Browsing Category: Startups

  • Dahmakan, a Malaysian “full-stack” food delivery startup, raises $18 million Series B

    Dahmakan, a full-stack food delivery startup based in Malaysia, announced today that it has closed a $18 million Series B. Investors include Rakuten Capital, White Star Capital, JAFCO Asia and GEC-KIP Fund, along with participation from South Korean food delivery app Woowa Brothers, and returning investors Partech Partners and Y Combinator. This brings Dahmakan’s total …

    February 27, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Vice President Mike Pence will lead the US response to the COVID-19 outbreak

    In an early-evening press conference, President Donald Trump tapped Vice President Mike Pence to lead the U.S. response to the COVID-19 outbreak that has spread through Europe, Asia and Latin America. The new coronavirus strain, which has infected about 81,000 people around the world and killed 3,000, has already wrought havoc on the global economy. …

    February 27, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Grab your ticket: Only one week to TC Sessions: Robotics + AI 2020

    It’s T-minus one week to the big day, March 3, when more than 1,000 startuppers will convene in Berkeley, Calif. for TC Sessions: Robotics + AI 2020. We’re talking a hefty cross-section representing big companies and exciting new startups. We’re talking some of the most innovative thinkers, makers, researchers, investors and influencers — all focused …

    February 26, 2020 | by Raheel
  • ShapeMeasure’s smart tool and robotic cutter let contractors measure once and cut never

    As much as we’d all like to believe that our houses are built with perfectly square angles and other highly regular measurements, that’s rarely the case — which makes remodeling complex and tedious. ShapeMeasure hopes to alleviate that pain with a device that automatically measures a space and a robotic mill that cuts the required …

    February 26, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Lerer Hippeau leads $6M investment in Pinterest-like digital asset manager Air

    When it comes to the so-called “consumerization of the enterprise,” a workplace tool that looks an awful lot like Pinterest seems like it would be the trend’s final form. Brooklyn-based Air is building a digital asset manager for communications teams that aren’t satisfied with more general cloud storage options and want something that can show …

    February 26, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Chicago’s M1 Finance, a consumer-focused fintech platform, reaches $1B under management

    Eagle-eyed readers will recall that we mentioned M1 Finance earlier today in our look at a few trends in the fintech industry. We’re back with the firm this afternoon as it has a bit of news that’s worth discussing. Chicago-based M1 Finance announced today that it has reached the $1 billion assets under management mark, …

    February 26, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Cartesiam helps developers bring AI to microcontrollers

    Cartesiam, a startup that aims to bring machine learning to edge devices powered by microcontrollers, has launched a new tool for developers who want an easier way to build services for these devices. The new NanoEdge AI Studio is the first IDE specifically designed for enabling machine learning and inferencing on Arm Cortex-M microcontrollers, which …

    February 26, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Facebook’s Libra Association adds crypto prime broker Tagomi

    TechCrunch has learned that $28 million-funded crypto startup Tagomi will be the newest member of the Libra Association that governs the Facebook-backed Libra stablecoin. A formal announcement is slated for Friday or next week. Tagomi offers a platform that helps large traders and funds easily access cryptocurrency markets. The news comes days after Libra added …

    February 26, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Andreessen makes Ribbon Health the first investment from its $750 million new healthcare fund

    One of the biggest roadblocks to reducing costs in the American healthcare system is the system’s inherent lack of transparency. Most healthcare networks and hospital systems can’t even accurately account for the doctors they manage and which insurance plans those doctors accept — let alone how good those doctors actually are at providing care, according …

    February 26, 2020 | by Raheel