AeroFarms, a vertical farming startup, has closed a $20 million financing round led by Wheatsheaf Group with participation from previous backers GSR Ventures, MissionPoint Capital and Middleland Capital. AeroFarms CEO David Rosenberg…
Hyperloop to bet big at Vegas – and other transport tech tales
Hyperloop Technologies (HT) will test-run its cutting-edge tube-based “fifth mode of transport” next month, on the outskirts of Reno. But while the train(ish) concept – conceived by Elon Musk in 2012 but…
Magic Leap reportedly raising $827m funding round
Magic Leap, the secretive augmented reality startup, is raising an $827 million Series C round, according to Forbes. The new round would bring Magic Leap’s total funding to $1.4 billion and its…
Vice valued at more than $4bn after $200m Disney investment
The Walt Disney Co. has invested another $200 million in publisher Vice Media, valuing the company at more than $4 billion, according to the Financial Times. Disney invested $200 million in Vice…
Platfora secures $30m funding round
Platfora, a big data analytics company, has raised $30 million in financing from HSBC and Harmony Partners. Previous backers including Allegis Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Citi Ventures, Cisco, Sutter Hill Ventures…
Stockholm: Proving that cool can go big
Twenty years ago, Sweden’s politicians faced a dilemma: how could a small country of under ten million in the Europe’s northern become the continent’s leading digital player? The country’s leadership decided they’d…
Uber reportedly targeting $2.1bn in funding at $62.5bn valuation
Ride-hailing app Uber is looking to raise as much as $2.1 billion in a funding round that would value the company at $62.5 billion, Bloomberg reports. Uber is currently undertaking an aggressive…
EatStreet grabs $15m Series C round
EatStreet, an online and mobile food ordering company, has closed a $15 million Series C funding round led by 4490 Ventures Lumia Capital. GCI Capital, MATH Venture Partners and State of Wisconsin…
Estonia celebrates first e-Residency anniversary
Estonia has celebrated the first anniversary of its groundbreaking e-Residency scheme at an event in capital city Tallinn. And plans to scale the program far faster in its second year. Journalists and…
AppDynamics grabs $158m funding round
AppDynamics, which provides application intelligence, has raised $158 million in new financing led by General Atlantic and Altimeter Capital. Adage Capital, Industry Ventures, Goldman Sachs and Cross Creek Advisors all participated in…