• 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...

  • 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 […]

  • State rep. announces $3 million in funding for YSU renovations

    State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) announced that the Ohio Controlling Board has approved $3,012,048.70 to renovate buildings on Youngstown State University’s campus, a press release states.

  • Romanian Electromobility Startup ELEC Secures Over €1 Million in Funding

    ELEC, the Romanian electric ridesharing platform, has attracted over €1 million in investment funds ELEC, to become an electromobility system. With these resources, ELEC will develop its own software and integrate ridesharing, rent-a-car, and electric charging services into the same platform. Last year, the company conducted a fundraising campaign on the crowdfunding platform Ronin, raising […]

  • GA Drilling secures $15 million funding to accelerate deep geothermal

    GA Drilling has secured EUR 15 million in investment to accelerate technology deployment to deliver deep geothermal faster and more cost-effective.

  • Sale closed in Palo Alto: $3 million for a four-bedroom home

    The property located in the 600 block of Wildwood Lane in Palo Alto was sold on April 5, 2024 for $3,000,000, or $1,712 per square foot. The house, built in 1950, has an interior space of 1,752 square feet.

  • District 518 slated to act on planned $15.3 million referendum

    The ballot question led to additional discussion about how the district intends to share the message about the referendum with voters.

  • Sale closed in Los Gatos: $3.4 million for a four-bedroom home

    A 2,041-square-foot house built in 1968 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 16900 block of Frank Avenue in Los Gatos was sold on April 4, 2024, for $3,360,000, or $1,646 per square foot.

  • Dutch deep tech fund for photonics startups reaches €75M after second close

    PhotonVentures, a Dutch deep tech fund aiming to boost Europe’s photonics industry, has closed its second fundraising round with over €15mn — bringing its total capital to €75mn. The fund targets startups and scaleups developing solutions with photonic chips for a wide range of applications: from data transmission and health diagnostics to smart sensors, AI, AR, and VR. PhotonVentures will initially invest in 20 early-stage companies with international growth potential. It will focus on...

  • Paraform raises $3.6M seed round to connect startups with recruiter networks

    Layoffs usually drive attention and sympathy toward affected employees, but rarely does anyone talk about what happens to the recruiters who are sometimes also asked to leave when companies decide to cut headcount. Indeed, tech firms cut up to half of their recruitment teams when they were laying people off in droves back in 2022 […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Report: Musk-Liked Investors Plan $3 Billion Funding Round for xAI

    Investors tied to Elon Musk are reportedly planning a $3 billion funding round for xAI. This round would value the artificial intelligence (AI) firm at $18 billion, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Friday (April 5), citing sources familiar with the matter. Sources told WSJ that venture capital company Gigafund and Steve Jurvetson, a prominent Musk backer […]