Agnikul Cosmos secured $11 Million in funding
Agnikul Cosmos, the esteemed Indian startup, has recently secured a substantial $11 million in funding for their space launch vehicle, Agnibaan. This infusion of capital promises to invigorate their mission to c oh develop a highly versatile and customizable small satellite launch vehicle. With Agnibaan, their overarching goal is to revolutionize the space industry and […]
UK’s ThirdFort nabs $20M for tools to help with ID verification, and detect money laundering and payment fraud
Money laundering has been a hot topic of late in the UK, which is facing pressure to not just make tighter rules to track down the origins of money that’s spent on large assets in the country like prime real estate — the capital city has been dubbed by some as the “London laundromat” — […]
Sequoia Capital India, STV back Dubai-based BNPL provider tabby in $54M extension round
Tabby, the Dubai-based buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform that lets users shop, pay later and earn cash from over 3,000 global brands, including Adidas, IKEA and Bloomingdale, has completed a Series B extension of $54 million. It follows tabby’s initial Series B round of $50 million announced last August that valued the company at […]
Infrastructure is broken, Gecko is using robotics to help fix it
Gecko Robotics’ mission statement is “To protect today’s critical infrastructure, and give form to tomorrow’s.” It’s certainly the sort of thing that rings true in the startup’s home town of Pittsburgh, where the Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed under the weight of five vehicles in late-January, the day President Biden was visiting to talk infrastructure. Gecko’s […]
Volocopter raises $170M, now valued at $1.87B, to fuel first commercial launches of flying taxi fleet in 2024
Volocopter, the startup out of southern Germany (Bruchsal) that has been developing electric VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft and a business model for operating them in taxi-style fleets in urban areas, has picked up another big round of funding as it inches closer to its first commercial launches. It raised $170 million, funding that […]
Decipad wants to help everyone do data modelling
Decipad, a no-code startup that’s aiming to disrupt spreadsheets with accessible tools that empower people to play around with numbers, has nabbed $5 million in seed funding. Put simply, it’s building an interactive notebook to help non-technical people do data modelling. “We are building for people that lack the technical skill to do cool things […]
Owner.com whips up new tools for independent restaurants following funding
Six months after taking in its initial funding to provide independent restaurants with online ordering tools, Owner.com is back with an expanded suite of offerings around delivery and marketing automation after securing $15 million in fresh funding. Aiming to manage a restaurant’s entire digital presence, the company has relaunched itself to offer new tools for […]
Apollo.io raises $110M as its sales intelligence platform crosses 16K paying companies
One of the bigger impacts of COVID-19 has been that more business than ever before is now being carried out online. To meet that opportunity, today a startup called Apollo.io has raised $110 million. Apollo built an all-in-one sales intelligence and engagement platform to find sales prospects from a database of 220 million would-be buyers, […]
Blockchain infra startup Tenderly raises $40M after seeing 500% YoY revenue growth
Tenderly, a startup that aims to make it easier for web3 developers “of all skill sets” to build blockchain products, has raised $40 million in a Series B round of funding — just months after closing on its Series A. The financing is yet another example of the rapid succession of funding rounds in the […]
NeuraLegion becomes Bright Security and raises $20M Series A
NeuraLegion, a startup that focuses on dynamic application security testing and identifying business logic issues, today announced that it has changed its name to Bright Security. In addition, the company also said that it has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by Evolution Equity Partners. Previous investors DNX Ventures, J-Ventures, Fusion Fund […]