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OpenGamma raises $10M in a growth funding round led by Dawn Capital
Apr 03, 10:43AM
Over ten years ago, OpenGamma emerged as one of London’s new breed of FinTech startups, launching an open source analytics and risk management platform for the financial services industry. Its open architecture allowed financial services firms to develop analytics applications aimed at traders and risk managers. This open-source approach was designed to disrupt the proprietary […]
Container security startup Aqua lands $62M Series C
Apr 03, 10:20AM
Aqua Security, a startup that helps customers launch containers securely, announced a $62 million Series C investment today led by Insight Partners. Existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, M12 (Microsoft's venture fund), TLV Partners and Shlomo Kramer also participated. With today’s investment, the startup’s investments since inception now total over $100 million, according to the company. […]
Crypto exchange Liquid says it is now valued at over $1 billion following new investment
Apr 03, 8:42AM
Crypto has a new unicorn after exchange Liquid announced today it has raised capital from investors at a valuation of more than $1 billion as it goes after expansion opportunities. The company said the capital will be put to work expanding into new markets and offering new services, including — potentially — a platform for […]
Early-stage VC byFounders closes €100M fund to back Nordics and Baltics startups
Apr 03, 6:00AM
ByFounders, a relatively new early-stage venture capital firm targeting the Nordic and Baltic regions of Europe, is officially launching its first fund today. The debut fund has closed at €100 million and will be used to back tech startups at pre-seed, seed and in some instances Series A. ByFounders will also do follow on investments […]
Uber may have left Southeast Asia but its APAC HQ remains in Singapore
Apr 03, 5:41AM
Uber exited Southeast Asia last year after it sold its local business to Grab but it continues to remain in Singapore, where it has now opened a new regional HQ for Asia Pacific and is hiring for staff. The company — which is headed for IPO imminently — won’t be restarting its service, however, which puts […]
Ford's electrified vision for Europe includes its Mustang-inspired SUV and a lot of hybrids
Apr 03, 2:12AM
Ford of Europe’s vision for electrification includes 16 vehicle models — eight of which will be on the road by the end of this year — the company announced at its Go Further event in Amsterdam. Those plans include a plug-in hybrid variant of its Kuga SUV, its Mustang-inspired crossover, and a commercial transit van. […]
Andreessen Horowitz isn't alone in leaving behind VC as we know it — and more company is coming
Apr 02, 11:47PM
This morning, Forbes wrote a lengthy profile of Andreessen Horowitz, the now 10-year-old venture firm that its rivals love to hate but nevertheless tend to copy. It’s a great read that revisits some of the firm’s wins and losses and, interestingly, regrets, including the founders’ early predisposition to talk trash about the rest of the […]
Ford is bringing an electric Transit van to Europe by 2021
Apr 02, 10:16PM
Ford plans to bring an electric Transit commercial van to the European market by 2021 as part of the automaker’s broader plan to electrify its global portfolio. The automaker announced the Transit EV, along with more than a dozen other electrified consumer-facing models that will be part of its European portfolio, at its Go Further […]
India's satellite destruction test put 400 pieces of debris into unknown orbits, claims NASA
Apr 02, 10:09PM
India's recent demonstration of its orbital defense capabilities scattered more than 400 pieces into various orbits, endangering the International Space Station and other emplacements, according to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. He called the test a "terrible, terrible thing" at a town hall event yesterday.
BuzzFeed teams up with Eko to create interactive recipes and other videos
Apr 02, 10:07PM
BuzzFeed and Eko have been working together to create a wide range of interactive videos, which they began launching in the past week or so — starting with this Tasty potato recipe that allows you to customize your ingredients, revealing a bit about your personality in the process. There’s also an interactive Tarot reading, a […]
Foursnap? Snapchat tries 'Status' location check-ins
Apr 02, 9:35PM
Today’s teens missed the Foursquare era, so Snapchat is giving them another shot with a new feature to aid in-person meetups. Snapchat is now testing Status, an option to share to the Snap Map a Bitmoji depicting what you’re up to at a certain place. You could show your little avatar playing video games, watching […]
iPhones get a price drop in China
Apr 02, 9:08PM
Apple this week lowered the price on a number key hardware lines in China, including AirPods, Macs, iPads and, most notably, the iPhone. The move, noted by CNBC, is believed to be the direct results of a 3 percent tax cut that took effect in the country yesterday. In many cases, however, the impacted products […]
Green New Deal doesn't go far enough
Apr 02, 9:00PM
The Green New Deal brings much needed urgency to the national conversation around the climate crisis, which is without a doubt the biggest threat to life on this planet. But it does not go far enough.
Beating back bears, Bitcoin briefly balloons beyond $4,900
Apr 02, 8:40PM
Bitcoin went on a tear in early morning trading earlier today, popping up to above $4,900 and reminding some investors of the good old days of 2017. The currency is still trading up above 15 percent at $4,782.60, which is a healthy jump for the cryptocurrency (which had been languishing at around $4,000 for the […]
Brain Corp. debuts an autonomous delivery robot for factories and retail
Apr 02, 8:01PM
Admittedly, Brain Corp. sounds a bit like an evil corporation in some superhero comic, but the San Diego-based startup has generated some serious funding in recent years, including a $114 million Series C, led by SoftBank back in 2017. The company's been putting that money to work, announcing today the launch of an in-store autonomous […]
Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
Apr 02, 8:00PM
Mobileye, the Israeli-based automotive sensor company acquired by Intel in 2017 for $15.3 billion, is one of the companies at the center of the emerging world of autonomous vehicle technology. We’re excited to announce co-founder, president and CEO of Mobileye Amnon Shashua — who also is a senior vice president at Intel — will participate in […]
How Japan's new imperial era broke the internet in a very tiny way
Apr 02, 7:53PM
Emperor Akihito of Japan is abdicating and passing the office to his son, Crown Prince Naruhito, and as part of the transition comes a new gengo, or era name: "Reiwa." It's loaded with meaning and subtext, but because of the way text is sent and displayed over the internet, the name can't really be displayed properly. Unicode has issued an update making it possible, but for now there's just no character representing it.
RIP Google+
Apr 02, 7:32PM
That’s it for Google+, Google’s failed social network that once tried to take on Facebook and Twitter. As scheduled, the company has now started deleting user accounts and their data. Chances are you’re not going to feel all that sad about the end of Google+ since you probably haven’t used it for years. But if […]
DOJ reportedly warns Academy about changing Oscar rules to exclude streaming
Apr 02, 7:31PM
It seems that the Department of Justice has thoughts on whether Netflix movies should be eligible for Oscars. Variety reports that the DOJ has sent the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences a letter expressing concern about potential changes to the eligibility requirements for the awards. Why is this something the DOJ would worry […]
Twitter now lets users appeal violations within its app
Apr 02, 7:09PM
Twitter today announced a new feature that will allow users to appeal directly within the Twitter app a tweet that’s in violation of Twitter’s rules. When users post content in violation of Twitter’s guidelines, that tweet can be flagged or reported, resulting in an account suspension or lockout. Before, users would have to visit an […]
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