Meet the 14 companies launching out of the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator

Today, 14 new companies launched out of the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator in New York City. The companies span a handful of different sectors including healthcare, fintech, enterprise and consumer-facing products. Thus far, nearly 250 startups have graduated out of the accelerator, collectiv

Senior care startup Honor secures $370M in debt and equity, reaches unicorn status

Senior care can be a sensitive topic as many older people find themselves in situations where they need care, but are not to the point where they need the kind of around-the-clock care provided by nursing homes. Many older people still want some independence and to retain their dignity as they age

Adaptive Shield lands $30M Series A to build out its SaaS security platform

Adaptive Shield, a Tel Aviv-based startup that automates the security of software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, has secured $30 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners. The funding round, which also saw participation from Okta Ventures and existing investor Vertex Ventures Israel,

Rendered.ai raises $6M on the promise of ending data scarcity 

The availability of data can paralyze a company and its effort to bring software-centric products and services to market. To solve this issue, two-year-old data startup Rendered.ai is generating synthetic data for the satellite, medical, robotics and automotive industries. At its most broad, synthe

B2B marketplace ZAX targets Latin America's wholesale sector with $6M in fresh capital

Keeping a small sales business afloat in Latin America can involve long bus trips to find new products, lack of working capital and payment difficulties. These inefficiencies then trickle up to wholesalers who then have to raise costs and deadlines for deliveries. This caught the attention of secon

Habitual is using digital support plus food replacement to help reverse type 2 diabetes

"attachment_2212448" aria-describedby="" style="width: 1024px">Image Credits: Habitual London-based Habitual, a health tech startup which offers a weight loss program aimed at people with type 2 diabetes (or prediabetes) that combines “evidence-based” food replacement with digital suppor

Chalo raises $40 million to digitize bus commutes in India

More than a decade ago, Mohit Dubey founded CarWale, a startup that allows people to sell and buy used and new cars. But spending more than 10 years with the startup made Dubey realize that he was solving problems for just 3% of India. He wanted to try something bigger. Literally. His current ventu

India’s Licious becomes unicorn with $52 million fresh fundraise

Licious, a Bangalore-based startup that sells fresh meat and seafood online, said on Tuesday it has raised $52 million in a new financing round and become the first direct-to-consumer startup to attain the unicorn status in the world's second-largest internet market. The new round — a Ser

GraphWear closes $20.5M Series B for a needle-free, nanotech-powered glucose monitor

GraphWear, a company pursuing needle-free approaches to glucose monitoring, has closed a $20.5 million Series B round. This Series B round is a vote of confidence by investors in GraphWear's approach: to monitor key metrics in the body, like glucose, without breaking the skin at all.  GraphWea

Lawpath gets $7.5M AUD to become the Asia Pacific's LegalZoom

With its subscription-based legal services platform, Lawpath wants to become the Asia Pacific's LegalZoom (in fact, LegalZoom is one of its investors). Based in Sydney, Australia, Lawpath serves small businesses with services like legal documents, customized legal workflows, e-signatures, busin

Stories as a service: Storyteller lets anyone add Stories to their own apps or website

Pioneered by Snapchat and cloned by Instagram, the “Stories” feature has become a staple for modern-day mobile apps, from Google search to Pinterest to streaming apps and more. And while the addition doesn’t work for everyone — LinkedIn and Twitter recently shuttered their S

Qualcomm acquires Veoneer for $4.5 billion, canceling its agreement with Magna

Qualcomm scored the purchase of Swedish automotive tech company Veoneer, nudging out Magna International with a higher bid. Qualcomm and investment group SSW Partners said Monday they would acquire Veoneer for $37 per share in an all-cash transaction. At closing, SSW said it would sell Veoneer'

Stable raises $46.5M in Greycroft-led round to help businesses manage ‘volatile’ commodity prices

Stable, an insurtech aiming to help minimize a businesses' risk due to volatile commodity prices, today announced it has raised $46.5 million in a Series A round of funding led by Greycroft. Notion Capital, Anthemis, Continental Grain and existing backers Syngenta and Ascot also participated in

YC grad Wasp lands $1.5M seed to help developers build web apps faster

"attachment_2211768" aria-describedby="" style="width: 1024px">Image Credits: Wasp It seems that a lot of startups are trying to help developers reduce the complexity involved in coding an app. Last week we covered the seed round for RunX, a company that helps developers code back-end cloud resource