RentCheck raises $2.6M in seed funding to help renters get their security deposits back
We've all been there. (Or at least I have.)
You're getting ready to vacate a property you've rented, only to be told by the landlord that you won't be getting your security deposit back.
This happened to me the first time I ever rented a place in the late 90s. I was
Roku expands its original programming lineup with 23 more shows acquired from Quibi
Roku this morning announced an expansion of its original content lineup, with the addition of 23 new Roku Original programs that will debut on August 13 on The Roku Channel free streaming hub. The new programing — which also hails from Roku’s acquisition of failed streamer Quibi’s
Privacy-oriented search app Xayn raises $12M from Japanese backers to go into devices
Back in December 2020 we covered the launch of a new kind of smartphone app-based search engine, Xayn.
“A search engine?!” I hear you say? Well, yes, because despite the convenience of modern search engines' ability to tailor their search results to the individual, this user-tracking comes
Amazon’s top Indian seller Cloudtail to cease operations next year amid regulatory heat
Amazon and parent of its top Indian seller Cloudtail have decided to not continue their joint venture after May 2022, the two firms said in a statement Monday, hours after India's top court ruled that the American e-commerce firm and Walmart's Flipkart must face antitrust investigations in
Facebook adds Photobucket and Google Calendar to its data portability options
Facebook has today announced that it has added two new destinations for when you want to move your data from the social network. In a blog post, the company said that users will be able to move their images to Photobucket and event listings to Google Calendar. Product Manager Hadi Michel said that
Canopy raises $15M Series A after posting 4.5x customer growth in H1 2021
Canopy Servicing announced this morning it recently closed a $15 million Series A. The startup sells software to fintechs and others, allowing customers to create loan programs and service the resulting products.
The company raised a $3.5 million seed round in 2020. Canaan led its Series A, with pa
CommandBar raises $4.8M to make web-based apps searchable
James Evans, Richard Freling and Vinay Ayyala, co-founders at CommandBar, were working on a software product when they hit a wall while trying to access certain functionalities within the software.
That's when the lightbulb moment happened and, in 2020, the team shifted to building an embeddabl
Wheel the World raises $2M to provide unlimited experiences for travelers with limited accessibility
Friends Alvaro Silberstein and Camilo Navarro came up with the idea for the Wheel the World travel booking site following a 2016 trip to Torres del Paine National Park in Chile. Initially, they thought this type of trip would be near impossible with Silberstein in a wheelchair after a car accident
Wannabe ‘social bank’ Kroo swerves VCs to raise a $24.5M Series A from HNWs
Launched in February 2019, Kroo, the London-based consumer-facing fintech, raised some seed funding last year for its prepaid card service which claims to offer more “social features” in its drive toward offering full-blown banking services. Kroo's pitch is that it removes friction
LawVu, a cloud-based platform for in-house legal teams, raises $17M NZD from Insight Partners
In-house legal teams play a critical role in companies, but a lot of them don't have the same kind of technology as their counterparts in sales or finance. Instead, they often rely on email, shared inboxes and spreadsheets. LawVu gives them a cloud-based platform to share legal advice and docum
Siga secures $8.1M Series B to prevent cyberattacks on critical infrastructure
Siga OT Solutions, an Israeli cybersecurity startup that helps organizations secure their operations by monitoring the raw electric signals of critical industrial assets, has raised $8.1 million in Series B funding.
Siga says its SigaGuard technology, used by Israel's critical water facilities
Moove raises $23M to create flexible options for drivers to own cars in Africa
Africa is home to more than a billion people, where a majority have limited or no access to vehicle financing. In fact, the continent has the lowest per capita vehicle ownership in the world. In 2019, Africa had fewer than 900,000 new vehicle sales. The U.S. sold more than 17 million new cars that
India’s UpGrad enters unicorn club with $185 million fundraise
UpGrad, a Bangalore-based startup that specializes in higher education and upskilling courses, hit a valuation of $1.2 billion with a $185 million funding round Monday as global investors plow record capital into firms in the world’s second-largest internet market.
Singapore’s Temasek l
Two months after its Series A, Pintu gets $35M in new funding led by Lightspeed
Just two months after its last funding announcement, Indonesian crypto assets platform Pintu has closed a $35 million Series A+. The new round was led by Lightspeed Ventures, with participation from returning investors like Alameda Ventures, Blockchain.com Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, Coinbase