TechSoup, a nonprofit organization connecting nonprofit, charity and public libraries with technological products and services, has received a $2.5 million grant from VMware Foundation to support initiatives to significantly expand its offerings and nearly double the number of nonprofit organizations it serves. […]
ZeroDown, a real estate startup and a provider of an affordable homeownership solution in the Bay Area, has closed more than $100 million of debt capital from Credit Suisse to fuel the next stage of the company’s growth. ZeroDown gives […]
CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company that provides cloud-based endpoint protection, has launched a $20m early stage investment fund. Started in partnership with Accel, Falcon Fund will focus on seed and Series A investments in security startups that are building applications on […]
Sleeper, a San Francisco-based fantasy football startup aiming to beat ESPN and Yahoo by catering to women and casual fans. Sleeper announced it raised $5.3 million in venture capital, bringing its total funding to $7.3 million. Sleeper claims to have grown […]
Stylitics, an ecommerce startup and provider of cloud-based SaaS platform for retailers, has closed a $15 million Series B round of funding to grow its sales and marketing function while fueling the development of new types of shoppable, content-driven e-commerce […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Monday, August 26, 2019. Alibaba-backed AI startup Megvii files for Hong Kong IPO. Megvii, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup backed by Alibaba has filed for an initial public offering […]
Ario Technologies (Ario), the augmented reality platform that increases team performance by making it easy to create and share spatial information in real time, has closed a $2 million venture round to expand their market traction, it is also continuing to iterate […]
Atonarp, a molecular diagnostics tech startup and the maker of the world’s first and smallest quantitative mass spectrometer, has raised $33 million in an oversubscribed Series C funding round to accelerate the development progress of disruptive healthcare diagnostics platform. The round was led […]
We last wrote about Pony.ai in late 2018 when the artificial intelligence and robotics startup unveiled its latest autonomous vehicle fleet, PonyAlpha. Pony develops artificial intelligence solutions in the field of robotics. Today, Pony.ai announces its teaming up with Toyota on an autonomous driving […]
Last year, we compiled a list of the world’s unicorn startups, startups with a valuation of $1 billion or more. A lot has changed since then. We removed some startups after they went public. Noticeably absent from the list is […]
As of January 2019, there are more than 300 unicorns (a unicorn startup or unicorn company is a private company with a valuation over $1 billion) around the world. Variants include a decacorn, valued at over $10 billion, and a hectocorn, […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Friday, August 23, 2019. Porsche invests in Israeli semiconductor startup TriEye. TriEye, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based semiconductor startup, has received a minority investment from Porsche. The amount of the investment […]
SpotHero, the #1 consumer marketplace and mobility platform for off-street parking in North America, has $50 million in Series D funding to accelerate marketplace growth, expand the digital platform for the parking industry, strengthen partnerships with leading mobility companies, and deepen […]
Amazon continues to level the playing field by enabling developers and small organizations with advanced tools and services that were only previously available to big corporations. Through its Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon offers arrays of tools and services ranging […]
We first wrote about Pundi X in December 2018 when the blockchain startup unveiled the world’s first blockchain-powered phone. The Singapore-based blockchain startup has been expanding ever since. Today, Pundi X announced that Traki, Venezuela’s largest chain of department stores, will […]
Drop, a tech startup that provides a mobile reward app to help you find deals at the places you love, and automatically get rewarded, has raised $44 million USD Series B investment to further its mission of rewarding consumers by delivering […]
Kobiton, a mobile app testing startup that provides mobile app developers with access to real iOS and Android devices, has raised $3 million to expand its sales and marketing efforts aimed at the $50 billion mobile app development and testing market. The […]
Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Wednesday, August 21, 2019. Kobiton raises $3 million to grow its mobile app testing business. Kobiton has raised $3 million in seed funding to accelerate growth of its mobile app […]
DoorDash, Postmates, Instacart among first companies to use Stride’s new platform to help their independent workers save on insurance, taxes, car maintenance and more. Since their launch in 2014, Stride has helped over 1 million workers save over $1 billion […]
Splitbud, a tech startup company focused on making cannabis more accessible via competitive pricing and offers California cannabis consumers deals on bulk purchases, today announced their official debut in the Los Angeles area with plans to expand across California and […]
