Manmeet Maggu and Rahul Udasi didn’t know it when they met at the University of Waterloo 11 years ago, but the bond they forged in late-night study sessions as roommates has helped drive their work to create an exoskeleton that provides mobility for children with disabilities. The fruit of that labor is Trexo Robotics, which […]
View More Helping children overcome their mobility challenges, Trexo Robotics gets a Y Combinator boostCategory: TechStars
Rakuten’s Viber chat app plans to charge to operate chatbots in controversial move
Viber, the messaging app down by Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten, is poised to implement a controversial new strategy that will see it charge companies that run chatbots on its platform. The conventional wisdom is to work with content companies to help bring users to messaging platforms and keep them engaged but Viber, which has struggled […]
View More Rakuten’s Viber chat app plans to charge to operate chatbots in controversial moveTechstars and Starburst Aerospace are launching a space industry accelerator in Los Angeles
With the help of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, the U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin, Maxar Technologies, SAIC and the Israel Aerospace Industries company, Techstars and Starburst Aerospace are launching an accelerator focused on the space industry in Los Angeles. Already a major hub for the space and aerospace startup industry, with companies like SpaceX, Relativity […]
View More Techstars and Starburst Aerospace are launching a space industry accelerator in Los AngelesHow students are founding, funding and joining startups
Shawn Xu Contributor Share on Twitter Shawn Xu is a managing partner at The Dorm Room Fund. There has never been a better time to start, join, or fund a startup as a student. Young founders who want to start companies while still in school have an increasing number of resources to tap into that […]
View More How students are founding, funding and joining startupsStartups Weekly: Squad’s screen-shares and Slack’s swastika
We’re three weeks into January. We’ve recovered from our CES hangover and, hopefully, from the CES flu. We’ve started writing the correct year, 2019, not 2018. Venture capitalists have gone full steam ahead with fundraising efforts, several startups have closed multi-hundred million dollar rounds, a virtual influencer raised equity funding and yet, all anyone wants to talk […]
View More Startups Weekly: Squad’s screen-shares and Slack’s swastikaTechstars will build and launch startups with new venture studio
Techstars is announcing Techstars Studio, its latest attempt to bring corporations closer to the startup ecosystem.
View More Techstars will build and launch startups with new venture studioJenny Fielding takes over as managing director of Techstars NYC
Changes are afoot at Techstars NYC. Over the summer, Alex Iskold announced that he would be leaving his role as the program’s managing director, and other staff members are departing as well. Now Techstars says Jenny Fielding is taking charge of the program. Fielding is already a Techstars veteran, having run a number of its industry-focused […]
View More Jenny Fielding takes over as managing director of Techstars NYCSimbaPay launches Kenya to China payment service via WeChat
Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor Africa’s agtech wave gets $10 million richer as Twiga Foods raises more capital Nigerian data analytics company Terragon acquires Asian mobile ad firm Bizense Forging another link between Africa […]
View More SimbaPay launches Kenya to China payment service via WeChatShyft raises $6.5M to help retail and service workers swap shifts
Ignition Partners and Madrona Venture Group have invested in the app for workers.
View More Shyft raises $6.5M to help retail and service workers swap shiftsMeet the 10 startups in Techstars NYC’s summer 2018 class
Not even Techstars NYC can avoid the end of summer, where 10 startups are wrapping up their participation in the accelerator’s summer program. This also marks the end of Alex Iskold’s tenure as managing director of the program. He’s certainly going out with a varied groups of startups — these entrepreneurs are working on everything […]
View More Meet the 10 startups in Techstars NYC’s summer 2018 class12 years in, Techstars doubles down on corporate relationships
The goal of any accelerator is to back startups that are reaching exponential growth. Sometimes, though, the accelerator itself hits that inflection point. Techstars, which was founded in 2006, has expanded aggressively over the past twelve years. Once a single accelerator program for a handful of early-stage startups in Boulder, the program now encompasses 44 […]
View More 12 years in, Techstars doubles down on corporate relationshipsWhat incubators and tech ecosystems can offer health startups
Startups operating in the health and life sciences space commonly require support navigating a heightened regulatory environment and evolving end-user or beneficiary expectations.
View More What incubators and tech ecosystems can offer health startups