Saying Amazon had a busy week, or even that Amazon had am ambitious week, isn’t much of an announcement. Given the volume of things that are usually pouring out of Amazon, saying Amazon had a busy week is just an unnecessarily long way of saying...
Amazon’s Alexa Fund invested in three new startups this week. Bamboo Learning received Alexa funding, which will be used to continue building education skills that help students learn a variety of subjects. “The goal of the Alexa Fund is to find compelling companies for its...
The Amazon Alexa Fund has invested in Plant Prefab, a leading home design and prefabrication company. The Southern California startup announced it has raised a $6.7 million Series A funding round that also included participation from Obvious Ventures. The funds will be used towards new...
Amazon is rolling out a new feature for Alexa enabled devices dubbed Alexa Cast, which enables users to control the music playing on the device from their smartphone. The Verge, citing Amazon, reported that the feature only currently works with the Amazon Music app but could...
October 17, 2018
SevenRooms, the all-in-one reservation, seating and guest management platform, announced on Wednesday (Oct. 17) an investment from Amazon’s Alexa Fund. In a press release, SevenRooms said the funding marks the first time the Alexa Fund has made an investment in a restaurant technology company, and will pave the way for SevenRooms to integrate Amazon Alexa […]
September 28, 2018
Amazon’s Alexa Fund invested in three new startups this week. Bamboo Learning received Alexa funding, which will be used to continue building education skills that help students learn a variety...
September 26, 2018
The Amazon Alexa Fund has invested in Plant Prefab, a leading home design and prefabrication company. The Southern California startup announced it has raised a $6.7 million Series A funding...
July 26, 2018
Amazon is rolling out a new feature for Alexa enabled devices dubbed Alexa Cast, which enables users to control the music playing on the device from their smartphone. The Verge,...