Among the doom and gloom felt lately in venture capital investments and returns, there seems to be quite a bit of movement in the pre-seed stage. In the […]
ReturnGO, with $5M more, now powers product returns for Amazon Multi-Channel Fulfillment
Returns are a regular part of shopping. However, as more people shop online, retailers run into more instances of customers buying several clothing sizes of the same item […]
Max Q: Will Starlink IPO?
Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Breakeven cashflow for Starlink News from Kuva Space and more SpaceX’s Starlink has “achieved breakeven cash flow,” CEO […]
Lidl owner and Bosch Ventures co-lead $500M Series B into German AI start-up Aleph Alpha
German AI start-up Aleph Alpha has raised a Series B funding round of $500 million from a consortium of seven new investors, as well as existing investors from […]
Luxury clothing distributors get into virtual try-on tech; bag $15M Series A on a $100M valuation
Sandy Sholl and Adam Freede are no strangers to the world of fashion. They’ve been at the helm of MadaLuxe Group, a luxury distribution platform for fashion and […]
20GROWTH secures $5M to invest in early-stage startups, provide growth strategies
Four months after testing the venture capital waters with 20SALES, 20VC is back with another offshoot fund called 20GROWTH that grabbed $5 million in capital commitments. Harry Stebbings, […]
Data observability platform Kloudfuse launches out of stealth with $23M
It’s tough to recover from catastrophic system failures when you’re flying blind. Yet, many companies admit they’re doing just that — flying blind, more or less — where […]
Norrsken22’s debut fund closes at $205M to back growth-stage startups in Africa
It’s exciting times for growth-stage investment in Africa as Norrsken22, a Pan-African venture capital firm, achieves the final close of its debut fund, raising a total of $205 […]
PagerDuty scoops up incident management startup Jeli.io
PagerDuty announced this afternoon that it intends to acquire Jeli.io, an early stage incident management startup. The companies did not share the price. Jeli was founded in 2019 […]
Matic’s robot vacuum maps spaces without sending data to the cloud
Countless startups are trying to solve hard robotics problems in industry. But few are looking to bring the tech into homes. Well, few except for Matic. A relatively […]