November 12, 2018
Travel startups are taking off
The second wave of Internet-era travel companies has captured the attention of venture capitalists. In the last five years, travel companies have raised more than $1 billion in…
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November 8, 2018
Datacoral raises $10M Series A for its data infrastructure service
Datacoral aims to make it easier for enterprises to build data products by abstracting away all of the complex infrastructure to organize and process data. The company today…
Read articleNovember 6, 2018
RapidSOS, an emergency response data provider, raises $30M as it grows from 10K users to 250M
Every day, there are around 650,000 emergency service callouts via 911 for medical, police and fire assistance in the U.S.; and by their nature these are some of…
Read articleNovember 5, 2018
Subterranean drone mapping startup Emesent raises $2.5M to autonomously delve the deep
Seemingly every industry is finding ways to use drones in some way or another, but deep underground it’s a different story. In the confines of a mine or…
Read articleNovember 2, 2018
Sequoia leads $10M round for home improvement negotiator Setter
You probably don’t know how much it should cost to get your home’s windows washed, yard landscaped or countertops replaced. But Setter does. The startup pairs you with…
Read articleNovember 1, 2018
Retail-as-a-service provider Leap raises $3M and launches first store
The past decade in retail has been the golden age of direct-to-consumer (D2C) and digitally native vertical brands (DNVBs) that use the internet to communicate with customers, execute transactions,…
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DeepMap, a maker of HD maps for self-driving, raised at least $60M at a $450M valuation
As car and tech companies continue to make inroads on vehicles and services to build autonomous driving systems, a startup that is creating high-definition maps to help these…
Read articleOctober 31, 2018
Influencer marketing startup Mavrck raises another $5.8M
Mavrck has raised another $5.8 million in funding, bringing its total raised to $13.8 million. When the company raised its Series A back in 2015, it was focused…
Read articleOctober 31, 2018
The tactics behind The Athletic’s breakout success in sports subscriptions
Local newspapers may be shuttering and people may be consuming most news on social media, but don’t tell Alex Mather that a subscription news publication can’t grow like…
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Scared to trade stocks? Titan algorithmically invests for you
Titan could put an end to stock market FOMO. The app chooses the best 20 stocks by scraping top hedge fund data, adds some shorts based on your…
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