Company brings reinvented care model to eating disorder patients in 2021, supported by investment from F-Prime, Optum Ventures, and .406 Ventures SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–February 10, 2021– Equip, a health tech company pioneering a program that virtually delivers evidence-based eating disorder treatment to families at home, today announced it has closed $13 million in Series A […]
NBA 2K21 Sells 8 Million Copies Despite $70 Price Hike
NBA 2K21 has sold eight million copies despite its new $70 price point. The basketball simulation game, which was released on September 4, 2020 for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and Stadia, and on November 12, 2020 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, has seemingly been unaffected by its $10 price hike. According […]
Monte Carlo raises $25 million for AI that monitors data reliability
San Francisco-based data reliability startup Monte Carlo today announced that it raised $25 million, bringing the company’s total capital raised to date to over $40 million. Monte Carlo says the proceeds will allow it to foster its community of users and further develop its data and analytics products as it looks to expand the size […]
Granulate raises $30 million for AI that optimizes server workloads
Granulate, a startup developing a platform that optimizes computing infrastructure, today announced it has raised $30 million, bringing its total raised to $45.6 million. The company claims the cash infusion will help it develop products that reduce the time engineers spend tuning enterprise system performance, freeing them up to pursue potentially more creative, impactful, and […]
Beat Saber Sells 4 Million Copies
Beat Saber, one of the most popular VR games on the market, has sold over four million copies to date. The news was confirmed today as part of a post on the Oculus Blog detailing developer success on the Quest platform. This means that Beat Saber has doubled its audience in less than a year […]
Anzu.io raises $9 million for in-game ad platform
Anzu.io has raised $9 million in new funding for its platform for a new generation of in-game advertising. In-game advertising isn’t new, but Tel Aviv-based Anzu.io claims it can make it more intelligent by seamlessly integrating digital ads directly into the gameplay, without disrupting the user experience. Anzu.io also measures the ad’s effectiveness with real-time analytics. […]
Superb AI raises $9.3 million to annotate training data
San Mateo, California-based Superb AI, a startup developing a platform for AI-enabled training data, today announced that it closed a $9.3 million financing round. Cofounder and CEO Hyunsoo Kim said that the financing will allow the three-year-old company to ramp up hiring and scale customer adoption as well as expand and accelerate product development. Training […]
SparkPost raises $180 million for data-driven email delivery management
SparkPost, an email delivery, optimization, and analytics platform, has raised $180 million from LLR Partners, NewSpring Capital, and PNC Bank. Founded in 2008, Columbia, Maryland-based SparkPost gives enterprises deep insights into their email campaigns, including delivery rate and engagement, while serving up real-time data and analytics to monitor bounce rates, spam traps, and ISP responses […]
Starship raises $17 million to send autonomous delivery robots to new campuses
Starship Technologies, a startup developing driverless delivery robots, this morning announced is has raised $17 million and added service to UCLA in California and Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. The company also revealed that it has reached the milestone of completing 1 million autonomous deliveries, up from 100,000 deliveries as of August 2019, which Starship […]
Run:AI raises $30 million to orchestrate and distribute AI workloads
Run:AI, a startup developing orchestration and virtualization software for AI workloads, today announced it has raised $30 million. The company says it will use the investment to fund expansion and recruitment globally. AI models are great — after all, they’re at the core of everything from voice assistants to cooling systems. But what isn’t great […]