Microbes are now known to be found in human tissues, including cancer tissues. Micronoma is a San Diego, California-based biotech startup that is going a step further and looking at microbial signatures that would be predictive of a tumor in circulating blood. […]
With global sales teams switching to remote work and field sales teams grounded for the foreseeable future, more companies are leveraging innovative technologies to remotely boost their sales and navigate the ever challenging business environment. Enter Gong, a San Francisco-based tech […]
As coronavirus pandemic continues to create uncertainty around the world, many fintech startup companies are struggling to stay afloat. According to market intelligence company CB Insights, the volume of funding rounds for the fintech sector has fallen 45 percent compared to Q4 […]
The last time we wrote about Zoom’s valuation was back in May when the video conferencing app was hovering around $50 billion in valuation. At the time, Zoom was worth more than the world’s 7 biggest airlines combined. Today, Zoom […]
We covered SoftBank Group several times last year. 2019 was a terrible year for the Japanese technology giant that invests in unicorn tech startups including Uber, WeWork, Grab, and Zume, among others. In 2019 alone, the SoftBank Vision Fund had an […]
As coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the country with no sign of abating, millions of Americans are without jobs and many are struggling to pay their rents and mortgages. Till is a Washington, D.C.-based fintech platform with products aimed at […]
Researchers and companies struggle with access to AI-based drug discovery technology, due to overall cost and lack of expertise — something which requires computational scientists, drug discovery experts, software and systems engineers for AI and ML. Enter Atomwise, a San Francisco-based […]
The last time we covered SiFive was back in April 2018 when the California startup working to commercialize an open-source semiconductor technology raised $50.6 million to advance its Open RISC-V architecture based semiconductors. As demand for domain-specific architecture drives continued investment […]
Lumeon, a London, England-based digital health startup company providing care pathway management solutions to the healthcare industry, today announced that it has closed $30M in Series D funding led by new investors Optum Ventures and Endeavour Vision, with participation from current […]
The current rise in remote work brings cybersecurity challenges with increased reliance on remote access, collaboration and productivity tools. Enter Blumira, an emerging cybersecurity startup based in Ann Arbor, Michigan that addresses these challenges by automating security operation workflows to enable customers […]
Sift Healthcare, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based tech startup that brings data science to healthcare payments, today announced it has raised $2.8 Million in new funding to expand Sift’s data science and data engineering teams, creating the bandwidth required to meet the demand of […]
With roughly 75 percent of Americans participating in a creative hobby and an industry valued at $2.25 trillion, creative professionals are looking for resources to meet their needs—whether for personal or professional purposes. Enter Skillshare, a New York City-based online learning community with […]
Back in April, we covered Nodle after the IoT tech startup launches Coalition, a free, privacy-first contact tracing app to help stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). As we pointed out, when it comes to these apps, people were greatly concerned […]
Artemest, the Milan and New York-based tech startup and an online destination for timeless craft, today announced it has over $5 million in equity funding led by French private equity OLMA Luxury Holdings and the Swiss holding Brahma joining the […]
Almost every country in the developed world is experiencing a dramatic shift in the proportion of the Boomer population. While the demographics shift, the cost of infrastructure to care for this population is growing approximately five percent every year. In […]
We wrote about Epic Games back in July after Sony Corp. invested $250 million in the creator of the popular video game Fortnite and the mobile app Houseparty. The investment valued the Cary, North Carolina-based Epic Games at about $17 billion. […]
2020 is a year we will never forget. With millions of people unemployed, the coronvirus pandemic has brought about uneasy feelings that exacerbate mental illness and record-high demand for mental health support. According to a 2020 Workforce Attitudes Toward Mental Health […]
Uber announced on Thursday it is buying the UK-based taxi tech startup Autocab, which sells booking and dispatch software to private hire firms, in a move that will allow the taxi app to reach customers where it does not currently operate. The […]
GentiBio, a Seattle-based biotherapeutics tech startup has closed a $20 million seed funding to develop engineered regulatory T cells to deliver immune tolerizing therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The round was led by OrbiMed, Novartis Venture Fund and RA Capital […]
For B2B brands, building sales pipeline is a slow, inefficient process with delayed handoffs and missed opportunities to meet with qualified buyers. Every year, B2B marketers spend more than $6 billion driving buyers to their website, but sales teams have […]
