Solugen, a startup that has set itself up with no less lofty a goal than the decarbonization of a massive chunk of the petrochemical industry, may be the first legitimate multi-million dollar company to start out in a meth lab. When company co-founders Gaurab Chakrabarti and Sean Hunt began hunting for a lab to test […]
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Morphin instantly Deepfakes your face into GIFs
Want to star in your favorite memes and movie scenes? Upload a selfie to Morphin, choose your favorite GIF, and your face is grafted in to create a personalized copy you can share anywhere. Become Tony Stark as he suits up like Iron Man. Drop the mic like Obama, dance like Drake, or slap your […]
View More Morphin instantly Deepfakes your face into GIFs137 Ventures raises $210M to give liquidity to startup employees
This is the Palantir, Airbnb and Flexport backer’s fourth growth-stage venture capital fund.
View More 137 Ventures raises $210M to give liquidity to startup employeesThe Silicon Valley exodus continues
Y Combinator, a longtime resident of Silicon Valley, is planning to move its HQ to San Francisco.
View More The Silicon Valley exodus continuesStartups 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 moneyLogistics startup Flexport just raised a Softbank-led round at a whopping $3.2 billion valuation
Flexport, a 5.5-year-old, San Francisco-based full-service air and ocean freight forwarder, says it has raised $1 billion in fresh funding led by the SoftBank Vision Fund. Earlier backers of the company, including Founders Fund, DST Global, Cherubic Ventures, Susa Ventures and SF Express, all participated in the round, which reportedly pegs the company’s post-money valuation […]
View More Logistics startup Flexport just raised a Softbank-led round at a whopping $3.2 billion valuationRitual raises $25M for its subscription-based women’s daily vitamin
Ritual is backed by Norwest Venture Partners, Forerunner Ventures and Founders Fund.
View More Ritual raises $25M for its subscription-based women’s daily vitaminStartups Weekly: Even Gwyneth Paltrow had a hard time raising VC
This week in startups: Celebrities mingle with VCs at the Upfront Summit, Pinterest preps banks for IPO and Sam Altman has a grand new idea.
View More Startups Weekly: Even Gwyneth Paltrow had a hard time raising VCWellness startup Hims enters the unicorn club with $100M investment
Men and women’s wellness startup Hims has raised $100 million on a $1 billion pre-money valuation.
View More Wellness startup Hims enters the unicorn club with $100M investmentPeter Thiel’s Valar Ventures targets $350M for new funds
Valar Ventures plans to raise $350 million across two new funds, according to a pair of SEC documents filed this morning.
View More Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures targets $350M for new fundsPostmates lines up another $100M ahead of IPO
Postmates has landed a $100M investment to compete with SoftBank-backed competitor DooDash ahead of an IPO expected later this year.
View More Postmates lines up another $100M ahead of IPOSynapse raises $6M to bring neural net weapon detection to x-ray machines
With all of the advances made by computer vision tech in the past few years, it might seem a little crazy that so much of the x-ray security equipment being used at sensitive locations is leaning so heavily on human workers to stop weapons from slipping through. Synapse Technology is creating computer vision tech which can […]
View More Synapse raises $6M to bring neural net weapon detection to x-ray machines