Fintech startup TickSmith announced it has raised $2 million in financing from Illuminate Financial Management. TickSmith was founded in 2012 by industry experts to address a problem that affects all participants in capital markets: efficiently working with constantly growing mountains of financial data. Through its TickVault
Colorescience announced it has raised $15 million in financing from an undisclosed investor. Colorescience’s mission is be the premier luxury aesthetic makeup line in the medical and resort spa channel. The company creates healthy, breathable, blendable, and luxuriously soft makeup products using custom-refined minerals and nutrient-intensive
Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW), an American manufacturer of glass, ceramics, and related materials, announced that it has acquired startup SpiderCloud Wireless. SpiderCloud, based in Milpitas, CA, develops scalable small-cell network platforms that deliver unprecedented coverage and capacity for wireless services inside buildings. Small cells are deployed
PayClip announced it has raised $1.6 million in Series B financing from an undisclosed investor. PayClip develops a card reader that enables users to accept credit card payments through smartphones and tablets. The company offers portable card-reading equipment that fits into the headphone socket of smartphones
SkySafe announced the close of $11.5 million in Series A financing. Two investors contributed to the round, among them Andreessen Horowitz. The SkySafe system can take control of a rogue drone in the air and safely land it. By applying advanced radio engineering and deep threat
Software startup SlideBean announced the close of $850,000 in seed financing from Carao Ventures. Slidebean is a free web-based presentation tool that lets users create powerful presentations with just a few clicks. By separating content creation from slide design, Slidebean allows users to focus on what
Lvl5 announced the completion of $2 million in seed financing from investor Paul Buchheit and 9Point Ventures. Lvl5 uses computer vision to create high-resolution mapping and localization services for autonomous vehicles and robots. Founded in 2016 by Andrew Kouri and Erik Reed, both former Tesla engineers, and
PebblePost announced it has secured $32 million in financing. Three investors participated in the round, among them Horizon Technology Finance and Silicon Valley Bank. PebblePost invented programmatic direct mail to transform real-time online activity into personalized, dynamically rendered direct mail that’s delivered into postal hubs within
Carbice closed $1.5 million in seed financing. TechSquare Labs and GRA Venture Fund participated in the round. Carbice Corporation is rooted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA, and its mission is to deliver innovative thermal materials solutions to allow breakthrough performance in electronic devices. Carbice’s
Enterprise IT startup DataRails announced it has raised $6 million in Series A financing. Four investors contributed to the round, including Vertex Ventures, Cyrus Capital, and Oryzn Capital. DataRails is a technology solution that tracks, controls, and manages spreadsheets at the enterprise and business level, and