The […]
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) today announced a new Co-Investment Fund, making an initial $6 million available for clean energy companies seeking to match investments from qualified investors and stimulate their advancement. Today’s announcement supports […]
