Conventional Wisdom Says 90% of Startups Fail. Data Says Otherwise.
- Category: Expert Column
- Created: 28 June 2017
When entering an unfamiliar society, it is wise to learn the local customs, the unspoken rules, and the names of its heroes, villains, and gods.
AimBrain, a startup that uses biometric authentication to fight fintech fraud, raises £4M Series A
- Category: Funding & Deals
- Created: 20 June 2017
AimBrain, a London startup that offers “biometric identity” as a service to help fintech companies and other financial institutions fight fraud, has raised £4 million in Series A funding.
Why Entrepreneurs Should Aim to Fail -- That's Right. They Should Actively Seek It.
- Category: Expert Column
- Created: 17 June 2017
Here's a viewpoint that might cause you to do a double take: Actively seeking rejection means you're learning, adapting and getting that much closer to your destination.
Skyscanner CEO discusses why he just sold his company for $1.7 billion
- Category: Entrepreneurs Speak
- Created: 26 November 2016
Big news emerged from M&A land earlier this morning, when travel search giant Skyscanner revealed it had been acquired by one of China’s biggest online travel companies, Ctrip, in a deal worth £1.4 billion (USD$1.74 billion).
Transcriptic raises $13.4 million to grow its cloud platform for automated scientific research
- Category: Funding & Deals
- Created: 19 November 2016
Transcriptic, a biotechnology startup that’s setting out to reinvent how biological research is carried out, has raised $13.4 million in a new round of funding led by Data Collective, with participation from new investors Digital Science and WuXi AppTec. Other existing investors also contributed to the round, including AME Cloud Ventures.
RiskIQ raises $30.5 million to use machine learning to assess security risks
- Category: Funding & Deals
- Created: 12 November 2016
RiskIQ, a startup with a new kind of security technology, has raised $30.5 million in a third round of funding.
Lending platform Blackmoon raises $2.5 million in new funding
- Category: Startup Funding
- Created: 12 November 2016
Russian lending platform Blackmoon has raised $2.5 million in funding from Target Global, A&NN Group, Flint Capital, and a number of unnamed private investors.
How To Find Right Investor For Your Startup
- Category: Startup Tips
- Created: 08 November 2016
Raising the right amount of capital from the correct investor is perhaps one of the most crucial tasks for an entrepreneur. Analogous to matrimony, while finding the right investor would ensure the longevity of the enterprise, a wrong match may provide to be completely detrimental for your business.
BioConsortia Raises $12 million to Accelerate Development of Multi-Microbe Products for Agriculture
- Category: Startup News
- Created: 08 November 2016
BioConsortia, Inc., innovator of microbial solutions for natural plant trait enhancement and crop yield improvement, announced that it has raised this year a total of $12 million for future growth. Last week, BioConsortia closed an $8 million equity round of investment financed by existing investors, Khosla Ventures and Otter Capital, and earlier in the year raised $4 million of venture debt from Square 1 Bank, a division of Pacific Western Bank.
Relay Ventures closes third fund at $150 million, targets early-stage startups across North America
- Category: Funding & Deals
- Created: 04 November 2016
Relay Ventures has closed its third fund at $150 million (CAD$220 million), as the Canada-based venture capital (VC) firm looks to target early-stage investments across the U.S. and Canada.