Consumer startup Daily Harvest completed a new round of financing from a roster of investors including famed tennis player Serena Williams, celebrity Gwyneth Paltrow, Collaborative Fund, and WME. Daily Harvest was founded when Rachel Drori, a busy New Yorker and even busier mom, found herself craving one
Trint just closed $3.1 million in seed financing. Two investors contributed to the round, among them Horizons Ventures. Trint seeks to transform transcription with an end-to-end platform that allows users to search, edit, and manipulate their audio and video content. The company’s technology synchronizes users’ audio
Obsidian Security just closed $9.5 million in Series A financing. Three investors participated in the round, among them Greylock Partners. Led by former founding team members of Cylance and Carbon Black, Obsidian Security is a Southern California technology company at the intersection of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence,
Artificial intelligence startup Citrine Informatics announced it has secured $7.6 million in Series A financing. Innovation Endeavors, Prelude Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Data Collective, and XSeed Capital participated in the funding. Citrine's machine learning-based platform mines vast quantities of data about materials, chemicals, and processes
Essential completed $300 million in financing. Playground Global, Redpoint Ventures, Altimeter Capital, Tencent Holdings and Foxconn Technology Group participated in the funding. Founded by Andy Rubin, co-founder of Android, Essential is a mobile and home devices company focused on creating consumer technology products for the
PR software startup Upbeat announced the completion of $1.5 million in financing from an illustrious list of investors, including accelerator programs Stanford-StartX, Y Combinator and 500 Startups as well as a roster of famed Silicon Valley venture firms, among them Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, Draper
Plynk just closed $28 million in Series A financing. Two investors contributed to the round, among them Swiss Privee Ltd. Plynk is a European money messaging app that offers instant person-to-person payments. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, Plynk was co-founded by Charles Dowd and Clive Foley in
Alta Motors just closed $27 million in Series B financing. Three investors participated in the round, among them Grassy Creek Ventures and Mountain Nazca. In the $100-billion global lightweight vehicles market, Alta is leading the shift to electric by building better motorcycles: faster, easier, better designed,
Tractable announced it has raised $8 million in Series A financing. Seven investors participated in the round, among them Ignition Partners and Zetta Venture Partners. Tractable builds deep learning tools for visual inspection that can perform faster, cheaper, and more accurately than humans. Focusing on computer
FactSquared announced it has raised a new round of financing led by serial entrepreneurs and investors Mark Walsh and Matt Koll. Following the deal, Walsh will assume the role of executive chairman and take an active role in FactSquared’s business development and go-to-market strategy. FactSquared, Inc.,