Browsing Category: Startups

  • Market research platform Milieu Insight raises $2.4 million to launch in more Southeast Asian countries

    Milieu Insight, a Singapore-based market research and data platform, announced today that it has raised $2.4 million in pre-A funding. The round, led by MassMutual Ventures Southeast Asia, will be used on product development and to launch in four new Southeast Asian countries, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. The startup’s platform, called Milieu Surveys, …

    October 29, 2019 | by Raheel

  • Choco raises $33.5M to bring restaurants and suppliers a modern ingredient ordering platform

    Sourcing ingredients in the restaurant industry is a dirty process that still relies heavily on voicemails and fax orders. More tech-forward solutions have been pushed, but getting restaurants and suppliers to uniformly sign on to a platform has been a relatively daunting challenge. Choco is a young startup with plenty of momentum that’s aiming to …

    October 28, 2019 | by Raheel

  • Providing emergency and security services to employees, Base Operations raises $1M

    In 2017, when a destructive earthquake struck Puebla, Mexico, sending shock waves to Mexico City and destroying buildings in the nation’s megalopolis and its surrounding suburbs, both public and private emergency services sprung into action. For multinational corporations operating in the city it was a test of their internal support services, which were established to …

    October 28, 2019 | by Raheel

  • Morpheus Space’s modular, scalable satellite propulsion could be a game-changer for orbital industry

    Building effective propulsion systems for satellites has traditionally been a highly bespoke affair, with expensive, one-off systems tailor-made to big, expensive spacecraft hardware. But increasingly, companies, including startups, are looking at ways to provide propulsion tech that can scale with the projected boom in demand for orbital satellites, including CubeSats and small sats, as the …

    October 28, 2019 | by Raheel

  • IDnow pulls in $40M growth equity for its identity verification platform

    Identity Verification-as-a-Service (“IVAAS”?!) is a pretty tortuous phrase. But it’s now established as a key tech area for the tech industry as startups like Onfido, Jumio and others have proved with large funding raises in the last few years. Verifying ID is now also a key part of the gig economy. Joining them today is …

    October 28, 2019 | by Raheel

  • Less than 2 weeks left for early-bird savings to Disrupt Berlin 2019

    Entrepreneurs, founders, investors and all startup fans in between — take heed. The days for saving serious dough on tickets to Disrupt Berlin 2019 are seriously numbered. Right now, early-bird pricing starts at €445 + VAT and, depending on the type of pass you purchase, you can save up to €500. But this bird takes …

    October 28, 2019 | by Raheel

  • Kandji announces $3.375M seed for sophisticated Apple MDM solution

    Kandji, a new Apple MDM solution that promises to go far beyond Apple’s base MDM protocol and other solutions on the market, emerged from stealth today with a $3.375 million seed investment. The product is also publicly available for the first time starting today. The round, which closed in March, was led by First Round …

    October 28, 2019 | by Raheel

  • Stealthy search startup Searchable.ai snags $2M seed

    Searchable.ai wants to solve an old problem around search in the enterprise. The stealthy startup announced a $2 million seed round. Defy Partners led the round with a slew of other participants, including Paul English, co-founder of Kayak; Wayne Chang, co-founder of Crashlytics; Brian Halligan, co-founder and CEO of HubSpot; Jonathan Kraft, president and COO …

    October 28, 2019 | by Raheel

  • Billionaire clothing dynasty heiress launches Everybody & Everyone to make fashion sustainable

    Veronica Chou’s family has made its fortune at the forefront of the fast fashion business through investments in companies like Michael Kors and Tommy Hilfiger . But now, the heiress to an estimated $2.1 billion fortune is launching her own company, Everybody & Everyone, to prove that the fashion industry can be both environmentally sustainable …

    October 28, 2019 | by Raheel