Security leader ProtectWise™ named Adam Cecil as chief financial officer. Cecil brings a decade of executive leadership experience for emerging companies, and has spent 30 years in finance. Most recently, he was CFO of high-growth startup CommercialTribe. Prior to that, he was CFO at AlchemyAI,
The travel tool Flight Deals Hound constantly scans for international and domestic flight deals near users’ specified locations, and sends personalized email alerts to them as soon as deals are found. Flight Deals Hound was created by Founder Anna Wu.
Chia is an eco-friendly cryptocurrency that aims to harness cheap, abundant, unused storage space on hard drives to verify transactions on the blockchain, resulting in a cryptocurrency that’s less wasteful, more decentralized, and more secure. The makers plan to sell Chia to the public in
Chatbox for Education lets teachers around the globe teach students online via educational templates. Students can converse with instructors through the chatbot on a specific topic, and then learn that topic through text, images, or video. Students then take quizzes and submit their results to
TrackStreet announced the completion of $2 million in seed financing, led by Okapi Venture Partners, with participation from SaaS Capital and Stage Venture Partners. TrackStreet monitors Internet marketplaces and freestanding websites to help give brand owners the tools they need to understand sales and distribution trends
Chandra Ambadipudi, chief executive officer of Clairvoyant, a global technology consulting and services company, has joined the EduBrisk board of directors. EduBrisk is an e-learning platform for students, parents, and teachers. “Chandra is a highly motivated senior leader in software engineering and big data, with a
The intelligent fire camera SmokeD is designed to see smoke from a distance of 10 miles, detect wildfire in around five minutes, and send an alert directly to users’ phones. Each notification is sent to 3,000 mobile app users who verify the alerts and help
Created by developers to help the community focus on code instead of constantly searching for news around the Web, Daily is a Chrome extension that strives to deliver the best development articles to users via a new tab. Daily was created by Co-founder Nimrod
Crux Informatics announced it has secured $10 million in financing, led by Goldman Sachs. With its Informatics Platform, Crux offers a secure and scalable environment to store, explore, and transform client data. The startup also provides a community marketplace where users can discover and acquire the
Real estate company Compass RE announced the acquisition of $100 million in Series E financing. Four investors participated in the funding, among them Fidelity Insurance Company, IVP, and Wellington Management Company. Compass’s end-to-end real estate platform supports the entire buying and selling workflow. The platform’s hand-selected