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Dallas’ ShearShare has a marketplace connecting stylists with available seats at salons and $2.3 million in funding
Courtney Caldwell and her husband Tye have been building the Dallas-based startup ShearShare, which provides a marketplace service connecting stylists with open seats at hair salons, since 2017. Since
LA Rams, Fanatics and Postmates coordinate on an on-demand pop-up
Postmates, now destined to be a division of Uber, is diving deeper into the world of on-demand retail and its partnership with the National Football League. The company, working alongside Fanatics and
Now a co-managing partner, Upfront’s Kara Nortman is one of the first women promoted to a leadership role in VC
Kara Nortman has always been dedicated to supporting women in technology and in startups. As one of the founders of All Raise, the organization dedicated to supporting gender equity in venture capital
Water quality and distribution monitoring software Ketos raises $18 million
Water quality and logistics monitoring software Ketos has raised $15 million from a group of investors to take advantage of the growing demand for better water management tools and technologies. The p
Epic’s latest argument in its fight against Apple keeps antitrust issues front and center
Epic Games, the game engine developer and creator of the wildly popular Fortnite game, is keeping the focus squarely on antitrust issues in its lawsuit against Apple as pressures mount to rein in anti
Cloud9 adds the MAJKL Valorant roster to create Cloud9 White as its first women’s esports team
Cloud9 has brought on the all-women MAJKL Valorant squad to become its first women’s esports team. Moving forward, the team of Alexis “alexis” Guarrasi, Annie “Annie” Rob
The US now seems to be pinning all of its hopes on COVID-19 therapies and vaccines
Almost eight months after the White House first announced it would move from containment to mitigation efforts to stop the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, the administration is now pinning its hopes
Netflix launches a virtual HBCU boot camp with Norfolk State to increase exposure to the tech industry
Netflix is going back to school. Working with Norfolk State University, the alma mater of one of the company’s senior software engineers, and the online education platform, 2U, Netflix is develo
After release of Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta, Elon Musk promises roughly $2,000 price hike
In a tweet posted early Thursday morning, Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said that prices for the Full Self-Driving (“FSD”) upgrade to Tesla vehicles would increase by roughly $2,000. It&
Tesla wows on latest numbers
Tesla’s latest quarterly numbers beat analyst expectations on both revenue and earnings per share, bringing in $8.77 billion in revenues for the third quarter. With the report that Tesla had alr
Bob Iger goes from managing Mickey to directing a milk replacement startup as new Perfect Day boardmember
Bob Iger, the chairman and former chief executive at Walt Disney, is trading his mouse ears for milk substitutes as the new director of massively funded dairy replacement startup Perfect Day. Milk sub
SoftBank’s $100 million diversity and inclusion fund makes its first bet … in health
SoftBank’s Opportunity Fund has made the health insurance startup Vitable Health the first public commitment from its $100 million fund dedicated to investing in startups founded by entrepreneur
Road trippers can rejoice as RVshare raises over $100 million to grow its RV rental business
As continentally confined Americans look for domestic vacation options that won’t expose them to too much risk of infection from the pandemic that’s still raging across the country, the RV
As Blizzard sunsets StarCraft II, some of its key creators raise cash for a new gaming studio
Even as Blizzard pulls the plug on new updates for its StarCraft II game, nearly a decade after its launch, gaming investors are financing the next new thing coming from key members of the game’
Leading a $15 million round, Prosus Ventures makes the challenger bank Klar its first bet in Mexico
Klar, a new online bank based in Mexico City, has become the first big bet that Prosus Ventures (the firm formerly known as Naspers Ventures) is taking in Latin America outside of Brazil. Founded by S
Genies updates its software development kit and partners with Gucci, Giphy
Genies, has updated its software development kit and added Giphy and Gucci as new partners to enable their users to create personalized Genie avatars. The company released the first version of its SDK
Venn, a network hoping to be gaming’s answer to MTV, raises $26 million
Venn, the streaming network hoping to be gaming culture’s answer to MTV, has raised $26 million to bring its mix of video game-themed entertainment and streaming celebrity features to the masses
The Justice Department has filed its antitrust lawsuit against Google
After investigating Google for more than a year, the Justice Department has finally issued its antitrust lawsuit against the search giant, alleging that the company is “unlawfully maintaining mo
Austin-based Verifiable raises $3 million for its API toolkit to verify healthcare credentials
Before Nick Macario launched Verifiable, the Austin-based company that just raised $3 million for its API toolkit that verifies healthcare credentials, he ran a series of other businesses designed to
PearPop lets TikTok celebrities monetize by sharing shout-outs and screen time with fans
PearPop a new Los Angeles-based company, is on its way to racking up nearly 25,000 users in less than a month, and has already landed seed funding from the firm Rocket One Capital. The company’s