Startup Stories

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. We had an illness on the team, so…

Autonomous vehicle technology company Aurora Innovation is launching a small test fleet of custom-designed self-driving Toyota Siennas for future ride-hail operations. The company will test its vehicles on highways and…

ShopThing, a live shopping marketplace focused on luxury brands, has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Origin Ventures, with participation from Pritzker Group and Interplay. The Toronto-based…

Tome co-founders Keith Peiris and Henri Liriani, former Instagram and Facebook product leads, are applying their creative spins to the dreaded slide deck. It’s true that the slide deck hasn’t…

Astronomer has grown quite a lot since we briefly profiled the company back in 2017. At that time, the scrappy data analytics company had scooped up $3.5 million in funding…

Have you ever wondered how you’ll manage to get and stay fit while you work full time and have a full home life? When you don’t have time to exercise…

Starting a small business is hard, but it’s even harder when that business is a creative venture.  Whether you’re a content creator, a published author, or a craft and supplies…

Online shopping has become popular among consumers. While the pandemic hastened the shift to selling and shopping online, consumer behavior has shifted — and there’s no turning back. Online shopping…

Datagen raised a $50 million Series B round to boost the growth of its synthetic data solution for computer vision (CV) teams, bringing its total funding to over $70 million,…

If you’re selling a second-hand HD-DVD player or you want to sell your car, there are plenty of Web 2.0-empowered solutions that can help you out. Life is slightly different…