Pixvana, a Seattle-based software startup that builds a video creation and delivery platform for virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (XR), announced it raised $14 million in Series A financing, led by Vulcan Capital, with participation from Microsoft Ventures, Raine Ventures, Cisco Investments, Hearst Ventures, and
AISense announced it acquired $10 million in Series A financing, led by Horizons Ventures and Draper Associates. Bridgewater Associates and DFJ DragonFund also participated. AISense seeks to improve enterprise productivity with Ambient Voice Intelligence, a speech recognition and deep learning platform designed to discern and
Samsung DeX lets users connect their Galaxy S8, S8+, or Note8 to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse for a desktop experience. By plugging their phones into a DeX Station, users can review documents, use apps, and set or check notifications on a desktop interface. Users
warblr hand picks, tests, and curates apparel products – the first of which is socks. According to the company, all of its recommended socks are made of 75% finest combed cotton fiber, 20% nylon, and 2% elastane, making them extremely resistant to pilling and softer
Cloud and managed services company Cloud4C announced that Steven Granat has joined the firm as its senior vice president, Americas. Granat previously worked at Commvault, a publicly-traded data protection and information management software company headquartered in Tinton Falls, New Jersey. Prior to that, he spent
SpaceKnow, a geospatial analytics provider, announced the appointment of Jeremy Fand as its new vice president of product. Fand is a financial services industry veteran who most recently served as a senior product manager at Bloomberg, LP, where he oversaw macro and equity analytics and directed
According to a recent SEC filing, JumpCloud raised $20 million in financing from an undisclosed investor. JumpCloud's cloud-based Directory-as-a-Service® aims to authenticate, authorize, and manage both employees’ identities and the IT systems and resources they access, replacing the need for on-premise solutions.
Locus Robotics announced it secured $25 million in Series B financing, led by Scale Venture Partners. The robotics startup manufactures autonomous, mobile robots to support ecommerce fulfillment operations for retailers and warehouse logistics providers. According to the company, Locus’ robots work alongside employees to improve order
CallRevu announced the completion of a new round of financing from Serent Capital. The company, founded in 2006, offers phone process measurement that tracks, monitors, and summarizes all calls to automotive dealerships, delivering real-time, actionable phone process performance. According to the firm, if a customer is
Research has shown that proper breathing is essential to naturally reducing stress and increasing relaxation. Somnox is a sleep robot designed to improve people’s sleep by simulating human breathing, so that users subconsciously adjust their breathing rhythm to that of the robot. Somnox also provides