Startup News

Muslim millennial’s site dispels stereotypes for millions 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- January 17, 2020
By Luis Andres Henao | Associated Press NEW YORK — Today she travels the world, attends a red-carpet movie premiere and sits on panels with astronauts, former presidents and feminist icons. But in the years after 9/11, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh was just a New Jersey teenager, writing a blog from her bedroom. She used the blog…
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Funnel closes $47M Series B to prepare marketing data for better reporting and analysis 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- January 17, 2020
Funnel, the Stockholm-based startup that offers technology to help businesses prepare — or make “business-ready” — their marketing data for better reporting and analysis, has closed $47 million in Series B funding. Leading the round is Eight Roads Ventures, and F-Prime Capital, with participation from existing investors Balderton Capital, Oxx, Zobito, and Industrifonden, in addition…
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These City Programs Are Giving Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Access to Capital 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- January 17, 2020
If you’re an entrepreneur in Minneapolis, Atlanta or New York, these programs could help fund your business idea.
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Loliware’s kelp-based plastic alternatives snag $6M seed round from eco-conscious investors 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- January 17, 2020
The last few years have seen many cities ban plastic bags, plastic straws and other common forms of waste, giving environmentally conscious alternatives a huge boost — among them Loliware, purveyor of fine disposable goods created from kelp. Huge demand and smart sourcing has attracted a big first funding round. I covered Loliware early on…
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‘No Indians’: Bay Area firm to pay $350,000 to settle claims of bias against Indian, Middle Eastern customers 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- January 16, 2020
A Bay Area solar company that was accused of having a policy to deny service to people believed to be of Indian or Middle Eastern descent will pay $350,000 under a settlement with federal workplace regulators. NorCal Home Systems, formerly called Fidelity Home Energy, will pay the money to a former employee of Afghan origin…
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Apple buys edge-based AI startup Xnor.ai for a reported $200M 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- January 16, 2020
Xnor.ai, spun off in 2017 from the nonprofit Allen Institute for AI (AI2), has been acquired by Apple for about $200 million. A source close to the company corroborated a report this morning from GeekWire to that effect. Apple confirmed the reports with its standard statement for this sort of quiet acquisition: “Apple buys smaller…
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Muslim millennial’s site dispels stereotypes for millions 0