San Francisco based learning platform Learn To Win raises US$ 4M
San Francisco based Learn To Win, a high-performance microlearning training program raised US$ 4M in seed funding on 29 January 2021. Investors: The funding round was led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from Pear VC and the 20|20 Fund. Purpose of the funding: The funding will be utilized to broaden product awareness, expand platform capabilities and extend into new industry...
Machine Learning Experiment Tracking startup Weights & Biases Raises Series B
San Francisco based Weights & Biases, a startup that offers performance visualization tools for machine learning raised US$ 45 million in Series B funding on 1 February 2021. The Series B funding round was led by Insight Partners with participation from Coatue, Trinity Ventures and Bloomberg Beta. Weights & Biases had previously raised US$ 20 million in funding. Insight’s George...
New York Start-up Goalsetter raises USD 3.9 Million
Goalsetter, a New York based start- up raised USD 3.9 Million on 26th of January, 2021 in a seed round. The company has raised a total of USD 4.5 Million in funding over 5 rounds. Investors: The start-up has acquired a capital of USD 3.9 Million led by Astia involving other participants like MasterCard, PNC Bank, U.S. Bank, Northwestern Mutual...
ELSA secures US$ 15M in Series B funding
San Francisco and Ho Chi Minh City-based English language learning app ELSA announced that it has secured US$ 15M in a Series B funding round in February 2021. The funding round was led by VI (Vietnam Investments) Group and SIG. Other participants comprised existing investors Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI-focused fund), SOSV and Monk’s Hill Ventures, and new investors Endeavor...
Ben raises US$ 2.5M in seed funding
London-based employee benefits and rewards startup Ben announced in February 2021 that it has raised US$ 2.5M in a seed funding round led by Cherry Ventures and Seedcamp. Multiple angel investors such as Paul Forster (founder-Indeed), Taavet Hinrikus (founder-TransferWise), Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas (Partner at Index Ventures), Philip Reynolds (VP of Engineering-Workday) and Matt Robinson (founder-Nested) also participated in the funding...
Startup Giants: ShareChat vs Hike
In this edition of Startup Giants, we’ll focus on the battle between the messaging giants-ShareChat and Hike, to attract the next billion users in the fiercely competitive Indian social media/messaging industry.
The Latest Acquisitions in The Global Startup Ecosystem
The adoption of the acquisition system in reshaping and redirecting corporate strategies has hit an all time high. Businesses today have come to realize the benefits of acquiring startups to aid their productive process compared to the massive amount and delay of establishing internal departments to take care of developments. Acquisitions are carried out to fulfill various business needs such...
Funding sources open for a startup and which one is ideal for you?
When it comes to actually making a startup work, it takes more than just an idea and your efforts. Every business, big or small would need funding to grow and this point is particularly true for the startups. The right early stage investment can make a huge difference in many of the aspects. Whether it's hiring a new employee,...
Saudi based startup Foodics announces US$ 20 million Series B funding
The Saudi Arab headquartered cloud based restaurant management startup, Foodics has secured US$ 20 million or SAR 75 million Series B investment led by Sanabil Investments on 1st February 2021. The newly announced investment round adds the total capital raised by the startup Foodics to US$ 28 million or SAR 105 million. Sanabil Investments, the lead investor of the series...
NY-based Asset Management startup Yotta Raises Series A funding
New York-based startup Yotta, a connected asset management software and services provider, raised US$ 13.2M in Series A funding round on 28 January 2021. Investors: The Series A was led by Base10 Partners with participation from YCombinator, Core Innovation Capital and Slow Ventures. Yotta’s previous investors include Cliff Asness and Ken Moelis. It had announced its Series Seed in August...
