Credit Suisse is getting back into the private wealth business in the U.S., creating a new investment banking unit that caters to company founders and entrepreneurs. According to a report, Credit Suisse said in an internal memo that it hired Charlie Buckley from UBS to...
Wonder Workshop, a San Mateo, California-based company that makes two types of toy robots intended to teach children coding skills, announced on Thursday (July 28) that it had secured $20 million in Series B funding from a round of investors. Wonder Workshop said it plans...
Phishing scams have become commonplace, costing companies countless amounts of money. Cybersecurity startup PhishMe is aiming to help companies thwart those attacks and just closed a round of funding to aid it in its plight. PhishMe, which was founded in 2011, raised $42.5 million in...
In an indication that tech funding may be on the rise in the future, venture capitalists are feeling sanguine about investing, with an eye on their traditional niche of tech startups, as noted by Bloomberg, citing a University of San Francisco study. The news comes as...
The mystery of the private company — more specifically, valuations tied to private companies — is perhaps set to become a bit less shrouded in secrecy. The New York Times reported on Monday (July 25) that Equidate, which is billed as an online marketplace geared for...
Robo advisors have been taking the investment community by storm, providing a low-cost way for anybody to invest and get a little advice along the way. Their popularity has forced traditional banks to rethink the way they do business, particularly with less affluent customers. Wells...
Trim, the San Francisco startup that launched seven months ago to help consumers spot and cancel unwanted subscriptions, just raised $2.2 million in venture funding, which it is using to expand its product to tell people how much they spend on Uber each month or...
Brazil is getting a lot of press time these days, but that isn’t too terribly surprising since the 2016 Olympics are gearing up to kick off in in about two weeks. But innovation watchers have been watching Rio and Brazil in general for some time...
Meiweibuyongdeng, a Shanghai-based online restaurant reservation and management service app similar to OpenTable, is in talks to secure an investment from Alibaba, the Chinese eCommerce giant. The news of the possible investment comes courtesy of Shanghai Daily, although it does not state exactly how much...
