In the freshest apocalyptic omen since last month, the Amazon rainforest is current on fire—tens of thousands of fires, deliberately started, and greenlit by Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s far-right, populist leader. G7 heads…
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…
From Laser Fighters to Wildfires: How Drone Startup Edgybees Found a Life-Saving Niche
When Menashe Haskin launched augmented reality drone firm Edgybees in 2017, with two others, he aimed to turn the sky into a technicolor racetrack. DronePrix AR gave users the chance to duck…
High-Speed AR Firm Edgybees Completes $5.5m Seed Round
Edgybees, a Californian startup offering augmented reality solutions for “high speed” platforms like drones and cars, has won a $5.5 million Seed funding round. The investment was raised from Motorola Solutions Venture…
DroneBase Closes $12m Series B Round – And Launches AR Solution
Los Angeles-based startup DroneBase, which connects drone owners and pilots with clients, has secured a $12 million Series B funding round. The company, founded in 2014 by Daniel Burton and Eli Tamanaha,…
App-aritions: Five Spooky Tech Solutions for Halloween 2016
Has any corner of popular culture not been bitten by the tech bug? Answer: no. And Halloween, one of the world’s spookiest festivals, is no exception. Last year Internet service provider Windstream…