Semios, a Vancouver, BC-based company developing agricultural technology to assess crop status and risk, today announced a $ 100 million investment. Founded in 2010, Semios wireless IoT network helps farmers assess the yield and quality of their tree fruits, nuts and other crops in near real time. Sensors measure the climate, soil moisture, and insect … Read more
CaaMTech aims to take the uncertainty out of psychedelics like magic mushrooms and to provide defined formulations. (BigStock photo) CaaMTech, a Seattle-area startup developing new psychedelic agents, has raised $ 22 million in funding, the company announced this week. The company synthesizes a number of new compounds that are similar to those found in “magic … Read more
We love buying things online, from ecommerce stores to subscription-based websites. However, nobody has fun having to log into different websites and stores over and over again. I mean, shopping can be a lot more fun if there was a fast logging and checkout system in all of your favorite online stores. In the US, … Read more
Supabase, the backend-as-a-service startup, announced this week that it has raised a Series A of $ 30 million. Supabase is often described as an open source alternative to Google’s Firebase … which is a pretty good phrase for those who know what Firebase is. For those who don’t, Supabase is a collection of tools that … Read more
Kalepa, a New York-based insurance platform, has raised a $ 14 million Series A financing round led by Inspired Capital with the participation of former investor IA Ventures. Gokul Rajaram from Doordash, Coinbase and formerly from Google, Jackie Reses, formerly from Square, and Henry Ward from Carta also took part. The startup founded by Paul … Read more
French startup Cajoo is raising some cash to compete more aggressively in the new and highly competitive grocery supplier category. Interestingly, the main investor in today’s funding round is Carrefour, the supermarket giant. Headline (formerly e.ventures) is also participating in the round, as are the existing investors Frst and XAnge. Carrefour’s investment is not just … Read more
It’s an age-old story in the tech industry: the company develops a tool to solve its own problem and then realizes that the tool is actually worth more than the existing company. Something similar happened to linearity. Its 17-year-old founder Vladimir Danila developed the Vectornator tool in 2017 to simplify vector design. It is now … Read more
Khatabook, a startup helping merchants in India digitize their bookkeeping and accept online payments, announced Tuesday that it has raised $ 100 million in a new round of funding to prepare for financial services rollout . The startup’s new round of funding – a Series C – was led by Tribe Capital and Moore Strategic … Read more
Choosing an insurance policy is one of the most complicated financial decisions a person can make. Jakarta-based Lifepal aims to simplify the process for Indonesians with a marketplace where users can compare policies from more than 50 vendors, get help from licensed agents, and make claims. The startup, which it claims to be the largest … Read more
(Instagram photo via @deweyscientific) Dewey Scientific, the Pullman, Washington-based agtech startup that leverages genomics, data science, and more to improve the quality and genetic diversity of cannabis plants, has raised $ 3.2 million in new funds. The Series A cash announced on Monday comes from The Hawthorne Collective, a new cannabis industry investment arm from … Read more