Startup News

As COVID surges, will the Bay Area’s pandemic hotels stay open?0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- December 3, 2020
With COVID-19 cases surging at an alarming rate, some Bay Area officials are pushing to reverse course and keep pandemic hotels open longer because they fear closing rooms that have sheltered thousands of unhoused people could have disastrous consequences. Project Roomkey hotels, where homeless residents have sheltered-in-place during the pandemic, were supposed to be winding…
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Everlywell raises $175 million to expand virtual care options and scale its at-home health testing 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- December 3, 2020
Digital health startup Everlywell has raised a $175 million Series D funding round, following relatively fast on the heels of a $25 million Series C round it closed in February of this year. The Series D included a host of new investors, including BlackRock, The Chernin Group (TCG), Foresite Capital, Greenspring Associates, Morningside Ventures and…
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The No-Code Movement Means Anyone Can Be a Tech Founder 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- December 3, 2020
No engineering background required.
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San Jose adopts historic natural gas ban — but with a controversial exemption 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- December 2, 2020
San Jose has made history this week by becoming the largest U.S. city to ban natural gas from nearly all new construction, looking to all-electric infrastructure as the city’s latest tool to combat climate change. But a controversial exemption that allows certain facilities to continue operating on fossil fuels has some environmental advocates concerned that…
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Shop-Ware raises cash as cars make a comeback 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- December 2, 2020
Shop-Ware has been waiting for a year like 2020 since 2015. The startup, which sells software to neighborhood automotive shops to digitize their operations, had struggled to capture capital from venture firms. Until recently, its sole major investor was aftermarket automotive giant Bosch. For companies like Shop-Ware, the disruptive wake of COVID-19 has cleared a…
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Elevator Pitch Ep. 7: Michigan's Best Business Ventures 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- December 2, 2020
This week’s episode of our pitch show only features entrepreneurs from the great state of Michigan.
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