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Stanford Employee Pleads Guilty in Stolen MacBook Scheme

SACRAMENTO — Patricia Castaneda, 38, of Redwood City and a former employee of Stanford University, was sentenced to 33 months in prison and her brother, Eric Castaneda, 37, also of Redwood City, was sentenced to 18 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller for their roles in a scheme that involved the […]

Venture Capital

Upside Foods Shows Potential With $400 Million Series C

BERKELEY — UPSIDE Foods (formerly Memphis Meats), a company in the cultivated meat, poultry, and seafood industry, has closed a $400 million Series C funding round, the largest round in the industry to date. This new raise places the company’s valuation at over $1 billion. Pending regulatory review, UPSIDE Foods hopes to be available to […]

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Netflix Shares Plunge 35% After Subscriber Loss

Netflix, the leading streaming video service, saw its shares plunge 35% Wednesday after it announced its first quarterly decline in subscribers due to the war in Ukraine. For the first quarter of 2022, Netflix reported 221.64 million subscribers, down 200,000 from the last quarter. Netflix stopped service to Russia after the war with Ukraine started […]

Venture Capital

Unlearn Closes $50 Million Series B

SAN FRANCISCO — Unlearn, developer of the first machine-learning technology that creates digital twins of patients in clinical trials to enable smaller, faster studies, has closed a $50 million Series B funding round. The financing was led by Insight Partners with participation from new investor Radical Ventures, as well as all of the company’s existing […]

Venture Capital

Jobox.ai Raises $47 Million Series B

PALO ALTO — Jobox.ai, a software company that provides home service marketplaces with an AI-based infrastructure to directly connect their customers with skilled trades professionals (“pros”), has secured a $42 million Series B funding round led by General Catalyst. Additional investments came from new and existing investors including Resolute VC, NNS, Expanding Capital and Joey […]

Venture Capital

Accenture, Workday Invest in Strivr

SANTA CLARA — Strivr, a platform for enterprise-scale Virtual Reality (VR) solutions, announced that Accenture and Workday Ventures have made strategic investments as part of the company’s latest funding round. As an extension to its Series B round, this $35 million round is being led by Georgian, with participation of additional new investors including Bank […]

Venture Capital

GridX Rakes in $40 Million Series C

MILPITAS – GridX, an enterprise rate platform provider to modern utilities and energy technology companies, has closed $40 million in Series C funding led by Energy Impact Partners (EIP). Moore Strategic Ventures (MSV), Sunfox Capital and NGP ETP also participated in the round with Hunter Horgan of MSV joining the company’s board of directors. GridX also announced that Chris Black has been appointed […]

Venture Capital

Twingate Secures $42 Million From BOND

REDWOOD CITY — Twingate, a cybersecurity company implementing Zero Trust security, has secured $42 million in Series B funding. The round was led by BOND, with participation from existing investors WndrCo, 8VC, and SignalFire. The latest investment brings Twingate’s total funding to $67 million. With this new funding, Twingate plans to rapidly scale its operations to meet […]

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Rental Prices Up 20% in Past Two Years

SANTA CLARA — U.S. rental prices grew by nearly 20% from March 2020 to 2022 during the pandemic, according to the Realtor.com Monthly Rental Report. Additionally, two-year rental trends indicate some redistribution of higher rents across the 50 largest markets during COVID, as renters migrated from expensive big tech cities to relatively more affordable areas. Sun Belt metros topped […]

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Fitbit Cleared by FDA For Algorithm to Identify Atrial Fibrillation

Fitbit says it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a new PPG (photoplethysmography) algorithm to identify atrial fibrillation (AFib). The algorithm will power new Irregular Heart Rhythm Notifications feature on Fitbit. Fitbit is a subsidiary of Google. AFib is a form of irregular heart rhythm that affects nearly 33.5 million people […]

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All of the Available Words in NY Times Wordle Game

Here is a list of all of the five letter words that are potentially used in Wordle, the popular word-guessing game owned by The New York Times. There are 2,309 words below that can be used in the game. aback abase abate abbey abbot abhor abide abled abode abort about above abuse abyss acorn acrid […]

Venture Capital

Lilt Locates $55 Million Series C

SAN FRANCISCO – Lilt, operator of a global experience platform, has raised $55 million in Series C funding, bringing the company’s total raised to $92.5 million. The round was led by Four Rivers, joined by new investors Sorenson Capital, CLEAR Ventures and Wipro Ventures, and with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital, Intel Capital, Redpoint […]