Startup News
Berlin-based moving startup Move24 raises $14.3 million
Venture Beat - 7 May 2017 04:03
Berlin-based moving startup Move24 has received €13 million (about $14.3 million USD) in Series C financing. Innogy Venture Capital led the round, with participation from previous investors Holtzbrinck Ventures, DN Cap...
Will ads be able to read your mind?
Venture Beat - 7 May 2017 23:33
GUEST: Not content to conquer Mars, Elon Musk recently set his sights on colonizing the brain. Musk's new company, Neuralink, announced in late March, plans to make devices that can be implanted in the brain to enable a ...
Live concerts are music tech's next frontier
Venture Beat - 7 May 2017 22:05
With recent speculation about Spotify soon going public (without an IPO) and the belated launch of Pandora Premium, the music streaming space is increasingly nearing both maturity and saturation. The market is crowded by...
When blockchains run companies, here's what your job will look like
Venture Beat - 7 May 2017 21:10
GUEST: If you’re tired of going to unproductive meetings, commuting in to work just to put in face time, or following commands from a boss you don’t have much confidence in, you may be the right kind of employee for ...
The CEO personality traits that could ruin your startup
Venture Beat - 7 May 2017 19:25
GUEST: PR folks like us love startup founders: They're motivated, ambitious, a little crazy, usually very smart, and sometimes just downright quirky. You can learn a lot about human nature by working for many different s...
Racket: NX has one goal: turning VR into a mixed reality sport
Venture Beat - 7 May 2017 17:35
There is a lot of discussion surrounding VR as a spectator sport. Some folks are even trying to brand the term 'vsports" as an update to "esports" for professional VR competition that can attract spectators. But there ar...
Software firms are actively seeking 'neurodiverse' employees
Venture Beat - 7 May 2017 16:15
GUEST: In the never-ending drive for quality and productivity, leading software companies, including SAP, Microsoft, HPE, Amazon, and Salesforce.com, have discovered a new source of overqualified and underemployed worker...
It's time to stop doubting virtual reality
Venture Beat - 7 May 2017 15:00
FEATURE: Investors, gamers, and game developers who are cold on virtual reality should look to the 2017 Game Developers Conference as confirmation that VR has legs. Developers don't sound as clueless as they did last yea...
Credit Karma: Believe the hype for 'artificial narrow intelligence'
Venture Beat - 7 May 2017 12:34
By giving away free credit scores to more than 60 million people, Credit Karma upended the paid credit report market. And by offering free tax returns this year — at the same time H&R Block and IBM Watson were bragging...
Tvori VR animation tool gets major udpate
Venture Beat - 7 May 2017 01:41
We were particularly taken with Tvori when we first saw it last year. This Vive app offers a comprehensive suite of animation features, essentially allowing you to record your own stories in VR. As promising as its begin...
AI-powered trading raises new questions
Venture Beat - 7 May 2017 00:18
GUEST: Data indicates that about 55% of Americans are invested in the stock market through direct ownership of shares, stock mutual fund holdings, or retirement accounts. That figure jumps to 88% for households with inco...