3D model provider CGTrader raises $9.5M Series B led by Evli Growth Partners
3D model provider CGTrader has raised $9.5 million in a Series B funding led by Finnish VC fund Evli Growth Partners, alongside previous investors Karma Ventures and LVV Group. Ex-Rovio CEO Mikael Hed also invested and joins as board chairman. We first covered the Vilnius-based company when it rais
Electric raises $40M Series C to put small-business IT in the cloud
It would be an understatement to say that enterprise-focused startups have fared well during the pandemic. As organizations look to go remote, and the way we work has been flipped on its head, quickly growing tech companies that simplify this transition are in high demand.
One such startup has, in
Ag monitoring startup FluroSat merges with soil carbon expert Dagan to form Regrow
FluroSat and Dagan, two startups that both are tackling the monitoring and management of agricultural inputs and outputs for a better understanding of the role sustainable agriculture can play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, have merged and are launching a package of services under a new bran
The Midwest Fund launches, brings The Fund’s innovative investment strategy to a fifth market
A new investment fund is coming to Midwest cities, and it’s lead by names familiar to the local scenes. The aptly-named Midwest Fund targets early-stage startups from Pittsburgh to Chicago, from Detroit to Cincinnati, and everywhere in between. Unlike traditional venture capital funds, this o
Maple launches with $3.5 million in funding to become the SaaS backoffice for the family
Much of our daily lives have been transformed in one way or another by technology – and often through intentional efforts to innovate thanks to the advent of new technology. Now more than ever, we rely on shared collaboration platforms and digital workspaces in our professional lives, and yet mos
Furniture startup Burrow raises $25M
Burrow, a startup that first launched with a modular sofa, eventually aims to sell you furniture for every room in your home. Today, it’s announcing that it’s raised $25 million in Series C funding.
Burrow participated in the Y Combinator accelerator in 2016 with an initial aim of build
Rokk3r acquires AdMobilize and Matrix Labs for $19.5M
Miami-based AdMobilize and its spin-off, Matrix Labs, announced this morning that they are being acquired for $19.5 million. The buyer is Rokk3r, a Miami-based holding company that invests in creating, acquiring and integrating companies.
AdMobilize quantifies digital advertising in the physical wo
Codecademy eyes the enterprise with $40 million in new capital
After going over four years without raising any capital, coding class platform Codecademy has raised a new tranche of money: a $40 million Series D round led by Owl Ventures, with participation from Prosus and Union Square Ventures.
The startup is the latest edtech business to bring on capital afte
Y Combinator company Axle Health is bringing on-demand home testing services to telehealth providers
While usage of telehealth services has surged during the COVID-19 epidemic, there are some times when health professionals need to be around in person to conduct diagnostics tests. Axle Health, a company currently enrolled in the latest cohort from the Y Combinator accelerator, can help those teleh
Plume picks up $270M at a $1.35B valuation to power smart home Wi-Fi for broadband providers
The last year of life under a global health pandemic has seen a massive surge of people working from home — a shift that has thrown a stark light on the iffy quality of our broadband networks. Today a startup called Plume — which has built a mesh-Wi-Fi platform that helps optimize broad
Anuvia raises $103 million to commercialize its novel fertilizer
Anuvia Plant Nutrients has raised $103 million to commercialize its novel fertilizer technology.
The company, backed by investors like TPG ART, Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund, Generate Capital and Piva Capital, is now ready to roll out its tech, which is already used on rough
IronSource acquires video and playable ad platform Luna Labs
Mobile advertising company ironSource is announcing its second acquisition of the year — Luna Labs, a startup that’s built a platform allowing app developers to create and manage video and playable ads.
When I first wrote about the startup in 2019, its main selling point was the ability to
Better Origin, which turns flies into food for chickens, raises $3M from… Fly Ventures
It turns out, where there are flies, there’s brass. Better Origin is a startup that converts waste food into essential nutrients using insects fed to chickens inside a standard shipping container. It's now raised a $3 million seed round led by Fly Ventures and solar entrepreneur Nick Boyl
Future Acres launches with the arrival of crop-transporting robot, Carry
When people ask me which robotics categories are poised for the biggest growth, I often point to agriculture. The technology already has a strong foothold in places like warehouse and logistics, but it's impossible to look at the American – and global – farming community and not see a lot o