DroneSeed, a forestry management provider, announced it has raised $5.1 million in financing from an undisclosed investor. According to the company, its recurring revenue service helps its customers maximize the value of their forestland from planting to harvesting. DroneSeed gets paid by the acre for planting
Advertising technology startup eLocal announced the completion of $25 million in financing from LLR Partners. eLocal is an internet advertising company that connects consumers with local businesses, with specialization in the home services and legal verticals. According to the company, customers are able to find local
Agriculture technology company Farmer's Business Network (FBN) completed $110 million in Series D financing, led by T. Rowe Price and Temasek Holdings. Acre Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, GV, and DBL Investors also participated. FBN is a farmer-to-farmer agronomic information network that uses
Mealkit provider Blue Apron announced that the company’s board of directors has named Brad Dickerson as president and chief executive officer. He will also join Blue Apron’s board of directors. Before joining Blue Apron, Dickerson spent eleven years at Under Armour in senior leadership roles,
Software company Uptake Analytics raised $117 million in Series D financing, led by Baillie Gifford, with participation from Revolution Growth and Greatpoint Ventures Innovation Fund. Uptake develops a predictive analytics platform that analyzes data to predict and prevent failures, uncover hidden profits, and discover new opportunities
Video marketing platform Innovid has agreed to purchase real-time data intelligence company Taykey. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. According to the company, this acquisition combines Innovid’s video engagement and performance data with Taykey’s dataset of contextual intelligence to help brands realize
BlazingDB, an enterprise startup that helps organizations operationalize their data lakes, raised $2.9 million in seed financing. NVIDIA and Samsung NEXT participated in the round. According to the company, users are able to query tens to hundreds of terabytes in seconds with BlazingDB’s scalable, GPU-powered
Digital media startup Spot.IM obtained $25 million in Series C financing, led by Insight Venture Partners, with participation from Altair VC and Norma Investments. Founded in 2012 by Nadav Shoval and Ishay Green, Spot.IM's mission is to foster connected, engaged communities across the Internet. By replacing
Jaanuu, a medical apparel startup, closed a new round of financing from investors including Innovation Global and Maywic Select Investments. Jaanuu was formed in 2013 to “reinvent” the medical apparel category with contemporary, runway-inspired scrubs tops and pants, lab coats, underscrubs, and footwear made of premium,
Pwnie Express, a startup that provides threat detection for wireless and wired devices in and around workplaces, completed $8 million in financing led, by .406 Ventures, Ascent Venture Partners, and Fairhaven Capital. Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies also participated. According to the company, Pwnie Express’