Author Archives: Jordan Crook

Tundra, the zero-fee wholesale marketplace, picks up $12 million

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Tundra, a new zero-commission wholesale marketplace, has today announced the close of $12 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Redpoint’s Annie Kadavy, with participation from investors such as Initialized Capital, Peterson Ventures, FJ Labs, Switch Ventures, and Background Capital. Tundra was founded by married couple Arnold and Katie Engel, who previously […] Continue reading Tundra, the zero-fee wholesale marketplace, picks up $12 million→

GirlGaze Network looks to connect brands with female creatives

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It started with a hashtag. Amande de Cadenet, photographer, author, and TV host, was spending time with her sister, a director and photographer in her own right, when an ACLU study on the lack of diversity among directors was published in the NYT Magazine, with de Cadenet’s sister an interviewee in the cover story. “It’s […] Continue reading GirlGaze Network looks to connect brands with female creatives→

TextIQ, a machine learning platform for parsing sensitive corporate data, raises $12.6M

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TextIQ, a machine learning system that parses and understands sensitive corporate data, has raised $12.6 million in Series A funding led by FirstMark Capital, with participation from Sierra Ventures. TextIQ started as cofounder Apoorv Agarwal’s Columbia thesis project titled “Social Network Extraction From Text.” The algorithm he built was able to read a novel, like […] Continue reading TextIQ, a machine learning platform for parsing sensitive corporate data, raises $12.6M→

Misfits Market raises $16.5 million for their ‘ugly’ produce subscription box

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As grocery shopping moves online, one piece of the puzzle hasn’t been directly addressed: fresh fruits and vegetables. That also happens to be a category in which there is a ton of food waste, with a good deal of fruits and veggies never making it out of the grocery store to begin with. Misfits Market …

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Alyce picks up $11.5 million Series A to help companies give better corporate gifts

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Alyce, an AI-powered platform that helps sales people, marketers and event planners give better corporate gifts, has today announced the close of an $11.5 million Series A funding. The round was led by Manifest, with participation from General Catalyst, Boston Seed Capital, Golden Ventures, Morningside and Victress Capital. According to Alyce, $120 billion is spent […] Continue reading Alyce picks up $11.5 million Series A to help companies give better corporate gifts→

Foursquare buys Placed from Snap Inc. on the heels of $150M in new funding

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Foursquare just made its first acquisition. The location tech company has acquired Placed from Snap Inc on the heels of a fresh $150 million investment led by the Raine Group. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Placed founder and CEO David Shim will become President of Foursquare. Placed is the biggest competitor to […] Continue reading Foursquare buys Placed from Snap Inc. on the heels of $150M in new funding→

Talkspace picks up $50 million Series D

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Talkspace, the platform that lets patients and therapists communicate online, has today announced the close of a $50 million financing round led by Revolution Growth. Existing investors, such as Norwest Venture Partners, Omura Capital, Spark Capital, and Compound Ventures are also participating in the round. As part of the deal, Revolution Growth’s Patrick Conroy will […] Continue reading Talkspace picks up $50 million Series D→

FlareAgent, a platform that automates real estate transactions, launches out of YC

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The real estate industry is experiencing a bit of a rejuvenation. After years resisting the influence of tech, the industry is now feeling the entrance of e-buyers, as well as a variety of software to streamline the process. One such tech company looking to infiltrate real estate is FlareAgent, which launches today out of Y […] Continue reading FlareAgent, a platform that automates real estate transactions, launches out of YC→

Robin picks up $20 million Series B to optimize the office

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Robin Powered, a startup looking to help offices run better, has today announced the close of a $20 million Series B funding. The round was led by Tola Capital, with existing investors Accomplice and FirstMark participating in the round, along with a new strategic Allegion Ventures. Robin started as part of an agency called One […] Continue reading Robin picks up $20 million Series B to optimize the office→

Managed By Q launches a new task management feature for office managers

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Managed By Q, the office management platform recently acquired by WeWork, has today announced the launch of Task Management. The feature comes to Managed By Q by way of Hivy, a startup acquired by MBQ back in 2017, that focuses on connecting a company’s employees to the office manager that handles their requests. Pre-Hivy, collecting […] Continue reading Managed By Q launches a new task management feature for office managers→