Venture Capital News
Follow the money to learn what’s new in the world of venture capital. This section features companies, organizations and people involved in funding, such as seed, Series A and Series B rounds, including VC firms, angel investors, crowdfunding sites, micro-investors and startups.
Silicon Prairie Investment Crowdfunding Portal Company Registers as Intrastate Broker-Dealer
Silicon Prairie Portal & Exchange (https://sppx.io), the Minnesota-based investment crowdfunding portal operator serving issuers and investors in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan along with its affiliate Silicon Prairie Online, an SEC and FINRA reporting Federal Funding Portal company... - June 17, 2019 - Silicon Prairie Portal & Exchange
NAPHIA Announces Pet Insurance Market Reaches $1.42B in North America
North America’s pet health insurance sector reached another major milestone, with total premium volume in North America reaching $1.42 billion USD by the end of 2018, according to the North American Pet Health Insurance Association (NAPHIA). Industry data also showed that 2.43 million pets... - June 12, 2019 - NAPHIA - North American Pet Health Insurance Association
TAG Expands Into New York City with New Office Location
The demand for Family Bill Pay services prompts TAG to sign an office lease in order to accommodate new sales and existing clients in that region. - June 07, 2019 - TAG
Felix N. Bongjoh, Ph.D., Recognized as a Professional of the Year by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Felix N. Bongjoh, Ph.D. of West Roxbury, Massachusetts has been recognized as a Professional of the Year for 2019 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of educational consulting. About Felix N. Bongjoh, Ph.D. Dr. Felix... - June 05, 2019 - Strathmore Worldwide
Thinking Robots and a New Type of Robot Assistant: Travelmate Robotics
The world is witnessing the start of the age of robotics. An all purpose robot assistant that can carry your things for you – it's like if you mixed R2D2 with a butler and a suitcase. A person uses their smartphone everyday because it's a portable supercomputer available at the tips of your... - June 04, 2019 - Travelmate Robotics
FD Financial and FH1-40 Company Are Marketing Worldwide the Only One of Its Kind L140, a Hearing Test for the Infant In Utero
The L1-40 is the only noninvasive device of its kind that can detect if an Infant will be born deaf or hearing impaired In Utero. By having this knowledge early on, the mothers’ physician can act sooner to resolve the issue when possible. The L1-40 is being prepared for national marketing. - May 30, 2019 - FD Financial, Corp.
Chargezoom Achieves PCI-DSS Compliance
Chargezoom, an emerging Software as a Service provider, today announced that the company has validated compliance with the PCI-DSS version 3.2 as a Level 1 service provider. The organization underwent a rigorous audit by Sectigo, to ensure that it meets the industry’s security controls that... - May 28, 2019 - Chargezoom
Horizon Fuel Cell Announces Breakthrough in Automotive Fuel Cells
Ultra-thin bipolar plates from Horizon deliver high power density, and offer exciting cost-reduction potential in PEM fuel cells. - May 24, 2019 - Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies
OOTify, Inc. Named TiE50 Award Winner at TiEcon
OOTify, Inc., the Los Angeles based startup that promises to democratize mental healthcare, is excited to announce that it was selected as a 2019 TiE50 Winner in the prestigious TiE50 Awards Program. - May 15, 2019 - OOTify, Inc.
J.P. Morgan and Bora Payment Systems Debut New Payment Automation Technology
Bora Payment Systems, operating under a strategic collaboration agreement with J.P. Morgan Chase bank will now provide advanced payment processing technology to automate delivery of J.P. Morgan's Single-Use Accounts (SUA) payments. - May 07, 2019 - Bora Payment Systems, LLC
MyMy Music Wins Over Investors with Innovative Music Streaming Technology
MyMy Music, the streaming music platform which allows listeners to discover and help promote independent artists, has earned funding from Hit Ventures, an entertainment media consulting firm based in Montreal, Canada with a tech-based venture capital fund. Hit Ventures provides emerging brands in... - April 22, 2019 - MyMy Music
Huck Adventures is Raising $1 Million in Seed Funding to Connect Outdoor Adventure Enthusiasts Throughout the Country
Huck Adventures, an outdoor app startup on a mission to connect outdoor enthusiasts in a way never done before, announced it is currently raising $1 million in seed funding. Huck is in the build stage and is currently coding the app with its latest version being tested internally on Testflight. - April 12, 2019 - Huck Adventures
Bonusly Secures $1.5M Seed Round
Industry-leading employee recognition and rewards platform aimed at increasing engagement at work and improving employee retention announces seed round of $1.5 million from FirstMark Capital and Bloomberg Beta. - April 05, 2019 - Bonusly
Halp Raises $2.6M to Transform IT Support with Conversational Ticketing
Announcing Halp, a conversational ticketing solution for IT teams allowing them to assign, prioritize, and answer requests from Slack in a message-based interface. They are taking conversational ticketing experience to a whole new level. - April 04, 2019 - Halp
Machine Learning Helped Hyatt Boost User Acquisitions and Revenue
Wayio (www.way.io) helped the world-renowned hospitality company Hyatt bring more visits to their site, boosting user acquisitions and revenue with limited budget by leveraging Wayio’s intelligent targeting capabilities along with advanced machine learning technology. Wayio worked with... - April 02, 2019 - Wayio
Deloitte and Innovative Assessments to Help Improve Credit Scoring for the Underbanked
Deloitte and Innovative Assessments have entered into an alliance that will allow banks to reliably approve more loans among traditionally underserved consumers. - April 01, 2019 - Innovative Assessments
Standigm Raises US $11.5 Million in Series B Round Funding to Advance Its AI-Powered Drug Pipelines Toward License-Out
Standigm, an AI-powered drug discovery company, has raised $11.5 million in a Series B funding round. The funds will be used to scale the AI technology platforms and advance its drug discovery pipelines for untreatable diseases. - March 29, 2019 - Standigm
Findlay Nicolson to Attend Asian Investment Conference
Findlay Nicolson to attend annual Asian Investment Summit for the first time. - March 21, 2019 - Findlay Nicolson
Venture Capital World Summit Hailed in The Parliamentary Review
At this year's Parliamentary Review launch, those from the worlds of business, education and politics can expect the usual insightful and sincere thoughts from their industry leaders. Following the foreword from the prime minister and an as always astute introductory piece from the BBC's Andrew... - March 16, 2019 - Venture Capital World Summit Ltd.
SkySparc Strengthens Executive Team with CFO Appointment
SkySparc, an independent solutions provider, has appointed Rebecca Ericsson Birck as the firm’s first full-time chief financial officer. - March 13, 2019 - SkySparc
Carlos Solari, Former CIO at the White House and Senior FBI Executive Director, Joins PlatinumDEX ICO as the Chief Information Officer
Carlos Solari has joined London headquartered Fintech PlatinumDEX as Chief Information Office. Carlos is an internationally known IT security expert, formally CIO of The White House, responsible for the IT systems for the Executive Office of two President’s. PlatinumDEX is a start-up licensed (pending) e-bank incorporating a global network of "hyper-secure" blockchain enabled crypto exchanges, at the early stages towards of an ICO. - March 13, 2019 - Platinumdex Limited
DevMar Equities, Inc. (OTC: DEVM) Announces Appointment of Michael Brillati to the Board of Directors
DevMar Equities, Inc., a Nevada corporation (OTC: DEVM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Brillati to the Board of Directors. Mr. Brillati is Chief Executive Officer of Salus Group, a benefits consulting, brokerage and administration firm, and the managing partner of Oxford Capital... - March 12, 2019 - DevMar Equities, Inc.
Bayrock Financial and Development Targets $100 Mln for Boston Real Estate Fund
Bayrock Financial and Development Corporation (BAYROCK), a Boston-based real estate investment and development firm, is in the process of raising a new $100 million fund, according to regulatory filings. BAYROCK (no relation to the New York City based Bayrock Group LLC headed by Felix Sater and... - March 07, 2019 - Bayrock Financial and Development Corporation
NextHealth Technologies Announces $17M Growth Equity Investment to Continue Market Expansion
NextHealth Technologies Inc., a leading AI-powered healthcare analytics platform, announced today it has completed a $17 million Series B funding round led by TT Capital Partners (“TTCP”), with participation from Blue Cross of Idaho and existing investors including Norwest Venture... - March 04, 2019 - NextHealth Technologies
Global Online Payments See Boom in Mobile Sector, But Security Remains a Concern, States yStats.com
A series of new publications from Germany-based secondary market research company yStats.com highlight online payments and include reports such as “Global Online Payment Methods 2019,” “Europe Online Payment Methods 2019” and “Asia-Pacific Online Payment Methods 2019.” These reports shed light on the latest developments in digital payments worldwide. - March 01, 2019 - yStats.com GmbH & Co. KG
Cutting Edge Healthcare Announces the Addition of Gerry LoDuca as a Board Advisor
Cutting Edge Healthcare announces welcomes Gerry LoDuca as a Board Advisor. - February 27, 2019 - Cutting Edge Healthcare
Perthera, Inc. Announces the Appointment of Gary L. Gregory as Chief Executive Officer, President and Board Member
Mr. Gregory is recognized as a proven executive leader with big company capabilities and a keen start-up mindset, and his achievements include executing a successful IPO, driving substantial revenue & earning multiples for a publicly traded company, marshalling medical technologies through positive M&A efforts, and generating $50M+ in corporate financing efforts. - February 04, 2019 - Perthera, Inc.
Superior Fence & Rail Marks Nine and First in North Carolina with Newest Raleigh Fence Company Franchise
Fence supply and fence installation contractor to open ninth fence franchise location, with service to Raleigh-Durham and surrounding areas. - February 02, 2019 - Superior Fence & Rail
Crenshaw Associates Receives Capital Investment
WHG Partners has taken a majority equity stake in Crenshaw Associates. - January 30, 2019 - Crenshaw Associates
WiCON to Hold Pharma China Annual Forum 2019 in Shanghai on April 9
WiCON International Group LLC, the publisher of well-known WiCON | Pharma China (www.pharmachinaonline.com), announced that it will host the “Pharma China Annual Forum 2019” in Shanghai on April 9. Sponsored by RDPAC and Kantar Health, the well-acclaimed English language event has been... - January 30, 2019 - WiCON International Group LLC
TSEF: The Social Entrepreneurs’ Fund Names Lara Metcalf as New Managing Director
Lara Metcalf joins Managing Partner, Liz Luckett to lead TSEF’s third and largest fund focused on entrepreneurs using data and technology to solve tough problems facing vulnerable communities. - January 30, 2019 - Maycomb Capital
The Palm Beach Hedge Fund Association Welcomes the Van Hoek/Tremblay Team of UBS Private Wealth Management as Its New Member and Sponsor
The Palm Beach Hedge Fund Association (PBHFA) welcomes Cornelis Johannes "CJ" Van Hoek and Nathalie Tremblay from the Van Hoek/Tremblay team of UBS Private Wealth Management in West Palm Beach. - January 26, 2019 - Palm Beach Hedge Fund Association
A Nanobiotechnology Startup from a Small Town in India Attracts Global Investors
Ariviya, a Nanotechnology Biotechnology Startup from a small town Pattukkottai in the State of Tamil Nadu, India who is developing a product called MammaryO to prevent a costly disease "Mastitis" in dairy cows at big dairy farms, attracts global investors in Tamil Nadu Global Investor... - January 26, 2019 - Ariviya Inc.
Allvision Announces $3.2 Million Seed Investment
Allvision, a geospatial analytics company providing insights and business intelligence to verticals such as infrastructure management, insurance, advertising and security, announced today $3.2 million in Series Seed funding raised. Lavrock Ventures was joined by The Robotics Hub, IDEA Fund... - January 23, 2019 - Allvision IO