Startup Stories

Byteboard founders Sargun Kaur and Nikke Hardson-Hurley were working at Google when they recognized a fundamental problem with the way engineers were being hired. They saw a process of obscure…

When the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global health emergency at the end of January 2020, the startup world held its breath. Many entrepreneurs prepared for a…

Latin Americans seeking the ability to invest in companies trading on the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange now have a new option in Vest, a startup that has launched…

Indore-headquartered business-to-business (B2B) platform for procurement of inventory by kirana stores, ShopKirana , which has rebranded to Direct, has announced raising $38 million in a Series C round of funding.…

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche…

After months of waiting, Knightscope this week announced a January 27 date for its planned IPO. Founded in 2013 by William Santana Li, a Ford executive, and Stacy Stephens, a…

Polly, a SaaS technology startup aiming to “transform” the mortgage capital markets, announced today that it has raised $37 million in a Series B funding round led by Menlo Ventures.…

Debt investor aggregator platform Wint Wealth has raised a bridge round for an undisclosed amount from a cohort of financial influencers. The funding round saw participation from Nearbuy founder Ankur…

In the rush to automate warehouses, forklifts are something of a no-brainer. Lifting heavy payloads already requires heavy machinery, and these systems are somewhat notorious for being involved in incidents,…

Image credits: Accell GroupKohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR & Co) a New York-based global investment firm, announced that it has agreed to purchase the Dutch bicycle maker Accell Group…