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Whistle Closes on $3.2 Million Seed Funding Round

Whistle, a new generation of employee experience platform, announced today it has raised a $3.2 million seed funding round led by Dundee Venture Capital (VC). Other investors include Chicago-based M25. “Whistle has an experienced team, a clear vision, a plan for growth and the team is executing well – the key elements we look for … Read more

Varana Capital leads $17 Million Round in Stämm Biotech, Joining Draper Associates and Other

Stämm, an early-stage biotechnology company based in Buenos Aires, recently announced raising $17 million in its Series A round. The round was led by Varana Capital, along with other existing and new investors. The funding will help Stämm prepare for commercialization of its technology; further develop biopharma partnerships into pilot scale; enhance its operational infrastructure; and continue growing … Read more

Climate Tech SaaS Leader Aurora Solar Secures $200 Million in Series D Funding

Aurora Solar, the industry’s leading software platform for solar sales and design, announced it closed a $200 million Series D funding round co-led by current investors Coatue and Energize Ventures with participation from Fifth Wall, ICONIQ and new investors, Lux Capital and Emerson Collective. With this funding, Aurora Solar will accelerate its mission to create … Read more

Israeli start-up CVAid raises $4 million, including investment by Philips for its AI-based platform

The Israeli digital health company CVAid Medical, which has developed a platform based on artificial intelligence for diagnosing and treating cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs, or strokes), has announced the completion of capital raising from Philips together with Sanara Capital. The Israeli Rad Biomed investment fund led the capital raising. The CVAid solution provides an answer for … Read more

XRHealth Secures $10M in Funding to Expand Virtual Reality Healthcare Treatment in the Metaverse

XRHealth, the gateway to the healthcare metaverse,  announced today that they raised $10M in funding to expand virtual healthcare treatment in the Metaverse. The funding was backed by HTC, Bridges Israel impact investment fund, AARP, and crowdfunding on StartEngine.com and existing investors. “Together, we’re taking the next step in growing the open ecosystem and providing greater access … Read more

Redpanda Announces $50M Series B Funding from GV, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Haystack VC

Redpanda Data (formerly Vectorized) today announced it has raised $50M in Series B funding, led by GV with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners (LSVP) and Haystack VC. Released in early 2021, Redpanda is a modern streaming platform that gives developers a simple, fast, reliable, and unified “engine of record” for both real-time and historical enterprise data. With its … Read more

BlueVoyant Raises $250 Million Series D Led by Liberty Strategic Capital

BlueVoyant, an industry-leading internal and external cyber defense platform, announced today the close of its Series D round. Liberty Strategic Capital, a private equity firm founded and led by former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin, led the $250-million round with participation from new investors as well as existing investors, including ISTARI (a Temasek company), Eden … Read more

Dubsmash officially shut down its operations after 7 years

Less than two years after purchasing it, Reddit has officially shut down video site Dubsmash. In an auction in 2020, the social media company purchased Dubsmash in order to expand its position as the leading short video-sharing app. Once-viral app Dubsmash allowed users to share videos of themselves dancing and lip-syncing to popular tunes. The … Read more

Facilio Raises $35M in Series B Funding

Facilio, a property operations software platform provider based in New York, has acquired $35 million in Series B funding. Dragoneer Investment Group led the round, which also included Brookfield Growth, Accel India, and Tiger Global Management. The money will be used to grow the company’s market leadership, develop sales and marketing, and empower more businesses … Read more

SoftBank-backed content creator company Jellysmack enters India

Jellysmack, a worldwide digital media and content creator firm sponsored by SoftBank, has launched its creator programme in India. According to a key official at the company, the company will launch its India operations with 21 content creators in Hindi and English, helping them diversify their portfolio across major platforms like Facebook, Snapchat, and YouTube … Read more

Zenlayer Receives C+ Funding from Telkom Indonesia

Zenlayer, a leading-edge cloud services provider focused on improving real-time digital experiences in emerging markets, announces the closing of a supplemental round of financing today from MDI Ventures, the investment arm of Telkom, the largest telecommunications company in Indonesia. This C+ funding brings the entire Series-C financing round to $62 million. “This strategic investment will fortify … Read more

Tesla Power USA Enters Wellness Business With Launch of Alkaline RO Water Purifiers

Tesla Power USA announces the launch of their wellness division “Tesla Healthy Life” with its product range in Alkaline RO Water Purifiers. Tesla Power USA brings their expertise in water business with their cutting-edge technology to provide healthy water to everyone at an affordable cost. Tesla Healthy Life has launched 2 series of the Alkaline RO Water Purifiers … Read more

Uber acquires Australian company Car Next Door

Uber today announced that it had acquired Car Next Door, an Australian company first launched in Sydney in 2012. Car Next Door is a peer-to-peer car-sharing platform which offers convenient access to cars for renters, whilst providing revenue to car owners, making it easy to turn any car into a shared car. The service operates Australia-wide, … Read more

Handshake Raises $200M to Help Gen Z Launch Careers

Handshake, the largest early career network, today announced a Series F round of $200 million at a valuation of $3.5 billion—more than double its valuation in 2021. The round, led by Coatue Management and Valiant Peregrine Fund with participation from Base10’s Advancement Initiative, among other investors, reflects unprecedented demand amidst a generational shift in the way people start, jump start, … Read more

Routefusion Raises $10.5 Million

Routefusion, the most comprehensive fintech solution for unlocking global expansion, today announces their $10.5 million Seed Prime Funding Round co-led by Canvas Ventures and Silverton Partners with participation from Haymaker Ventures, Initialized Capital, Sherwin Gandi (co-founder of Jeeves), and Aldrin Clement (co-founder of Novel Bank). Rebecca Lynn, co-founder and general partner at Canvas Ventures, joined … Read more

NuvoAir Series A Funding Reaches $25M to Expand Patient-Centric Care

NuvoAir, a leading digital healthcare company working in chronic disease management, raised $11M in a latest round of financing. The investment was led by Hikma Pharmaceuticals’ venture capital arm, Hikma Ventures, and is an extension of the Series A round, previously announced in June 2021. Additional participation from a new strategic investor and existing investors … Read more