Tag: VC

Elementary Robotics raises cash to expand in Los Angeles’ growing robotics hub

Elementary Robotics raises cash to expand in Los Angeles’ growing robotics hub

Elementary Robotics has raised $3.6 million in seed funding to begin building a manufacturing facility and expand its presence in Los Angeles as t ...
NEA spinout NewView Capital raises $1.35B for its debut growth fund

NEA spinout NewView Capital raises $1.35B for its debut growth fund

Companies are staying private longer and longer and New Enterprise Associates (NEA) has a new plan to combat the negative implications of the tre ...
The SaaS VC gap: China & other markets trail the US

The SaaS VC gap: China & other markets trail the US

Chinese startups rule the roost when it comes to total reported venture dollars raised so far in 2018. That is, mostly. In one key category at lea ...
Spatial raises $8 million to bring augmented reality to your office life

Spatial raises $8 million to bring augmented reality to your office life

Legitimate augmented reality use cases are hard to come by. Spatial, which dubs itself as a cross-reality platform, is launching today with $8 mi ...
Minds, the blockchain-based social network, grabs a $6M Series A

Minds, the blockchain-based social network, grabs a $6M Series A

Minds, a decentralized social network, has raised $6 million in Series A funding from Medici Ventures, Overstock.com’s venture arm. Overstoc ...
Cratejoy sheds 60% of its workforce amid restructuring effort

Cratejoy sheds 60% of its workforce amid restructuring effort

Cratejoy, a startup that runs a marketplace for subscription businesses and helps founders launch and scale their own subscription box services, ...
Eight Roads Ventures targets Southeast Asia deals

Eight Roads Ventures targets Southeast Asia deals

Eight Roads Ventures, the investment arm of financial giant Fidelity International, is moving into Southeast Asia where it sees the potential to ...
Old media giants turn to VC for their next act

Old media giants turn to VC for their next act

The Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 eras weren’t kind to the world’s largest media conglomerates, throwing their business models into question, creating who ...
Market research firm GlobalWebIndex takes first VC with $40M Series A

Market research firm GlobalWebIndex takes first VC with $40M Series A

Market research firm GlobalWebIndex, which provides consumer insight data for marketing purposes for customers including Google, Spotify, WPP, I ...