Kettleborough VC Closes Its Maiden Fund At $5 Million
Keeping founder-market fit at its focus, the fund will be invested in technology-centric startups led by serial entrepreneurs and domain experts
What a return to supersonic flight could mean for climate change
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. As I’ve admitted in this newsletter before, I love few things more than getting on an airplane. I know, it’s a bold statement from a climate reporter because of all the associated…
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Veeve bags $6.7M to turn shopping carts into smart ones
The battery-powered cart features a touchscreen where the shopper enters their phone number, adds items to the cart and then uses the screen to pay at the end.
Veeve bags $6.7M to turn shopping carts into smart ones by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
The Download: donating your body, and climate change momentum
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What happens when you donate your body to science Rebecca George doesn’t mind the vultures that complain from the trees that surround the Western Carolina University body farm. Her arrival has interrupted their…
Vanta lands $40M to automate cybersecurity compliance
Vanta, a security compliance automation startup, today announced that it raised $40 million in an extension of its Series B funding round that closed in June, which valued the company at $1.6 billion. Notably, Crowdstrike invested in the extension — which was led by Craft Ventures — through its Falcon Fund, joined by Sequoia, Y […]
Vanta lands $40M to automate cybersecurity compliance by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Children’s financial app Greenlight signals next app iteration with family safety features
Greenlight Infinity includes 5% savings for its children’s savings accounts, along with new safety features like location sharing, SOS alerts, and crash detection.
Children’s financial app Greenlight signals next app iteration with family safety features by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
After selling his last startup to Google, this founder now wants to automate mundane tasks with Relay
Some seven years after selling his previous company to Google, Jacob Bank is preparing to launch his next project, this time with a focus on automating mundane, repetitive tasks. Bank was previously cofounder and CEO at Timeful, a smart scheduling app that helped users make better use of their time through automatically prioritizing their various […]
After selling his last startup to Google, this founder now wants to automate mundane tasks with Relay by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
Lifestores Healthcare raises $3M to expand its pharmaceutical marketplace across Nigeria
Africa’s $45 billion pharmaceuticals market is expected to grow 10% CAGR to $100 billion by 2030. Yet, the sector struggles with highly fragmented and undercapitalized supply chains rife with fake medications, which cause the death of thousands of patients yearly; in Nigeria, 20-40% of drugs are counterfeit. A handful of healthtech companies bring efficiency to […]
Lifestores Healthcare raises $3M to expand its pharmaceutical marketplace across Nigeria by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch
Welcome to ClimateTech
Come back to this page for rolling updates throughout the day as we kick off ClimateTech, MIT Technology Review’s first ever conference dedicated to finding solutions for climate change. Programming starts at 9am ET on Wednesday October 12, and you can follow along here to find out what’s being said on stage. For a taste…
Climate action is gaining momentum. So are the disasters.
This essay is an extended version of the opening talk that James Temple will deliver this morning at ClimateTech, MIT Technology Review’s inaugural climate and energy conference. In recent months, we’ve witnessed stunning progress on climate action—and terrifying signs of the dangers we’ve unleashed. The US finally stepped up as a leader in climate action,…
What happens when you donate your body to science
Rebecca George doesn’t mind the vultures. They remind her of toddlers as they rustle their feathers in annoyance when she opens the gate of the Western Carolina University body farm early one July morning. Her arrival has interrupted their breakfast. George studies human decomposition, and part of decomposing is becoming food. Scavengers are welcome. The…