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Startup Teams: Optina Diagnostic

by Kristin Karaoglu, February 15, 2019

We have a good understanding of everyone's strengths and weakness

If you read through our popular Meet the VC series, which profiles hundreds of VCs, you’ll see that an overwhelming majority say the founder and his or her founding team are the biggest factors they consider when investing in a company. Many want to find that soft skill that’s often not reflected in a resume. For instance, VCs always look for founders ...

Daily funding roundup - February 14th, 2019

by Kristin Karaoglu, February 14, 2019

Kreatize raised $4.5M; Tank Utility raised $6M; Complion raised $7M: Sight Diagnostics raised $27.8M

Hostme: Hostme is a modern, cloud-based reservation and table management system for restaurant owners. Hostme has raised $1.3 million in funding, from Schaffer Family Trust. Read more Kreatize: KREATIZE changes the way custom parts are ordered and manufactured by building a digital solution to the agency model for manufacturing, and enabling on-demand agile manufacturing for prototypes and small batch production, ...

Daily funding roundup - February 13th, 2019

by Kristin Karaoglu, February 13, 2019

ecoSPEARS raised $2M; Medivis raised $2.3M; Donde Search raised $6M; Polly raised $7M

ecoSPEARS: ecoSPEARS is a cleantech company creating better solutions for a better future. ecoSPEARS has raised $2 million in seed funding led by Kirenaga Partners. Read more Medivis: Medivis is an augmented reality platform for surgeries. Medivis has raised $2.3 million in seed funding led by Initialized Capital. Read more Enfuce Financial Services: Enfuce is a new kind of financial ...

Daily funding roundup - February 12th, 2019

by Kristin Karaoglu, February 12, 2019

Zoovu $14M; Chainalysis raised $16M; Second Measure raised $20M; Nuvaira raised $79M

iFarm Project: Farm develops an innovative technology to grow natural salads, berries and vegetables year-round in fully controlled automated environment. It is a single engineering platform for food cultivation. iFarm has raised $1 million in funding led by Gagarin Capital. Read more CourseStorm: CourseStorm is impossibly simple online course registration software. CourseStorm has raised $1.15 million in funding. Investors include ...

Daily funding roundup - February 11th, 2019

by Kristin Karaoglu, February 11, 2019

Corrux raised $3.1M; NXM Labs raised $5.5M; RapidDeploy raised $12M; PerimeterX raised $43M

Corrux: Corrux builds software that enables enterprises to maximize the efficiency of industrial equipment. Corrux has raised $3.1 million in seed funding led by Target Partners. Read more NXM Labs: NXM Labs is an autonomous security and data integrity software developer. NXM Labs is an autonomous security and data integrity software developer. NXM has closed on $5.5 million in what ...

Daily funding roundup - February 8th, 2019

by Kristin Karaoglu, February 8, 2019

Athenascope raised $2.5M; Green Dot Bioplastics raised $6.5M; Castle raised $9.2M; Dixa raised $14M

Athenascope: Athenascope is a small startup aiming to tap computer vision intelligence to record, review and recap. Athenascope has raised $2.5 million in seed funding led by First Round Capital. Read more Green Dot Bioplastics: Green Dot Bioplastics is a company which makes bioplastic and bio-composite pellets. Green Dot Bioplastics has raised $6.5 million in funding led by Fulcrum Global ...

Daily funding roundup - February 7th, 2019

by Kristin Karaoglu, February 7, 2019

ChartIQ raised $17.4M; Ogury raised $21M; KenSci raised $22M; Cluno raised $28M

ChartIQ: ChartIQ builds powerful, lightweight financial applications for capital market institutions, investment banks and retail brokerages. ChartIQ has raised $17.4 million in its latest round of funding, led by Digital+ Partners, a German venture capital firm. Read more Ogury: Ogury provides the most advanced Mobile Journey Marketing Cloud, where organizations can access the integrated data and technologies necessary to understand ...

Daily funding roundup - February 6th, 2019

by Kristin Karaoglu, February 6, 2019

MakerSights raised $3.1M; productboard raised $10M; Jetty secured $25M; CathWorks raised $30M

MakerSights: MakerSights is a leading provider of product development software for consumer brands. MakerSights has raised $3.1 million in funding, including from Steve Anderson, founder of Baseline Ventures; Hayley Barna, partner at First Round Capital; Elizabeth Spaulding, senior partner at Bain & Company; and Jeff Epstein, operating partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. Read more 2nd Address: 2nd Address provides premium ...

Daily funding roundup - February 5th, 2019

by Kristin Karaoglu, February 5, 2019

Outlaw raised $2M; Humankind raised $4M; Ketos raised $9M; Ritual raised $25M

Outlaw: Outlaw is a modern contract management software that streamlines the contract lifecycle for organizations - from templated document generation to cloud-based redlining to real-time negotiation and eSigning. Outlaw has raised $2 million in seed funding led by Bowery Capital. Read more GetJenny: GetJenny’s user-friendly web application empowers nontechnical people to build chatbots for customer service live chat operations. GetJenny ...

Daily funding roundup - February 4th, 2019

by Kristin Karaoglu, February 4, 2019

Aurora Solar raised $20M; Catalytic raised $30M; Sustainable Bioproducts raised $33M

Go-Jek: Go-Jek specializes in ride-hailing, logistics, and digital payments. Go-Jek has raised roughly $1 billion in funding at a valuation between $9 billion and $10 billion. Investors include Google, JD.com, and Tencent Holdings. Read more Valued: Valued is instant visibility into the cognitive flow of each conversation your sales reps conduct with your customers. Valued is instant visibility into the ...

Daily funding roundup - February 1st, 2019

by Kristin Karaoglu, February 1, 2019

Orca AI raised $2.6M; Ashish Life Science raised $6.3M; GoCo raised $7M

MyDataModels: MyDataModels is develops and markets TADA - an Automated Machine Learning software that builds. MyDataModels has raised $1.5 million in seed funding from Earlybird Venture Capital. Read more Orca AI: Orca AI advances the maritime industry by providing intelligent navigation solutions, preventing collisions and saving lives. Orca AI has raised $2.6 million in seed funding led by MizMaa ...

Daily funding roundup - January 31st, 2019

by Kristin Karaoglu, January 31, 2019

Avinew raised $5M; Stateless raised $11.3M; Augury raised $25M; MycoTechnology raised $30M

TRM Labs: TRM helps the leading crypto companies understand their users, grow fast, and stay compliant. TRM has raised $1.7 million in seed funding led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Tapas Capital, Green D Ventures, and The MBA Fund. Read more Dadi: Dadi is a men’s fertility startup focused on sperm storage. Dadi has raised $2 million in ...

Daily funding roundup - January 30th, 2019

by Kristin Karaoglu, January 30, 2019

Oxygen raised $2.3M; Returnly raised &8M; Verbit raised $23M; Clover Health raised $500M;

HeyTutor: HeyTutor is a platform allowing students, tutors and agencies to connect. HeyTutor has raised $1 million in Series A funding from ScOp Venture Capital. Read more Zestful: Zesfuk enables employers to offer customizable employee perk programs. Zesful has raised $1.1 million in funding, including from Bessemer Venture Partners, Day One Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, and Shrug Capital. Read more Oxygen: ...

Daily funding roundup - January 29th, 2019

by Kristin Karaoglu, January 29, 2019

Cargo Chief raised $2.5M; Fertility Focus raised $2.7M; Carbon Relay raised $6M

Cargo Chief: Cargo Chief arithmetically matches trucking supply and demand with unparalleled integrations. Leveraging award-winning patented technology we help buyers of freight services instantly find available well vetted capacity. Cargo Chief has raised more than $2.5 million in funding. BootstrapLabs led the round. Read more Fertility Focus: Fertility Focus aims to increase pregnancy rates in infertile couples by up to ...

Daily funding roundup - January 28th, 2019

by Kristin Karaoglu, January 28, 2019

Renewal Mill raised $2.5M; Obo raised $8.2M; Kuali raised $12M; BRD raised $15M

Renewal Mill: Renewal Mill is a next generation ingredients company that upcycles byproducts from food manufacturing into high-quality ingredients. Renewal Mill has raised $2.5 million in seed funding.HG Ventures led the round. Read more Obo: Obo provides the first system for orchestrating product decisions so that technology companies can build the right products and features in the first place, on ...

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