DotCom Therapy raises $13M to provide therapy for kids, in and out of school
DotCom Therapy, a pediatric teletherapy company, just closed a $13 million Series A round. It's far from the only teletherapy company looking to capitalize on a boom in venture capital investment in mental health startups, but it's operating in a hyper-specific sphere: therapy for kids.
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Varo Bank raises massive $510M Series E at a $2.5B valuation as it eyes the public markets
Varo Bank, which last year became the first U.S. neobank to be granted a national bank charter, announced this morning it has raised a staggering $510 million in a Series E funding round at a $2.5 billion valuation.
The massive “oversubscribed” financing comes nearly seven months after
Allianz backs AV8 Ventures' second fund focused on AI technologies
AV8 Ventures unveiled its AV8 Ventures II fund with $180 million from Allianz Group, an insurance and asset management giant, aimed at supporting entrepreneurs developing artificial intelligence-driven technologies in the areas of health, mobility, enterprise and deep tech.
Since the Palo Alto vent
Solar-powered aircraft developer Skydweller Aero adds $8M to Series A, partners with Palantir
Airplanes and drones today, regardless of size or fuel type, all face the same limitation: eventually they have to land.
Skydweller Aero, the U.S.-Spanish aerospace startup, wants to break free from that constraint by developing an autonomous solar-powered aircraft it says will eventually be capabl
Edtech leans into the creator economy with cohort-based classes
Revitalized by the pandemic, entrepreneurs are on the hunt to refresh some of education's most traditional tenets, from flashcards to tutors to after-school programs. And those aren't just bets: They're unicorn-valued businesses looking to capitalize on consumers' newfound digital a
Scalapay raises $155M at a $700M valuation as buy now, pay later services continue to boom
Scalapay, a buy now, pay later (BNPL) technology provider that has made significant headway with retailers and consumers in Europe and in categories like fashion, has closed a round of funding that it will be using to fuel its expansion ambitions. The startup has raised $155 million at a $700 milli
Fertility tracking app Flo closes $50M Series B
Flo, a fertility focused period-tracking app, has closed a $50 million Series B funding round which it says values the company at $800M — underlining how much value investors are now attaching to women’s health tech.
The 2016-founded startup raised a $1M seed in its first year and has g
Teatis, low-sugar superfood powders developer for diabetics, closes seed round
Serial entrepreneur Hiroshi Takatoh recognized the need for convenient and nutritious food for critically ill consumers after losing his wife to cancer.
Takatoh founded Teatis, a plant-based sugar-blocking superfood powder for diabetic consumers, in 2017 in stealth mode and went fully operational i
Nuula raises $120M to build out a financial services ‘super app’ aimed at SMBs
A Canadian startup called Nuula that is aiming to build a super app to provide a range of financial services to small and medium businesses has closed $120 million of funding, money that it will use to fuel the launch of its app and first product, a line of credit for its users.
The money is coming
Microsoft confirms investment in India’s Oyo in a multiyear strategic deal to co-develop travel and hospitality products
Microsoft has entered a “multi-year strategic alliance” with Oyo to work with the Indian startup to co-develop “next-generation” travel and hospitality products and tech.
Thursday's announcement confirms a late July technewss report. technewss had reported that Microsoft was i
AI-driven voice assistant PolyAI raises $14M round led by Khosla Ventures
“Conversational AI” startup PolyAI, based out of London, has raised $14 million in a funding round led by Silicon Valley’s Khosla Ventures, with participation from existing investors (Point72 Ventures, Amadeus Capital, Sands Capital Ventures, Passion Capital and Entrepreneur First). This
Fintech is transforming the world’s oldest asset class: Farmland
Farmland as an asset class has proven itself to be a stable investment decade after decade. Farmland's negative correlation with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sits at an eye-popping -43% for a three-year hold period, making it an excellent hedge against market volatility.
The asset has also
Debt versus equity: When do non-traditional funding strategies make sense?
The U.S. produces more new startups and unicorns each year than any other country in the world, but 90% of startups fail, with cash flow often being a major challenge.
Entrepreneurs trying to raise funding for their new businesses are faced with a maze of options, with most taking the common route
Headout raises $12M, plans to hire 150+ people as domestic travel rebounds
The travel industry was one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, and startup Headout was no exception. A marketplace that let tourists make same-day bookings for tours, events and activities, the app expanded around the world after launching in 2015. Then COVID-19 hit.
But business is growing again