| Date | Title | Description |
| 11.01.2024 | Perplexity AI’s challenge to Google hinges on something simple but tough—being the best | There are two major Steve Jobs movies.
I learned this talking to Perplexity AI cofounder and CEO Aravind Srinivas, who wanted to be clear with me—he was talking about the Steve Jobs movie featuring Michael Fassbender, not Ashton Kutcher.
Re... |
| 17.05.2020 | The Sunday Briefing | #102 | The Vancouver Tech Journal brings you news, insight, opinions, and the lesser-known stories from Vancouver's innovation ecosystem. This is The Sunday Briefing. Enjoy.
After nine years at the helm, Richard Smith steps down as director of Van... |
| 13.05.2020 | Ziva Dynamics raises $9.8 million CAD for character creation technology | Vancouver-based Ziva Dynamics, a startup that develops character simulation software for the film and entertainment industry, has raised a $9.8 million CAD ($7 million USD) seed round. This is the first round of venture financing for the c... |
| 29.12.2019 | Wrapping Up CLT’s 2019: Q4 Deals in the Queen City | An exciting Q4 in the Carolinas has left many startups looking forward to a successful 2020. We thought the best way to ring in the new year would be to look back at the most noteworthy fundings, deals, exits, mergers, and acquisitions duri... |
| 20.06.2018 | Aaptiv Closes Series C With $52M Raised To Date | Aaptiv Inc., a leading provider of premium digital health and wellness content that has garnered nearly 200,000 paying members in two years, has raised $22 million in its Series C funding. Launched in 2016, Aaptiv's audio-guided fitness cla... |
| 24.07.2017 | Raleigh-based PrecisionHawk wants to bring drone services to businesses worldwide | 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!
Drones have taken the world by storm since they w... |
| 24.07.2017 | Raleigh-based PrecisionHawk wants to bring drone services to businesses worldwide | Drones have taken the world by storm since they went mainstream a few years ago. They’re dramatically cheaper to buy and far easier to use than any other type of powered aircraft, making them increasingly popular in the world of aerial phot... |
| 12.12.2016 | Blackmore raises $3.5 million to build better eyes for your self-driving car | A Bozeman, Montana startup called Blackmore Sensors and Analytics Inc. has raised $3.5 million to build lidar systems that can help vehicles see more details about what’s in front of them than existing sensors do today.
The company spun out... |
| 12.12.2016 | Blackmore raises $3.5 million to fit roof-mounted sensors for self-driving cars onto a single chip | Blackmore Sensors and Analytics today announced that it had raised $3.5 million to further develop its frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) Lidar for use in self-driving cars. The company aims to reduce the primitive-looking radar and... |
| 12.12.2016 | Millennium Technology Leads $3.5M Series A for Blackmore | Blackmore Sensors and Analytics, Inc., a leading developer of frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) lidar, announced today that it has raised $3.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Next Frontier Capital and Millennium Technolo... |
| 12.12.2016 | Millennium Technology Leads $3.5M Series A for Blackmore | Blackmore Sensors and Analytics, Inc., a leading developer of frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) lidar, announced today that it has raised $3.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Next Frontier Capital and Millennium Technolo... |
| 12.12.2016 | Blackmore raises $3.5 million to fit roof-mounted sensors for self-driving cars onto a single chip | 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!
Blackmore Sensors and Analytics today announced t... |
| 30.08.2016 | Jumio Raises $15M from Centana Growth and Millennium Technology | Jumio, the leading digital ID verification company, today announced it has secured $15 million in financing from Centana Growth Partners LP and Millennium Technology Value Partners. The financing adds Millennium to Jumio's investors and boa... |
| 21.04.2016 | Fundings-in-Brief: Fiddlehead Raises $1.8m Seed Capital, Jungoo Closes $10m Series B, more | Drone Software Company PrecisionHawk Raises $18m Series C
Drone technology company PrecisionHawk has raised $18 million in a Series C round with a long list of investors: research funders Innovate Indiana Fund, tech company backers Millenni... |
| 20.04.2016 | PrecisionHawk raises $18 million to bring drones safely into U.S. airspace | Mandatory drone registration and a massive national database of drone owners is already under way in the U.S. But simply knowing who owns what won’t stop unmanned aerial vehicles from collisions or becoming a public nuisance.
A Raleigh, Nor... |
| 16.12.2015 | Daily funding roundup - December 16, 2015 | Slack revealed $80M fund; Digital Guardian bagged $66M; Springboard raised $1.7M
Education technology company Springboard (formerly known as SlideRule) today announced that it has raised $1.7 million in seed funding from a long list of inve... |
| 25.09.2014 | Hootsuite raises $60M, buys messaging platform Zeetl | The purchase of Zeetl is an acqui-hire, with Hootsuite acquiring the technology and team
There are two big pieces of news out from social media management company Hootsuite on Thursday.
First, the company announced that it has raised $60 mi... |
| 24.09.2014 | Luxury Travel Startup Inspirato Closes $20M Growth Equity Round | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Luxury vacation homes are proving to be a very promising business for Inspirato, a Denver travel startup that has caught the eye of some of Silicon Valley and New York’s bigge... |
| 24.09.2014 | Luxury Travel Club Inspirato Grabs Another $20 Million | Luxury vacation club Inspirato announced this morning it has secured $20 million in new funding from new investor W Capital Partners alongside existing investors Institutional Venture Partners and Millennium Technology Value Partners. The f... |
| 29.01.2013 | WatchDox Secures $12M |
PALO ALTO, CA, Provider of enterprise solutions to access, share and control sensitive documents on any device, today announced that Millennium Technology Value Partners has joined existing WatchDox investors in a $12 million investment i... |
| 29.01.2013 | WatchDox Receives $12M Financing | WatchDox, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of enterprise solutions to access, share and control sensitive documents on any device, received a new $12m financing.
Millennium Technology Value Partners joined existing investors Blackstone (NYSE:... |
| 15.01.2013 | Janrain Raises $33M in Funding | Janrain, a Portland, Oregon-based provider of user management solutions for the social web, has raised $33m in funding.
The round was led by Millennium Technology Value Partners, with participation from Split Rock Partners, Epic Ventures an... |
| 23.11.2012 | The LA startup community is growing; here's why | Meet the LA accelerators driving change - Amplify LA, LaunchPad LA, Idealab, Mucker Lab, Media Camp
How do you replicate a Silicon Valley ecosystem in your own town is being asked across the country. And, increasingly more books are coming ... |
| 28.06.2012 | Fast-Growing Luxury Vacation Club Inspirato Quietly Brings In $15.5M From DAG and Millennium | Collaborative consumption — generally, marketplaces for buying and selling access to products and services — may bring to mind startups like TaskRabbit and Zaarly for tasks, or short-term rental service Airbnb.
But Inspirato is bringing the... |
| 26.04.2010 | Millennium Technology Value Partners II Closes on $280M | Millennium Technology Ventures, a New York-based family of private equity funds, held a final closing for its Millennium Technology Value Partners II, L.P. (“TVP II”), with over $280m in committed capital.
The new fund, which launched in 20... |
| 11.12.2009 | More firms buying employee shares — Sequoia follows with $75M Service-Now buy | 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!
Increasingly, startup employees are getting the c... |
| 11.12.2009 | More firms buying employee shares — Sequoia follows with $75M Service-Now buy | Increasingly, startup employees are getting the chance to cash out their shares early, with more investors willing to buy out their stakes. We saw this in the spring when Facebook raised $150 million to buy up employee shares. Now Sequoia C... |
| 14.09.2009 | Itron teams with OpenPeak to bring smart meter data to touchscreens | Major smart electric meter maker Itron announced today that it has joined forces with home energy management device maker OpenPeak. Their combined technologies will help both utilities and their customers keep closer tabs on exactly how muc... |
| 06.01.2009 | Force10 and Turin merge, pool their capital and clients | Network builder Force10 Networks has merged with Ethernet services provider Turin Networks to create a powerhouse in both spaces, with an impressive list of clients, numbering 1,300 (including eHarmony and Facebook), reports peHUB. More sig... |
