Tag: Startup

Young startup Atlan, which has built a SaaS data collaboration platform and is courting customers in international markets, has now won the trust of some high-profile investors. Atlan said on Tuesday it has raised $16 million in its Series A financing round that was led by Insight Partners. Bob Muglia (former CEO of Snowflake), Bob…

New York City-based vertical farming startup Bowery Farming this week has announced a $300 million Series C. The round, which brings its total funding north of $472 million, values the company at $2.3 billion. Fidelity Management & Research Company led the beefy round, with participation from existing investors GV (formerly Google Ventures), General Catalyst, GGV…

Japanese shares rose on Tuesday, as a strong finish on the Nasdaq overnight boosted heavyweight local technology stocks, although gains were capped by continued worries of a sluggish economic recovery because of slow vaccine rollouts in the country.

In February, Nigerian fintech startup Mono announced its acceptance into Y Combinator and, at the time, it wanted to build the Plaid for Africa. Three months later, the startup has a different mission: to power the internet economy in Africa and has closed $2 million in seed investment towards that goal. The investment comes nine…

SHENZHEN, China, May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — X Financial (XYF) – Get Report (the “Company” or “we”), a leading technology-driven personal finance company in China, today announced that Mr. Shaoyong (Simon) Cheng has been appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and has resigned as President of the Company with effect from May…

British artificial intelligence (AI) company, Faculty has raised £30 million ($42.5M) in growth funding from the Apax Digital Fund (ADF). The startup has now raised a total of £40m ($56.6M) to date. In April this year, the company announced it had won a contract to work with the UK’s NHS to better predict its future…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline Amazon has shut down construction at an upcoming facility in Windsor, Connecticut after at least seven noose-like ropes were discovered at the site in the past month, prompting an investigation by local police with support from FBI officials in the region. Amazon has condemned the incidents and has…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline U.S. stocks plunged Wednesday morning as a sell-off in the tech sector on inflation concerns coincided with a massive drop in cryptocurrencies ahead of the release of minutes of the last Federal Reserve meeting. A worker wearing a protective mask passes in front of the New York Stock…

NEW YORK, May 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The global automotive inertial measurement unit sensors market is expected to grow by USD 4.48 billion during 2021-2025. However, the growth momentum is expected to decelerate at a CAGR of over 22%. The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, the latest trends and drivers, and the…

Amid an extended legal department hiring spree for newly-public Coinbase Global Inc., the fintech company has swiped a top in-house lawyer from Capital One who helped spearhead the bank’s recent investments in intellectual property.Ariana Woods spent four years at Capital One, most recently as associate general counsel and head of intellectual property. On Thursday, she…