A few weeks after leaving their jobs in April, Amber Baldet who most recently served as JPMorgan Chase’s blockchain program lead and former lead developer of Quorum Patrick Mylund Nielsen are ready to reveal their new startup Clovyr. The mystery startup has been a topic of speculation since Baldet announced her departure from the investment bank last… Read More »
Carousell, the Singapore-based mobile listing service that operates across Southeast Asia, has pulled in an $85 million Series C fund as it seeks to strengthen its business among the region’s competitive e-commerce landscape before expanding globally. The round was co-led by existing investor Rakuten Ventures and EDBI, the corporate investment arm of Singapore’s Economic Development Board. Other… Read More »
Social media scoring website Klout has announced it is shutting down after 10 years. The website scored people’s online influence using followers, retweets, shares and mentions then awarded them ‘Klout score’ out of 100 – the higher the number, the more influential. It was also used to let you know which areas you are classed… Read More »
Global MNC Oracle is inviting applications from technology startups for the next cohort (2018) of its accelerator program — Oracle Startup Cloud Accelerator — a residential program. The next-gen initiative is focused on helping enterprises and startups reimagine innovation and accelerate growth through partnerships and associations with the best in the ecosystem. Led by Oracle… Read More »
Earlier this week, Google CEO Sundar Pichai unveiled Duplex, artificial intelligence voice technology that sounds jaw-droppingly human. It’s used with the Google Assistant, the search giant’s rival to Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri digital assistants, and — for now — will mainly be used to book your appointments and reservations over the phone. The so-called ‘Duplex’… Read More »
EarthFood has raised $949k in seed funding round from Rairah Corporation. The fresh capital will be used by EarthFood to strengthen its position in the market and invest in building differentiated offerings to consumers. The company is planning to launch milk products and residue free spices in the dehydrated segment. The development was first reported by… Read More »
She Loves Tech, a global startup competition aimed at showcasing the convergence in the latest trends in technology, entrepreneurship, innovation and the opportunities it creates for women is about to kick off. This year’s edition will be held in 14 locations across Canada, China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa and the… Read More »
After a lengthy hiatus, we are excited to re-introduce our startup spotlight segment where we feature interviews with founders and other interesting people in the startup scene. To kick us off is Michael Hoffman of CEO of Gather Voices app, a user-generated video platform that lets users easily create and share videos with their networks…. Read More »
Healthcare data startup Innovaccer has raised series B funding of $25 million in a round led by Westbridge Capital with participation from Lightspeed Ventures. The company will use the fresh funds to Innovaccer to build on its suite and go-to-market capabilities by improving machine learning capability, adding new connectors, building new patient engagement applications. Innovaccer’s… Read More »
Forever Labs, a startup that extracts and stores stem cells, just received $2 million in funding from Northwestern Mutual, Silicon Badia Ventures, Babel Ventures, and Aaron Hirschhorn, founder and CEO of DogVacay. Founded in 2015, the company hopes to transform personalized healthcare by preserving healthy stem cells for future therapies or age-related diseases. The 15-minute… Read More »
