Profiles

How Sand Cloud’s Founders Took A Huge Gamble And It Paid Off

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2019

The three founders of Sand Cloud had taken a big risk for their towel business. And that risk paid off.

How Krystle Mobayeni Went From A Struggling Entrepreneur To Building A Top Restaurant Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2019

Krystle Mobayeni -- the co-founder of BentoBox -- went from a struggling entrepreneur to running a major restaurant platform company. These are the details.

How Atomo Is Reverse Engineering Coffee Beans To Reduce Negative Environmental Impacts

By Annie Baker ● Aug 22, 2019

Atomo Coffee has raised $2.6 million in a seed round of funding the world's first molecular coffee made without beans.

How Google Flights Is Guaranteeing That You Will Get A Good Price

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2019

Google Flights is offering a temporary price guarantee feature that will credit you if the price goes down on a flight that you booked.

Ultranauts: How This Software Company Is Promoting Neurodiversity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 9, 2019

Ultranauts -- a quality engineering startup employing talent on the autism spectrum -- recently announced it closed $3.5 million in Series A.

How Chase Is Using AI For Copywriting Ads

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 7, 2019

JPMorgan Chase recently announced it signed a five-year deal with Persado to apply AI to marketing creative.

Confluera: This Real-Time Cybersecurity Company Is Revolutionizing How Brands Protect Themselves

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 6, 2019

Real-time cybersecurity company Confluera announced it raised $9 million in Series A funding led by Lightspeed founder and Managing Partner Ravi Mhatre.

AI Bootcamp: Mark Cuban, Microsoft, And Walmart Are Teaching High Schoolers How To Program

By Annie Baker ● Aug 4, 2019

The Mark Cuban Foundation has partnered with Microsoft and Walmart to set up an AI Bootcamp program for high schoolers in Dallas.

How TD Ameritrade Is Making It Easier To Manage Your Account In Your Vehicle

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2019

TD Ameritrade recently announced a suite of in-vehicle experiences through your smartphone. These are the details.

DUST Identity: How This Company Uses Diamond Unclonable Security Tags For Supply Chains

By Noah Long ● Jul 23, 2019

DUST Identity -- the pioneers of first diamond unclonable security tag for supply chain security -- announced it raised $10 million.

Augmentir: How This Augmented Worker Software Company Is Helping Frontline Workers

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 21, 2019

Augmentir -- a leading provider of augmented worker software for industrial companies -- announced it has closed an oversubscribed funding round.

How Flybits Helps Financial Institutions Deliver Hyper-Personalized Experiences For Customers

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 19, 2019

Contextual data intelligence company Flybits announced recently that it raised $35 million in Series C funding led by Point72 Ventures.

Finix: How This Company Is Making It Easier For Businesses To Manage The Payments Experience

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 19, 2019

Finix -- a company that makes it easier for businesses to manage the payments experience -- announced it raised $17.5 million.

Bulletin: How This Company Helps Brands Expand Offline Distribution

By Annie Baker ● Jul 18, 2019

Bulletin -- a retail technology company that makes it easier for brands to expand brick-and-mortar sales -- announced it closed $7 million.

Lendbuzz: How This Company Helps Consumers With Limited Credit History Buy Cars

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 18, 2019

Lendbuzz -- a fintech company that is disrupting the car financing market -- announced recently that it secured $150 million in debt and equity financing.

Mahmee: How This Company Is Addressing Critical Gaps In The Maternity Healthcare Process

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 17, 2019

Mahmee -- a data-driven maternal and infant health tech company -- announced it raised $3 million from an all-star team of investors.

DefenseStorm: How This Company Helps Banks And Credit Unions WIth Cyber Exposure Readiness

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 17, 2019

DefenseStorm is a leading cloud-based cybersecurity and cybercompliance management company that raised $15 million in Series A funding.

Node: How This Artificial Intuition Is Powering Predictable Business Outcomes

By Annie Baker ● Jul 16, 2019

Node -- the first turnkey AI-as-a-service platform focused on powering predictable business outcomes -- announced that it raised $16 million.

Avvir: How This Automated Construction Platform Is Driving Building Digitization

By Annie Baker ● Jul 16, 2019

Automated construction platform Avvir announced it raised $2.5 million in a seed round led by Khosla Ventures. Metaprop and Localglobe also joined.

GetAccept: How This All-In-One Sales Platform Helps Enterprises Close More Deals

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 16, 2019

GetAccept is an all-in-one sales platform combining video, live chat, proposal design, document tracking, and e-signature company that recently announced it raised $7 million.

How Brandable Is Helping Brands React Quickly To Customer Trends

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 11, 2019

Brandable -- a company that is disrupting how brands are developed and launched -- announced it closed a Series B round of funding led by Cota Capital.

Walmart Is Utilizing Virtual Reality For Training And Hiring Future Managers

By Annie Baker ● Jul 11, 2019

Walmart is utilizing virtual reality technology for determining whether employees are managerial using $250 Oculus Go VR headsets.

How Republic’s Acquisition Of SheWorx Will Close The Funding Gap For Female Entrepreneurs

By Annie Baker ● Jul 8, 2019

Leading equity crowdfunding platform Republic recently announced it acquired SheWorx, an event series empowering 20,000+ female entrepreneurs.

How Car IQ Plans To Accelerate Growth Of Autonomous Payment Gateway For Vehicles

By Annie Baker ● Jul 8, 2019

Leading vehicle payment technology company Car IQ recently announced it raised $5 million in Series A funding led by Quest Venture Partners.

How SoundCommerce Is Helping Retailers Make Better Merchandising Decisions

By Annie Baker ● Jul 7, 2019

SoundCommerce -- a data platform provider that was founded by Eric Best and Jared Stiff -- recently raised $6.5 million in seed funding.

How Everactive Is Producing Data Intelligence For The Physical World Using Always-On Wireless Sensors

By Noah Long ● Jul 7, 2019

Everactive -- formerly known as PsiKick -- is a company that is known for pioneering wireless and “batteryless” Internet of Things (IoT) systems.

Vida Health: How This Company Is Making Chronic Disease More Manageable

By Annie Baker ● Jul 3, 2019

Vida Health is a virtual health coaching company that builds personalized programs for a number of enterprise customers that raised $30 million recently.

How Accel Made More Than A $4 Billion Return On Investment From Slack

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2019

Accel Partners made more than a $4 billion return on investment from its relationship with Slack. This is the story behind the deal.

How Unily Transforms The Ways Companies Communicate Internally

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 1, 2019

Unily, a leading digital workplace platform company announced it raised $68 million in growth investment from Silversmith and Farview Equity.

How Procurify Is Reinventing The Way Organizations Spend

By Annie Baker ● Jul 1, 2019

Leading Vancouver-based SaaS spend management solution company Procurify announced it raised $20 million in Series B funding