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SAN FRANCISCO — Bravado, a professional network for B2B sales, has raised $26 million in Series B funding led by Tiger Global. The round included community participation from 250 Chief Revenue Officers and VPs of Sales, along with angel investors like Zynga founder Mark Pincus, Lenny Rachitsky and the Airbnb alumni syndicate, Packy McCormick, and Sahil Bloom. Existing investors Redpoint […]
Google Maps is launching new immersive view for major cities including Los Angeles, London, New York and San Francisco later this year. Advances in computer vision and AI allow Google to fuse together billions of Street View and aerial images to create a rich, digital model of the world. With the new immersive view, you’ll […]
MENLO PARK — San Francisco-based DivcoWest is celebrating the opening of Sand Hill Kitchen, a brand-new regionally inspired restaurant located within The Quad at Sand Hill Collection (SHC) in Menlo Park. The restaurant pairs an inventive menu featuring sustainable and seasonal, locally-sourced ingredients with bright, modern design and ample outdoor dining space. It’s the newest […]
Alphawave IP, a provider of high-speed connectivity for the world’s technology infrastructure based in Toronto, has opened a new office in San Jose – marking the launch of its presence in the United States. Alphawave expects the US office to grow to more than 40 employees by the end of the year, with the majority of employees […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Credo AI, the company behind the world’s first Responsible AI (RAI) Governance Platform, has closed a $12.8 million Series A financing round led by Sands Capital, with follow-on investments from existing investors Decibel and AI Fund. Enterprises today are struggling to adapt to emerging AI governance regulations, benchmarks and standards for implemented AI […]
As California’s median home price set a new high in March and interest rates reached their highest levels in more than two years, the housing affordability outlook for Californians was diminished in the first quarter of 2022, according to the California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.). The percentage of home buyers who could afford to purchase a […]
SAN JOSE — Concentric Inc., a vendor of intelligent AI-based solutions for protecting business-critical data, has raised $14.5 million in Series A funding. Led by Ballistic Ventures, a new VC firm solely dedicated to advising and funding early-stage cybersecurity startups, this investment targets the $19 billion market for data security, access governance, and loss prevention. […]
Meta (formerly Facebook) has opened its first retail store at its campus in Burlingame. In the Meta Store, you’ll be able to get hands-on experience with all Meta hardware products. Through interactive demos, you can make video calls to retail associates with Meta Portal, learn how Ray-Ban Stories can help you stay present with the world around you, […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Lang.ai has completed a $10.5 million Series A round led by Nava Ventures with participation from new and existing investors including Oceans Ventures, Forum, Flexport Fund, as well as industry leaders – Mike Murchison (CEO of Ada), Joaquim Lecha (CEO of Typeform) and Javier Mata (CEO of Yalo), senior engineering and sales […]
PALO ALTO — Deserve, a fintech company expanding and powering the real-time credit card economy, has secured a new $250 million credit facility with Goldman Sachs, Cross River, and Waterfall Asset Management. With Deserve’s digital-first, mobile-centric, and highly configurable credit card platform, the company will use this new funding to meet the growing demand from […]
Google Translate has helped break down language barriers and connect communities all over the world. The company has just added 24 languages to Translate, now supporting a total of 133 used around the globe. Over 300 million people speak these newly added languages — like Mizo, used by around 800,000 people in the far northeast […]
SAN FRANCISCO –– Voxel, a startup using computer vision to transform safety and operations in the workplace, has landed $15 million Series A funding round led by Eclipse Ventures with participation from MTech and World Innovation Labs. Since raising its seed round in September, Voxel has grown by decreasing on-site injuries by upwards of 80% and […]