Startup
- Aug- 2021 -14 AugustNews
Student labor marketplace startup Pangea bags $2M
Student labor marketplace startup Pangea is a Providence, Rhode Island-based startup. It connects youthful talent and businesses in need of freelance labor. The startup announced this morning that it has closed an oversubscribed $2 million seed round. Pangea CEO and…
- 13 AugustNews
Summit invests in Odoo $215 million
Odoo is a Belgium-based open-source business management software developer. Recently the software company got a funding injection. The news came that Summit invests in Odoo $215 million. Since its inception in 2005, it has made a profitable operation by developing…
- 10 AugustNews
Colombia’s Merqueo gets funding of $50M
A full-stack, on-demand delivery service operator in Latin America, Merqueo gets funding of $50 million in a Series C round. IDC Ventures, Digital Bridge, and IDB Invest co-led the round. It also included participation from MGM Innova Group, Celtic House…
- Jul- 2021 -20 JulyNews
Wecasa raises $17.7 million for its wellness startup
French wellness startup Wecasa has raised a $17.7 million funding round (€15 million). Blisce is leading the funding round with existing investors Serena, ISAI, and Frédéric Mazzella also participating. A little about the wellness startup Wicasa Wicasa has been building a marketplace…
- 19 JulyNews
Opaque raises $9.5M in seed round
Opaque is a new startup born out of Berkeley’s RISELab. It announced a $9.5 million seed round to secure sensitive data in the cloud. Opaque raise the money to be able to securely access and work with sensitive data. Intel Capital…
- 17 JulyNews
Edge Delta raises $15M Series A
It was announced that Edge Delta raises a Series A round of $15 million. The Seattle-based company is a startup building a modern distributed monitoring stack. This is competing directly with industry heavyweights like Splunk, New Relic, and Datadog. The Series…
- 12 JulyNews
Mmhmm – the startup, raises $100M
Mmhmm, the startup, has managed to raise funding worth $100M recently. It’s Phil Libin’s second act after Evernote. Mmhmm was born during the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, it provides improved video chat tools that include automatic background removal and advanced presentation…
- 1 JulyNews
FamPay, a fintech in India, raises $38 million
Fampay has raised $38 million in its Series A round led by Elevation Capital. General Catalyst, Rocketship VC, Greenoaks Capital and existing investors Sequoia Capital India, Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital and Venture Highway also participated in the new round,…
- Jun- 2021 -19 JuneNews
Aurora to merge with Y – talks in the final stage
Autonomous vehicle startup Aurora is in talks to merge with Y, a newest SPAC, and reinvent technology partner.
- 18 JuneNews
SentinelOne files for $100M IPO
AI cybersecurity provider SentinelOne files for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). it uses AI and machine learning for security,
- 8 JuneNews
QuintoAndar lands $300M at a $4B valuation
Brazil’s proptech QuintoAndar lands $300 million in a Series E round of funding that values it at an impressive $4 billion.
- 7 JuneNews
MotoRefi gets $45M led by Goldman Sachs
In another round of investment led by Goldman Sachs MotoRefi gets $45M, just 5 months after $10 million were put into the fintech startup.
- May- 2021 -28 MayNews
OpenUnit raises a $1M seed round to be the online face of self-storage
OpenUnit is a startup that gives the needed technology to the mom-and-pop stores to help them keep up with the giant chain stores. Self-storage companies now move their services like rentals, leases, and payments online. Hence, it’s becoming increasingly difficult…
- 28 MayNews
The MSS holds P4G Startup Challenge as part of the 2021 P4G Seoul Summit
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups of the Republic of Korea (Minister Kwon Chil-seung, hereinafter “MSS”) announced that it will hold “P4G Startup Challenge,” an online IR pitching event for the startups representing 12 P4G member nations and investors at home and…
- 22 MayNews
Air-Taxi Startup Volocopter Unveils Four-Seater Suburban Shuttle
In pursuits of expanding planned travel offerings outside city limits, Volocopter GmbH unveiled a larger, longer-range electric aircraft. All about the new Volocopter model aircraft The new VoloConnect has a seating capacity of up to four people and can fly to…
- 18 MayNews
How Duolingo became a $2.4B language unicorn
Duolingo was made with a mission – to make free education and increase income potential through language learning. However, the same mission that has helped it grow to a business valued at $2.4 billion with over 500 million registered learners,…
- 6 MayNews
BlaBlaCar raises $115m and says next financing could be an IPO
Carpooling and transportation marketplace BlaBlaCar has raised $115m, after coming out of 2020 that has been a year marked by Covid-19 travel restrictions relatively well. BlaBlaCar is a Paris-based company, which was founded in 2006. It became France’s first-ever unicorn in…
- Apr- 2021 -24 AprilNews
MIT startup Pickle raises $5.75M for a package-picking robot
With the events of the past year, the Robotics industry has seen getting a lot of attention. Especially warehouse and logistics have been in the spotlight for the automation push as the businesses struggled to keep going while dealing with…
- Mar- 2021 -29 MarchNews
DataGrail snares $30M Series B to help deal with privacy regulations
What is DataGrail DataGrail is a startup that helps customers understand where their data lives to help comply with a growing body of privacy regulations. It has recently announced a $30 million Series B. The round was led by Felicis…
