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 »
Indian Artificial Intelligence startup i3systems has raised $1 Million in Seed Funding in a round led by Unitus Ventures. The seed-stage investment also saw participation from two of i3systems’ existing list of high net-worth backers – Behram Vakil, founding partner of AZB Partners, one of India’s top law firms, and Jerxis Vandrevala, founder of Sanchez… Read More »
On Wednesday, Google announced today it was going to acquire Israeli cloud migration startup, Velostrata for an undisclosed amount. Velostrata helps companies migrate from on-premises datacenters to the cloud, a common requirement today as companies try to shift more workloads to the cloud. It’s not always a simple matter though to transfer those legacy… Read More »
Startupbootcamp Africa has signed a formal partnership with the Google Cloud Startup Programme, which will offer startups selected for the Cape Town-based accelerator more than US$20,000 worth of tech support. Applications remain open for the Startupbootcamp Africa programme, which took place for the first time last year and has been holding FastTrack events across the… Read More »
Halifax-based Volta Labs has announced 16 Canadian startups that will pitch at the spring edition of the Volta Cohort Pitch event on May 16. From the 16 startups that have been selected to pitch to a panel of judges, up to five will receive an investment of $25,000. The companies, which were selected from a… Read More »
On Tuesday, Michigan-based Conquer Accelerator program announced five startup teams selected to participate in its third summer cohort. The accelerator program is hosted and managed by Spartan Innovations, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Michigan State University Foundation. The program’s five teams will work through an intensive ten-week program, starting June 2018. In addition to… Read More »
Intel Capital, the venture capital and investment arm of semiconductor giant Intel, on Tuesday used its annual global summit to announce $72 million in new funding for12 tech startups — an amount that brings Intel Capital’s investments to $115 million so far this year. Intel Capital said the investments in 12 companies include financing for… Read More »
