Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s 776 closes new $500M venture fund
Seven Seven Six, better known as 776, announced today that it has closed on $500 million across two vehicles for its second fund.
The raise was “oversubscribed,” with $300 million going toward funding startups at their “earliest possible” stage and $200 million allocated for backing compani
Whose Your Landlord raises $2.1M for its rental review and data service
Whose Your Landlord,1 or WYL, announced a $2.1 million seed round today led by Black Operator Ventures, better known as BlackOps Ventures. technewss readers will already be aware of BlackOps’ fund, which we covered at launch last December. The goal behind the $13 million capital pool was to
Firewalla launches its Purple gigabit home firewall
Over the course of the last few years, Firewalla‘s combined firewall and router devices have made a name for themselves as the go-to hardware security tools for many enthusiasts and small businesses. Today, the company started shipping its newest device, the Firewalla Purple, a diminutive gig
Raleigh’s Pendo acquires UK’s Mind the Product to boost global product manager community
Last year product analytics and digital adoption platform Pendo pulled in $110 million investment from private equity firm Thoma Bravo, and that was not long after a $150 million tranche of funding. So the company — which allows companies like Okta, Salesforce and Zendesk to onboard new customer
Framework looks to expand repairability beyond the laptop
Last November, Apple announced the launch of Self Service Repair — a surprising addition for a company that has notoriously lacked such capabilities. Those changes didn't happen in a vacuum, of course. The president and Congress have both been pushing to open the so-called right to repair
MongoDB’s co-founder is trying to universalize robotic deployment
It's a familiar problem to anyone following the category. Investors and companies are largely on the same page when it comes to robotics and automation — such technologies are going to be mandatory for staying competitive in the future. They're also broadly seen as the key to addressi
Camila Cabello, Mindy Kaling, Gwyneth Paltrow pour capital into Olipop's mission to change soda
Soda that serves a purpose, whether that be more healthy or even functional, is the new wave of drinks disrupting the $38 billion U.S. soft drink industry.
In Olipop's case, the three-year-old brand is going after function, with a line of sodas aimed at supporting digestive health. The company
Metafy lands $25M to scale its gaming coaching platform
Metafy, a startup that operates a marketplace for video game coaching, announced this morning that it has closed a $25 million Series A. Tiger Global and Seven Seven Six led the funding round.
This publication last covered Metafy in May 2021, when the company raised a $5.5 million extension to its
Coatue leads another infusion into Lunchbox, which sees ghost kitchens leading restaurant tech revolution
It's not a secret that the restaurant industry was a late adopter of technology, a move that unfortunately left many restaurants unprepared when online ordering and delivery became the norm during the global pandemic.
Those that did embrace delivery found out quickly that the fees tacked on by
Withco closes on $32M to help SMBs become property owners with a lease-to-own model
Growing up, Kevin Song witnessed his Korean immigrant parents build and grow a grocery store business in Brooklyn, New York.
To the family, he recalls, the business was more about making a living. It was about being an integral part of the surrounding community — from sponsoring Little League
VendorPM raises $6M to scale its marketplace for property managers and service vendors
VendorPM, a Toronto-based marketplace that connects property managers with reputable vendors, has raised $6 million in seed funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners. The software-enabled marketplace aims to modernize the way property managers manage, source and procure service vendors. The startup
Construction tech startup RenoRun lands $142M in Tiger Global-led Series B
When it comes to construction projects, any type of delay can result in increased costs both for the contractor and their customer. Shortages of certain materials and supply chain constraints in recent years haven’t helped.
So it’s not a huge surprise that Canadian construction tech sta
These are the biggest French startups according to the French government
Every year, the French government and the government-backed initiative La French Tech shares two startup rankings — the Next40 and the French Tech 120. The startups on these lists are supposed to be, respectively, the 40 and 120 top-performing startups based in France.
This is the third time the
Nigeria’s AltSchool raises $1M pre-seed to build an alternative school for Africans
The demand for software engineers is expected to grow by 22% between 2020 and 2030, according to a report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This figure is larger than the 4% average for other careers.
One would be out of touch with reality to say they haven't noticed this phenomenon in L