1Money emerged from stealth Thursday (Jan. 16), saying it raised over $20 million in seed capital and is developing Layer 1 protocol purpose-built for stablecoin payments. The company will use the funding to launch the 1Money Network, and plans to launch it during the second...
British artificial intelligence (AI) firm Synthesia is now a $2.1 billion company. The London-based firm announced Wednesday (Jan. 15) that it had raised $180 million in new funding to help develop its platform for creating and publishing AI videos. “Four years ago, we brought the world’s first AI avatars...
It takes no small measure of optimism to launch a business. Would-be business owners and entrepreneurs see a chance, as they navigate the application processes, to meet a need in the local community or establish a presence online that can cut across geographies. Recent statistics...
The largest startups in the United States are reportedly raising so much capital in private markets that they can delay launching initial public offerings (IPOs). These startups have raised the billions of dollars they need to continue growing and to enable employees to cash out...
January 17, 2025
Digital healthcare is at a pivotal moment, with innovation, funding and expansion creating new opportunities and challenges for startups and established companies. In 2024, digital health venture funding reached $10.1 billion, slightly down from the previous year but still surpassing pre-pandemic levels. Most of these funds have been directed toward early-stage ventures, especially in areas […]
September 18, 2024
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.5% Wednesday (Sept. 18), the first cut in four years. While stocks gyrated Wednesday and were down slightly in the afternoon, how the...
August 22, 2024
A new startup is addressing a significant challenge in artificial intelligence: enabling AI agents to independently manage financial transactions. San Francisco-based Skyfire has announced $8.5 million in seed funding from investors...
July 12, 2024
Earnings season’s about to begin – on Friday, but the FinTech IPO Index’s 3.4% rally these past five sessions came amid several new partnership announcements. Upstart Leads the Momentum Upstart...
January 16, 2025
1Money emerged from stealth Thursday (Jan. 16), saying it raised over $20 million in seed capital and is developing Layer 1 protocol purpose-built for stablecoin payments. The company will use the funding to launch the 1Money Network, and plans to launch it during the second quarter, it said in a press release. “Stablecoins are poised […]
January 15, 2025
British artificial intelligence (AI) firm Synthesia is now a $2.1 billion company. The London-based firm announced Wednesday (Jan. 15) that it had raised $180 million in new funding to help develop its platform for...
January 10, 2025
The largest startups in the United States are reportedly raising so much capital in private markets that they can delay launching initial public offerings (IPOs). These startups have raised the...
January 10, 2025
Software company Pipe17 raised $15.5 million in a Series A funding round to support its efforts to build and scale its infrastructure for artificial intelligence-powered composable order operations. The company’s...