Just half a year after leading SODA’s Series B, SoftBank Ventures Asia is raising its bet on the Tokyo-based sneaker resell platform. The early-stage venture capital arm of SoftBank Group announced today it has returned […]
INKR draws in $3.1M to make more comics accessible to worldwide audiences
Digital comics platform INKR’s team INKR is a digital comics platform that crosses cultural and language divides, enabling creators to reach global audiences with its proprietary localization technology. Previously bootstrapped, the company announced today that […]
Zuckerberg is turning trillion-dollar Facebook into a ‘metaverse’ company, he tells investors
Following the quarterly release of Facebook’s earnings numbers where the company’s CFO takes time to walk analysts through the nitty gritty of the company’s financials, CEO Mark Zuckerberg took a moment to zoom out and […]
Twitter shuttering NY, SF offices in response to new CDC guidelines
Just two weeks after reopening its New York and San Francisco offices, social media giant Twitter said Wednesday that it will be closing those offices “immediately.” The decision came “after careful consideration of the CDC’s […]
Ford expects semiconductor rebound, new vehicle demand to increase 2021 profits
Despite semiconductor shortages peaking during the second quarter of 2021, Ford says it delivered better-than-expected operating results by leveraging strong demand for new vehicles, like its Bronco SUV, according to its most recent earnings report. […]
How voice biometrics can protect your customers from fraud
Successful voice identification offers a level of security that PIN codes and passwords can’t, and in fintech it’s all about security.Read More
Spotify’s Clubhouse rival, Greenroom, tops 140K installs on iOS, 100K on Android
Spotify’s recently launched live audio app and Clubhouse rival, Spotify Greenroom, has a long road ahead of it if it wants to take on top social audio platforms like Clubhouse, Airtime, Spoon and others, not […]
Google and Facebook lead the way with Covid-19 vaccine mandates. Will corporate America follow?
John Smith/VIEWpress via Getty Images Tech companies continue to be at the forefront of how employers respond to the pandemic. As countless offices prepare to reopen this fall, there’s still a lot of uncertainty about […]
Personalized menopause platform Vira Health raises £1.5M from LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures
A new trend is emerging in the world of startups and, to many, it couldn’t have come too soon. Why are there so few women in senior roles? Women going through menopause are commonly known […]
Canvas integrates 3D models to streamline documentation
Canvas GFX launched Canvas Envision to ease integration of 3D models in documentation workflows and drive democratization of CAD tooling.Read More