Can GitHub pave a path to profitability?
GitHub has been a hit with developers and investors, but the company lost $66 million in the first three quarters of the year, according to an income statement. The company says it has 18 million […]
Startups
Singapore’s Garena Startup Plans for $1 Billion IPO in the U.S
Garena Interactive Holding Ltd., the most valuable tech startup in Southeast Asia at more than $3.75 billion, is moving forward with plans for an initial public offering in the U.S. that could raise around $1 […]
Amino Apps raises $19.2M to build more mobile communities
Amino Apps, a startup aiming to reinvent online forums for the mobile world, has raised $19.2 million in Series B funding. The New York City-based company started out by building individual apps focused on topics like anime […]
Food-safety startup Clear Labs raises $13M
Clear Labs, a genomic data platform hoping to stop E-coli outbreaks in your favorite burrito chain before they start, has pulled in $13 million in Series B funding to build a next-generation sequencing-based (NGS) microbiome […]
Procore’s latest round values it at over $1 billion
Procore Technologies has reached unicorn status after raising another $50 million. The company is now valued at more than $1 billion, more than double its $500 million valuation a year ago. Carpinteria, California-based Procore provides cloud-based […]
German food startup Delivery Hero to buy Foodpanda
Delivery Hero Holding GmbH is acquiring Foodpanda, bringing together two top food delivery startups based in Germany. Rocket Internet SE, a backer of both companies, said the combined business will process more than 20 million […]
Financial-data startup Finicity raises $42M in Series B round
Finicity, a startup that offers a platform for financial data sharing, announced a major investment round led by credit reporting giant Experian. Finicity raised $42 million in Series B funding, which the firm will use […]
Breather raises $40 million for stylish workspaces on-demand
A mobile app that lets users find and book stylish workspaces on-demand, Breather, raised a Series C round of $40 million. The funding brings Breather’s total capital raised to $73 million. Menlo Ventures led the […]
Blockchain startup Digital Asset Holdings secures confidential data with fingerprints
Blockchain startup Digital Asset Holdings has developed a platform that uses “fingerprints” to mask private data in its distributed ledger. Privacy concerns have been the biggest obstacle to the financial industry adopting blockchain technology, which […]