The Amazon Alexa Fund has invested in Plant Prefab, a leading home design and prefabrication company. The Southern California startup announced it has raised a $6.7 million Series A funding round that also included participation from Obvious Ventures. The funds will be used towards new...
Amazon’s Alexa has been a much more popular device than any consumer analyst could have imagined and possibly so too for those who designed the thing at Amazon in the first place. However, now that the market has made its desires known through positive reviews...
Diversification is a cardinal rule of investing, but it’s rare to see retail companies throw their financial weight around so far from what a reasonable observer would consider their comfort zone. For Amazon, a German company that specializes in high-definition digital mapping would certainly seem...
Despite what some hedge fund managers might say, there’s very little surety surrounding any investment made on the stock market. People who put their money in industry giants like Amazon usually insulate themselves from the worst of the market fluctuations, but the first few weeks...
September 26, 2018
The Amazon Alexa Fund has invested in Plant Prefab, a leading home design and prefabrication company. The Southern California startup announced it has raised a $6.7 million Series A funding round that also included participation from Obvious Ventures. The funds will be used towards new senior hires, building the marketing and sales team and developing […]
May 03, 2016
Amazon’s Alexa has been a much more popular device than any consumer analyst could have imagined and possibly so too for those who designed the thing at Amazon in the...
December 30, 2015
It’s been a big week for Amazon. According to Amazon’s annual holiday postmortem, at least 3 million new members were added to Amazon Prime’s rolls this holiday season. Amazon did not disclose...
