Bosch claims it has invented a fully-automated test that diagnoses respiratory pathogens, including COVID-19, in under two-and-a-half hours. The test, working on Bosch Healthcare Solutions’ Vivalytic analysis device, can be performed directly…
London Proptech firm Residently Wins $8.5m to Build Out Digital Team
Residently, a British proptech startup aiming to streamline rents, has closed a £7 million ($8.5m) seed funding round—and will use the cash to grow its digital team and property portfolio. The London…
Somatix Co-founder and CEO Eran Ofir: “To Succeed, You Must Be in Touch with Reality”
Eran Ofir is co-founder and CEO of Somatix, a gesture-driven health and wellbeing wearable tech company. Founded in 2015 in New York City, the firm is now backed with $7.5 million in…
Five Top New York City VC Firms
Silicon Valley is still the king of American venture capital: last year the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA metro area contributed just over $23 billion, or 34.13%, of the nation’s entire VC spending. While…
KKR Appoints Xavier Niel as Director
New York investment firm KKR has hired French billionaire Xavier Niel as an independent director, with a view to increasing its tech footprint. The move, effective yesterday, sees Niel take the seventh…
Miami Dolphins Owner Buys NYC Cybersecurity Firm for $30m
Oxford Solutions, a New York City-based cybersecurity company, has been bought by a venture capital outfit co-led by the owner of the Miami Dolphins football franchise. The company, whose name will change…
An Art Controversy Asks Serious Questions of Virtual Reality
Real Violence, by Jordan Wolfson, has torn opinions. Hosted by the Whitney Museum in New York, the artist’s installation prompts visitors to don Oculus headsets and noise-canceling headphones, and to grab a…