| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.10.2025 | Intelo.ai Fuels Retail AI Revolution with $2 Million Investment | Intelo.ai, a NYC innovator, closed a $2M funding round led by Illuminate Ventures. The company advances retail with its Collaborative Intelligence platform. Specialized AI agents work alongside human teams. This system redefines merchandisi... |
| 23.10.2025 | Intelo.ai: $2 Million Raised For Transforming Retail Through Collaborative Intelligence Platform | Intelo.ai, a New York–based technology company building the future of retail through its Collaborative Intelligence platform, announced the close of a $2 million financing round led by Illuminate Ventures. The funding will accelerate Intelo... |
| 15.10.2025 | Intelo.ai Closes $2M Funding Round | Intelo.ai, a NYC-based company building the future of retail through its Collaborative Intelligence platform, closed a $2m financing round.
The round was led by Illuminate Ventures.
The company intends to use the capital to accelerate the d... |
| 30.05.2024 | Путь к DRY валидации в Laravel | Как-то услышал один чудак, что можно уменьшить количество дублей при написании правил валидации с помощью великого знания - DRY, и решил он отправиться на поиски...
Его идеальное решение должно было учитывать несколько основных особенностей... |
| 14.05.2024 | Get ready for the Roundtable at the Tech.eu Summit London 2024! | The Tech.eu Summit London 2024 is just days away! We have shared with you how our three-day conference will be with the detailed guide.
At our conference, we'll dive deep into the pulse of the tech world at the Startup Stage and Roundtable ... |
| 10.08.2022 | The women writing checks: A list of female venture capitalists in the Pacific Northwest | Back in 2018, GeekWire published a list of women investors based in the Pacific Northwest who were writing checks to help startups grow.
A lot has changed in four years. We’ve put together a new compilation below, highlighting more than 60 ... |
| 09.06.2021 | Contentstack raises $57.5M for its headless content management system | Contentstack, a startup that offers a headless content management system (or a “content experience platform” in marketing-speak), today announced that it has raised a $57.5 million Series B round. The round, which the company says was overs... |
| 03.03.2021 | Why Women Entrepreneurs Are the Future Of the Startup Ecosystem | March 3, 2021 3 min read
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According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2020, it will take anothe... |
| 03.03.2021 | X Financial Invests US$10M in VC Fund Managed by Dragonfly Ventures II, L.P. | X Financial (NYSE: XYF), a Shenzen, China-based technology-driven personal finance company, announced a commitment to invest in an aggregate amount of US$10m in a venture capital fund managed by Dragonfly Ventures II, L.P. for blockchain in... |
| 28.02.2021 | University Entrepreneurship Competitions: Which Rise To The Top? | Young business people are discussing together a new startup project. A glowing light bulb as a new ... [+] idea. getty |
| 14.01.2021 | The Briefing: Grab Financial Group Lands $300M, Senndr Nabs $160M For Freight, And More | 0 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Here’s what you need to know today in startup and venture news, updated by the Crunchbase News staff throughout the day to keep you in the know.
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| 14.01.2021 | The Briefing: Porch Acquires More Companies, Grab Financial Group Lands $300M, And More | 1 Share Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Here’s what you need to know today in startup and venture news, updated by the Crunchbase News staff throughout the day to keep you in the know.
Subscribe to the Crunchbase Daily Porch acquires four c... |
| 04.12.2019 | Early stage investing 101: How to break into the club, and why you should give it a shot | (Bigstock Photo)
Early stage investing can be tremendously beneficial for early stage technology companies, the broader startup ecosystem, and of course, investors. But getting started isn’t easy. Minda Bruse and Heather Redman.
We both kno... |
| 12.11.2019 | New York’s Boldstart Ventures has raised $157 million across two funds to back nascent enterprise startups | Eight years after raising a $1.5 million proof-of-concept fund, Boldstart Ventures, a New York-based venture firm whose portfolio companies have been enjoying some serious momentum lately, just closed two new funds with $157 million in capi... |
| 25.07.2019 | Pyze Announces $4.6 Million Funding Round for AI Based Analytics & Campaigns | Pyze, today, announced a $4.6M funding round to scale its business. Pyze has developed the unique ability to embed business services like cross-platform user behavior analytics, AI-based user segmentation, and marketing automation as native... |
| 09.08.2018 | Networking is key to better funding outcomes for female entrepreneurs | New research by US venture capital firm Illuminate Ventures has reiterated the problems female entrepreneurs face compared to men in getting better access to capital to scale their businesses.
The report titled “Gender Differences in Entrep... |
| 07.08.2018 | What Silicon Valley still gets wrong about innovation | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Silicon Valley well exemplifies the saying “The m... |
| 07.08.2018 | What Silicon Valley still gets wrong about innovation | Silicon Valley well exemplifies the saying “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Very little has changed over the past decade, with the Valley still mired in myth and stale stereotype. Ask any older entrepreneurs or women w... |
| 01.08.2018 | There are very real differences in how women and men (and VCs) view entrepreneurship, underscores a new survey | In the increasingly crowded world of venture capital, many more firms are producing research as a way to differentiate themselves from the pack. Earlier this year, for example, Wing, a venture firm that focuses primarily on enterprise start... |
| 20.01.2018 | Katalyst.Ventures, a new firm led by Susan Choe, has raised $34 million | There aren’t a lot of venture funds that are led by a single general partner who happens to be a woman. Sonja Hoel Perkins is one. The longtime Menlo Ventures managing director founded her own venture firm two years ago.
Another is Cindy Pa... |
| 31.01.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, January 31 | VISIONS OF UNICORNS
Hello from the air, where I’m on my way to L.A. for the Upfront Summit. A few brief notes:
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| 03.12.2015 | Daily funding roundup - Dec. 3, 2015 | True North Therapeutics bagged $40M; Allocadia raised $16.5M; Younity received $8M funding
Younity, an iOS app for streaming media from your Mac, today announced an $8 million Series A round of funding led by venture capital firm Marker LLC... |
| 28.07.2015 | Today’s Funding Roundup: Massive Millions and a Cancer Drug IPO | Tuesday brings with it a whole new cohort of news and announcements, specifically massive amounts of funding for some companies. We also have an IPO from a startup that's developing a promising lung cancer drug out of Cuba. Let us know what... |
| 10.04.2015 | Illuminate Ventures to Raise $30M for Second Fund | Illuminate Ventures, an Oakland, California-based micro venture capital firm, is raising $30m for its latest fund.
According to a document filed with the S.E.C., the vehicle is called Illuminate Ventures II, L.P.
Led by Cindy Padnos, Founde... |
| 08.04.2015 | Coworking kitchen for food artisans opening in Oakland | Vator Splash Oakland attendees to get treated to tasty sneak preview on April 23
At Splash Oakland on April 22-23, guests on Day 2, Thursday will have tthe opportunity to enjoy lunch prepared by a selection of local food artisans on the roo... |
| 30.01.2015 | Fighting Sexism In Silicon Valley | Patricia Nakache Contributor
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| 07.10.2014 | Sexism in The Valley: While tech companies improve, data shows VC firms are getting worse | The dominoes are falling in Silicon Valley. Technology companies are releasing their diversity data, apologizing for the sins of the past, and promising to do better.
I know from my meetings with executives of Google and Facebook that they ... |
| 09.09.2014 | ChannelEyes Raises Funding | ChannelEyes, a Troy, N.Y.-based mobile channel acceleration platform for vendors, raised a funding of undisclosed amount.
Backers included venture capital firms Bowery Capital and Illuminate Ventures and existing investors and angels.
The c... |
| 22.07.2014 | Peerlyst Raises $3M Seed Funding | Peerlyst, a San Francisco, CA-based social community for IT, raised $3m in seed funding.
The round was led by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP) with additional funding from Illuminate Ventures.
Led by Limor Elbaz, CEO and founder, Peer... |
| 21.11.2013 | Illuminate Ventures Closes $20M Fund | Illuminate Ventures, an Oakland, CA-based vc firm focused on early stage enterprise cloud investing, closed a $20M fund.
With its new fund, Illuminate is continuing to invest in enterprise cloud and mobile software startups, typically as a ... |
| 20.11.2013 | Illuminate Ventures raises $20M for new fund | Illuminate Ventures invests in enterprise cloud and mobile companies
Illuminate Ventures is going to have a fresh amount of capital to play with, as the firm has raised a new micro VC fund of $20 million, it was announced on Wednesday.
This... |
| 20.11.2013 | Women-led VC firm Illuminate raises $20M fund | Illuminate Ventures today closed a $20 million fund to invest in early-stage business software startups.
Illuminate isn’t your typical Sand Hill Road venture firm. Its founder, Cindy Padnos, has recruited some top-notch women investors to h... |
| 17.10.2013 | Meet DataElite, a new Silicon Valley fund for data science startups | The Big Data trend is showing no signs of letting up, with some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley getting behind a new fund called DataElite.
The Silicon Valley-based fund aims to be a YCombinator of sorts, but specifically for big dat... |
| 17.10.2013 | Meet DataElite, a new Silicon Valley fund for data science startups | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The Big Data trend is showing no signs of letting... |
| 04.10.2013 | Amplify at the Ritz in Half Moon Bay is next week! | First come. First serve. Get complimentary tickets before they run out!
Girls in Tech, Thomson Reuters and Vator are holding Amplify next week. Amplify is an event focused on empowering women to take leadership roles in the entrepreneur eco... |
| 25.09.2013 | Calling all female entrepreneurs! Amplify is Oct. 8 | Join leading female investors and entrepreneurs at The Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, Oct. 8
Are you a female entrepreneur with a really cool company or idea? Do you want a chance to mingle with some top VCs (mostly women), such as Renata Q... |
| 04.09.2013 | Calling all female entrepreneurs! Apply to Amplify | Join leading female investors and entrepreneurs at The Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, Oct. 8
Are you a female entrepreneur with a really cool company or idea? Do you want a chance to mingle with some top VCs (mostly women), such as Renata Q... |
| 05.08.2013 | Focus is key: 6 cloud startups kicking ass by going narrow | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Venture capitalists are betting on cloud startups... |
| 05.08.2013 | Focus is key: 6 cloud startups kicking ass by going narrow | Venture capitalists are betting on cloud startups with a specific focus: health care, financial services, real estate, and other industries.
This more specialized, “vertical” industry approach is a stark contrast to the more horizontal appr... |
| 26.06.2012 | Menture Capital? Why Women-Led Startups Get Less Funding | Women are more social than men. There’s research to prove it. And there’s the anecdotal evidence. (How many men chat to the guy in the bathroom stall next door?) So women should do well in the pursuit of venture capital, which is at heart a... |
| 15.03.2012 | BrightEdge Raises $12.6M in Series C Funding | BrightEdge, a San Mateo, CA-based site, search and social management platform for global enterprises, has raised $12.6m in a Series C funding.
The round was led by Intel Capital, with participation from existing investors Battery Ventures, ... |
| 03.05.2011 | SEO platform BrightEdge, ComScore partner to put companies in the spotlight | BrightEdge, a search engine optimization management (SEO) platform, said today that is has partnered with digital performance measurer ComScore to help companies get the highest online ranking possible, Jim Yu, founder and chief executive, ... |
| 03.05.2011 | SEO platform BrightEdge, ComScore partner to put companies in the spotlight | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
BrightEdge, a search engine optimization manageme... |
| 07.03.2011 | SEO platform BrightEdge adds tools to become fully “social” | BrightEdge, a search engine optimization management (SEO) platform, said today it has become the first such platform to become fully social in a bid to help marketers optimize their social media activity, Jim Yu, founder and chief executive... |
| 07.03.2011 | SEO platform BrightEdge adds tools to become fully “social” | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
BrightEdge, a search engine optimization manageme... |
| 09.02.2011 | Astia: Knocking Down the Hurdles for Women-Led Startups | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Quick: Name the Bay Area startup accelerator where 60 percent of the companies go on to get acquired or win funding within 12 months of graduating, and where the 220 companies... |
| 27.01.2011 | BrightEdge goes global with SEO platform | The company brings in Baidu's chief architect to guide the expansion
Enterprise SEO platform BrightEdge announced Thusrday morning that it’s expanding its platform globally to give customers a new international reach. Using the new platform... |
| 25.10.2010 | FailCon: How to fail gracefully with a startup | Most conferences celebrate business successes. At the second annual FailCon event in San Francisco, the stories are all about how to fail gracefully with a startup.
The point isn’t to teach people to fail but to help others learn from your ... |
| 19.08.2010 | Tereza's Op Ed | The following is a guest post by our friend and AVC community member Tereza Nemessanyi, founder and CEO of Honestly Now Inc., a web and mobile social media platform which will release its beta product to the market in September. It was init... |
| 14.06.2010 | BrightEdge releases tools to help companies dominate Google | Anyone doing business on the Web probably knows the importance of getting prominent placement in search engines. But Jim Yu, founder and chief executive of a startup called BrightEdge, said that until now, the process has been too mysteriou... |
| 11.06.2010 | How to build a startup: her best advice | Startup fever is in the air.
Well, it was this morning, at least, when too many people packed too small a room in Manhattan’s Soho to hear women entrepreneurs and other experts talk about launching businesses.
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| 15.05.2010 | Fixing Societal Problems: It Starts With Mom and Dad | I am quite used to controversy—unsurprisingly, given the topics that I have been exploring with my academic research. But what has really been a surprise is the hornet’s nest that I seem to have stirred up with my two TechCrunch posts and B... |
| 16.03.2010 | BrightEdge lands $6.5M more for SEO management platform | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
BrightEdge, a search engine optimization manageme... |
| 16.03.2010 | BrightEdge lands $6.5M more for SEO management platform | BrightEdge, a search engine optimization management platform, today announced that it has secured a second round of funding for $6.5 million. The new funds will be used to expand engineering and operations for a growing customer base as wel... |
| 21.02.2010 | A Fix for Discrimination: Follow the Indian Trails | Women, Hispanics and blacks have always been underrepresented in the ranks of the Valley’s tech companies. A new analysis by the Mercury News shows that from 2000 to 2008, the proportion of women tech workers in Silicon Valley dropped from ... |
| 07.02.2010 | Silicon Valley: You and Some of Your VC's have a Gender Problem | “People in technology businesses are drawn to places known for diversity of thought and open-mindedness”, is what Professor Richard Florida concluded after studying the growth and success of 50 metropolitan areas in the U.S. The most succes... |
