Startup News

Generation closes $1B growth fund targeting sustainable startups 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- May 21, 2019
Generation Investment Management, the firm co-founded by environmentalist and former Vice President Al Gore, was built on the premise of backing sustainable startups. Now, as the idea of sustainability starts to gain wider traction, the firm is doubling down on the concept. Today, Generation is announcing that it has closed a $1 billion Sustainable Solutions…
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Are Elon Musk’s ‘sci-fi projects’ becoming a drag on Tesla?0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- May 20, 2019
Is Elon Musk spending too much time away from Tesla’s assembly line? That’s the opinion of a Wall Street analyst whose new view on where Musk is putting his attention these days led many investors to start the week by dumping their Tesla shares as soon as they woke up Monday. Tesla shares fell as…
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Robin picks up $20 million Series B to optimize the office 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- May 20, 2019
Robin Powered, a startup looking to help offices run better, has today announced the close of a $20 million Series B funding. The round was led by Tola Capital, with existing investors Accomplice and FirstMark participating in the round, along with a new strategic Allegion Ventures. Robin started as part of an agency called One…
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3 Things to Look for Before You Hire Your First Employee (60-Second Video)0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- May 20, 2019
About to become more than an army of one? Here’s what to consider as you make that first hire.
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SpaceX is suing the government once again, but the reason is a secret 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- May 19, 2019
By Christian Davenport | The Washington Post Elon Musk’s SpaceX is suing the federal government again. But this time, it wants its protest of a government contract to stay under seal, meaning its allegations would not become public. In a motion filed with the Court of Federal Claims on Friday, the company said the privacy…
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Myneral.me wins the TechCrunch Hackathon at VivaTech 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- May 19, 2019
It’s been a long night at VivaTech. The building hosted a very special competition — the TechCrunch Hackathon in Paris. Hundreds of engineers and designers got together to come up with something cool, something neat, something awesome. The only condition was that they only had 36 hours to work on their projects. Some of them…
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