Ofo, the bike sharing startup based in China that was able to obtain Unicorn status recently, announced that Ant Financial, the payment arm of Alibaba, is now an investor. According to a report in TechCrunch, which cited a statement Ofo posted to its Weibo account in...
A not so very long time ago — about a year and a half — VCs and private equity groups were enthusiastic about innovation — and deeply worried about missing out on the “next big thing.” A lot of questionable ideas got funding — the...
As Americans are paying increasingly higher prices at the pharmacy, Blink Health, a startup helping consumers save money on prescription drugs, just raised another $90 million in funding. According to Business Insider, the New York–based digital health company announced that the series B funding was led...
Forward Partners has closed a new £60 million fund that will enable the London-based company to continue to invest in tech startups from idea to late seed stage. According to Tech Crunch, Forward Partners, originally founded by Forward Internet Group and Nic Brisbourne, received the new...
International venture capital firm 83North announced that it has closed an oversubscribed new fund at $250 million, which will be used to invest in the best and brightest consumer and enterprise technology companies led by aspiring European and Israeli entrepreneurs. A press release detailed how...
While bitcoin may have had its share of problems in recent months, the broader blockchain and cryptocurrency ecosystem is arguably stronger than ever, especially in terms of investor interest in new services, products and enabling hardware. One of the more recent startups to see the...
Raise.me, a startup that helps students receive financial aid and scholarships throughout high school, has raised $12 million in venture funding to expand the service around the country. According to a report in TechCrunch, the venture capital round was led by new investor Redpoint Ventures and also...
Technology startup Nested has built a platform that boasts the ability to allow homeowners to sell properties at a fair price within 90 days. Founded in 2016, the U.K.-based startup, which currently operates in London zip codes only, just recently scored additional funding to the...
Yext, the startup that powers the location information in online search results, is gearing up to go public on the stock market as early as April. In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing covered by TechCrunch, Yext said it is aiming to raise $100 million in the IPO,...
