Its latest funding round included existing investors including investment firm Eurazeo, France’s state-owned investment bank Bpifrance and venture funds Kernel and Accel. Doctolib, a Franco-German startup which created an online booking platform for doctors stated, it has raised 150 million… Read More ›
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U.S.-Israeli startup GameEffective raises $11 million in new funding round
The startup aims to enhance employee performance and learning by using real time feedback through digital motivations, psychology and gamification. On Wednesday, GameEffective, a U.S.-Israeli startup stated which has created a digital platform to boost workforce performance, stated it has… Read More ›
Walmart’s Store No.8 acquires virtual reality startup Spatialand
The development marks Walmart’s push to improve customer experience on its website as well as in its brick-and-mortar stores with virtual reality. Store No. 8, Walmart Inc’s technology incubator, disclosed it has acquired Spatialand, a virtual reality startup, to build… Read More ›
Softbank’s SoftVision Fund to invest $300 million in food delivery startup, DoorDash
San Francisco based DoorDash, is an on-demand restaurant delivery service started by 3 students from Stanford University. SoftBank Group Corp plans on investing nearly $300 million into San Francisco-based food delivery startup DoorDash. The investment will be routed through… Read More ›
Fintech startup AutoFi Inc raises $10 million in funding round
The company aims to utilise the freshly received funds to expand its footprint in the U.S. and in international markets. AutoFi Inc, a fintech startup that caters exclusively to the auto industry, has raised $10 million in a Series A… Read More ›
SimilarWeb raises $47 million in latest funding round
SimilarWeb’s expertise lie in evaluating the performance of websites and mobile apps. On Tuesday, SimilarWeb, an Israeli-U.S. tech firm whose platform helps track the performance of websites of companies and mobile apps disclosed it has raised $47 million in a… Read More ›
Softbank, Greylock Partners, GM and others invest in Silicon Valley self-driving startup Nauto
Nauto has had the distinction of attracting big names from the auto industry in its funding rounds. Palo Alto-based Nauto, a Silicon Valley startup which develops software for self-driving vehicles, has disclosed it closed a $159 million series B funding… Read More ›
Stripe partners with Alipay and WeChat Pay to tap China’s e-commerce market
The deal allows Chinese consumers to make international payments through Stripe. In a significant development, Stripe a Silicon Valley startup, has partnered with China’s Alipay and WeChat, to enable digital payments for merchants using its platform globally. Now Stripe can… Read More ›
Microsoft, Intel, JPMorgan Chase and others join race to tap blockchain technology
The development underscores the latest push by large companies to move towards a distributed ledger systems. Two dozen companies which includes Microsoft, Intel Corp and JPMorgan Chase & Co have come together to create standards and technology which enterprises can… Read More ›
SoftBank could potentially invest ~$4 billion in WeWork
WeWork continues to raise capital ahead of its planned listing. After this deal, the company will be valued at more than $20 billion. CNBC has reported today, that SoftBank Group Corp is all set to sink in $3 billion into… Read More ›