Internet and IoT startup Helios Wire just closed $4 million in financing from an undisclosed investor. Helios Wire aims to bring satellite-enabled machine to machine (M2M) and Internet of things connectivity to the mass market. The company’s technology uses priority mobile satellite system (MSS) S-band spectrum
Internet and IoT startup Sleeperbot closed $2 million in seed financing. Birchmere Ventures and Expa Capital participated in the round. Sleeperbot provides a messaging app for sports players to interact with each other around sports news and strategy. In 2016 200,000 fantasy football players discovered
In all the talk about new tech trends in Silicon Valley, there has been little to match the excitement over artificial intelligence (AI). Tech journalists and venture investors hyperventilate when predicting all the things computers and robots may be capable of doing, while economists scratch
ThoughtSpot announced the completion of $60 million in financing. According to Reuters, the round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. ThoughtSpot’s mission is to disrupt the business intelligence industry with search-driven analytics for the enterprise. Its Relational Search technology lets business people analyze company data in
According to a recent SEC filing, robotics startup Restoration Robotics has raised $23.9 million in financing from an undisclosed investor. Restoration Robotics is a privately held medical device company dedicated to transforming the field of hair restoration. The company produces the ARTAS® System, a computer-assisted, physician-controlled
Fintech startup Capital Float announced the completion of $45 million in Series C financing. Four investors contributed to the round: Ribbit Capital, SAIF Partners, Sequoia India, and Creation Investments. Capital Float is an online platform that provides working capital finance to SMEs in India. It offers
Redis Labs announced it has secured $44 million in Series D financing. Four investors contributed to the round: Goldman Sachs, Bain Capital Ventures, Carmel Ventures, and Dell Technologies Capital. Redis Labs, a leading commercial Redis provider, powers cutting edge applications with blazing fast enterprise-class Redis. The
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ) today announced that Christopher Helsel has been named vice president and chief technology officer. Helsel joined Goodyear in 1996 and spent the early years of his career working in a series of increasingly senior roles in computer modeling,
Global customer service software company Zendesk (NYSE:ZEN) announced the launch of Answer Bot, a customer service chatbot that improves customer experience by automatically responding to questions with relevant knowledge base content. Existing Zendesk users can start a free 30-day trial right away. New users can
Product Graveyard is a new website that provides a fun way to keep track of and commemorate the most memorable dead products. From consumer apps to developer tools, Product Graveyard features a wide variety of people’s favorite tech products that have been closed down and