Startups

You might have heard of “headless” content management systems, whereby you can run a CMS without being locked into a front-end platform. Well, a similar movement is coming to e-commerce. The latest incarnation of this movement is the news that “headless checkout” startup Ral

While software development frameworks make developing software faster and easier than ever, pre-deployment testing gets more and more complex by the day. Over the past decade, Testlio has grown exponentially and positioned itself as an “Elance for Software Testing.” In addition to its o

Traditional Web site and app bug bounty platforms, such as HackerOne and BugCrowd, have been successful in that old-world model. But there is a massive difference between the existing “Web 2.0” bug bounties and the new era of “Web 3.0” bugs associated with blockchains and cr

Last year we covered adtech startup Admix's $7 million Series A funding. The London-based company brings ads to games, e-sports, virtual reality and augmented reality. In-game advertising at scale, where advertisers can bid programmatically through traditional ad-buying platforms, rather than r

Anyone purchasing something online has had that one instance where the delivery method failed. Across Latin America, e-commerce purchases are expected to grow by double-digits annually by 2024. That means finding trustworthy — and cost-effective — ways to deliver those packages will become more

Anomaly, a company looking to simplify medical billing, announced a $12 million Series A round on Tuesday. Anomaly is a young company — it was only founded in 2020. But it has its eye set on an old, gargantuan problem: wasteful spending in the U.S. healthcare system.  Anomaly’s platfor

Devo, a Boston-area startup focused on log management and cybersecurity, announced this morning that it has closed a $250 million round of funding. The new capital values Devo at $1.5 billion. Dubbed a Series E by the company, TCV led the new investment, while two other new investors — Genera

Chalo, a startup that is digitizing bus commutes in India and which recently raised $40 million in a financing round, has acquired Amazon-backed app-based office commute bus aggregator Shuttl in an all-cash deal, the two said on Tuesday. Chalo founder and chief executive Mohit Dubey said the acquis

Rhinoceros beetles are one of the greatest threats to oil palm crops, attacking plants while they are young and potentially lowering a farm's yield for years. They also affect workers' health, since pesticides need to be sprayed frequently. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Poladrone wants to change t

Seems like the goal of every startup is to exit via IPO, and if you can’t do that, by way of acquisition. In many cases, a sale gives a founder the opportunity to pay back investors and reward long-time employees, but what happens after the ink dries on the contract, and the reality of being

Selfbook, a hotel payment software startup, announced today that it has raised $25 million in a Series A round of funding led by Tiger Global Management. Valia Ventures, Fin Venture Capital, early Stripe employee turned investor Lachy Groom and “strategic” angel investors also participated in t

Berlin-based low-code data platform Y42 today announced that it has raised a $31 million Series A funding round co-led by Atomico and Insight Partners. La Famiglia, which led the company’s seed round, and Data Community Fund also participated in this round, which brings the company’s to

Make way for yet another “quick-commerce” player in Europe’s heavily heating on-demand grocery space: Pop Market is a Greek startup which launched last week in Athens — taking orders via and app and touting 15-minute delivery times and a curated selection of “thousands

It seems like every website has a chatbot of some kind to help answer simple questions without having to wait for a customer service representative. However, sometimes in the course of connecting it may take awhile, and as your attention shifts to something else, your time expires and you have to s