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A running list of every company backed by the $93B SoftBank Vision Fund
When SoftBank announced the first close of its $93 billion Vision Fund back in May, it was hard to understand how the company would even manage to deploy so much capital in an already saturated ecosystem. For starters, it seemed like a good idea to keep a running list of all Vision Fund investments for reference. We will update this list on a regular basis. Read More
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Here’s how much the best Overwatch players will make in Blizzard’s new pro league
E-sports is maturing at a rapid pace. What once was only found on a Twitch stream here and there is now becoming the new favored spectator sport for an entire generation of gamers. Blizzard recently announced the first city-based e-sports league for the ultra-popular game Overwatch. As a follow-up, Blizzard has outlined some of the standards for signing and employing professional players. Read More
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Medium acquires Talkshow Industries, with CEO Michael Sippey becoming Medium’s head of product
Medium has a new head of product, while the startup behind the defunct texting app Talkshow appears to be done for good. Talkshow Industries was led by Michael Sippey, who’d spent two years as vice president of product at Twitter. The company’s first product was the Talkshow app, which allowed you to follow other users’ text message conversations. Read More
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WhatsApp hits 1B daily users while its Snapchat clone rockets to 250M
Facebook is winning the race to bring Snapchat’s Stories format to the rest of the world before its originator. WhatsApp Status, its version of Snapchat Stories, now has 250 million daily active users. That’s despite it being relegated to a secondary dedicated tab in the app, opposed to being front and center on the home screen like Instagram Stories which also now has over 250… Read More
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Logitech Circle 2 is a great surveillance system, but for a price
Accessible home monitoring should be more than just being able to buy a security camera. It means having a packaged software experience, where you should be able to link cameras over a secure cloud connection while mounting them on walls, glass or the outdoors. Because we live in the age of connected devices, being able to interface with Alexa and HomeKit software should not only be a bonus but… Read More
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Microsoft launches Windows Bounty program, offering awards up to $250,000
Microsoft has been running a bounty program for a few years now, launching it just ahead of the release of Windows 8.1 back in mid-2013. At the time, the company was awarding up to $50,000 for exploits, in an attempt to help address any potential security issues before they could become a larger public concern. Read More
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Walmart cancels SNES Classic pre-orders, says ‘technical glitch’ made it appear
A few days ago — seemingly out of nowhere — a product page for Nintendo’s upcoming SNES Classic went live on Walmart.com, complete with a pre-order button. The Twitterverse lit up with people trying to share the news before the resellers caught on. As did my phone. Didn’t get your pre-order in? That’s okay. It looks like no one is getting them. Read More
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Meg Whitman steps down from HP’s board
Meg Whitman is stepping down from HP Inc.’s board, where she was chairman, the company announced Wednesday. Chip Bergh, CEO of Levi Strauss, will be taking her place. Whitman remains at the helm of HP Enterprise. The two companies split in late 2015. HP is the maker of computers and printers, whereas HPE is the enterprise business. Read More
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Tesla’s Top 10 Project Loveday videos reveal truly dedicated fans
Tesla is holding a video contest at the suggestion of a 10-year old fan named Bria Loveday, who asked the automaker to hold a competition among fans to see which ones could create the best videos celebrating their Tesla love. The submissions are all in, and Tesla is set to reveal its top 3 picks at Friday’s special Model 3 event at its headquarters in California. The top 10 video… Read More
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Facebook beats in Q2 with $9.32B revenue despite slower user growth
Facebook’s hot streak continued with a strong Q2 2017 earnings report. It earned $9.32 billion and $1.32 in GAAP actual EPS, compared to estimates of $9.2 billion revenue and $1.13 EPS. Revenue growth was 44.7% year-over-year, compared to 59% in Q2 2016, indicating that revenue growth is slowing, in line with Facebook’s warning to investors that it was running out of space to show… Read More
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PayPal growing faster than expected
Payments giant PayPal is growing faster than what analysts were expecting, according to the latest numbers. For the second quarter of 2017, PayPal brought in $3.14 billion in revenue, when analysts were expecting $3.09 billion. This is up 18.3 percent from last year. Read More
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Facebook’s CSO: the security industry needs to change
Every summer, suited and/or black-clad security geeks flock en masse to the sun-drenched surreality of Las Vegas for “Hacker Summer Camp”: a full week of various security and hacker conferences. Today Facebook’s CSO Alex Stamos gave its keynote address. He began by calling the infosec community a “family” — then gave a speech which felt a little like an… Read More
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The CRISPR patent battle is back on as UC Berkeley files an appeal
The University of California Berkeley has filed an appeal in a heated CRISPR patent interference case that earlier this year ruled in favor of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Read More
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Bullish: Increasing access to technology for blind people
Technology can be central to the lives of the 285 million people in the world who are blind or visually impaired, as long as they know how to use it. That’s where Erin Lauridsen, access technology director at LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, comes in. In her role, Lauridsen helps ensure people who are blind and visually impaired “know how to access all of the… Read More
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The IPO market in 2017? Underwhelming so far, underscores a new survey
The IPO market isn’t looking much more vibrant than last year, underscores a new survey. That could be discouraging for those who hoped a blah year would lead to a booming one. In fact, unless the fall is an especially active time for IPOs — and it might be — 2017 may well serve as one of the less memorable years in recent history. Read More
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Tech leaders respond to Trump’s ban of transgender people in the military
With Obamacare reform back from the dead and wending its way toward a substantive vote, the Trump administration has decided that two massive national policy controversies are better than one. In a set of tweets this morning, President Trump announced that he is banning transgender individuals from serving in any capacity in the U.S. military. The decision, if implemented, would reverse an… Read More
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Judge rules Anthony Levandowski can be called to testify in Uber/Waymo trial
In the latest hearing to define the scope of the upcoming trial between self-driving technology rivals Waymo and Uber, District Judge William Alsup said Anthony Levandowski, the star engineer at the center of the affair, could be called to testify in court. Read More
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Twitter adds updates about interesting links, trends and accounts to its Notifications tab
Your Notifications tab on Twitter might be getting a little more busy. The company recently added a new feature to this section on both mobile and web, which aims to clue you into what people you follow are up to – including whether they’re tweeting about a particular Twitter trend, sharing a link to a buzzing news article, or even following another user’s account. If this… Read More
Recent Funding Data by
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Citus Health
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Group K Diagnostics
- Not available Seed
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- Categories: Health Diagnostics
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Marmo Health
- $50K Seed
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: Health Care
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Premy
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Limitless
- 60K EUR Angel
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NANO Security Ltd
- Not available Venture
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doogy AS
- 2.0M NOK Angel
- HQ: Oslo, Oslo
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Cosme Hunt
- Not available Seed
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Shopping Mall, Beauty, Shopping, Cosmetics
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Aiqudo
- $5.2M Venture
- HQ: California City, California
- Categories: Apps
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BrandTotal
- $2.0M Seed
- HQ: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
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KinChip Systems
- $700K Seed
- HQ: Claremont, Western Australia
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Xchime
- $106K Product Crowdfunding
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Elimu Digital Media
- $100K Grant
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Thinkerbell Labs
- 13M INR Angel
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Signature Medical
- $2.5M Series A
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Corvi LED Light
- $10M Round
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The iStartup
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- Categories: Advertising
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WalkMe
- $75M Series E
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Internet, SaaS, Enterprise Software, Customer Service
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Dreamleague Gaming
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Pasadena, California
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USA Technologies
- $43M Post IPO Equity
- HQ: Malvern, Pennsylvania
- Categories: E-Commerce, Wireless, Information Technology, Mobile Payments, Internet of ... See More
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KRY
- $20M Series A
- HQ: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan
- Categories: Biopharma, Hospital, Health Care, Medical Device
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4Suites
- $435K Angel
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Hospitality, Real Estate, Mobile, Hotel
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Cleo
- 2.0M GBP Seed
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: FinTech, Artificial Intelligence, Finance
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oragenics
- $3.0M Post IPO Equity
- HQ: Tampa, Florida
- Categories: Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Therapeutics
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Rebagg
- $16M Series B
- HQ: New City, New York
- Categories: E-Commerce, Fashion, Retail
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Tethr
- $7.9M Seed
- HQ: Austin, Texas
- Categories: Customer Service, Compliance, Business Intelligence, Call Center, ... See More
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Tine Health
- Not available Seed
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Enterprise Software, Augmented Reality, SaaS, Health Care
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Fabhotels
- $25M Series B
- HQ: Gurgaon, Haryana
- Categories: Travel Accommodations, Hospitality, E-Commerce, Hotel
- Investors: Not available
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Somatik inc.
- $0K Private Equity
- HQ: Oakland, California
- Categories: Not available
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