Apple has confirmed plans to invest in SoftBank’s massive $100 billion Vision Fund, joining a host of tech giants including Foxconn Technology Group Ltd. and the family office of Oracle Corp who are also interested in the fund. The fund, a joint effort between SoftBank and the government of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF),… Read More »
Android phone physical keyboard Kolkata-based healthtech startup Tiyo, which was launched in May 2015 by Ranna Dutta, Sandip Bodak and Sunil Mishra, has raised $120,000 of angel funding, after being bootstrapped for almost a year. The round was led by veteran entrepreneurs from Middle East- Anish K and Ajith Nair, CEO iAdepto Global, Rana Dutta,… Read More »
On Monday, Autofill technology creator Fillr announced a $5 million Series A fundraising round from a consortium of international investors including SoftBank China Capital, Southern Cross Venture Partners and Reinventure. SoftBank China, the single largest investor in e-commerce giant Alibaba, joined forces with current investors, Constant Innovation, the early stage venture fund launched by the… Read More »
Periscope Data, the industry’s first data analysis platform designed specifically for data scientists, announced today it has secured $25 million in Series B funding. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round, with participation from existing investors including Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Susa Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, and AngelPad. Ethan Kurzweil, partner at BVP, will join the company’s board… Read More »
The Ludgate Hub in Skibbereen has released €450,000 in capital for start-ups, with the opportunity to meet the investment team on 11 November. Start-ups looking to scale, attract talent or develop products are welcomed to apply for The Ludgate Hub’s latest funding drive. Selected companies for the fund will locate in Skibbereen, where the Ludgate… Read More »
on Monday, sixQ, the company behind the world’s first QuestionScience® assessment platform, announced a $1 million funding round to accelerate sales, marketing and engineering efforts. In addition, the company has relocated its headquarters to downtown Boston at 180 Lincoln St., near the city’s renowned Innovation District. sixQ also announced two key additions to the firm’s… Read More »
FleetRover, a technology based logistics company has been awarded $60,000 from the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) SmartStart Seed Fund as a result of collaborative efforts with ventureLAB and OCE team members. FleetRover offers a dashboard to dispatchers of trucking companies through a technology platform built to ignite a push towards a new operational focus… Read More »
BriteCap, a new platform for connecting job seekers and employers, took top honours at the first SAP Start-Up@RISE Africa event in Cape Town. SAP Start-up@RISE Africa is an initiative by SAP Africa and Barclays Africa’s Rise Cape Town; it forms part of the Global SAP StartUp Focus initiative that began in 2012 and kicked off… Read More »
Uber and Jobcase, Inc., parent company of Jobcase.com, which serves a membership community of over 60 million Americans, announced an API integration that enables driver-partners to use their ratings to stand out to prospective employers. “Many drivers say they choose Uber because they want to be their own boss and get work at the touch… Read More »
On Monday, Kuang-Chi Group announced it had launched its second Global Community of Innovation (GCI) fund, which will invest up to $250 million in companies developing technology in industries including robotics, IoT, telecommunications, and digital health. The fund, which has a focus on global startups, follows a previous investment of $50 million in similar fields…. Read More »
