Last month when we wrote about GENIUS NY when the New York accelerator announced the semi-finalists and 5 finalist startups to compete for $3M investments. Today, Empire State Development (ESD) today announced the five finalists selected to take part in the fourth […]
Omega Funds, a global life sciences-based investment firm that creates and invests in life sciences companies that target our world’s most urgent medical needs, has closed $438 million in capital commitments for its Omega Fund VI. With Fund VI, the firm will […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Wednesday, December 11, 2019. Disney+ passes 22 million downloads on mobile devices, says app tracking firm Apptopia. Disney, the world’s most popular amusement parks, flexes its muscle with […]
Perfect Day, a food-tech startup is reinventing the way milk is produced industrially. They believe that factory farms, artificial insemination, and automated milking machines are not the way to go. They’re bad for cows, and they’re bad for the planet. […]
Notal Vision, a Tel-Aviv, Israel-based healthtech startup focused on advancing eye care with precision medicine by extending disease management from the clinic to the home, has raised $25 million in funding to support the commercial growth of the company’s current service, ForeseeHome […]
A staggering one in four people in the UK will struggle with mental health in any given year, which can only put increasing pressure on the demand for psychological therapy. The wait time is only expected to get worse as one […]
UK’s competition regulator says Amazon’s investment in Deliveroo “raises serious competition concerns.” Back in May 2019, Amazon led a $575 million Series G round in Deliveroo, bringing the total round to $1.35 billion raised till date. However, phase on the completion […]
Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, December 10, 2019. Fertility startup Celmatix sues former business partner 23andMe for $100 million in damages. In a lawsuit filed on Monday, Celmatix is suing 23andMe, its former […]
GOSU.AI, the AI-driven videogame coach, has just announced its most recent funding round of $2.8 million for the world’s first voice assistant that helps players get better at playing League of Legends. The news comes a week after GOSU.AI announced a new AI-based […]
We wrote about Aura back in October when the fintech startup secured $130 million credit facility to provide affordable loans to hard-working Americans. Today, Aura announced it has reached a new milestone with disbursement of 500,000th loan to needy families across […]
It all started with an investigation by the Verge, in which a number of former employees described a ‘toxic’ environment at the popular online luggage retailer, Away Travel. Today, Away confirmed the resignation of its chief executive, Steph Korey, and the […]
On January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs announced the first iPhone at the Macworld convention. The first iPhone was later released on June 29, 2007. The iPhone is arguably revolutionary and has transformed the way we live today. iPhone form factor […]
Passport, a fintech startup transforming the way cities manage their operations by reducing operational complexity and delivering intelligent data, has closed a $65 million Series D funding to grow its mobility software platform and expanding the mobility ecosystem to enable digital […]
Perceptive Advisors, an investment management firm focused in life sciences, has closed $210 for its inaugural venture capital fund, the Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Fund, LP (the “PXV Fund”), solely focused on investment in early-stage life science companies. The PXV Fund will be […]
“Peloton girl” ad is taking the internet by storm. Everyone is talking about the Peloton’s fitness bike ad that went viral for all the wrong reasons. Since launch in November, people have been obsessed with Peloton’s stationary-bike advertisement showing a woman […]
About two years ago, we wrote about Wag Labs when the dog-walking app mistakenly exposed home addresses and lockbox codes of its users. The startup has gone through many ups and downs since then. Now, Japanese giant SoftBank, is selling […]
Zeus Living (Zeus), the San Francisco-based home decor startup that provides furnished homes for modern professionals, has raised $55 million in Series B funding to grow its portfolio of furnished homes for stays of 30 days or longer, and deepen its technology platform […]
Sterling Partners’ Education Opportunity Fund (EOF) announced today it is rebranding as Avathon Capital to better communicate its vision and investment approach. In conjunction with rebranding, the company also announced it has doubled its assets under management to $404 million […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Monday, December 9, 2019. Amazon is blaming President Trump for losing $10 billion JEDI cloud contract to Microsoft. Let the blame game begins. Amazon Web Services (AWS), […]
Centana Growth Partners, a growth equity firm focused on the future of financial services, has closed $375 million for its second fund, Centana Growth Partners II, L.P. (“Fund II”) to expand its investments in innovative, high-growth companies across the financial services ecosystem. […]
