Artificial intellgience (AI) startup DigitalGenius has closed its first round of venture capital (VC) funding, nabbing $3 million from a number of participating parties.... →
Commercializing a new tool to bring the basic eye exam into the palm of a doctor’s hand could save the eyesight of nearly 1 billion people worldwide. That’s the goal that Zhou Yaopeng and Marc Albanese, two former photonics researchers who met at Boston University nearly a decade ago, have set for themselves and for their two-year-old startup, Smart Vision Labs. Read More... →
If you care about tech news in Asia — and you should! — then the chances are that not only do you read us here at TechCrunch — thanks and hi! — but you might also be aware of Tech In Asia. Well, today is an interesting day for our friendly rival which just raised $4 million. Read More... →
GUEST: Title IV of the 2012 JOBS Act kicked in today. Now, the fastest growing private companies in America can conduct Mini-IPOs and raise up to $50 million from anyone.... →
«Альфа-Банк» запустил в ограниченном доступе сервис для упрощенной покупки акций крупных компаний «Простые инвестиции». О принципах работы сервиса ЦП рассказали представители кредитной организации.... →
A new hair extensions startup in San Francisco’s East Bay called Mayvenn is changing the old brick-and-mortar distribution model for buying longer locks — by giving stylists their own online hair stores. Most hair extensions are imported to th... →
В ноябре 2013 года Фонд развития интернет-инициатив на отчётном мероприятии представил Владимиру Путину 29 стартапов, которые получили инвестиции от организации. Издание РБК выяснило, как встреча с президентом отразилась на судьбе стартапов и их основател... →
Storing loads of data is costly, especially if companies can’t figure out the most best ways to manage all that information. Komprise wants to make big data less overwhelming so its clients don’t have to constantly buy more storage. Read More... →
Knyttan, the London-based on-demand fashion startup and graduate of Techstars London, has picked up £2 million in seed funding to help it disrupt the garment production industry. London-based Connect Ventures, who are perhaps best known for being an early... →
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It was 6:30 p.m. on a Friday and I was getting ready to unwind from a long workweek. I traded my email for a Spotify playlist and cracked my first beer of the night. All was right with the world.
Then I received an unexpected call from our... →