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Daily funding roundup - November 13, 2018

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 13, 2018

WeRecover raised $2M; Guardian Pptical raised $2.5M; For Days raised $2.8M; XM Cyber raised $22M

WeRecover: WeRecover has built the world’s first online matching engine for addiction recovery centers. WeRecover has raised $2 million in fresh funding led by Crosslink Capital. Read more Guardian Optical Technologies: Guardian Optical Technologies is an innovative israeli startup developing an advanced 3D sensor. Guardian Optical Technologies has raised $2.5 million in funding, including from Union Ventures and B&E Equities. Read more For Days: For Days is ...

Daily funding roundup - November 12th, 2018

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 12, 2018

Idelic raised $2M; CheckMate raised $3M; Looxid Labs raised $4M; 4iQ raised $18M

Idelic: Idelic is a software enterprise solutions provider for transportation fleets. Idelic has raised $2 million funding led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from TDF Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital,Birchmere Ventures, and M25 Group. Read more CheckMate: CheckMate’s white-labeled technology allows hotels and distributors to provide a better experience for hotel guests through timely mobile services. CheckMate has raised $3 million in funding from Tiger Global. Read more Looxid Labs: Looxid ...

Daily funding roundup - November 9th, 2018

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 9, 2018

Dormify raised $3.45M; Analytical Flavor Systems raised $4M; Coder raised $4.5M; Woven raised $4.8M

Dormify: Dormify is a direct-to-consumer, e-commerce and retail brand that creates bedding and decor items specifically designed for small spaces. Dormify has raised $3.45 million in Series A funding led by American Eagle Outfitters. Read more Analytical Flavor Systems: Analytical Flavor Systems which uses artificial intelligence to help companies predict and personalize flavor for new food products. Analytical Flavor Systems has raised $4 million in ...

Daily funding roundup - November 8th, 2018

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 8, 2018

Drivetime raised $4M; Bonobo AI raised $4.5M; Big Box VR raised $5M; Opternative raised $9M

Drivetime: Drivetime is developing the next generation of interactive entertainment targeted at a huge but underserved market: car drivers. Drivetime raised $4 million in seed funding from Felicis Ventures, Fuel Capital,Steadfast Venture Capital, Webb Investment Network, Sinai VC, Canaan Partners, Access Ventures, Founders Fund, Index Ventures and The Chernin Group. Read more Bonobo AI: Bonobo.ai is a platform for Marketing Automation and Behavioral Insights for Conversational Human-Machine Interactions. Bonobo AI has raised ...

Daily funding roundup - November 7th, 2018

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 7, 2018

Photomath raised $6M; ShipMonk raised $10M; Fraugster raised $14M; Taranis raised $20M

Home Made: Home Made is a hybrid lettings agency, offering the superior end-to-end service of a top high-street estate agent. They are focused on mid to high value rental properties in London and charge a fixed, success based fee. Home Made has raised £2 million in fresh funding led by the Athens, Greece-based venture capital firm VentureFriends. Read more Meniga: Meniga is a ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Richard Hamilton

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 7, 2018

Don't underestimate the amount of time, money, energy that will be required to fulfill your vision

Today's entrepreneur Richard Hamilton, president and CEO at Prosper eDNA. Experienced Richard is an entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of building teams, companies and products. Richard is experienced in biotechnology entrepreneur with a passion for science-based solutions to longevity, nutrition, fitness, and mindfulness. He loves bridging research and business innovation to develop and deploy products that change lives. Richard combines a background in ...

Video: Optina Diagnostics, Biomarker Labs, Remedy Health

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 6, 2018

Startups in the area of precision health

As part of our SplashX Invent Health salons, co-hosted by HP, we have a segment focused on emerging treatment models. Here we gather younger startups with unique, promising and innovative business models. At our September event, SplashX Invent Health: Precision Health, the four companies that took the stage were: Optina Diagnostics, Biomarker Labs and Remedy Health Mark Goldstein, Chairman of UCSF Health Hub, was ...

Where are VCs investing across precision health?

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 6, 2018

@inventhealth - GE Ventures, Data Collective, Kaiser Ventures, OSF Healthcare Ventures, Mayfield

At our September 2018 event, SplashX Invent Health: Precision Health, Archana Dubey (Global Medical Director, HP Health Centers, HP) and Bambi Francisco Roizen (Founder and CEO, Vator) moderated a panel of investors focused on precision health, a big-data approach to disease prevention and detection. The panelists included Ursheet Parikh (Partner, Mayfield Fund), James Hardiman (Partner, Data Collective), Risa Stack (General Manager, New Business Creation, GE Ventures), Garrett Vygantas, M.D. ...

Daily funding roundup - November 5th, 2018

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 5, 2018

Emesent raised $3.5M; Journy raised $3.15M; Emesent raised $3.5M; Zeguro raised $5M

View: View designs, develops, manufactures, and supplies intelligent glass. View has raised $1.1 billion in funding from SoftBank's Vision Fund. Read more Journy: Journy creates travel plans using recommendations from top chefs, sommeliers, and local experts. Journy has raised $3.15 million in seed funding led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Pear Ventures and Caviar founder Jason Wang. Read more Emesent: Emesent is automating the collection and analysis of valuable ...

Daily funding roundup - November 1st, 2018

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 1, 2018

CognitionX raised $4.1M; Validere raised $7M; Rockset raised $18.5M; Molekule raised $25M

Fluentify: Fluentify connects language learners with carefully selected native speakers around the world trough 30-minutes individual live sessions. Fluentify has raised £1.5 million in funding led by Stefano Marsaglia from the Italian investment firm Peninsula Capital and private investors. Read more CognitionX: CognitionX mission is to drive the acceleration and responsible deployment of AI by making expertise universally accessible. CognitionX has raised $4.1 million in fresh funding, ...

Daily funding roundup - October 31st, 2018

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 31, 2018

Visla Labs raised 3M; Kinetic raised $4.5M; Intabio raised $9.5M; Concord raised $25M

Visla Labs: Visla Labs is an AI medical diagnostics platform. Visla Labs has raised $3 million in seed funding led by Lux Capital, with participation from angels like former Twitter execs Dick Costolo and Adam Bain. Read more ONEDOME: Onedome is a location-based entertainment and immersive media company. Onedome has raised $3.3 million in a round of funding for its augmented reality experience, The Unreal Garden. Read more ...

Daily funding roundup - October 30th, 2018

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 30, 2018

Aura Health raised $2.7M; Goxip raised $5M; Zypmedia raised $5.6M; Ethos raised $35M

Aura Health: Aura is an emotion-based search engine that helps people improve their mood within 3 minutes using wellness content. Aura has raised a $2.7 million in seed funding co-led by Cowboy Ventures and Reach Capital. Read more Goxip: Goxip is your ultimate destination for searching, discovering and purchasing any fashion and beauty products you ever desire. Goxip has ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Heath Silverman

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 30, 2018

Set regular, clear and measurable goals; Trust your instincts

Today's entrepreneur is Heath Silverman, Co-founder and the CEO of Stessa. Stessa is a SaaS platform to track, manage, and communicate the performance of real estate assets. After nearly 20 years as a part-time real estate investor with a full-time job in the technology industry, Heath was inspired to build a scalable technology solution to streamline the entire real estate ...

Daily funding roundup - October 29th, 2018

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 29, 2018

WAYV and Zentail raised $5M; Unu motors raised $12M; AnyMind Group raised $13.4M

WAYV: WAYV is a B2B cannabis logistics and compliance platform that delivers inventory to cannabis retailers. WAYV has raised $5 million in seed funding led by David Sacks at Craft Ventures. The company was cofounded by the cofounder and former CEO of Eaze, Keith McCarty. Read more Zentail: All in one SaaS platform for Multi-Channel Online Retailers. Zentail has raised $5 million in Series A ...

Daily funding roundup - October 25th, 2018

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 26, 2018

Lorem raised $2.5M; Pathmatics raised $3M; hackajob raised &6.7M; Area 1 Security raised $32M;

Lorem: Lorem has built a network of experts integrated with the most popular software tools to enable anyone to get instant, human help at an affordable price. Lorem has raised $2.5 million in funding. Flybridge Capital Partners led the round and was joined by HubSpot, FJ Labs and Fresco Capital. Read more Pathmatics: Pathmatics provides analytics products to the online display advertising industry. Pathmatics has raised $3 million in ...

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