Venture capital spring is here
Over the past six months, I have seen a trickle of early-stage financings turn into a river, and I predict we will soon see a gush.
Ten Key Labs wants to simplify managing equity for startups
Amar Varma, a three-time entrepreneur and VC, experienced firsthand the challenge of dealing with administering equity stakes within a startup. It’s his belief that many existing solutions — e.g. spreadsheets and
HCVC is back with a new $75 million deep tech fund
Paris-based VC firm HCVC just announced the final closing of its second fund simply called “Fund II”. And the team has managed to raise $75 million (€69 million) so that it can back pre-seed and seed companies in
Cloaked manages your logins with proxy emails, phone numbers and a built-in password manager
Boston-based privacy and security startup Cloaked, launched its apps today to let users create unique proxy emails, phone numbers, and passwords for online accounts. The company, which was in private beta for the
The new Ford F-150 Lightning Flash puts tech and battery range on center stage
Ford is launching another version of its all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck that prioritizes tech and battery range over other premium features as the automaker tries to respond more quickly to consumer
HMD Global starts manufacturing in Europe with the ‘Made in Hungary’ Nokia XR21 5G phone
HMD Global, the phone maker and marketer behind the Nokia mobile phone brand, has launched its very first smartphone manufactured in Europe. The news comes some six months after the Finnish company first revealed it
Stitch raises $25M Series A extension led by Ribbit Capital, increasing the round’s total to $46M
Open banking, in which traditional banks release their data via application programming interfaces (APIs) to enable the development of new financial services for their consumers, has been one of the most significant
Unitary AI picks up $15M for its multimodal approach to video content moderation
Content moderation continues to be a contentious topic in the world of online media. New regulations and public concern are likely to keep it as a priority for many years to come. But weaponised AI and other tech
PMaps Pre-employment Assessment Tool to the Rescue
Did you know? Only 39% of your employee’s time is spent doing the task they were hired for. You might contradict this finding with “It’s not the hours they work but the quality of delivery.” Sure, it is. And that
Mark Zuckerberg in the Metaverse: fantastic or frightening?
You may want to watch the interview between Lex Fridman and Mark Zuckerberg in the Metaverse — is it fantastic or frightening? I literally couldn’t decide — maybe you can. At first, it was thrilling to see and