Startup News

Excitement abounds as new Stanford Hospital welcomes first patients 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- November 18, 2019
Click here if you’re unable to view the photo gallery on your mobile device. STANFORD — It felt like an Apple Store opening. Sunday marked the first day of operation for the new Stanford Hospital, a $2 billion, seven-story facility spilling over with the modern, clean, light-filled design ethos endemic to Silicon Valley, and the…
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Heetch adds $4 million to its Series B round 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- November 18, 2019
Ride-hailing service Heetch has added a new investor to its $38 million Series B round. AfricInvest is investing another $4 million in the startup — in total, Heetch has raised a $42 million Series B round. Previous investors in the Series B round include Cathay Innovation, Idinvest and Total Ventures. Heetch first started as a…
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The Challenge of Creating Consumer Habits 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- November 18, 2019
Akshay Ahooja, CEO and Co-Founder of Trainiac, talks about how he bootstrapped his company.
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Ford’s all-electric SUV is officially the ‘Mustang Mach-E,’ and you can reserve one starting Nov. 17 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- November 18, 2019
Ford has revealed the official name of its forthcoming EV SUV, which has a Mustang lineage and will be officially revealed on November 17 in LA. The new vehicle is called the Mustang Mach-E, and following its official unveiling (hosted by Idris Elba, by the way), you’ll be able to actually sign up online and…
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Elon Musk’s Boring Co. is run by a former bar owner who can quote Ayn Rand 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- November 17, 2019
By Sarah McBride | Bloomberg Before he became the director of one of the world’s most closely watched transportation companies, Steve Davis owned a bar. And not just any bar. Thomas Foolery was dubbed by the Washington City Paper “the wackiest bar in Washington.” It sold Ring Pops, kept a Bedazzler on the premises and…
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More layoffs at pivoting London ed tech startup pi-top 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- November 17, 2019
London ed tech startup pi-top has gone through another round of layoffs, TechCrunch has learned. Pi-top confirmed that eight jobs have been cut in the London office, saying the job losses resulted from “restructuring our business to focus on the U.S. education market.” In August we broke the news that the STEM hardware-focused company had…
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