Genalyte, Inc., a San Diego company, announced $36 million in funding led by Redmile Group and Khosla Ventures. The company’s funding round followed a clinical study presentation that demonstrated its blood test product feasibility.
The company’s blood tests require a single drop of blood from patients and are completed in under 15 minutes using the Maverick Detection Platform. The tests...
Nutonomy, a startup that was an MIT project, is testing its service in Singapore as a robo taxi outfit. The tests started in August in the country. Nutonomy’s relationship with the Singaporean government following a $16 million funding round enabled it to gain authorization to begin testing their self-driving vehicles in the country.
The Boston-based company announced a partnership with...
Sigfox, a French company in the IoT industry, raised €150 million in Series E Funding. The company broke the news on Friday. TechCrunch broke the news that the company was raising funds in October.
Rumors that the company is valued at €600 million have spread, but the company has not verified the valuation. Sigfox raised €300 million in total.
The company...
Google’s Digital News Initiative received €24 million in second funding, with a commitment of €150 million to fuel European news organizations. The search giant aims to provide funding to European news organizations to fuel innovation in the market.
The funding will be diversified into 125 projects across 25 European countries.
Digital News Initiative has spoken to thousands of newsrooms and individuals...
Google just released a new app dubbed PhotoScan. The app, available on iOS and Android, makes it easy to scan and preserve old family photos bringing them into the digital world. The app, demoed to the press on Tuesday, improves on the flatbed scanner and is a lot cheaper, too.
The app asks the user to scan the border of...
Suku Technologies, just one month after opening its doors in San Jose, CA, has announced it can convert any iPhone into a small portable bidet. The service is available for all versions of the device, including the Apple iPhone 7. When customers mail in their iPhone, the company makes a few modifications that allows the phone to be attached...
Kit, a social media startup founded in 2013, raised $2.5 million in seed funding. The company’s official announcement states that it has grown tenfold in the past six months, and the additional funding will be used to continue to improve the community.
The funding round was led by April Underwood, Ellen Pao, Expa, Social Capital, Black Angel Tech Fund, Authentic...
Vinomofo is an Australian wine retailing startup that launched in New Zealand in June. The company raised $25 million from Blue Sky Capital just two months before opening its service in New Zealand. The company’s product was well-received in Australia and New Zealand, leading to the company forming Vinomofo Asia Holdings.
The company will open a location in Singapore next...
DowniSure, a new app from start-up CLX, has been launched and will reduce every insurance policy you have by at least 10%. Its algorithm is directly linked to the National Insurance Database. All you have to do is enter the personal information in the fields and submit the form to your auto, home, life, or other insurance provider.
There is...
Simple Habit, a startup that debuted their official app on iOS in June, launched their Android version of the app to expand their user base. The company is a first in the mindfulness space, offering a subscription service much like Spotify.
The company also opened a web version of their app to users.
Users from 115 countries have meditated using the...
