Blueprint Title raises $16M Series B to grow its title-focused insurtech business
Blueprint Title, an insurtech startup working in the title insurance space, announced this morning that it closed a $16 million Series B. The new round was led by Forté Ventures. The startup previously raised an $8.5 million Series A in the final weeks of 2019.
While Blueprint is an insurtech star
Insurify, a ‘virtual insurance agent,’ raises $100M Series B
How many of us have not switched insurance carriers because we don't want to deal with the hassle of comparison shopping?
A lot, I'd bet.
Today, Insurify, a startup that wants to help make it easier for people to get better rates on home, auto and life insurance, announced t
Cox Automotive acquires battery health company Spiers as ‘EVs take center stage’
Cox Automotive is getting into the electric vehicle battery lifecycle business.
The company said Wednesday it acquired Oklahoma City-based Spiers New Technologies (SNT), a business that provides repair, remanufacturing, refurbishing and repurposing services for EV battery packs.
The
Flat.mx raises $20M from VCs, proptech unicorn founders to fix Mexico’s ‘broken’ real estate market
Flat.mx, which wants to build a real estate “super app” for Latin America, has closed on a $20 million Series A round of funding.
Anthemis and 500 Startups co-led the investment, which included participation from ALLVP and Expa. Previously, Flat.mx had raised a total of $10 million in equity an
Humane, a stealthy hardware and software startup co-founded by an ex-Apple designer and engineer, raises $100M
A stealthy startup co-founded by a former senior designer from Apple and one of its ex-senior software engineers has picked up a significant round of funding to build out its business. Humane, which has ambitions to build a new class of consumer devices and technologies that stem from “a genu
Dear Sophie: How can I present a strong O-1A or EB-1A application?
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
Google appeals ‘disproportionate’ French copyright talks fine
Google is appealing the more than half a billion-dollar fine it got slapped with by France’s competition authority in July.
The penalty relates to the adtech giant’s approach toward paying news publishers for content reuse.
In a statement today, Sebastien Missoffe, a Goo
Facebook enters the fantasy gaming market
Facebook is getting into fantasy sports and other types of fantasy games. The company this morning announced the launch of Facebook Fantasy Games in the U.S. and Canada on the Facebook app for iOS and Android. Some games are described as “simpler” versions of the traditional fantasy spo
Anima, a no-code tool that turns designs into code, raises $10 million Series A
Anima, the YC-backed platform that turns designs into code, has today announced the close of a $10 million Series A financing. The round was led by MizMaa Ventures with participation from INcapital and Hetz Ventures.
We’ve been following Anima, which was bootstrapped until last year, for a wh
Skit raises $23M Series B round led by WestBridge Capital to accelerate its growth
“Traditional voice-based call center service is difficult and costly. This is where artificial intelligence and voice technology have presented an opportunity for enterprises to overcome the challenges of scale and engagement at their customer contact centers,” Skit co-founder and CEO Sourabh G
Vista Equity to acquire majority stake in SaaS startup Drift, taking it to unicorn status
Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners announced today that it is taking a majority stake in Drift, a company which aims to be the Amazon of businesses, with a “growth investment” that propels the venture-backed startup to unicorn status.
Unfortunately, neither party would disclose the a
General Catalyst, Abstract back Wanderlog's $1.5M round for collaborative travel
Twin brothers Harry Yu and Peter Xu grew up traveling all over, an aspect of their lives that continued even into their careers. What they didn't enjoy was figuring out all the logistics, which has become more difficult during the pandemic: vacations that could be taken quickly now require more
‘Knowledge-as-a-service’ platform Lynk lands funding from UBS' Investment Bank
Lynk, the “knowledge-as-a-service” platform with more than 840,000 experts, announced today it has added to its previously announced Series B $5 million raised from UBS' Investment Bank division. This brings the round's new total to $29 million.
The strategic investment marks the first
Carbon Robotics secures $27M for its autonomous field weeders
Agricultural robotics firm Carbon Robotics (not to be confused with our former Battlefield contestant) announced this week that it has secured $27 million in funding. The round — which features Anthos Capital, Ignition Capital, FUSE and Voyager Capital — follows an $8.4 million Series A