Sustainable tech developer Turntide Technologies raises $225M
Turntide Technologies, a sustainable technology developer, has announced $225 million in convertible note financing that it says will help fund projects to reduce carbon emissions in the commercial buildings, agriculture and transportation industries.
Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board led the
Google tightens UK policy on financial ads after watchdog pressure over scams
The U.K.’s more expansive, post-Brexit role in digital regulation continues to be felt today via a policy change by Google, which has announced that it will, in the near future, only run ads for financial products and services when the advertiser in question has been verified by the financial
Nigeria’s MDaaS launches new health tech product on the back of $2.3M seed extension
It is no secret that healthcare in Nigeria and most parts of Africa is not easily available and a lot of work needs to be done in that regard. However, there are instances where accessibility is taken for granted. Take for instance Nigeria where a majority of the population with some form of health
London-based insurtech hyperexponential closes $18M round led by Highland Europe
London-based insurtech hyperexponential (“hx”) — which has a mathematical modeling software for the commercial insurance sector — has closed an $18 million funding round led by growth capital fund Highland Europe.
Hx says it helps companies build, deploy and update their insurance pricing m
Ably raises $70 million for its developer platform that enables realtime features
Ably is a Pub/Sub messaging platform that companies can use to develop realtime features in their products. The company just raised a $70 million Series B funding round co-led by Insight Partners and Dawn Capital.
Every day, you use various apps that push and fetch data in realtime. When you send a
Indian tech startup exposed Byju’s student data
India-based technology startup Salesken.ai has secured an exposed server that was spilling private and sensitive data on one of its customers, Byju’s, an education technology giant and India’s most valuable startup.
The server was left unprotected since at least June 14, according to hi
Sequoia Capital India unveils fifth group of startups for Surge
Sequoia Capital India has selected 23 early-stage startups for its fifth cohort of Surge, its accelerator program for India and Southeast Asia, at a time when dealflow activity is at its peak in the region.
The new cohort, Surge’s largest to date, have collectively raised $55 million, the sto
Tiger Global leads $31.5M investment in interactive edtech Quizizz
Quizizz, an Indian startup that is making learning more interactive so that students find it compelling to spend more hours studying, said on Wednesday it has raised $31.5 million in a new financing round.
Tiger Global led the Series B financing round in the five-and-a-half-year-old startup. Yahoo
Toca Football raises $40 million to fuel its budding chain of giant soccer and entertainment facilities
Toca Football, a nine-year-old, Costa Mesa, Ca.-based company that operates 14 sports centers across the U.S. that are focused on soccer training, has raised $40 million in Series E funding to roughly double the number of facilities that are now up and running in the U.S., as well as to open a site
Lollipop AI launches online grocery marketplace where you can build your own recipes
As I've taken to online grocery shopping over the pandemic, I've always wondered why supermarkets didn’t offer simple 'recipe' features that would have automatically collected items for a homemade meal. It seemed an opportunity missed. But it is missed no more.
Lollipop AI, th
MWC 2021 day two: Is this thing on?
Listen, it's probably not the best sign when a show feels like it's running out of steam on its first day. Mobile World Congress' opening salvo was headlined by Samsung in an event that touched on some partnerships and spent equal time teasing an upcoming event where it will actually la
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Rimac Automobili founder Mate Rimac shares lessons from bootstrapping an EV company
Mate Rimac’s founder story has the makings of automotive folklore. He started Rimac Automobili in his garage in 2009 as a literal one-person operation that has grown to a company with more than 1,000 employees, supply contracts with automakers like Porsche and a new electric hypercar moving i
GM’s newest startup aims squarely at the commercial EV market
Ford and GM’s century-old battle for market share is no longer restricted to gas- and diesel-powered passenger car, truck and SUV sales. The hottest market in the next decade is commercial and electric.
In this new race, the two companies are taking different strategies as they square off aga