Tag: Companies
Ikea doubles down on smart home tech with new business unit
Ikea’s smart home investments to date have been smart but scattered – now the Swedish home goods brand says it’s going to amp up...
SoftBank reportedly plans to lend employees as much as $20 billion...
SoftBank has a plant to loan up to $20 billion to its employees, including CEO Masayoshi Son, for the purposes of having that capital...
Next Apple Watch could include new ceramic and titanium models
Apple’s next Apple Watch revision could include new materials for the case, including titanium and ceramic. That’s according to new assets pulled form the...
Southern California athletic brand, Vuori, raises $45 million from Norwest Venture...
The four-year-old, Southern California athletic brand Vuori has picked up a $45 million growth equity investment from the investment firm Norwest Venture Partners.
The...
Peer-to-peer boat rental marketplace Boatsetter raises $10M as it looks to...
Obviously, not everyone owns their boat, and boat ownership is far more unique than car ownership – which makes it maybe an ideal category...
Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises $30M backed by Goldman Sachs
Nigerian freight logistics startup Kobo360 has raised a $20 million Series A round led by Goldman Sachs and $10 million in working capital financing...
India’s Reliance Jio inks deal with Microsoft to expand Office 365,...
India’s Reliance Jio, which has disrupted the local telecom and features phone businesses in less than three years of its existence, is now ready...
India’s Meesho raises $125M to expand its social commerce business
Meesho, a Bangalore-based social commerce startup, has raised $125 million in a new financing round to expand its business in the country and change...
Google Travel adds flight price notifications and a limited time flight...
Google is building out its travel product with more features to convince you to use it to book flights and plan trips directly, instead...
SoftBank pumps $2B into Indonesia through Grab investment, putting it head...
Grab — the on-demand transportation app worth $14 billion that is the Uber of Southeast Asia — today announced how it would be using...
