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BrainCheck brings in another $10M to detect, manage cognitive impairment Nov 03, 2021

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BrainCheck has several new initiatives in the works to close the loop with the patient journey that will be brought to market soon.

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Walmart acquires design tool Botmock as its invests in shopping by voice and text Nov 03, 2021

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Walmart is further investing in technology that will enable shopping via voice and chat with its latest acquisition.

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Music wearable Mictic raises $2.5M to get you shredding, scratching and strumming Nov 02, 2021

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Switzerland-based Mictic has created a pair of wearables that turns thin air into your concert hall. Imagine a theremin without the theremin, hooked up to a clever loop station, and you’ve got the right idea.

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OctoML raises $85M for it for its machine learning acceleration platform Nov 02, 2021

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OctoML, a Seattle-based startup that helps enterprises optimize and deploy their machine learning models, today announced that it has raised a $85 million Series C round led by Tiger Global Management.

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Zeit secures $2M in seed funding for its stroke-detecting wearable Nov 01, 2021

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Zeit Medical, which makes an early warning system for strokes during sleep, has raised $2M in a seed round just after leaving Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 cohort.

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Will Smith, Kevin Durant and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs invest in electric boat startup Arc Nov 01, 2021

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Arc, a startup that launched 10 months ago with ambitions to electrify everything on the water, starting with a limited-edition $300,000 boat, has captured the attention and capital of some of the entertainment industry’s biggest stars.

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Social Chat launches with $6M to bring brands closer to their customers Oct 29, 2021

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Social Chat was founded on the premise that social commerce should be the standard for every store, and it may very well be soon.

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Atlys raises $4.25M to make visa applications faster and easier Oct 29, 2021

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International travel is slowly opening up again, but that also means business and leisure travelers alike will once again have to think about visa restrictions as they take to the air. Nobody has ever enjoyed the process of applying for a visa, but Atlys promises to take the hassle out of the process.

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Gamma brings in $7M to bring the slide deck into the 21st century Oct 28, 2021

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Co-founder and CEO Grant Lee refers to building content in Gamma like “choosing your own adventure.”

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Daring Foods bites into third round in 12 months as plant-based chicken product enters Walmart Oct 28, 2021

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The company saw 900% growth over the past 12 months and will be using the new funding to support that growth and new innovation.

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