Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson’s space tourism company, is to go public by merging with the special purpose acquisitions company (SPAC) Social Capital Hedosophia. Virgin Galactic will raise around $800 million from the…
Startups
Here are Chicago’s Five Hottest Tech Startups
It’s rare to hear Chicago, America’s third most populous city, mentioned in the same breath as Silicon Valley, New York or Boston when it comes to the country’s tech industry. But make…
“Family Tech” Startup Kindaba Wins Seed Funding from Skyscanner Founder Williams
Scottish startup Kindaba, whose secure messaging service is aimed at families, has won a seed funding round ahead of a crowdfunding campaign, from Skyscanner founder Gareth Williams. The undisclosed sum will help…
World Chess Launches “Mates” Dating App Ahead of World Championship
Just weeks before the world’s two best chess players battle for the World Championship, the game’s organizing body has launched an app it hopes will solve puzzles of a very different kind.…
Californian Cannabis Tech Firm Treez Wins $11.5m Funding
Oakland-based Treez, a management software platform serving the cannabis dispensary industry, has won a funding round worth $11.5 million, which it will use to expand its presence across the United States. Treez’…
Four FoodTech Startups Changing the Way we Eat
Climate change and population growth is already putting a huge strain on the global food industry. And with vegetarianism, veganism and other ethic- and eco-based diets on the rise, it has never…
Cerebri AI Targeted Fortune 500 Early – And Succeeded
When it comes to a company’s customers, what does success look like? That is the question that has driven Cerebri AI to become one of the machine learning field’s most striking –…
For Yossi Yamin, Space Lab Technician, The Sky was Never the Limit
Many of the world’s most amazing experiments aren’t even carried out on earth. The International Space Station (ISS) is home to some striking research, including the creation of the universe’s coldest place;…
Drones, Soybeans, Farms and Yoga: The Life of Aker’s Orlando Saez, an Agritech Rising Star
Orlando Saez may have honed a position as one of America’s most promising agritech entrepreneurs. When it comes to business advice, however, the best pearl of wisdom he’s received came from a…
Formlabs Becomes Unicorn with $15m Funding Round
Massachusetts-based 3D printing company Formlabs is the latest tech startup to join the unicorn crowd, with the news it has raised $15 million. The injection is the Greater Boston-based firm’s sixth since…