Profiles

How Casandra Stewart And Christina Walker Built A Platform For After-School Enrichment Programs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2019

This is the story behind how Casandra Stewart and Christina Walker built after-school enrichment company Homeroom.

How Personal Finance App Dave Helps Consumers Avoid Overdraft Fees

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2019

Dave, a mobile finance app that helps users avoid overdraft fees, announced it is launching a banking product and that it raised $110 million in debt.

How The Apple ‘Find My Friends’ App Helped Save This Teenager’s Life

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2019

This is the story of how Apple's "Find My Friends" app helped save the life of 17-year-old Macy Smith.

How VidMob Is Scaling Digital Video Advertising

By Annie Baker ● Jun 21, 2019

Full stack creative technology platform company VidMob helps scale digital video advertising. These are the details behind the company.

Pay4Education: How This Company Helps People Make Informed College Finance Choices

By Noah Long ● Jun 19, 2019

Springfield, Massachusetts-based fintech company Pay4Education announced it raised $575,000 in funding led by Springfield Venture Fund

How Purigen Biosystems Is Redefining Nucleic Acid Sample Preparation

By Annie Baker ● Jun 19, 2019

Purigen Biosystems, a provider of next-generation technologies for extracting nucleic acids from biological samples, announced it raised $26.4 million

How Voatz Helps Citizens Vote In Elections Using Mobile Devices

By Dan Anderson ● Jun 17, 2019

Voatz is a platform company that enables citizens to vote in many types of elections and voting events through a smartphone or tablet that raised $7 million

How Step Prepares Teens For Financial Literacy

By Noah Long ● Jun 17, 2019

Step, a company that helps teenagers with financial literacy, announced recently that it closed $22.5 million in Series A funding.

Halo Investing: How This Company Makes Structured Notes Easier

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2019

Halo Investing, the world's first and only independent multi-issuer technology platform for Structured Notes, announced it raised $12 million in Series B

How Greenville-Based ChartSpan Helps Manage Chronic Care Management

By Annie Baker ● Jun 16, 2019

ChartSpan, a Greenville, South Carolina-based healthcare managed service provider for chronic care management, announced it raised $15 million

How Orca Security Provides IT Security Teams Full Stack Cloud Visibility

By Dan Anderson ● Jun 15, 2019

Orca Security, an Israel-based company that provides seamless full-stack visibility into their cloud infrastructure footprint raised $6.5 million.

How Fireblocks Secures Digital Assets In Transit

By Annie Baker ● Jun 14, 2019

Recently Fireblocks announced it launched out of stealth and raised $16 million in Series A to eliminate the cause of digital asset hacks.

How Luminous Computing Plans To Use Light To Make AI Faster And More Efficient

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 13, 2019

Luminous Computing is a company planning to use photonics to solve bottlenecks that traditional processors are dealing with. These are the details.

How Privitar Protects Sensitive Data For Companies And Public Sector Organizations

By Noah Long ● Jun 13, 2019

With a new $40 million funding round, Privitar is going to build on its platform for protecting sensitive data for companies and public sector organizations

How WorldRemit Makes It Easier To Send And Receive Payments Worldwide

By Dan Anderson ● Jun 9, 2019

WorldRemit is a mobile payments service that makes it easier to send and receive payments. Recently, WorldRemit announced $175 million in funding.

How Betterview Is Becoming Essential For Every Transaction Around Properties

By Dan Anderson ● Jun 6, 2019

Betterview, a company that is becoming essential to every transaction around buildings, announced it closed a $4.5 million Series A funding round.

How VuPulse Makes Advertising More Effective For Marketers

By Dan Anderson ● Jun 5, 2019

Boca Raton, Florida-based digital advertising company VuPulse is known for helping make advertising easier for marketers.

Abacus Insights: How This Company Removes Data Silos In The Healthcare Sector

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2019

Healthcare data integration company Abacus Insights recently announced it raised $12.7 million in Series A funding led by CRV.

How Pillar Is Helping Solve The Student Loan Problem

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 3, 2019

Pillar, a company that is helping solve the student loan problem, announced it has raised $5.5 million in seed funding led by Kleiner Perkins.

How Pillo Health Is Improving Patient Longevity And Quality Of Life

By Dan Anderson ● Jun 1, 2019

Pillo Health recently raised $11 million in funding from investors to complete its Series A round led by Stanley Black & Decker's venture capital arm.

How Upsie Helps Make Warranties More Affordable And Accessible

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2019

Upsie, a consumer-friendly platform for purchasing product warranties, announced it raised $5 million in funding led by True Ventures.

How FinTech Company Zero Helps Users ‘Bank Like Debit And Earn Like Credit’

By Noah Long ● May 30, 2019

Zero Financial announced it raised $20 million in Series A funding led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Including this round, Zero has raised $35 million.

How Digital Advocacy Platform Company Phone2Action Connects Citizens To Lawmakers

By Noah Long ● May 27, 2019

Frontier Capital recently made a strategic investment in Phone2Action, which is a digital advocacy platform that connects citizens to lawmakers.

How Retail Zipline Improves The Productivity Of Store Employees

By Dan Anderson ● May 24, 2019

Leading communication and execution platform for retailers Retail Zipline announced it raised $9.6 million led by Emergence.

How Core Helps People Improve Meditation Experiences And Personalized Wellness

By Annie Baker ● May 24, 2019

Core is a meditation service that recently announced it raised $4 million in seed funding. This is the story behind the company.

TomboyX: How This Company Built Up A Comfortable Underwear Brand For All Sizes And Genders

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 23, 2019

TomboyX is a gender-neutral affordable underwear brand that raised $18 million in Series B funding led by London-based The Craftory.

How The Google Rivet App Helps Children Learn How To Read

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 23, 2019

Rivet, an app launched by Google's Area 120, helps kids learn how to read -- which is available for Android iPads, iPhones, and Chromebooks in 11 countries.

How Solera Health Helps Improve Patient Outcomes At Lower Medical Care Costs

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 22, 2019

Solera Health, a company that changes lives by guiding people to better health, announced $42 million in Series C funding.

How Algorithmia Makes It Easier To Scale And Manage Machine Learning Models

By Dan Anderson ● May 22, 2019

Seattle-based Algorithmia recently raised $25 million in funding led by Norwest Venture Partners

How 3Play Media Provides Fast-Turnaround Video Accessibility Services At Scale

By Dan Anderson ● May 22, 2019

3Play Media is a provider of high-quality video accessibility services. This is the story behind the company.