December 26, 2018
The 10 largest US venture rounds of 2018
Three U.S. companies raised more than $1 billion in just one funding round in 2018, a year in which total deal value for U.S. startups is expected to surpass…
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December 24, 2018
Alphabet spins off moonshot project Malta with backing from Gates’s BEV fund
Malta, the renewable energy storage project born in Alphabet’s moonshot factory X, is now on its own and flush with $26 million from a Series A funding round…
Read articleDecember 22, 2018
How Juul made vaping viral to become worth a dirty $38 billion
A Juul is not a cigarette. It’s much easier than that. Through devilishly slick product design I’ll discuss here, the startup has massively lowered the barrier to getting…
Read articleDecember 21, 2018
Crowdfunded developer of space sim Star Citizen takes on $46M in funding at nearly $500M valuation
The story of the game Star Citizen and Cloud Imperium, the company developing it, is almost too ludicrous to believe: a crowdfunding effort to create a space sim…
Read articleDecember 21, 2018
Bounce raises $1.2M to tap local retailers for short-term storage
If you’ve ever found yourself lugging a big suitcase from meeting to meeting, a startup called Bounce could make your life easier. Using Bounce, you’ll be able to…
Read articleDecember 20, 2018
Earnin raises $125M to help workers track and cash out wages in real time
Before Ram Palaniappan founded Earnin, he developed a system for employees at a payments company called UniRush, where he spent eight years as president. If you needed money before…
Read articleDecember 20, 2018
Juul Labs gets $12.8 billion investment from Marlboro maker Altria Group
After a long year fighting underage use of its products, Juul Labs has today struck a deal with Altria Group, the owners of Philip Morris USA and makers…
Read articleDecember 19, 2018
Devcon raises $4.5M to beef up adtech security
Adtech cybersecurity company Devcon announced today that it has raised $4.5 million in seed funding. Over the past couple of years, ad fraud has become a bigger concern…
Read articleDecember 18, 2018
Ex-Googlers meld humans & machines at new cobotics startup Formant
Our distinct skill sets and shortcomings mean people and robots will join forces for the next few decades. Robots are tireless, efficient and reliable, but in a millisecond…
Read articleDecember 18, 2018
Seismic scores $100 million Series E investment on $1 billion valuation
Seismic has been helping companies create and manage their sales and marketing collateral since 2010. Today the company announced a $100 million Series E investment on a $1…
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