Impossible Adds 'Ground Pork' And 'Sausages' To Its Lineup Of Plant-Based Foods
India's Reliance Jio rolls out Wi-Fi calling feature: Manish Singh
Two of the top three telecom operators in India are beginning to address one of the biggest challenges hundreds of millions of their subscribers face in the country each day: poor call quality and abrupt voice drops. Reliance Jio, India’s second largest telec…
ClassPass, finally a unicorn, raises $285 million in new funding: Jordan Crook
ClassPass has today announced the close of a $285 million Series E funding round led by L Catterton and Apax Digital, with participation from existing investor Temasek. This latest round brings ClassPass’s valuation to $1 billion. We had heard this round was …
What to expect in digital media in 2020: Eric Peckham
As we start 2020, the media and entertainment sectors are in flux. New technologies are enabling new types of content, streaming platforms in multiple content categories are spending billions in their fight for market share and the interplay between social pl…
Midnite raises $2.5M for its esports betting platform: Steve O'Hear
Midnite, the London-based esports betting startup from the same team behind daily fantasy football app Dribble, has raised just over $2.5 million in funding. The “strategic” investment is led by gaming-focussed venture firm Makers Fund. Previous investors in …
Impossible adds 'ground pork' and 'sausages' to its lineup of plant-based foods: Ingrid Lunden
Impossible Foods made huge waves in the food industry when it came up with a way of isolating and using “heme” molecules from plants to mimic the blood found in animal meat (also comprised of heme), bringing a new depth of flavor to its vegetarian burger. Thi…
Huami and Studio take on Peloton with the Amazfit HomeStudio treadmill: Anthony Ha
Chinese wearable company Huami and fitness startup Studio are teaming up to build a connected treadmill, which they unveiled today as part of Huami’s keynote as CES. The most notable feature of the Amazfit HomeStudio is its lack of a traditional treadmill fro…
Roofstock, which makes it easier to buy a home as an investment property, just raised $50 million in new funding: Connie Loizos
There are plenty of startups that say they’re making it easier to buy a home. There are fewer startups that are promising to make it easier to buy a home as an income-producing property. Among these is Roofstock, a four-year-old, Oakland, Ca.-based online mar…
Getaround is latest Softbank portfolio company to announce layoffs: Lucas Matney
Silicon Valley’s top valued car rental startup, Getaround, announced layoffs today, making it the latest SoftBank-backed entity of late to pare down its workforce. The Information, which first reported the news, pegs the layoffs at 150 employees, amounting to…
Looking Glass is targeting enterprises and eventually gamers with 8K holographic display: Brian Heater
The first thing you need to note when writing about Looking Glass is that it’s incredibly difficult to photograph convincing. It’s really exactly as you might assume, attempting to capture a 3D image in a 2D photo. The second is that it’s really cool. I don’t…
Los Angeles-based Luxury Presence raised $5.4 million for its real estate marketing services: Jonathan Shieber
Real estate is a big business in the sprawling city of Los Angeles and new technology tools to target the industry continue to attract investor attention. The latest of these is Luxury Presence, which pitches digital marketing services to real estate agents a…
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