Pulse 2.0

Apple: iPhone XR Is The ‘Most Popular iPhone’

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 30, 2018

Apple’s VP of product marketing Greg Joswiak said that the iPhone XR has been Apple's "most popular iPhone each and every day" since it became available.

Brazil-Based QuintoAndar Raises R$ 250 Million To Expand Its Real Estate Platform

By Noah Long ● Nov 29, 2018

QuintoAndar has raised R$ 250 million in a Series C round of funding led by General Atlantic.

Technology-Powered Custom Hair Care Company Prose Raises $18 Million

By Annie Baker ● Nov 29, 2018

Prose, a New York-based technology-powered custom hair care company, has raised $18 million in Series B funding led by Insight Venture Partners.

Rheostat Therapeutics Raises $23 Million To Develop Potential Treatments For Neurodegenerative Diseases

By Noah Long ● Nov 29, 2018

Rheostat Therapeutics is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech company that announced it raised $23 million in Series A.

Fluidic Analytics Raises $31 Million To Develop Protein Analysis Tools

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 29, 2018

Fluidic Analytics, a company that developes protein analysis tools, announced that it has raised $31 million in funding led by Draper Esprit.

Financial Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Company Charlie Raises $9 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 29, 2018

Charlie, a financial aritifial intelligence chatbot company that helps users save money, has raised $9 million in funding.

Getty Images To Receive $500 Million From Koch Equity: What It Means

By Noah Long ● Nov 29, 2018

Visual communications leader Getty Images announced that it is raising $500 million from Koch Equity Development in non-controlling preferred equity.

Boston-Based ClearSky Data Raises $20 Million To Accelerate Customer Deployments And Sales

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 29, 2018

Boston-Based ClearSky Data has announced that it has raised $20 million in funding to deliver on-demand primary storage with offsite backup and disaster recovery services.

Mixtroz: This Alabama-Based Startup Launched By A Mother-Daughter Team Raises Over $1 Million

By Annie Baker ● Nov 29, 2018

Mixtroz is a Birmingham, Alabama-based minority owned startup founded by a mother-daughter team that has raised $1 million. Here are the details.

Ellie Mae Hires Dan Madden As CFO And EVP

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 28, 2018

Ellie Mae, a Pleasanton, California-based cloud platform provider for the mortgage finance industry, has hired Dan Madden as CFO and EVP.

E-Commerce Page Building Service Shogun Raises $2.1 Million

By Annie Baker ● Nov 28, 2018

E-commerce page building service Shogun announced it has raised a $2.1 million seed round of funding.

Cloud-Based Business Management Software Company Deskera Raises $60 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 28, 2018

Singapore-based cloud-based integrated business management software company Deskera announced it raised $60 million.

Amazon Makes Its Machine Learning Courses Free

By Noah Long ● Nov 28, 2018

Amazon announced that developers who have signed up for AWS can take its machine learning courses for free.

NASA InSight Lander Facts That You May Find interesting

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 28, 2018

These are some NASA InSight Lander facts that you may find interesting.

Smart Breath Sensor Company Keyto Raises $2.5 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 28, 2018

Smart breath sensor company Keyto announced that it has raised $2.5 million in a seed round of funding led by Craft Ventures.

Vietnam-Based Online Learning Company Topica Secures $50 Million

By Annie Baker ● Nov 28, 2018

Topica, a Vietnam-based online learning company, announced it has raised $50 million in Series D funding led by Northstar Group.

Clyde Raises $3 Million To Help Companies Offer Product Protection

By Noah Long ● Nov 28, 2018

Clyde is an insurance technology startup company that has raised $3 million in funding to provide better ways for companies to offer product warranties to customers.

Ann Arbor-Based Cybersecurity Company Censys Raises $2.6 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 28, 2018

Ann Arbor, Michigan-based cybersecurity cybersecurity startup Censys announced it raised $2.6 million in a seed round of funding.

Samsung Starts Mass Producing Phones With ‘Infinity-O’ Display Holes, Says Report

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 28, 2018

Samsung is reportedly mass producing smartphones with ‘Infinity-O’ display holes, according to a report by Korean media company ET News.

Tesla Says Report About 70% October Sales Drop In China Is ‘Wildly Inaccurate’

By Annie Baker ● Nov 27, 2018

Tesla has dismissed a report that said the automaker saw a 70% drop in sales last month in China as "wildly inaccurate."

Brooklyn-Based Online Oral Care Company quip Raises $40 Million

By Annie Baker ● Nov 27, 2018

Brooklyn-based online oral health company quip announced that it has raised $40 million in funding in a combination of equity and debt financing.

Airbnb Names Dave Stephenson As CFO

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 27, 2018

Airbnb has announced that it has named Dave Stephenson as the company’s CFO after the position has been vacant for nearly ten months.

Waymo Hires First Chief Safety Officer And Chief Commercial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 27, 2018

Self-driving car company Waymo has hired first Chief Safety Officer Deborah Hersman and first Chief Commercial Officer Amee Chande.

Fortnite Surges Past 200 Million Registered Users

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 27, 2018

Epic Games' popular shooting game Fortnite has surpassed 200 million users, of which about 80 million play the game every month.

Bangkok-Based Eko Communications Raises $20 Million To Expand Internationally

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 27, 2018

Eko Communications, a Bangkok-based mobile communications platform company, has announced it raised $20 million in Series B funding.

Robinhood Hires Jason Warnick As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 27, 2018

Online stock trading service Robinhood has hired Jason Warnick as chief financial officer, who has worked at Amazon for nearly 20 years.

France-Based Esports Company Team Vitality Raises €20 Million From Tej Kohli

By Annie Baker ● Nov 27, 2018

France-based eSports company Team Vitality announced that it has raised €20 million from Tej Kohli to expand in Southeast Asia and China.

J. Walter Thompson Merges With Wunderman: What It Means

By Noah Long ● Nov 27, 2018

British ad giant WPP announced that it is merging creative agency J. Walter Thompson with Wunderman. Here is what this means for the industry.

Amazon Web Services Reveals RoboMaker Cloud-Based Robotics Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 27, 2018

At the re:Invent event, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the RoboMaker to help developers build robotics applications using cloud services.

Elon Musk: Tesla ‘Faced A Severe Threat Of Death’ Earlier This Year

By Annie Baker ● Nov 26, 2018

In an interview with Axios, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk said that the automaker company nearly died during Model 3 production in June.

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Apple: iPhone XR Is The ‘Most Popular iPhone’

Brazil-Based QuintoAndar Raises R$ 250 Million To Expand Its Real Estate Platform

Technology-Powered Custom Hair Care Company Prose Raises $18 Million

Rheostat Therapeutics Raises $23 Million To Develop Potential Treatments For Neurodegenerative Diseases

Fluidic Analytics Raises $31 Million To Develop Protein Analysis Tools

Financial Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Company Charlie Raises $9 Million

Getty Images To Receive $500 Million From Koch Equity: What It Means

Boston-Based ClearSky Data Raises $20 Million To Accelerate Customer Deployments And Sales

Mixtroz: This Alabama-Based Startup Launched By A Mother-Daughter Team Raises Over $1 Million

Ellie Mae Hires Dan Madden As CFO And EVP

E-Commerce Page Building Service Shogun Raises $2.1 Million

Cloud-Based Business Management Software Company Deskera Raises $60 Million

Amazon Makes Its Machine Learning Courses Free

NASA InSight Lander Facts That You May Find interesting

Smart Breath Sensor Company Keyto Raises $2.5 Million

Vietnam-Based Online Learning Company Topica Secures $50 Million

Clyde Raises $3 Million To Help Companies Offer Product Protection

Ann Arbor-Based Cybersecurity Company Censys Raises $2.6 Million

Samsung Starts Mass Producing Phones With ‘Infinity-O’ Display Holes, Says Report

Tesla Says Report About 70% October Sales Drop In China Is ‘Wildly Inaccurate’

Brooklyn-Based Online Oral Care Company quip Raises $40 Million

Airbnb Names Dave Stephenson As CFO

Waymo Hires First Chief Safety Officer And Chief Commercial Officer

Fortnite Surges Past 200 Million Registered Users

Bangkok-Based Eko Communications Raises $20 Million To Expand Internationally

Robinhood Hires Jason Warnick As Chief Financial Officer

France-Based Esports Company Team Vitality Raises €20 Million From Tej Kohli

J. Walter Thompson Merges With Wunderman: What It Means

Amazon Web Services Reveals RoboMaker Cloud-Based Robotics Platform

Elon Musk: Tesla ‘Faced A Severe Threat Of Death’ Earlier This Year