Dr. Oz Hearts iBeat: Backs cardiac-focused smartwatch maker
IBeat, maker of a heart-monitoring smartwatch, revealed that it has raised $250,000 from Dr. Mehmet [...]
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Payments unicorn Mozido seeks new round or sale: sources
Mozido Inc, the mobile payments company once valued at more than $2 billion, is out [...]
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Chatbots, whether revolutionary or AI-powered toys, are more than just talk
Jonathan Lehr is not just an investor in x.ai, he’s a power user of the artificial-intelligence-powered [...]
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Data spotlight: Top venture-backed deals in August
Deals crested to more $6.1 billion in August after having dipped to $2.5 billion in [...]
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Data spotlight: Dreamit has busy August, but Obvious invests the most
Philadelphia-based Dreamit Ventures, which recently announced its fall 2016 class, backed 13 companies in August, making [...]
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Big data, mobile apps fuel surge in fintech venture funding
Fueled by trends in mobile computing and big data, funding for venture-backed startups in financial [...]
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Heads-up displays gaining traction
Mobile phones have transformed daily life. But there is one glaring downside: We can’t put [...]
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Venture-backed stocks inch upward in August
The Thomson Reuters’ Post-Venture Capital Index (PVCI) rose slightly upwards to end August at 986.23, a [...]
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Data spotlight: M&A triples in August with close of Dollar Shave Club deal
Venture-backed M&A value more than tripled to $2.54 billion in August from $775 million in [...]
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No, a Point investment doesn’t mean Marc Andreessen will own your home
Andreessen Horowitz led the $8.4 million Series A round this week for Point, which is offering [...]
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Dashboard: Venture bounces back big in August
U.S.-based fundraising spiked in August thanks to the $2.5 billion fund raised by Technology Crossover Ventures. [...]
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Investors bet on big data blossoming in agritech
The hyper-connected tech industry is a world away from the rural farm towns where America’s [...]
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IPO Profiles: Airgain and Protagonist Therapeutics
Two VC-backed companies debuted in August. Airgain Inc, a provider of antenna technologies for high-performance [...]
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Data spotlight: In spite of Brexit, UK’s Deliveroo leads all European deals in August
Roofoods, the London-based food-delivery service operating in 12 European countries as Deliveroo, raised about €248 million ($275 [...]
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U.S. venture funding expands reach beyond traditional centers
Venture activity this year has been gradually expanding its reach outside its traditional hubs, with the most [...]
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Trump vs. Clinton: Who’s best for entrepreneurs?
Both candidates plan to upend carried interest, but Clinton’s tech agenda gives her an edge
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Kabbage looks for fresh funding: sources
Online lender Kabbage, which has raised five rounds totaling $240 million, is looking for additional [...]
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Venture’s summer slowdown is worst in seven years
A total of 715 deals were completed in June, July and August, through Aug. 22, [...]
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