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SAN FRANCISCO — Typeface, an AI application for enterprise content creation, has emerged from stealth to help businesses securely create exceptional, brand-personalized content faster and easier than ever before. The company launched with an oversubscribed $65 million round from Lightspeed Venture Partners, GV (Google Ventures), M12 (Microsoft’s Venture Fund), and Menlo Ventures. Typeface is led […]
SAN FRANCISCO — SignalFire, an early-stage venture capital firm harnessing data and artificial intelligence to identify investments and support for the next generation of startups, has closed over $900 million in fresh capital that brings the firm to over $1.8 billion in assets under management. The firm’s investments include Frame.io, Grammarly, Flock Freight, Ro and […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Zerocater, a provider of corporate cafeterias and catering solutions, has raised a Series C funding of $15 million, led by Cleveland Avenue LLC, with participation from Remus Capital. The company is also expanding its technology enabled corporate cafeteria solution to ten additional markets including its first international market in Canada. Since completing YCombinator […]
Oracle and Uber Technologies, Inc. have announced a seven-year strategic cloud partnership to accelerate Uber’s innovation and help deliver new products to market. As Uber continues to grow and enter new markets, it is increasingly important for the business to focus resources on its core strengths and strategic initiatives. By migrating some of the company’s […]
DoorDash is now offering on-demand grocery delivery from nearly all ALDI grocery locations across 38 states. With the addition of ALDI, one of America’s fastest-growing retailers, more than 98% of DoorDash’s monthly consumers in the U.S. have access to a non-restaurant store on DoorDash. “By partnering with DoorDash, we can conveniently bring our award-winning, fresh […]
SAN RAMON — Complete Solaria, a solar technology, services, and installation company, has received a $10 million strategic investment from Foris Ventures, LLC, an entity affiliated with John Doerr, Chairman of venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins. The commitment is part of a previously announced $30 million bridge round, in support of Complete Solaria’s previously announced […]
SAN FRANCISCO –– SendOwl, a technology company that provides the infrastructure to transfer, manage, protect and collect payment for digital products, has secured $9 million in seed funding in a round led by by new investor TheGP, with participation from returning investors defy.vc and Alumni Ventures, and new backer Authentic Ventures. The new funding will […]
Chipotle Mexican Grill plans to open a new restaurant called Farmesa at Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, CA. Farmesa is a fresh concept featuring delicious proteins, greens, grains and vegetables that are inspired by Chipotle’s Food with Integrity standards. The concept will soft open with an abbreviated menu and limited hours before officially rolling out next […]
SANTA CLARA — Ushur, a provider of AI-powered Customer Experience Automation (CXA), has raised a $50 million Series C funding round led by Third Point Ventures with participation from existing investors Iron Pillar, 8VC, Aflac Ventures and Pentland Ventures. Funds from this round will go toward expanding Ushur’s experience automation portfolio, developing new innovations in […]
LOS ALTOS – Rembrand, an AI product placement platform that embeds photo-realistic products into digital videos, has raised an $8 million seed round for the upcoming launch of its beta platform. The round was led by venture capital firms and strategic funds, including Greycroft and UTA.VC. Rembrand enables creators to effortlessly incorporate sponsored products into […]
The Thiel Foundation this month named 20 individuals as the next class of Thiel Fellows. The Fellowship program, which was founded by PayPal co-founder and venture investor Peter Thiel, first launched in 2011. The program encourages talented young people with big ideas to start companies instead of attending college. “In a world where conformity rules, […]
Roku announced that after their initial successful debuts Roku Originals “Emeril Cooks,” starring chef Emeril Lagasse, and “Martha Cooks,” starring Martha Stewart, will return for all-new seasons on The Roku Channel. The first seasons of both “Martha Cooks” and “Emeril Cooks” premiered in the fall of 2022 on The Roku Channel. · “Emeril Cooks” Season 2 The second […]