Using the same technology that suggests “friends” users may want to tag in photos or videos, Facebook’s new facial recognition features are designed to help people control their image on the social media platform by finding photos that they’re not tagged in and detecting when
Anchor Loans, a hard-money lender to the “fix-and-flip” industry, announced that 20-year IT industry veteran Harpreet Singh joined the company as chief technology officer. Singh served as a managing director with Deloitte, where he directed technical teams and resources in solution design, development, and delivery.
MightyHive, a programmatic solutions partner, has named Ming Wu and Leah Kim to the new roles of chief revenue officer and chief marketing officer, respectively. Wu, the former president of Accuen at Omnicom Media Group, was most recently the executive vice president of marketing at
Ocean Protocol, a decentralized data exchange protocol that lets users share and monetize data while guaranteeing control, auditability, and transparency, brought in a new round of financing from Outlier Ventures. The protocol strives to provide the underlying technical foundation that data marketplaces need to connect providers
FarmWise brought in $5.7 million in seed financing. Playground Global and Felicis Ventures led the round. Basis Set Ventures, Valley Oak Investment Partners and Cruise and Fitbit also participated in the funding. FarmWise builds smart, autonomous robots that help to solve the problem of weeds
According to a recent SEC filing, HiConversion raised $3.5 million in financing from an undisclosed investor. HiConversion is a SaaS solution for ecommerce brands seeking improvement through adaptive customer experience optimization. The company’s smart interaction engine uses predictive algorithms to help businesses increase their web page
According to a recent SEC filing, Nozomi Networks raised $15 million in financing from an undisclosed investor. The company’s products enhance cyber security, maximize uptime and deliver ROI by building internal models of users’ industrial network and physical process. They also use continuous behavioral monitoring
DigitalGenius raised $14.8 million in Series A financing, led by Global Founders Capital. MMC Ventures, Paua Ventures, Kairos Ventures, Runa Capital, Spider Capital, Salesforce Ventures, RRE Ventures, Lumia Capital, Compound Ventures, and Lerer Hippeau Ventures also participated. Founded in 2013 by Dmitry Aksenov and Mikhail Naumov,
ACL, a producer of audit and risk management technology solutions, acquired $50 million in financing from Norwest Venture Partners. Through a combination of software and expert content, ACL develops and advocates technology that strives to strengthen results, simplify adoption, and improve usability by identifying and mitigating
SolidEnergy, which designs and manufactures the “lightest practical rechargeable cells in the world,” closed $30 million in financing from an undisclosed investor. According to the company, it supplies Li-Metal cells to aeronautics, space, and consumer drones customers whose high-altitude pseudo satellites provide free, open access to