New social media trend: Old-fashioned links
After years of hoarding engagement, new startups — along with some tech giants — are finally making it easier for users to add external links to their profiles and content. Why it matters: Linking out to personal web pages or online storefronts has…
Funding roundup: Nick Hanauer’s Second Avenue backs gift-box venture; support for Alzheimer’s app
Laura Jennings, CEO and founder of Knack. (Knack Photo) Here’s our latest rundown on recent startup investment news in the Pacific Northwest. — Online gift-giving startup Knack announced a $3.5 million Series A investment round led by Second Avenue…
Startup Fonoa Raises $25M for Tax Automation
Dublin-based tax automation startup Fonoa has raised $25 million in a funding round, which the company plans to use to expand businesses’ tax compliance, according to a company blog post Monday (Nov. 22). Fonoa’s services offer an application programming…
Made millions via ESOPs when your startup listed? Here’s how you must invest the jackpot smartly
© Venkatasubramanian K Made millions via ESOPs when your startup listed? Here’s how you must invest the jackpot smartly A new breed of millionaires is in town to tell its own success story. We have seen the NASDAQ listing of Freshworks in September that…
GM acquires 25% stake in Seattle’s Pure Watercraft to accelerate future of electric powerboating
A Pure Watercraft electric motor on the back of a boat. (Pure Watercraft Photo) A Seattle startup with a vision for electric powerboating is joining forces with a legacy automaker that is shifting its own gears toward sustainability in a deal announced…
Ford and Rivian no longer plan jointly developed EVs
Ford’s doing its own thing. Ford Talk about a massive shift in a matter of two years. Ford CEO Jim Farley said in an interview with Automotive News Friday the automaker no longer plans to jointly build an electric vehicle with Rivian. Ford was an…
Astra stock soars after first successful rocket launch
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Astra, a startup building small rockets that launch out of rural Alaska, notched its first successful test flight on Friday night, putting a dummy satellite into orbit. The flight sent the company’s stock price on a tear —…
3air Plans to Solve Africa’s Internet Access Problems Using Blockchain By CoinQuora
3air Plans to Solve Africa’s Internet Access Problems Using Blockchain 3air is a blockchain-based startup seeking to solve Africa’s persistent internet access problems. The African continent has been struggling with the digital divide for decades. Most…
Crowd Capital Accepted into Accelerator for Early-Stage Startups
Village Capital has announced the participants for FinHealth US 2021 Published: Nov. 22, 2021 at 8:47 AM CST|Updated: 1 hours ago MIAMI, Nov. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — It’s our pleasure to announce Crowd Capital has been selected to participate…
Best movies, TV shows set in Denver and Colorado
In “Guilty Party,” English actor Kate Beckinsale plays a disgraced Colorado journalist who’s been demoted from the Denver Herald newspaper to a millennial-run, Lodo-based startup called Pop Bite News. The series, which premiered Oct. 14 on Paramount+,…