Today DoorDash announced that it raised $535 million in Series D funding led by the SoftBank Group, with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital, GIC and Wellcome Trust. According to the company, this is the largest financing to date by a U.S. restaurant delivery platform.
Wealthsimple has raised a $51 million investment from the Power Financial group of companies. According to the millennial-friendly digital investing service, it now manages approximately $1.45 billion for 65,000 clients in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Wealthsimple seeks to make it easy for
Fintech company Stash today announced it has raised $37.5 million in Series D funding. The round was led by Union Square Ventures, and it included existing investors Breyer Capital, Coatue Management, Entree Capital, Goodwater Capital and Valar Ventures. Stash is on a mission to provide Americans
India-based mobile health and fitness company HealthifyMe today announced the close of a $12 million Series B round led by Sistema Asia Fund. Silicon Valley-based Samsung NEXT, Singapore’s Atlas Asset Management and Japan’s Dream Incubator also participated, alongside existing investors IDG Ventures India, Inventus Capital,
Honeycomb announced an $11.5 million Series A financing led by e.ventures, with participation from existing investor Storm Ventures and new investors NextWorld Capital and Merian Ventures. Honeycomb built and operates a platform hosting millions of apps for software developers. The product enables engineers easily to
Manta is a flexible invoicing desktop app geared toward people who need to make invoices from time to time, such as freelance designers, developers, photographers or writers. The app allows users to create attractive, personalized invoices without having to invest in design software like Photoshop,
For those who want to bring the studio class experience to their daily workouts, users can let the Moov Studio app’s trainers expertly guide them through each workout, encourage their progress, and celebrate their achievements. Moov Studio supports a variety of workout types that include
Transportation company Lyft announced the completion of $500 million in financing, led by CapitalG, Alphabet’s growth investment fund. According to the company, Lyft is second only to Uber as an on-demand ridesharing service, and it completed its 500-millionth ride earlier this year. The firm said
Mevo Plus is a live video camera that seeks to transform any event into a “professional” live streaming production. Users connect Mevo Plus and their mobile device to a Wi-Fi network to broadcast live in Full HD 1080p to email, Vimeo, Dropbox, YouTube, and Facebook,
The Pzizz app is a “sleep and power nap system” that uses rotating, specially designed music, voiceovers, and sound effects to help users sleep better and wake up refreshed. Recently, Pzizz added the "Focus Module" feature, which is music engineered to help people boost their