Stocks are at all-time highs, as measured in the United States. And yet the torpor that marked the IPO market this past year, especially for unicorns, may be setting up for a reversal in 2017. Two encouraging data points emerge here, with two far-flung companies...
The Fed’s decision is finally in. As had been widely, if not almost universally, expected, the Federal Reserve Bank boosted its benchmark rate today, the first time it has done so in roughly one year. The questions become, what comes next? And when? And in the...
Silicon Valley adjacent AI innovator Conversica recently announced it had raised $34 million in a Series B venture capital funding round led by Providence Strategic Growth Capital Partners, along with Toba Capital, Wellington Financial LP and Recruit Holdings, with additional funding from existing investor Kennet Partners and Founder...
EverCompliant, an Israel-based cyberintelligence company, announced on Wednesday (Dec. 14) that it had raised $9.5 million in a new round of venture capital funding, reported Reuters. The funding round was reportedly led by Arbor Ventures and included existing investors Carmel Ventures, StarFarm Ventures and Nyca Partners. EverCompliant’s...
Overall investment spend for the second full week of December came in at $686 million, swayed by a few key investments across few triple-digit deals, reversing some anemic weeks over the course of the last several and led by B2B deals. That shows up as...
On-demand, sure. But not in demand. Reuters reported that the on-demand delivery sector, which has seen inflows of as much as $9 billion into 125 firms over the past decade from VC firms, is now getting greater scrutiny from would-be investors. And the money may...
CommLoan, an early stage commercial mortgage lending technology company, announced Tuesday (Dec. 13) it received $2.25 million in venture capital seed funding from Social Leverage and ViaWest Group. In a press release, the company said the funding will be used to accelerate sales and strengthen...
Socure, a digital identity verification technology company, announced Tuesday (Dec. 13) it closed a $13 million round of funding led by Flint Capital, with participation from ff Venture Capital, Santander InnoVentures and Two Sigma Ventures, as well as other investors. In a press release, Socure said...
Founded in 2015 and with its mobile app out of beta in November of this year, Danish startup Lunar Way is well on its way to launching a mobile banking application for the “Snapchat Generation” in the Nordic countries. The startup recently disclosed a €4.2...
