Or Arbel doesn’t like spending too much time on design. His startup Yo only let you send your friends the word “Yo” after all. That messaging app made waves with its minimalism, but quickly petered out. Now Arbel is back with a new company called Anima that could let app designers build more complex products… Continue reading Yo founder returns with design-to-code startup Anima
Category: Fundings
Oden Technologies raises $10M to bring data analytics to manufacturing
Oden Technologies, the Industrial IoT startup that provides manufacturing data analytics, has closed $10 million in Series A funding. The round is led by European venture capital firm Atomico, which appears to be revving up its “Industry 4.0” investment strategy following a recent investment in CloudNC. A number of existing investors also participated including EQT… Continue reading Oden Technologies raises $10M to bring data analytics to manufacturing
New media company Quartz sold to Japanese firm in deal worth up to $110M
Quartz, the business and tech news organization launched owned by Atlantic Media, is moving to a new home after publicly listed Japanese business Uzabase acquired it in a deal worth up to $110 million. The deal is expected to close within a month. Quartz said it won’t be making layoffs and it will maintain its brand and… Continue reading New media company Quartz sold to Japanese firm in deal worth up to $110M
Facebook is buying UK’s Bloombury AI to ramp up natural language tech in London
Perhaps rightly, there has long been a perception that Google-owned Deepmind has been the most aggressive in hoovering up a lot of the U.K.’s best talent in artificial intelligence, but now Facebook appears to be turning its eye to the country. TechCrunch understands that the social network behemoth is acquiring London-based Bloomsbury AI, a startup… Continue reading Facebook is buying UK’s Bloombury AI to ramp up natural language tech in London
Domo opens at $23.80/share, a pop of 13%, after raising $193M, valuing the company at around $510M
Domo, the business analytics company based out of Utah, today became the latest enterprise tech company to go public, and it did so with a small pop. Trading on Nasdaq as DOMO, the company opened at $23.80/share, up 13 percent on its initial pricing of $21. Last night, the company announced that it had raised… Continue reading Domo opens at $23.80/share, a pop of 13%, after raising $193M, valuing the company at around $510M
TrendKite expands its PR analytics platform by acquiring Insightpool and Union Metrics
TrendKite is making its first two acquisitions — according to CEO Erik Huddleston, they give the company “the last two components” needed for a complete PR analytics platform. Until now, TrendKite’s main selling point was the ability to look at the articles written about a company and measure things like the audience reached and the… Continue reading TrendKite expands its PR analytics platform by acquiring Insightpool and Union Metrics
Cerebri AI raises $5M Series A round led by M12, Microsoft’s venture fund
M12, Microsoft’s venture fund which was previously simply known as Microsoft Ventures, has been making a series of investments in the last few weeks. Today, it’s leading a $5 million Series A round into Cerebri AI, a startup that uses machine learning to help companies track, analyze and predict their customer’s behavior. The University of… Continue reading Cerebri AI raises $5M Series A round led by M12, Microsoft’s venture fund
Cyber startup Baffin Bay Networks takes in $6.4M funding led by EQT
For a long time, it has been hard to buy a cloud-first security platform that delivers full-stack security in a single data path. Current market solutions offer a “one trick pony”, leaving companies with overly complex routing setups or abnormal latency of traffic to get a solution that fulfills their needs. Swedish cybersecurity startup Baffin… Continue reading Cyber startup Baffin Bay Networks takes in $6.4M funding led by EQT
Unblockable raises $5M to create crypto collectibles around pro athletes
Unblockable is tackling a new area for blockchain technology — sports fandom, specifically collectibles and fantasy sports. CEO Jeb Terry (a former Fox Sports executive, and before that a former offensive lineman for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers) said the goal is to connect pro sports and pro athletes with the technology, and to “create new… Continue reading Unblockable raises $5M to create crypto collectibles around pro athletes
Singapore sovereign fund Temasek snaps up tech events firm Unbound in $12M deal
Media exits happen, but typically you don’t hear of tech events companies being sold. Well, that’s the case in Singapore where SingEx — a subsidiary of the country’s Temasek sovereign wealth fund — has forked out to buy a majority share in Unbound Innovations, a five-year-old UK-based business that runs technology events worldwide. Details of the transaction… Continue reading Singapore sovereign fund Temasek snaps up tech events firm Unbound in $12M deal