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…
Startup community expanding in Waterville, central Maine
Thomas College and Colby College have entrepreneur programs and resources for students as more start-up companies launch in Waterville. WATERVILLE, Maine — It is a good weekend for young entrepreneurs or startup companies to tune in to Thomas…
Funding news: Angel conference backs brain device startup, weapons detection company lands $15M
BrainSpace CEO Caitlin Morse. (LinkedIn Photo) The news: Five startups jostled for $200,000 in funding in the final round of the Seattle Angel Conference, with new medical device company BrainSpace rising to the top. The crown: BrainSpace will use the…
Fisker: Why EV startup valuations are sky high and going higher
Is Fisker the next electric vehicle unicorn? The California-based EV company unveiled a final prototype here this week of its first, widely-anticipated SUV, the Ocean, with production to begin in November 2022. If Fisker, run by EV pioneer Henrik Fisker,…
Seattle appraisal startup Aloft lands $20M from real estate heavyweights
The Aloft team in Seattle. (Photos courtesy of Aloft/Zack Phillips Photography) The news: Seattle-based real estate startup Aloft raised $20 million to grow its software platform used for home appraisals. The gist: Founded earlier this year, Aloft aims…
Richmond wine investment startup Vint raises $1.7M
Richmond-based alternative investment platform Vint has raised a $1.7 million pre-seed round that co-founder Nick King said will be used… Richmond-based alternative investment platform Vint has raised a $1.7 million pre-seed round that co-founder Nick…
Bill Gates’ Nuclear Startup Picks Wyoming Coal Town to Build Reactor
Wyoming’s economy is heavily driven by the coal and gas industry. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images TerraPower, a nuclear energy startup founded by Bill Gates, has chosen a tiny coal town in Wyoming called Kemmerer to build its first nuclear reactor—a $4…
BrightDrop customer expands order of electric vans from GM startup
Detroit — BrightDrop, a General Motors Co. startup making electric delivery vehicles, said Thursday that Merchants Fleet is planning to expand its purchase order to receive a total of 18,000 BrightDrop EVs. The fleet management company previously said it…
A new quantum computer startup from Harvard, MIT raises $17M
News and research before you hear about it on CNBC and others. Claim your 1-week free trial to StreetInsider Premium here. By Jane Lanhee Lee OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) – A new quantum computer startup born from researchers at Harvard University and…