Fintech startup Prosper Marketplace closed $50 million in financing from FinEX Asia. Prosper is a people-to-people lending marketplace with more than $10 billion in funded loans. The platform allows people to invest in each other in a way that aims to be financially and socially rewarding.
Progressive Punctuation is a humorous collection of non-standard punctuation marks. For instance, irony is a lost punctuation mark invented by Marcellin Jobard in 1841 in Brussels. According to Jobard, it is an “extra emotional typographic character.” Placed at the beginning of the sentence, the punctuation
Sketchfab AR for iOS is an augmented reality tool that allows users to explore “a million things in AR and publish AR with no code.” Besides browsing through great community content, users of the Sketchfab AR app can publish any 3D file to AR with
According to a recent SEC filing, Rhumbix has raised $6.8 million in financing from an undisclosed investor. Rhumbix is a mobile platform designed for the construction workforce. Using their mobile apps, foremen and workers manage and approve timecards from the field in real time, ensuring accurate
Global telecommunications conglomerate Comcast announced that it has acquired IoT startup Stringify. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Stringify, founded in 2014, has created an Internet of Things (IoT) connection platform that shapes the transformation of physical spaces. Available in both iOS and
Digital media startup ViralGains closed $13.5 million in Series B financing led by First Analysis. Origin Ventures, Stage 1 Ventures, Pallasite Ventures and LaunchCapital also participated. ViralGains is a software company that seeks to create authentic connections between brands and consumers through online video. The
Hinge is an iPhone dating app that sets up friends in a way that aims to be fun and avoid being awkward. It connects to a user’s Facebook account to show which of his/her friends are using Hinge; the app then has the user act
Moment Drone is an aerial photography product that offers a 4k camera drone with auto-tracking and image stabilization features. It comes in a collapsible and lightweight design that allows users to fold it into the size of a notepad. Moment Drone features a high-performance camera
Time Map by Mapbox rethinks maps based on time to travel. Developed by an in-house team at Mapbox, a large provider of custom online maps for websites. Time Map by Mapbox preserves the direction of each point relative to the user, but the visual distance
Scrunchbot is a marketing app that allows users to discover influencers without leaving Slack. Users simply message Scrunchbot their search criteria, such as influencer expertise areas, locations, and number of followers, and Scrunchbot will search through more than 20 million top bloggers and Twitter, Facebook,