What3words, a start-up that divided the world into 57 trillion squares of 3 by 3 meters and assigned three words to each, unveiled three new investors, all from the automotive world. What3words announced Thursday that the venture arm of the largest Chinese auto group, SAIC… Read More »what3words raisesfundsfrom saicandf1driver
If VR on the blockchain is a bit too disruptive for you to handle, close the tab and continue, Luddite. High Fidelity, a virtual reality startup founded by Philip Rosedale (CEO), one of the original creators of Second Life, has launched a $ 35 million… Read More »A start-up VR blockchain founded by the co-creator of Second Life raises $ 35 million
Ceres Imaging, Agtech's start-up, which uses computer vision and spectral imaging technology to provide farmers with crop information, has closed a new round of funding. The Oakland-based company entered a $ 25 million round led by Insight Venture Partners, with the participation of Romulus Capital.… Read More »Ceres Imaging gets $ 25M to intelligently scan crops from above
The French Startup Doctrine launches a $ 11.6 million (10 million euros) round of financing with existing investors Otium Venture and Xavier Niel. Doctrine builds a search engine for court decisions and other legal texts. This is an essential tool if you are a lawyer… Read More »Doctrine raises $ 11.6 million for its legal search engine
And that's it: Bird, one of the emerging massively hype Scooter startups, went on to his next pile of financing by raising another $ 300 million in a Sequoia Capital-led tour. The company announced the long-awaited tour this morning, with Roelof Botha of Sequoia joining… Read More »Bird officially reaped $ 300 million as scooter wars warm up
M12, Microsoft's venture capital fund, previously known as Microsoft Ventures, has completed a series of investments in recent weeks. Today, he runs a $ 5 million A Series in Cerebri AI, a startup that uses machine learning to help companies track, analyze, and predict the… Read More »Cerebri AI raises $ 5 million Series A led by M12, Microsoft venture capital fund
Sequoia Capital has been at the top of its US career for decades, thanks to early investments in Google, Yahoo, LinkedIn and PayPal, as well as, more recently, its WhatsApp messaging startups, the payment company Stripe, and the videoconference unicorns company Zoom. Yet unlike many… Read More »Doug Leone, the world's managing partner of Sequoia Capital Power Plant, comes to Disrupt
Over the past twelve years, I have followed the rise of the startup – defined as a small business with global ambitions – from my roost at TechCrunch. During this period, I've seen news stories pass from a sleeping pond at the back of the… Read More »Lies, Evil Lies and Cryptographic Analyzes
What does brand loyalty mean even more? Application downloads, points, stars and other complex reward systems have not only spawned their own media empires trying to decipher them, but they have failed their most basic goal: to establish a stronger link between a brand and… Read More »Instead of points, Bumped gives equity in the companies you buy
Zagster, the bike-share company behind the Pace brand, launches what she calls Pace Parking. The idea is for this to serve as a parking platform for bicycles, electric bicycles and electric scooters. Pace is the first to launch them in Chicago, Austin and Bloomington, India,… Read More »The electric scooter and bicycle parking arrived
Nuro, a self-starter vehicle-driven local delivery company, has partnered with Kroger, a 135-year-old food retailer, to deliver same-day deliveries. The two have not yet announced the market in which they will live, but it is planned to launch the pilot project lasting several months this… Read More »Nuro teams up with Kroger for same-day grocery delivery
There is always a doubt that electronic sports are becoming more and more popular, just look at the biggest sporting event in the world: the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the World Association of International Sports Federations (AGFIS) have announced that they… Read More »The International Olympic Committee is interested in electronic sports
For a long time, it has been difficult to buy a cloud-based security platform that offers complete security in a single data path. Current market solutions offer a one-pony trick, leaving companies with complex routing configurations or abnormal traffic latency to achieve a solution that… Read More »Baffin Bay Networks Receives $ 6.4 Million in Funding from EQT
Unblockable addresses a new area for blockchain technology – fandom sport, especially collectibles and fantasy sports. CEO Jeb Terry (a former Fox Sports executive, and previously a former offensive lineman for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers) said the goal is to connect pro and sports athletes… Read More »Unblockable raises $ 5 million to create crypto collectibles around pro athletes
The challenges faced by parents of children with special needs are always unique, but in a way, they are very similar: to ensure that children get what they need in schools are much more difficult. ExceptionAlly is a new startup that aims to help parents… Read More »ExceptionAlly Helps Parents Navigate the Labyrinth of Educational Needs