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Apr 22, 2020 • 5min
Disruptor Beam relaunches as gaming infrastructure-maker Beamable
Disruptor Beam, the mobile gaming startup behind Star Trek Timelines, has a new name and a new business. It’s now calling itself Beamable, and it’s selling a set of tools to help game developers add commerce and social functionality to their titles. The company’s direction became clear earlier this year when it sold Timelines to […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 22, 2020 • 5min
Confluent lands another big round with $250M Series E on $4.2B valuation
The pandemic may feel all-encompassing at the moment, but Confluent announced a $250 million Series E today, showing that major investment continues in spite of the dire economic situation at the moment. Today’s round follows last year’s $125 million Series D. At that point the company was valued a mere $2.5 billion. Investors obviously see […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 21, 2020 • 6min
NextView Ventures is launching a remote accelerator for startups
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Apr 21, 2020 • 5min
UK gov announces ‘Future Fund’, pledging £250M match funding for startups impacted by coronavirus
After mounting pressure from the U.K. tech startup ecosystem, and much debate, the British government today unveiled plans for a new “Future Fund” designed to ensure high-growth companies — namely, startups — across the U.K. receive enough investment to remain viable during the coronavirus crisis. Initially, the U.K. government is pledging a total of £250 […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 20, 2020 • 4min
Healthcare co-op Savvy snags venture funding from Indie.vc
Savvy, a healthcare cooperative, has just raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Indie.vc. Established as a cooperative that shares profits with its users, Savvy connects patients with healthcare companies and other providers looking to better serve people through products and services. Patients can take paid gigs that include tasks like interviews, focus groups and […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 17, 2020 • 4min
Impossible Foods rolls out to nearly 1,000 new grocery stores and supermarkets
Starting tomorrow, 777 supermarkets in California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Nevada will begin stocking the Impossible Foods plant-based meat substitute. Fueling the increased distribution and a push to expand its product suite and geographic footprint domestically and internationally is a $500 million round of funding the company closed in March. Some of that money is […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 17, 2020 • 5min
Everee raises a $10M Series A to scale its worker-friendly payroll software service
This morning Everee, a Utah-based software as a service (SaaS) startup focused on payroll, announced that it has closed a $10 million Series A. The funding event was led by Origin Ventures and Signal Peak Ventures. Previously, Everee had raised a $3.7 million Seed round in mid-2019. The company is therefore as well capitalized as […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 16, 2020 • 5min
Unicorn layoffs keep piling up as the economy gets worse
Earlier today a grip of new data presented a sharply negative picture of the American economy. And this afternoon, news broke that a trio of well-known, heavily-backed unicorns were cutting staff. With stocks down as well, we’ve received negative signals from the private market, the public market and the economy as a whole in the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 16, 2020 • 5min
Apply to compete in Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF 2020
Disrupt San Francisco 2020, the OG of startup tech conferences, takes place at Moscone West on Sept. 14 – 16. It’s an event you don’t want to miss, and we’re here to tell early-stage founders one of the best ways to get the most out of the Disrupt experience. Apply to compete in Startup Battlefield […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 15, 2020 • 3min
Rocket Lab inks deal to carry Japanese startup Synspective’s first satellite into orbit
The well-funded Japanese space startup Synspective has tapped launch provider Rocket Lab to take its first Earth observation satellite to orbit. Launch is planned for late 2020, and the company’s StriX–α craft will be the sole payload. Synspective was founded in 2018 and by mid-2019 had raised about $100 million, making it one of the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
