News about Silicon Valley business almost everyday.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO — Walking Fish Therapeutics, a leader in B cell engineering, has closed $50 million in Series A financing— led by investors including Emerson Collective, Illumina Ventures and Quan Capital— to develop B cell therapeutics for oncology, rare disease, regenerative medicine, autoimmune disease, and recombinant antibody production. Walking Fish Therapeutics has made critical advances in developing […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Wisetack, a company that brings buy now, pay later to in-person services like home and auto repair, has landed a $45 million Series B funding round, led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners, with existing investors Greylock Partners and Bain Capital Ventures also participating in the […]
Justine Ezarik, better known as popular YouTuber iJustine, scored an exclusive interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook following the company’s launch event earlier this week where it unveiled the new iPhone 13, new Apple Watch 7, updated Apple Mini and iPad ninth generation. iJustine is a reviewer of tech products and big fan of Apple. […]
SAN FRANCISCO — SafelyYou, a developer of artificial intelligence-enabled fall detection and prevention for dementia care, announced the close of a $19.5 million Series A financing round led by Eclipse Ventures. They are joined by Founders Fund, as well as existing investors DCVC and Foundation Capital. TSQ Advisors, Pathbreaker Ventures, The House Fund, Swift Ventures, Pacific […]
MOUNTAIN VIEW — Bidgely has closed a $26 million round of strategic financing to bolster its utility electrification and decarbonization innovations deployed around the world. Led by Moore Strategic Ventures (MSV), the round is joined by Accurant International, an investment venture of Bahman Hoveida, co-founder and ex-CEO of Open Systems International. The oversubscribed round also included existing investors, such […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Bright Money, an artificial intelligence (AI) finance platform powered by its unique MoneyScience algorithm, has secured $31 million in funding from Sequoia Capital India, Falcon Edge Capital and Hummingbird Ventures, alongside investments from prominent angel investors including Ram Shriram (Alphabet board member and founder of Sherpalo Ventures). Bright Money helps Americans take control of […]
SANTA CLARA — The U.S. rental market is booming. Rental prices hit double-digit growth for the first time in two years in August and grew three times faster than in March 2020 (prior to the onset of COVID), according to the Realtor.com Monthly Rental Report. Rents posted double-digit gains over last year in more than half of the 50 largest […]
PALO ALTO — Glean has emerged from stealth with the debut of an intuitive work assistant to address the ubiquitous problem for knowledge workers: finding the right information, the right teammate, or the right insights to get things done at work. At its core, Glean delivers a powerful, unified search experience that indexes dozens of […]
SAN FRANCISCO – TomoCredit, a fintech company offering a credit card focused on building a credit history for first-time borrowers, has landed a $10 million Series A funding round led by Kapor Capital and KB Investment Inc. (KBIC), a subsidiary of South Korea’s leading consumer bank. This comes on the heels of TomoCredit raising $7 million […]
SAN FRANCISCO — California Cowboy, a new apparel brand that created the concept of ‘social-technical apparel,’ has closed a $2 million seed funding round led by venn growth partners. California Cowboy has created a new line of clothing designed to inspire after-sport social interaction, with the belief that neither fashion nor technology are doing for us what they […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Varo Bank, N.A., the first all-digital, nationally chartered bank in the US, has closed a massive $510 million oversubscribed funding round. The round was led by new investor Lone Pine Capital, who was joined by dozens of new investors including Declaration Partners, Eldridge, Marshall Wace, Berkshire Partners / Stockbridge, and funds and accounts managed […]
SAN FRANCISCO — StreamNative, a unified messaging and streaming platform founded by the original developers of Apache Pulsar, has raised $23 million in its Series-A round led by Prosperity7 Ventures, the diversified growth fund of Aramco Ventures, and followed by their seed investors. The company provides a platform to enable companies to manage the entire […]