Health IQ, a healthtech and insurance startup rewarding those with healthy lifestyles, has secured $55 million in Series D funding to expand its special rate life insurance for people who live a healthy lifestyle. The round, which brings the total funding […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Wednesday, May 8. PureCars raises new funding; completes spinout. PureCars, an marketing automation and business intelligence platform for the automotive industry, has raised an undisclosed amount funding round […]
Another day, another heist. Cyber hackers have stolen 7,000 bitcoins worth over $40 million from Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, the company reported on Tuesday. In a major security beach announcement, Binance said: “We have discovered a large […]
Sumo Logic, a cloud-based machine data analytics platform startup that delivers deliver real-time IT insights for organizations, has closed a $110 million funding round to fuel its business, spanning engineering, sales, and global operations, with an emphasis on extending the platform […]
Late last year, we wrote an article titled: “Raise Money for Your Startup: Should You Use An ICO to Raise Capital?” The piece received a positive reception from our audience. A lot has changed since then. Cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin and […]
The report found that women account for 15% of partners at Canadian VC firms compared to 13% in the U.S. Today, Female Funders, an initiative of co-creation and venture capital firm Highline Beta dedicated to activating more women as angel […]
It’s no news that digital ad is killing the traditional media like TV, radio and newspapers. Today’s report is the final nail in the coffin for the old guard media. According to a new report commissioned by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) […]
General Motors’ majority-owned Cruise self-driving division, is receiving a new capital infusion of $1.15 billion from institutional investors. The new investment, which brings the driverless car operation’s post-money valuation to $19 billion, was led by funds advised by T. Rowe […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Tuesday, May 7. Cellwize receives equity investment from Sonae IM. Cellwize, a Singapore-based provider of cutting-edge SON (Self Organizing Network) and network automation and orchestration solutions for telecom and mobile […]
Carta, a Mountain View, California-based provider of an ownership management platform for companies to manage their equity, has raised $300 million in Series E funding at a $1.7 billion post-money valuation to increase private market liquidity and continue building products for companies, […]
Liquid.com, a global cryptocurrency platform startup that provides trading, exchange, and next generation financial services powered by blockchain technology, today announced the launch of Liquid Pro, a new mobile app to help crypto traders go deep in their analysis, execute strategic trades […]
Hubtype, a conversational messaging startup that combines human agents and automation to deliver better human experience, has closed $1.12 million (€1 million euros) round of seed funding to fuel the development of its powerful framework. The round was led by K Fund, […]
Hyperledger, a collaborative cross-industry effort created to advance blockchain technology, today announced the launch and general availability of its fourth production blockchain protocol, Hyperleder Iroha 1.0. Hosted by The Linux Foundation, Hyperledger Iroha is the fourth active Hyperledger project to reach […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Monday, May 6. Grocery startup BigBasket bags $150 million to become India’s latest unicorn. India based online grocery shopping and online supermarket has raised $150 million funding from a group […]
Ciara, the Munich, Germany based virtual assistant startup, today announced its public launch a seven-figure investment. Backers include lead investor UVC Partners, Interhyp founders Marcus Wolsdorf and Rober Haselsteiner, as well as the successful entrepreneurs Christian Mangstl (Scout 24) and Felix Haas (Bits & […]
With May 5 kicking off National Small Business Week and half of Americans working for small businesses, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2019’s Best Large Cities to Start a Business as well as accompanying videos. Americans […]
SendBird, a chat and messaging API service for building in-app messaging, has raised an additional $50 million, bringing its total Series B funding round to $102 million. The company extended the round in order to meet the rapidly growing global demand […]
Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), a global financial technology giant that provides software for payment processing and other services mostly to banks, has selected ten technology startups to participate in its fourth annual FIS Fintech Accelerator program. The program is run […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Friday, May 3. RosieReality secures $2.2 million in Seed Funding to expand its global footprint. RosieReality, a Zurich, Switzerland-based startup that leverages AR to let kids learn programming […]
Cloud computing has revolutionized the information technology (IT) world with “IT as a Service” or ITaaS concept. ITaaS is an operational model where IT service provider delivers an information technology service to a business with little or no upfront investment in IT […]
