The direct-to-consumer mattress business has reportedly raised $100 million from Target, NEA and Norwest Venture Partners.
View More Mattress startup Casper said to be valued at $1.1B with new fundingTag: Startups
How to make sure that your product is accessible to all users
Every founder wants an eye-catching website or app, but it’s easy to overlook a basic fact: not all your potential visitors will experience your content with their eyes.
View More How to make sure that your product is accessible to all usersOcean drone startup merger spawns SoFar, the DJI of the sea
What lies beneath the murky depths? SolarCity co-founder Peter Rive wants to help you and the scientific community find out. He’s just led a $7 million Series A for SoFar Ocean Technologies, a new startup formed from a merger he orchestrated between underwater drone maker OpenROV and sea sensor developer Spoondrift. Together, they’re teaming up […]
View More Ocean drone startup merger spawns SoFar, the DJI of the seaProxy raises $13.6M to unlock anything with Bluetooth identity
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 identityMeet the European startups that pitched at EF’s 11th Demo Day in London
Entrepreneur First (EF), the company builder and “talent first” investor, held its eleventh Demo Day in London this afternoon. The event included newly formed startups from EF’s London, Berlin and Paris cohorts, and represented a showcase of the investor’s now pan-European reach. Once again, the pitches took place in front of a near-overcapacity crowd at […]
View More Meet the European startups that pitched at EF’s 11th Demo Day in LondonArtiphon raises $2M round led by Warner Music
Artiphon, the startup behind the electronic instrument that it’s dubbed the Instrument 1, has raised $2 million in seed funding. We previously described the Instrument 1 as a symphony, rock band and DJ that you can hold in your hand. It’s a device that allows you to create the sounds of a guitar, violin, bass, […]
View More Artiphon raises $2M round led by Warner MusicGoodly replaces lame office perks with student loan repayment
There are better employee perks than a ping-pong table. 70 percent of Americans graduate college with student loan debt. That’s 45 million people who owe $1.6 trillion. So when employers use Goodly to offer $100 per month in student loan payback for a $6 fee, talent sticks around. The startup found 86 percent of employees said […]
View More Goodly replaces lame office perks with student loan repaymentAirbnb just checked in its 500 millionth guest
With six new guests checking in every second, the $31 billion company is rapidly surpassing hospitality industry incumbents.
View More Airbnb just checked in its 500 millionth guestSparkLabs Group launches its first university accelerator program at Arizona State University
SparkLabs Group, the network of accelerators and venture funds that has now worked with more than 200 startups around the world, wants to foster the next generation of entrepreneurs with a new program for universities. Called SparkLabs Frontier, the program’s first accelerator will launch at Arizona State University this summer. SparkLabs Frontier-ASU is open to […]
View More SparkLabs Group launches its first university accelerator program at Arizona State UniversityUnicorns aren’t profitable, and Wall Street doesn’t care
On Wall Street’s leniency toward unprofitable tech companies and outsized exits.
View More Unicorns aren’t profitable, and Wall Street doesn’t careLinear Labs’ next-gen electric motor attracts $4.5 million in funding
Linear Labs, a startup developing an electric motor for cars, scooters, robots, wind turbines and even HVAC systems, has raised $4.5 million in a seed round led by Science Inc. and Kindred Ventures. Investors Chris and Crystal Sacca, Ryan Graves of Saltwater Ventures, Dynamic Signal CEO Russ Fradin, Masergy executive chairman and former-CEO Chris MacFarland, […]
View More Linear Labs’ next-gen electric motor attracts $4.5 million in fundingLidar and perception startup Innoviz raises $132 million
Innoviz, the Israel-based startup developing solid-state lidar sensors and perception software for autonomous vehicles, has raised $132 million in a Series C funding round that includes major Chinese financial institutions. The round, which makes Innoviz one of the better capitalized lidar startups, includes China Merchants Capital (SINO-BLR Industrial Investment Fund, L.P.), Shenzhen Capital Group and […]
View More Lidar and perception startup Innoviz raises $132 million