- Nov- 2021 -3 NovemberNews
Reliable Robotics bagged $100M Series C funding
The pilot is the most important and expensive aspect of running a cargo operation. A pilot is needed to take off as well as land. The rest of the time is pretty much instruments. Therefore, Reliable Robotics has come up…
- 2 NovemberNews
NFX-backed Pepper Bio Emerges from stealth
Pepper Bio is a seed-stage company based in Boston. Recently it has emerged from stealth. The startup has been building a computational platform. Going by the words of co-founder and chief scientific officer Samantha Dale Strasser, the company believes it…
- 1 NovemberNews
Pagos raises $10M to offer API-driven payment intelligence
Pagos is a payment intelligence infrastructure startup. Former Braintree and PayPal execs founded this startup earlier this year. It has raised $10 million in seed funding. The remote-first Pagos is building a data platform and API-driven micro-services. As per the reports, it…
- Oct- 2021 -31 OctoberNews
Bosch China estimates auto chip shortage to last through 2022
Head of Bosch China, Chen Yudong said that a global chip shortage will continue to hurt Chinese automakers in 2022. Why is it in focus? The Chinese automakers are hit hard with the ongoing global chip shortage. The country’s auto…
- 29 OctoberNews
SBI Holdings makes hostile $1.1bn move on Shinsei
SBI Holdings is a Japanese online financial conglomerate. It has launched a potentially hostile $1.1bn stakebuilding exercise in Shinsei Bank. Twenty-one years ago, Shinsei Bank’s stunning private equity rescue by JC Flowers reshaped the Japanese lending landscape. What does SBI…
- 27 OctoberNews
Pakistani edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed
Pakistani ed-tech startup-Maqsad was founded this year. It was founded with a goal to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students. Its founders Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in London in order to found this…
- 21 OctoberNews
Aurora Propulsion Technologies closes €1.7M seed
Aurora Propulsion Technologies is one of a handful of startups that have emerged in the past few years to help simplify the problem of spacecraft propulsion. Why is it important? Recently we have seen that more spacecrafts are being sent…
- 20 OctoberNews
Meituan got fined $534 million for antitrust violations
Friday headlines revealed that Chinese food delivery giant Meituan got fined by the country’s top antitrust regulator. A hefty RMB 3.4 billion ($534 million) was fined on Chinese food delivery giant Meituan for antitrust practices. Reason behind Meituan getting fined…
- 19 OctoberNews
Flippa raises $11M in Series A Round
Flippa is an online marketplace to buy and sell online businesses and digital assets. It announced its first venture-backed round. This was an $11 million Series A. Flippa sees over 600,000 monthly searches from investors looking to connect with business…
- 15 OctoberNews
Ola Electric raises funds worth $200 million
Ola Electric raises funds over $200 million in a new financing round. It is at a valuation of $3 billion. This figure is up from $1 billion two years ago, as it looks to scale its electric vehicle manufacturing business in…
- 13 OctoberNews
Energize Ventures raises $330M in Fund II
Energize Ventures is an early and growth-stage venture fund. It has announced the closing of its second fund with total capital commitments of $330 million. Fund II will be used to help scale and commercialize software across renewable energy, mobility,…
- 11 OctoberNews
Geely’s Volvo cars filing for IPO
China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Owns the Swedish carmaker Volvo Cars. It said on Monday that Geely’s Volvo cars is filing for IPO and will list on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange. This transaction is expected to raise up to $2.9 billion…
- 9 OctoberNews
Keenon gets $200 million in round D
Keenon is a Chinese server robot maker. It recently announced that it received $200 million in Series D funding. This round was led by returning investor SoftBank. Furthermore, according to Keenon, this is the largest funding ever in the service…
- 8 OctoberNews
XTransfer becomes a unicorn after $138M Series D
XTransfer is a Chinese cross-border financial and risk management services provider. It recently announced that it raised $138 million in Series D. Since this round, the fintech firm has become a unicorn. An unlisted startup valued at$1 billion or more…
- 7 OctoberNews
ByteDance to launch domestic music streaming app
Chinese media 36Kr reported that the Chinese tech giant ByteDance is developing domestic music streaming app for the Chinese market. It further stated that the company plans to launch the app later this year. Why it matters Major tech heavyweights dominate most…
- 6 OctoberNews
Deeproute.ai gets $200M investment from Alibaba
Deeproute.ai is a Chinese self-driving car startup. It recently announced that it had raised more than $300 million in a Series B led by Alibaba. The investment is perhaps Alibaba’s most significant move in autonomous driving. Deeproute.ai develops software for…
- 1 OctoberNews
5 Impact Startups at Web Summit 2021
The Web Summit stands for its dedication to achieving United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Therefore this year they’re celebrating impact startups.
- Sep- 2021 -30 SeptemberNews
Web Summit 2021 is coming in person this November
The Web Summit is Europe’s biggest tech conference. It will return as an in-person event in Lisbon this November. Organizers also confirmed the same on Wednesday. The event was held online last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. How is…
- 23 SeptemberNews
Affinity raised funds worth $80M to help close deals
A customer relationship intelligence company, Affinity has raised funds worth $80 million. Relationships ultimately close deals, but long-term relationships come with a lot of baggage, i.e. email interactions, documents, and meetings. All of these interactions are referred to by the…
