by The Brio Team | Mar 17, 2017 | Getting Funded
Author: Julia Boorstin / Source: CNBC Lockheed Martin made its debut at South By Southwest this year, with a big presence on the convention center floor, replete with a robotic exoskeleton controlled by a Lockheed engineer, and giant backdrop showing the red...
by The Brio Team | Mar 16, 2017 | Getting Funded
Author: Ingrid Lunden / Source: TechCrunch True&Co., an e-commerce company founded with the mission of disrupting the lingerie industry by creating a new business model for selling bras and other undergarments, has been sold. Phillips Van Heusen (PVH),...
by The Brio Team | Mar 16, 2017 | Getting Funded
Author: Andreas Rekdal / Source: Built In Chicago Livongo Health, the consumer digital health company founded by Chicago entrepreneur Glen Tullman, announced on Thursday that it has raised a $52.5 million round of funding from General Catalyst, Kinnevik and...
by The Brio Team | Mar 16, 2017 | Getting Funded
Author: Ben Paynter / Source: Co.Exist Charity effectiveness evaluator GiveWell has won a lot of fans for its data-driven recommendations about where people should donate to have their money used most effectively. The organization usually recommends...
by The Brio Team | Mar 16, 2017 | Getting Funded
Author: Katie Roof / Source: TechCrunch Online fashion retailer ModCloth, known for its vintage-inspired and indie apparel, is on the verge of being acquired by Walmart, by way of its subsidiary, Jet.com. The deal, which had already been rumored, is almost...
by The Brio Team | Mar 16, 2017 | Getting Funded
Author: Gillian B. White / Source: The Atlantic Kris Connor / Getty Long before Melinda Gates was famous for her philanthropic work, she was yet another woman trying to make it in the male-dominated tech world. Gates started working at Microsoft in 1987,...
