Microsoft launches Windows 365
Microsoft today launched Windows 365, a service that gives businesses the option to easily let their employees access a Windows 10 desktop from the cloud (with Windows 11 coming once it’s generally available). Think game streaming, but for your desktop. It’ll be available for business u
Mobile.dev launches with $3M seed to catch app issues pre-production
As mobile developers build apps, they push them out into the world and problems inevitably develop, which engineers have to scramble to fix. Mobile.dev, a new startup from a former Uber engineer, wants to flip that story and catch errors before the app launches. Today, the company emerged from stea
Dear Sophie: Tell me more about the EB-1A extraordinary ability green card
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
Tusk Ventures’ Jordan Nof and Wheel’s Michelle Davey to talk fundraising tips on Extra Crunch Live
The Tusk Ventures portfolio is impressive, if not intimidating. It includes Lemonade, FanDuel, Coinbase, Latch, Bird and many, many more. We’re lucky to be joined by Tusk co-founder and general partner Jordan Nof for an upcoming episode of Extra Crunch Live, and even luckier that he’s b
Simpplr raises $32M for its intranet platform
Simpplr, a modern platform for building intranet sites (or “employee communications and enablement platforms,” as the company calls it), today announced that it has raised a $32 million Series C round led by Tola Capital. Norwest Ventures, which led the company’s Series B round la
M1 Finance raises $150M in SoftBank-led Series E, boosts valuation to $1.45B
Just over four months after announcing a $75 million Series D, M1 Finance today is announcing a new $150 million Series E round of funding led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2.
The financing, which also included participation from existing backers, propels the Chicago-based fintech to unicorn status
Acelerate raises $14.44M Series A to add cloud kitchens to existing restaurants
Acelerate, a software company looking to help restaurants make the most out of their infrastructure, is today announcing the close of a $14.44 million Series A financing led by Sequoia Capital.
The startup was founded by George Jacobs, who grew up working in his family’s pizzeria. He attended
Former Nutanix execs launch new startup with $50M seed round
Today a new software company from two former Nutanix executives called DevRev emerged from stealth with a $50 million seed round from Mayfield Fund, Khosla Ventures and several industry luminaries. The company, which aims to bring the coding and revenue processes closer together, already has 75 emp
India bans Mastercard from adding new customers
Reserve Bank of India has indefinitely barred Mastercard from issuing new debit, credit or prepaid cards to customers in the South Asian market over noncompliance with local data storage rules.
The South Asian market’s central bank said the new restrictions will go into effect on July 22.
Ex-Plaid employees raise $30M for Stytch, an API-first passwordless authentication platform
There are far fewer annoying things than managing one's passwords.
There are a bunch of companies out there to help you attempt to do that. And there's also a number of companies that want to go a step further and eliminate the password completely.
One such company, Stytch,
Unybrands brings in $300M to acquire more e-commerce businesses
Unybrands is the latest e-commerce aggregator to pick up a significant investment, this time closing $300 million in growth capital from Crayhill Capital Management.
The Miami-based company, which created a platform for e-commerce businesses looking to scale their operations on and off Amazon, was
An Echo Dot designed by Diane von Furstenberg? Yeah, sure, why not
Earlier this year, Amazon launched Build It, a fun little program that lets customers preorder concept devices. Think about it like Indiegogo or Kickstarter, where the company will only actually make the product if enough people buy-in via preorder. Obviously Amazon has a significantly larger abili
Backed by $5M led by General Catalyst, Evvy launches a vaginal microbiome test to support women’s health research
Another U.S. femtech startup has joined the race to build up data sets to support research into and understanding of a range of health issues that can affect women.
Evvy has today launched an at-home test kit for the vaginal microbiome. The user returns their swab to the startup for analysis —
Accounting firm Proper banks $9M Series A to automate property management
Proper, an automated accounting and bookkeeping service for property managers, announced Wednesday it raised $9 million in Series A funding in a round led by QED.
Existing investors MetaProp, Expa and Bling Capital also participated in the round, which gives the San Francisco-based proptech company