72 hours left to save $100 on passes to TC Sessions: SaaS 2021
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of…no, hold on, hold on. It's not time to watch your favorite soap opera. It's time to stop procrastinating and buy your pass to TC Sessions: SaaS 2021 before the early-bird price expires promptly on October 1 at 11:59 pm (PT). That's
Read AI raises $10M, creates virtual meeting dashboard to show you when you talk too much
Meetings can go one of two ways… either be productive, or be ineffective. Read AI wants all meeting goers to be engaged and feel productive, and it has developed a real-time shared dashboard to alert meeting participants when things are going well or not so well.
The Seattle-based company em
YouTube will now ban content with vaccine misinformation
YouTube expanded its medical misinformation policies today to include new guidelines that ban vaccine misinformation. The Google-owned video platform had previously banned over 1 million videos spreading dangerous COVID-19 misinformation. Now, YouTube says it will also remove content that spreads m
Facebook Reels exits beta in the US with offers to pay creators for well-performing videos
After launching into beta tests just last month, Facebook today is rolling out Reels to all Facebook users in the U.S. on both iOS and Android. The feature, Facebook’s response to TikTok, allows creators to make and share short-form video content using a variety of editing tools, including th
Starfish Space raises $7M for in-orbit servicing space tug
Satellite servicing company Starfish Space has closed $7 million in funding to accelerate the development of a space tug vehicle that can extend the life of spacecraft and get rid of orbital debris.
Servicing satellites used to be nigh impossible, due to the extreme costs associated with going to o
Toothfairy’s virtual dentist app raises £3M seed round led by ADA Ventures and Slingshot
Platforms for dentists are booming right now as many governments gradually make it harder to access dentistry via social care, especially in the U.K. But the most lucrative market is cosmetic dentistry, and this is where startups are often playing, such as aggregating private clinics under a simple
Jeep’s Grand Cherokee plug-in hybrid will arrive in early 2022
As promised, Jeep has detailed its first Grand Cherokee plug-in hybrid. The company has confirmed the Grand Cherokee 4xe will arrive in North American dealers in early 2022, and will sport more capabilities than you might have expected. The estimated 25 miles of all-electric driving (440 miles tota
Ukraine’s crypto legislation is a step in the right direction
Cryptocurrency may soon be used legally in Ukraine, once President Volodymyr Zelensky signs the legislation passed by Ukraine's Parliament on September 8.
This law will protect owners of virtual assets and exchange platforms from fraud, and rumors abound that Ukraine is gearing up to transition
Tonic.ai raises $35M Series B to help engineers create synthetic data sets
When engineers are building software, they often run into issues around testing it without using actual customer data. Creating a meaningful test set can be time-consuming and challenging. Tonic.ai, a startup that helps engineers create synthetic data sets, is trying to fix that, and today the comp
Employee leave startup Cocoon launches after raising $20M in new funding
Employee leave benefits are a complicated web of company and government policies, and Cocoon is out to bring clarity and simplicity to both the employer and employee experience.
The platform launched Wednesday across all 50 states and is designed for any type of employee leave, like parental, medic
Russian authorities arrest cybersecurity giant Group-IB’s CEO on treason charges
Russian authorities have arrested and detained Ilya Sachkov, the co-founder and chief executive of Group-IB — one of the biggest cybersecurity companies in the country — on charges of treason.
Details about Sachkov’s detention remain unclear but it was reported by Russian media as authori
Energize Ventures raises $330M to fund energy, mobility and climate resiliency technology
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Energize Ventures, an early and growth-stage venture fund, has announced the closing of its second fund with total capital commitments of $330 million. Fund II will be used to help scale and commercialize software across renewable energy, mobility, cybersecurity, battery storage, critical infras
EquityBee snaps up $55M for a marketplace that connects employees with capital to help them exercise their stock options
Stock options can hold a lot of potential reward for employees when their company is doing well, but not every person wl have the funds to fully exercise — that is, buy up — the options they have avaable to them. Enter EquityBee, a marketplace for employees to connect with capital from
Gamitee becomes Joyned as it secures $4M for social shopping platform
Joyned, formerly known as Gamitee, announced Wednesday that it raised $4 million in seed funding to continue developing its e-commerce platform that puts merchants in the driver's seat of social engagement.
CEO Jonathan Abraham explained that Gamitee means “joined” in Hebrew, but the Jerusa