Newly funded Maisonette is becoming a go-to brand for fashion-conscious families; here’s how
Maisonette, a four-year-old, New York-based company, has aimed from the outset to become a one-stop curated shop for everything a family might need for their young children.
That plan appears to be working. Today, the company — which launched with preppy young children’s apparel and has
Reduct.Video raises $4M to simplify video editing
The team at Reduct.Video is hoping to dramatically increase the amount of videos created by businesses.
The startup’s technology is already used by customers including Intuit, Autodesk, Facebook, Dell, Spotify, Indeed, Superhuman and IDEO. And today, Reduct is announcing that it has raised a
Treinta announces $500K+ in funding for its microbusiness financial app
Treinta, a startup that is part of the Winter 2021 Y Combinator cohort, announced this morning that it has raised north of half a million dollars for its bookkeeping and inventory management software aimed at Latin American small businesses.
The capital was raised between a small friends-and-family
Tillit, a fintech offering buy now, pay later for B2B purchases, is closing in on investment from Sequoia
Tillit, a fintech startup that is building something akin to buy now, pay later for B2B purchases, looks set to become Sequoia’s next European investment, technewss has learned.
According to multiple sources, the Silicon Valley VC — which recently expanded to Europe with an office in L
Intenseye raises $4M to boost workplace safety through computer vision
Workplace injuries and illnesses cost the U.S. upwards of $250 billion each year, according to the Economic Policy Institute. ERA-backed startup Intenseye, a machine learning platform, has raised a $4 million seed round to try to bring that number way down in an economic and efficient way.
The roun
2up launches ahead of Valentine’s Day to help gamers find one another
People don’t often equate gaming with dating, but maybe they should. As gaming continues to grow in popularity, particularly in the wake of the pandemic, a new startup called 2up is launching to help gamers connect both on and off screen.
The app was founded by sibling duo Stephanie and Linco
401(k) provider Human Interest doubles valuation with $55M fundraise
Human Interest, a 401(k) provider for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), announced Thursday that it has tacked on another $55 million to its Series C.
The news is notable for a couple of reasons. For one, the San Francisco-based company had already raised $50 million across two tranches in 2
TikTok emerges as a political battleground in Navalny-stirred Russia
TikTok has crafted a number of policies over the years to distance itself from the often-messy political fray, but its users continue to have other agendas in mind.
In Russia, a tug-of-war has emerged on the social network.
On one side are young people using the app to create videos
UpEquity raises $25 million in equity and debt for its cash-pay mortgage lending service
With a stated goal of aligning the mortgage industry with consumer interests, Austin-based UpEquity has raised $25 million in equity and debt funding to expand its business.
Chief executive Tim Herman started the mortgage lending company to take advantage of what he saw as inefficiencies in the $2
EV charging stations, biofuels, the hydrogen transition and chemicals are pillars of Shell’s climate plan
Royal Dutch Shell Group, one of the largest publicly traded oil producers in the world, just laid out its plan for how the company will survive in a zero-emission, climate conscious world.
It’s a plan that rests on five main pillars that include the massive rollout of electric vehicle chargin
Capitalize, a startup that wants to make it easy to roll over your 401(k), closes on $12.5M Series A
If you've ever left a job, chances are you left your 401(k) plan along with it.
And, if you're like many Americans and change jobs every few years or so, you could have multiple 401(k) plans spread out at various companies, doing their own thing.
Many of us don't deal wi
Goldman Sachs and Sesame Workshop pour money into this edtech firm’s newest fund
Shauntel Garvey and Jennifer Carolan liked edtech before the sector was cool, so the duo co-founded Reach Capital in 2015 with a $53 million debut fund. The San Francisco-based venture firm has since put checks into education startups including Newsela, Sketchy, ClassDojo and Outschool, landing six
SuperAnnotate, a computer vision platform, partners with OpenCV to spread visual ML
SuperAnnotate, a NoCode computer vision platform, is partnering with OpenCV, a nonprofit organization that has built a large collection of open-source computer vision algorithms. The move means startups and entrepreneurs will be able to build their own AI models and allow cameras to detect objects
How African startups raised investments in 2020
The venture capital scene in Africa has consistently grown, with an influx of capital from local and international investors reaching unprecedented heights in recent years. To understand how much growth has occurred, African startups raised a meagre $400 million in 2015 compared to the $2 billion t