SaaS data protection firm Druva raises $130M on a valuation of
Signify (formerly Philips Hue) announces Truelifi, a light bulb system that
iRobot acquires MA-based edtech firm Root Robotics; terms undisclosed; a Harvard
Cybersecurity firm Valtix emerges from stealth, raises $14M Series A from
26-year-old Tendai Muswere pleads guilty in a British court after components
UK-based Dawn Capital closes its latest fund at $125M; known as
Facebook has discussed its recently announced cryptocurrency project Libra with the
Indonesia-based co-working firm CoHive (formerly EV Hive) raises $13.5M Series B
CA authorizes China-based self-driving firms Pony.ai and AutoX to carry passengers;
Challenger bank Current highlights similarities between its logo and that of
Egypt-based bus-booking firm Swvl raises $42M from Vostok, BECO Capital, MSA,
MAX.ng, a Nigeria-based on-demand motorcycle taxi and delivery service, raises $7M
The US has told India it’s considering applying caps to H-1B
Waymo signs a research partnership with carmakers Renault and Nissan; terms
The city council of Riviera Beach, FL, agrees to pay a
Apple adds 1k Best Buy stores to its authorized repair center
Xiaomi plans to spend $725M over the next three years to
Slack is set for a $15.7B valuation after pricing its direct
The UK government plans to delay indefinitely an age verification scheme
Salesforce.org grants $1M to Chicago Public Schools and workforce development organization
Short-form video startup Quibi books $100M in ad sales months ahead
OneEleven CTO George Eichholzer, CMO Sandy Perlman, and Chief People Officer
Senate Banking Committee schedules a July 16 hearing regarding Facebook's cryptocurrency
London-based Humanising Autonomy, which develops computer vision tech for identifying and
This Week in Startups: ANGEL episode 29: Jason speaks with Slow
The FTC is investigating YouTube for potential COPPA violations, according to
Tel Aviv-based computer vision company AnyVision raises $31M Series A from
The SaT5G Consortium announces satellite-based 5G solutions for connecting cell towers
VA-based Expel, which provides managed cybersecurity as a service, raises $40M
YouTube is considering migrating all children's content to its standalone Kids
Kano, which provides build-it-yourself computer kits and an educational coding platform,
Baidu unveils Apollo Lite, a vision-based framework for Level 4 autonomous
Budapest-based mobile DevOps company Bitrise (YC W17) raises $20M Series B
Digital marketing company Fluent ($412M market cap) acquires social ads company
Multi-family home automation and IoT company SmartRent raises $32M Series B
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