Indian health tech startup Phable raises $12 million to serve patients with chronic conditions
Phable, a three-year-old health tech startup that is serving patients with chronic illnesses in India, has raised $12 million in a new financing round as it looks to scale in the world's second most populated nation.
Manipal Hospitals, one of the largest healthcare providers in India, led the S
Nexthink nabs $180M Series D on $1.1B valuation
We often hear about companies working to improve the customer experience, but for IT their customers are the company’s employees. Nexthink, a late-stage startup that wants to help IT serve its internal constituents better, announced a $180 million Series D today on a healthy $1.1 billion valu
Here’s how Elon Musk’s $100 million Xprize competition for carbon removal will work
Elon Musk notified the world that he would be donating $100 million to pursue new technologies for carbon capture, methods through which carbon dioxide can be actively extracted from the atmosphere as a means to help stave off climate change. As technewss reported in January when he made the tweet
Google-backed Dailyhunt and Josh’s parent firm raises over $100 million
VerSe Innovation, the parent firm of popular news and entertainment app Dailyhunt and short video app Josh, said on Monday it has raised over $100 million as part of a Series H financing round from Qatar Investment Authority and Glade Brook Capital Partners.
The announcement follows another $100 mi
China court accepts ByteDance case filing against Tencent over alleged monopoly
ByteDance is bringing its battle with archrival Tencent to the court at a time when the Chinese government moves to curve the power of the country’s internet behemoths.
The Beijing Intellectual Property Court has permitted a ByteDance lawsuit brought against Tencent to proceed, a ByteDance sp
Amazon warehouse workers to begin historic vote to unionize
On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board rejected Amazon's attempt to delay a union vote set to begin on Monday, February 8. For many, the online giant's bid was seen as a stalling tactic, including a motion to demand votes take place in-person — a clear health risk, as the COVID
Hasselblad X1D II 50C: out of the studio and into the streets
We crawled into an abandoned school bus, trespassed through dilapidated hallways, dodged fleeting thunderstorms, and wandered the empty streets of Chinatown late into the evening. For two summery weeks, I couldn't have been happier.
New York City was in lockdown. I'd been quarantined in my
Bumble’s first date with the public markets
The public markets have been so active lately that it's hard to drum up excitement for yet another company making its way to the bull market. But, in the case of Bumble, a dating app where women message first, next week's public debut is worth paying attention to.
The market for dating star
Amazon, Google pay the piper
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SoftBank files for a double scoop of SPAC
The SPAC mania continues unabated, with new SPACs being filed with the SEC on an almost hourly basis at times.
SoftBank, the Japanese telecom conglomerate which has also been running the gigantic Vision Fund and its successor, doesn't want to be left out. Yesterday, it filed back-to-back SPAC r
Minneapolis police tapped Google to identify George Floyd protesters
Police in Minneapolis obtained a search warrant ordering Google to turn over sets of account data on vandals accused of sparking violence in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd last year, technewss has learned.
The death of Floyd, a Black man killed by a white police officer in May 2020
Will the Clubhouse model work in China?
On Friday just past midnight, I stumbled across a Clubhouse room hosted by a well-known figure in the Chinese startup community, Feng Dahui. At half-past midnight, the room still had nearly 500 listeners, many of whom were engineers, product managers, and entrepreneurs from China.
The discussion ce
5 creator economy VCs see startup opportunities in monetization, discovery and much more
Everyone knows YouTubers and other creators are popular with internet users of all ages. But today, these influencers also have real businesses powered by a range of software tools and service providers who help weave videos, pictures, clips, memes and other types of content into sustainable succes
As location becomes irrelevant, Greek VCs eye local talent and spread their wings
According to a recent report on Greece’s startup ecosystem by management consultants Found.ation, venture capital and venture debt have continued to grow in the country, although its angel scene remains low-key.
Oddly enough, 2020 was a banner year, with the sale of InstaShop to Delivery Hero