• LetsTransport bags $22 million in funding round led by Bertelsmann

    LetsTransport, the truck aggregator startup, has raised $22 million in a funding round led by Bertelsmann India Investments.The round also saw participation from Rebright Partners, NB Ventures, ALES Global, Stride Ventures, CAC Capital and others. The funds will be used for expanding market presence, scale adjacent business verticals and achieve profitability. Significant investments will be made in products for both enterprises and truckers, as well as expanding geographically to different...

  • Logistics SaaS startup ClickPost raises $6 million in funding led by Inflexor, Athera VP

    ClickPost, a logistics intelligence platform for online retailers, has raised $6 million in a funding round led by early-stage venture capital firms Inflexor Ventures partners and Athera Venture Partners. The round also saw participation from Riverwalk Holdings and its existing investor Rebright Partners.ClickPost said the funds will be used for introducing enhanced products and to extend its presence into new geographical areas, as well as further within its existing regions. We've seen some of...

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    New security cameras, mail screening devices: State to spend millions on security at correctional facilities

    The state is looking at spending millions of dollars to beef up security at Hawaii's prisons. This comes after reports of sexual abuse in the past and smuggling of illegal drugs into facilities.

  • startup funding: ETtech Deals Digest: Startup funding falls 30% on year to $73 million this week

    Startup funding in the penultimate week of April 2024 declined by nearly 27.9% from the same period a year ago, totalling $74 million across 14 deals. However, deal density in the latest week improved to $5.3 million per deal, as per Tracxn data. From April 6 to April 12, 2023, startups had raised about $2.4 million per deal. Funding was down sequentially as well, from $103 million across 15 funding rounds in the previous week. Of the total corpus raised this week, fundraises of...

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    Wyden, Merkley: $47.7 million in USFS Secure Rural Schools funds heading to Oregon counties; $2.56 million for C.O.

    WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced this week that 30 Oregon counties will receive more than $47.7 million in federal payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act for schools and road maintenance, youth job training, wildfire prevention, watershed restoration and habitat conservation. These funds, more than $2.56 million of

  • Agritech startup Ecozen raises $30 million in funding

    Pune-based agritech firm Ecozen on Friday said it has raised $30 million (about Rs 250 crore) in a mix of equity and debt from existing investors including US-based global investment manager Nuveen.The debt support in the deal was fulfilled by InCred Credit Fund and U.S. International Development Finance Corporation through Ecozen’s exclusive advisor Setuka Partners, said a company statement.Ecozen said it has grown fivefold over the past two years, with a threefold increase in profit. The maker...

  • Emergency healthcare startup Medulance raises $3 million

    Medulance, an emergency healthcare services startup, has raised $3 million in Series A funding, led by Alkemi Growth Capital.The funding round also saw participation from investors such as Dexter Capital, Boat founder Aman Gupta, and Emcure Pharmaceuticals’ executive director Namita Thapar. The New Delhi-based startup has raised fresh capital after running as a profitable bootstrapped company for six years, it said in the statement.The funds will be used to increase its presence across the...

  • Immutable Secures $50 Million for Web3 Gaming Rewards Program

    The Main Quest program has already secured up to $50 million in token rewards for players with more expected to come from games building on Immutable.

  • Othentic Secures $4M Seed Round for Web3 Orchestration Layer

    Finality and Breyer Capital led the round with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Collider VC, and HashKey Capital among others.

  • Red Rover Interactive secures $15M in Series A funding round

    Red Rover Interactive has raised an additional $15 million for its upcoming survival game, codenamed Project Coltrane.

  • Puffer Finance raises $18 million in new funding round

    Puffer Finance secures $18 million in funding round led by Brevan Howard Digital and Electric Capital. Crypto exchanges Coinbase and Kraken also invest in the Ethereum liquid restaking protocol. Puffer Finance, an Ethereum liquid staking protocol on Eigenlayer, has raised $18 million in its latest funding round. An announcement on Tuesday says Brevan Howard Digital […]

  • Lions move aggressively in first round to secure Alabama cornerback Arnold

    It was an opportunity the Detroit Lions simply could not pass on. With the first round of the NFL Draft leaning heavily towards offence, the Lions saw the opportunity to jump up and land one of the top-rated defensive players on the board. Trading the team’s pick at No. 29 along with a third-round pick […]