Crypto Custodian Firm Copper Seeks Funding Round
Copper, a British cryptocurrency startup, is in the middle of a funding round and trying to raise up to $500 million, The Block reported. If realized, the funding would put the company’s valuation at over $1 billion, making it a unicorn, according to the…
Open-Source Startup Aiven Raises $60 Million in New Funding
Aiven Inc., a cloud-based open-source software services firm, raised $60 million in a second funding round in less than a year, as investors bet on growing demand from chief information officers for ready access to shared computer code. The new injection…
Funding news: Camping app The Dyrt lands $11M; Cascade Seed Fund will back more PNW startups
The Dyrt co-founders Sarah Smith (left) and Kevin Long. (The Dyrt Photo) Here’s our latest rundown on recent startup investment news in the Pacific Northwest. — The Dyrt, the Portland, Ore.-based camping app that makes it easier for users to figure out…
2021 has already shattered yearly records for startup funding
SoftBank’s Chief Executive Masayoshi Son speaks during a news conference in Tokyo. In just nine months, 2021 broke all records for US startup funding, by a towering margin. US startups raised roughly $240 billion as of Sept. 30, dwarfing 2020’s…
Federal and state politicians from New York called for federal funding for electric school buses
U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins and New York State Senator Tim Kennedy called for electric school buses funding in two federal packages. BUFFALO, N.Y. — Two federal and state politicians representing Western New York are calling for federal funding for electric…
Flutterwave Seeks New Funding at $3B Valuation
Nigerian cross-border payments startup Flutterwave is putting its feelers out for a new round of funding at a minimum valuation of $3 billion, about triple its last value, per news reports that cited unnamed sources. Although nothing is finalized,…
Startup funding news: ‘Plaid for e-commerce,’ crop yield optimization, energy marketplace, more
Here’s a rundown on recent rounds raised by Pacific Northwest companies. FruitScout FruitSource CEO Matt King puts his crop optimization tech to the test in an apple orchard. (FruitSource Photo) Yakima, Wash.-based FruitScout landed $4 million to develop…
Biotech accelerator LaunchBio awarded $2.1 million in federal funding to develop Dallas startups
A project with backing from some of Dallas’s most prominent philanthropic and business leaders will receive an additional funding boost from the federal government. LaunchBio, a startup accelerator at the new Pegasus Park development near Dallas’s…
Bloomington startup lands funding – WISH-TV | Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (Inside INdiana Business) — Bloomington-based Townee has secured $20,000 in funding from Indianapolis-based Elevate Ventures’ Community Ideation Fund. The startup has developed a platform to allow small businesses to connect with users,…
FinTech Startup Highnote Nets $54M in Funding
Highnote, the all-in-one platform for creating payment cards and embedded FinTech experiences to help small and medium-sized businesses grow, on Tuesday (Sept. 28) announced it has raised a combined $54 million from a Seed and Series A round. Oak HC/FT…