Startups

RevRoad was started in 2017 as a venture services firm for startups in Utah. The organization offered a two-year program with access to 12 resources ranging from legal services to sales help to mentorship in exchange for equity. But unlike many entities, it didn’t have capital to invest in th

Chronic hormonal conditions such as polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and endometriosis are common in women, but also commonly go undiagnosed or inadequately treated. Allara, a New York–based telehealth startup, wants to help connect women with conditions like these with qualified medical practi

Passwordless authentication offers a host of advantages over traditional pins, passphrases and passcodes. Surveys around the web show that compromised passwords cause an estimated 81% of all breaches and that the average person reuses passwords up to 14 times, giving hackers access to a big chunk o

Objective (previously named Kailua Labs), a multimodal search platform built by machine learning experts from Apple, Google, Meta, Amazon and Twilio, emerged from stealth today with $13 million in venture funding. Objective is a low-code platform that allows developers to build multisearch apps tha

Last week, cloud computing company Shadow confirmed a data breach involving customers' personal information. The hacker claims to have access to the data of more than 530,000 customers. According to an email from Shadow CEO Eric Sèle, the hacker managed to download this data from a software-as

WeWork has sent a cease and desist letter to rival Codi in response to the startup’s recent marketing campaign it dubs “WeWont,” technewss has exclusively learned. In the letter dated October 13, viewed by technewss, WeWork's Chief Legal Officer Pam Swidler cited “unauthorized

The global venture capital landscape looks quite depressing at this point in time, but fortunately, we’re seeing new and encouraging signs of life in select markets. Europe is one such market, given that the value of venture deals on the continent has been steadily crawling higher this year.

Good morning! We have lots of good stuff for you this Tuesday, so let's dig right in. Up first, we surveyed six investors who are placing bets on AI. We wanted to know how startups should begin building tools for AI; whether startup-focused AI work is defensible; and how tech companies are thin

If you follow sports even a little, you know the influence of analytics and data has changed the way sports works. As teams build bigger and bigger analytics departments, and data becomes tied to on- and off-field decision making, how do teams deal with the growing amount of data? Zelus Analytics,

Increases in immigration to Europe since the pandemic have given politicians ample material for election campaigns. Despite illegal immigration making up just a fraction of net migration to Europe, recent weeks have seen Poland’s ruling parties rehashing anti-immigrant strategies, the develop

Patreon is acquiring Los Angeles-based livestream ticketed event platform Moment, the company announced on Tuesday. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Patreon says the acquisition will give creators on its platform a new way to share their content through ticketed digital experienc

Salted, a company that builds quick-serve restaurant brands, secured $14 million in Series B funding. The funds will accelerate what CEO Jeff Appelbaum says is the company's vision to have “thousands of locations” over the next few years. The Los Angeles-based company has created six brands

With more and more non-bank companies now offering banking products, data that was previously accessible only to financial institutions is now in the hands of fintechs and other companies launching embedded banking products. This data can provide a wealth of insights into the financial health of cu

Fingerprint, a device intelligence API, helps developers build security solutions using information from hardware accessing a website. The primary goal is to help prevent fraud. Today, the Chicago-based company announced a $33 million Series C investment ??led by Nexus Venture Partners with par