Original Source: http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2016/01/29/self-driving-car-tech-mit-spinoff-nutonomy-receives-3-6m/ Some of Nutonomy’s team, which is split between Cambridge and Singapore. At an office in Kendall Square, an MIT spinoff called Nutonomy is working on technology that could very well power many of the self-driving cars we’ll start seeing in the next decade or so. Even a year after being co-founded by MITRead more
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By Daniel Laury | Autonomous Driving, Transportation, Venture Capital | Comments are Closed | 7 February, 2016 | 0
By Daniel Laury | Autonomous Driving, Energy, Transportation | Comments are Closed | 7 February, 2016 | 0
Original Source: http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/05/google-is-exploring-wireless-charging-for-self-driving-cars/ Noah Berger/AFP/Getty Images Self-driving cars are poised to be an incredible tool of the future, but they won’t be much use if they can’t hold a charge. It looks like Google wants to solve this problem via resonant magnetic induction, a form of wireless charging that could use manhole-style transmitters embedded inRead more
Original Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/06/expand-five-questions-for-witricity-ceo-alex-gruzen/ First came Qi, and now we have Rezence. These are the two big names in the wireless power industry, except the latter is still in its infancy as it’s kicking off with a different type of technology: magnetic resonance. With this, devices are no longer required to sit on a pad whileRead more
Original Source: http://pitchbook.com/news/articles/7-top-vcs-on-what-will-be-the-biggest-change-in-tech UpFront Ventures, which is hosting a VC conference this week in Hollywood, recently released a video where they asked likes of Marc Andreessen, Vinod Khosla and Josh Kopelman, among others, what they think the biggest change to tech will be in the next five years. The responses vary, ranging from VR to mobile messaging.Read more
Author: Nick Frost Original Source: http://mattermark.com/the-14-techstars-nyc-fall-2015-demo-day-startups-sorted-by-the-growth-score/ Today, Techstars NYC hosts their Demo Day for their Fall 2015 batch in New York City. The companies will be pitching their products to an audience of VCs, Angel Investors, and decision makers at large tech companies, in hopes of closing their next round of funding. “The companies in the 2015 fall classRead more
Author: Chris O’Brien Original Source: http://venturebeat.com/2015/12/24/somewhere-way-way-under-the-rainbow-the-10-worst-unicorns-of-2015/ A venture capitalist may have pumped enough money into your company’s bank account to push it into the unicorn category, but that doesn’t guarantee success. Which is good news for people like me who are tasked with putting together a year-end list of the 10 worst unicorns of 2015. OnRead more
Author: Jordan Novet Original Source: http://venturebeat.com/2015/12/25/5-deep-learning-startups-to-follow-in-2016/ So much has happened this year in the world of deep learning, that trendy type of artificial intelligence that entails training artificial neural networks on large data sets and then getting them to make inferences about new data. There have been technical breakthroughs, acquisitions, funding deals, open source releases inRead more
Original Source: http://pitchbook.com/news/articles/a-visual-summary-of-vc-activity-in-2015-datagraphic PitchBook January 11, 2016 As we continue the release of our popular year-end datagraphics, posted below is a look at global venture capital fundraising, dealmaking and exit trends from 2015. Venture fundraising remained healthy with $51 billion+ in commitments collected; median fund size was up 71% compared to last year and 89.3% of vehiclesRead more
Author: Iris Dorbian Original Source: https://www.pehub.com/2016/01/online-lender-loannow-pulls-in-50-mln/ Orange County, California-based online lender LoanNow has secured $50 million in financing. The investor was not named. PRESS RELEASE LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 6, 2016) – LoanNow today disclosed its completion of a $50 million credit facility from an institutional investor that will be used to grow its expandingRead more
Author: Iris Dorbian Original Source: https://www.pehub.com/2016/01/657625/ Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Exosome Diagnostics Inc, a liquid biopsy platform developer, has raised $60 million in Series B funding. The investors included Forbion Capital Partners, NGN Capital, CD Ventures, Qiagen, Arcus Ventures, Tiger Management and Blue Ridge Capital. PRESS RELEASE Exosome Diagnostics, Inc., the developer of a revolutionary liquid biopsy platformRead more