Enterprise smart lock player Latch snags another $10M
Author: Natasha Lomas / Source: TechCrunch New York based Latch has topped up its Series A with a further $10 million in external funding, bringing on a new investor RRE Ventures. Existing investors also participated. The smart lock maker has now raised a...
Mya raises $11.4M Series A to streamline recruiting for retail, warehouse and call center jobs
Author: John Mannes / Source: TechCrunch Recruiting is miserable. The experience lacks so many things: transparency, fairness, timeliness and so on that solutions to date have only addressed part of the problem. LinkedIn made the resume digital and put...
Kreditech raises €110M from Naspers’ PayU in strategic financing partnership
Author: Ingrid Lunden / Source: TechCrunch Kreditech, the German startup backed by Peter Thiel, Rakuten and the IFC that creates credit ratings and provides finance to people who may not otherwise have credit histories, has raised another round of funding...
8 Business Books Entrepreneurs Must Read to Dominate Their Industry
Author: Adam Toren / Source: Entrepreneur Every time you pick up a book -- or download one to a device -- opportunity knocks at your door. A good book represents a chance to expose yourself to groundbreaking, thought-provoking ideas that could blow your mind...
Marijuana startups get new funding from ‘streaming’ deals
Author: Solomon Israel / Source: CBC News Deep-pocketed players in Canada's legal marijuana industry are starting to offer streaming deals, a mining industry phenomenon in which financing is provided in exchange for the right to future production. (Blair...
Ashraf Sinclair: From actor to angel investor
Source: Malay Mail Ashraf Sinclair joined global venture capital seed funder and accelerator 500 Startups Southeast Asia, also known as 500 Durians, as a venture partner. ― Picture via Instagram/Ashrafsinclair KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 ― Malaysian celebrity Ashraf Sinclair...
FivePoint IPO scheduled for Wednesday at $14 per share
Author: Jeff Collins / Source: Orange County Register The balloon ride at The Orange County Great Park in Irvine (File photo) A year after FivePoint Communities put a plan to go public on hold, the Aliso Viejo-based developer announced plans to trade its...
Korea Is Building a ‘City’ for Self-Driving Cars
Author: Steve Dent / Source: Entrepreneur South Korea will soon open an 88-acre facility with everything an autonomous car might encounter, including expressways, parking areas and bus-only lanes, according to the Korea Business Times. First announced last...
Grocery delivery start-ups get ahead of food delivery start-ups in funding
Author: ZeeBiz WebTeam / Source: Zee Business A basked delivered with fruits and vegetables. Photo: Pixabay While the market has been tough for the food delivery start-up market, the grocery delivery start-ups have seen an upswing in investment from venture...
Guesty raises $3M to be a Salesforce for property managers
Author: Anna Escher / Source: TechCrunch Growth and consolidation in vacation marketplaces has driven investment into the short-term rentals market. Some analysts are even projecting the short-term rentals market to hit $169.7 billion by 2019 and $193.9...
500 Startups closes $15M fund to back founders in the Middle East and North Africa
Author: John Mannes / Source: TechCrunch Fresh off closing a $10 million fund earlier this year for Latin American startups, 500 Startups has pulled together capital for a new $15 million fund that will exclusively target startups in the Middle East and...
How to Identify Growth Potential During the Recruiting Process
Author: Andre Lavoie / Source: Entrepreneur “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence," the brilliant scientist Carl Sagan once said. And while Sagan wasn’t referring to the recruiting process, the means for analyzing a candidate is similar --...
Free streaming service Tubi TV grabs $20 million in new funding
Author: Sarah Perez / Source: TechCrunch San Francisco-based Tubi TV has raised an additional $20 million for its advertising-supported streaming service for TV and movies. Investors in the round are betting on the fact that the next big streaming competitor...
Deal Street: Maker Of Bira Beer, Logistics Startup 4TiGO Raise Funds
Author: Nishant Sharma / Source: Bloomberg Quint Fund-raises by a beer maker and ride-hailing unicorn were the highlight of the startup deal street last week. One of India’s newest beer makers -- B9 Beverages -- raised $7.5 million from existing and new...
Food Crowdfunding, Helping You Sell Your Startup And Find Funding
Author: Gail Barnes / Source: SnapMunk Good news for food entrepreneurs who have amazing ideas for innovation but not the funding or sales-savvy to make them happen. Crowdfooding – a platform that connects food entrepreneurs with investors – is aiming to be...
Home cleaning space hasn’t quite dried up yet as Nordic startup Freska raises €2M
Author: Steve O'Hear / Source: TechCrunch It is no secret how much tougher it has become over the last few years to raise VC dollars in the home services space. Even Rocket Internet’s Helpling reportedly had to take a down round when it raised a further €10...
How to Prevent Failing From Staining Your Entrepreneurial Career
Author: John Boitnott / Source: Entrepreneur Most entrepreneurs fail. Some fail more than once. Some fail big before going on huge success. Moving through failure does not make you a bad entrepreneur. It actually gives you the tools to become better at...
How Changing Its Packaging Helped This Company Find Sweet Success
Author: Jason Feifer / Source: Entrepreneur In the spring of 2015, Chris Mears was in supermarkets handing out samples of his new premium, M&M-style candies, called Little Secrets. “Oh,” one woman said, “this is perfect for my kids.” Another customer ate...