You know how kings used to have trumpeters heralding their arrival wherever they went? Proxy wants to do that with Bluetooth. The startup lets you instantly unlock office doors and reserve meeting rooms using Bluetooth Low Energy signal. You never even have to pull out your phone or open an app. But Proxy is gearing […]
View More Proxy raises $13.6M to unlock anything with Bluetooth identityCategory: Coatue Management
Startups Weekly: Flexport, Clutter and SoftBank’s blood money
Plus, Pinterest is going public too, Lyft’s IPO is imminent and London is home to the largest pre-seed fund ever.
View More Startups Weekly: Flexport, Clutter and SoftBank’s blood moneyJ&J spends $3.4 billion in cash for Auris Health’s lung cancer diagnostics and surgical robots
Johnson & Johnson’s robotic surgery and medical device division, Ethicon, is dropping $3.4 billion in cash to pick up Auris Health, a developer of robotic diagnostics and surgical devices initially focused on detecting and treating lung cancer. The healthcare giant said an additional $2.35 billion in payouts may be possible if Auris hits certain milestones. […]
View More J&J spends $3.4 billion in cash for Auris Health’s lung cancer diagnostics and surgical robotsDoorDash poaches Uber Eats engineering boss
DoorDash has hired Ryan Sokol, a former Uber employee credited with leading and scaling its food delivery arm Uber Eats, as its vice president of engineering.
View More DoorDash poaches Uber Eats engineering bossDoorDash is officially live in all 50 states
You can now order meals via DoorDash in Alaska, Montana and South Dakota.
View More DoorDash is officially live in all 50 statesAs Bitcoin sinks, industry startups are forced to cut back
Bitmain, Huobi, ConsenSys and Steemit are among the cryptocurrency startups to complete layoffs in the last month.
View More As Bitcoin sinks, industry startups are forced to cut backTencent-backed homework app jumps to $3B valuation after raising $300M
Academic exams are a big deal in China as they determine the kind of universities, high schools and elementary schools that students get into and to a degree, the future that awaits them. Parents are thus willing to invest generously to help their children get ahead in school. One startup capitalizing on this need is […]
View More Tencent-backed homework app jumps to $3B valuation after raising $300MEarnin raises $125M to help workers track and cash out wages in real time
The fintech company has raised the funds from DST Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, Matrix Partners, March Capital Partners, Coatue Management and Ribbit Capital.
View More Earnin raises $125M to help workers track and cash out wages in real timeInstacart raises another $600M at a $7.6B valuation
D1 Capital Partners has led the $600 million round for Instacart.
View More Instacart raises another $600M at a $7.6B valuationDocker has raised $92 million in new funding
Docker, the company that did more to create today’s modern containerized computing environment than any other independent company, has raised $92 million of a targeted $192 million funding round, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The new funding is a signal that while Docker may have lost its race with Google’s […]
View More Docker has raised $92 million in new funding