Startups

There's no shortage of commentary around the chief marketing officer title these days, and certainly no lack of opinions about the role's responsibilities and meaning within a company. There's a reason for that. CMO is the shortest tenured C-suite role — the average tenure of a CMO is

We're looking for motivated early-stage founders who want to take advantage of every possible opportunity to launch their startups to new levels of success. Historically, one of the most effective ways to do that is to exhibit in Startup Alley, at technewss Disrupt. This year at technewss Dis

Emergence, the 18-year-old, San Mateo, California-based venture firm focused on enterprise tech startups, has rounded up nearly a billion dollars in capital commitments across two funds. It closed its sixth early-stage fund with $575 million; the outfit also raised a so-called opportunity fund for

EngineEars today announced a $1 mlion raise. The company's first round of funding features investments from Kendrick Lamar, DJ Mustard, Roddy Rich and Slauson and Co. “Quality of sound is stl important in music,” Lamar said in a quote provided to technewss. “Ali has always been a pro

It's an entrepreneur's market in digital health today, with startups raising record-breaking funding at soaring valuations and debuting on public markets to eager investors. According to CB Insights, as of March 3, 2021, there are 51 healthcare unicorns — “startups” — wo

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. “Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge that allows people all over the world to rise above borders and pursue their dreams,” says

Lynk, the “knowledge-as-a-service” platform, announced today it has entered into a strategic alliance with UBS to help the investment process of their institutional clients around the world. The collaboration means the banking giant's research analysts and institutional clients, including

About 180 million people globally suffer from infertility. In the United States, one in eight families have trouble conceiving. The statistics are only getting worse, as male infertility and miscarriages continue to increase. Alife Health, a San Francisco-based startup founded by Paxton Maeder-York

"speakable-summary" dir="ltr">Bitso, a regulated crypto exchange in Latin America, announced today it has raised $250 million in a Series C round of funding that values the company at $2.2 billion. Tiger Global and Coatue co-led the round, which also included participation from Paradigm, BOND &

With cybercrime on course to be a $6 trillion problem this year, organizations are throwing ever more resources at the issue to avoid being a target. Now, a startup that’s built a platform to help them stress-test the investments that they have made into their security IT is announcing some f

It was way back in 2018 that Omni:us appeared to disrupt the insurance market by applying AI to this most legacy of all industries. It has now gone on to raise $44.1 million. In a similar vein, Shift Technology in France has raised $100 million. Now a U.K. startup aims to do something similar, but

Flextock, one of the 10 African startups from the recent Y Combinator winter batch, has bagged an impressive pre-seed round just two months after graduation.  The five-month-old company, which helps consumers and businesses manage e-commerce and fulfillment operations —  from warehousing an

More money for the edtech boom: Munich-based StudySmarter, which makes digital tools to help learners of all ages swot up — styling itself as a “lifelong learning platform” — has closed a $15 mlion Series A. The round is led by sector-focused VC fund Owl Ventures. New York-b

Africa’s insurance market stands at a 3% penetration rate, per a McKinsey study in 2018 comparing six insurance regions on the continent. If the South African market is excluded, this number drops to a measly 1.12%. Unlike other parts of the world, most African insurance providers neglect the