OfficeRnD, a SaaS for managing hybrid workplaces, grabs $10M
The decentralized reality of office work after the COVID-19 pandemic continues to drive plenty of startup activity. To wit: OfficeRnD, which makes workplace management software that’s increasingly geared toward helping businesses provide a “hybrid office” model — meaning the
The Station: A Tesla-NHTSA fight brews, catching up with Kodiak and how LA is prepping for air taxis
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Limbix releases clinical trial data on a self-guided mental health app for teens
In October, Limbix, a company creating digital therapeutics for adolescents, released data from a trial on its new product: SparkRx. SparkRx is a self-guided therapy program for teens run entirely on a phone.
Limbix was founded in 2016, and has about 30 employees, with plans to add 30 more by the
Allplants scoops $52M to deliver more plant-based microwave meals
Vegan meal delivery startup Allplants has nabbed £38 million (~$52 million) in Series B funding led by Draper Esprit to serve up more tasty plant-based, heat-at-home meals direct to U.K. consumers.
The round is being touted as the biggest ever Series B by a plant-based food company in Europe.
Nigeria’s Sendbox raises $1.8M to provide e-commerce fulfilment for small merchants
There is a lot of activity going on with social commerce in Nigeria. From Facebook-owned Instagram and WhatsApp holding the keys to the marketplace-facing side of things to fintech companies like Paystack and Flutterwave bringing value with their storefronts capabilities, small and medium-si
Founders Factory and Nesta to launch startups tackling UK’s social and environmental problems
U.K. startup studio Founders Factory and U.K. innovation agency Nesta are joining forces to create startups to tackle social and environmental problems in the country.
The partnership, dubbed “Mission Studio,” will tackle such problems a halving obesity rates, loneliness and aims to sla
Uber tests shared rides in Africa as UberPool stays shut in US, Canada
Uber is testing Pool Chance, a feature that lets riders heading in the same direction share the cost of the journey, in Kenya, with plans to roll out the low-cost service to Ghana and Nigeria. technewss discovered the option when booking a car in Nairobi, Kenya. An Uber spokesperson later confirme
Dispute resolution platform Immediation raises $3.6M AUD to expand in the US
The pandemic forced the legal profession to cobble together remote work strategies, often through a combination of video conferencing and emails. Founded in Melbourne, Immediation provides a tailor-made solution with digital courtrooms and mediation tools. It has been adopted by Australian federal
Enpal closes out Series C with $174M from SoftBank for tech to make it easier for homeowners to make the switch to solar energy
One of the gating factors for getting more homeowners to make the switch to solar energy has been that solar, as a business, is a hard one to get right, with many a company failing when they’ve been unable to strike the right balance between the technology working as it should, provisioning s
How AI is helping to make breast cancer history
Every October for the last four decades, Breast Cancer Awareness Month has helped to raise visibility of the most prevalent cancer on Earth — one that takes almost three-quarters of a million lives every year.
Despite recorded cases stretching back to ancient Egypt, breast cancer was considered a
Does the NFT craze actually matter?
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Last week, we talked about Apple’s subscription addiction. This week, I’m diving deep into whether there’s actually any meaning to pull out of the NFT mania of 2021.
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Coinbase, Clubhouse and the inevitable conflict of competition
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This week, cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase announced that it is launching its own NFT platform to take on OpenSea, an existing NFT platform. Some tec
What to expect from Apple, Google and Samsung's big events
Hardware season is heading for a dramatic finale next week, with three events from three major companies, three days in a row. Apple, Google and Samsung (in that order) are all hosting big events next week, getting their last big announcements (hopefully) out of the way ahead of the upcoming holida
Analogue aspires to build the definitive OS for retro gaming
Analogue’s much anticipated Pocket retro gaming machine will come with more than just sleek design and the ability to play tons of classic games. The device will be the first with AnalogueOS on it, an effort to make what founder Chris Taber calls the “Library of Alexandria of video game