With only one way on or off the platform at the Stampede/Victoria Park CTrain station, transit rider Jen Hall used to worry she’d be trapped if a fight or worse broke out. This station is now being renovated. But Chinook, Marlborough, the Zoo and many other CTrain platforms have a …
Read More »Is this the year that we get our dream back channeling platform? – TechCrunch
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Among many of the entrepreneur catchphrases out there, the one that annoys me the most is: “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” The phrase may be …
Read More »Buoyed by strong growth, community-buying platform CityMall looks at expansion
CityMall, the social e-commerce venture focussed on tier-4 and -5 towns and rural regions, plans to expand its presence to nearly 75 districts in the next 18 months. The community-buying platform will also scale up the base of community leaders while expanding the category portfolio to fashion and appliances. The …
Read More »Short video platform Lomotif announces official entry into India
Singapore-based short video app Lomotif has announced its official entry into India. The platform had a soft launch in India in early 2021 with the app being made available on Google Play Store and App Store. The app has now officially launched in India with a grand launch in Delhi. …
Read More »Medtronic launches first-ever Open Innovation Platform in APAC, Health News, ET HealthWorld
Mumbai, India: Medical device maker, Medtronic announced the launch of) for APAC which will aid in strategic collaboration with various innovators across the healthcare ecosystem for developing healthcare through capability development, partnerships and business organizations networking in the areas of medical technology a nd digital health. The platform will enable …
Read More »Experience Dolby With Gadgets360: Three Tips on how to Pick the Perfect OTT Platform for You
There is only so much free time we have each day, and if you’re spending it watching shows or movies, you deserve to have the best content experience possible, with good sound and great visuals. . The cost, genre, and quality of the experience all matter, and we’re here to …
Read More »FreshBooks reaches $1B+ valuation with $130.75M for its SMB-focused accounting platform – TechCrunch
FreshBooks, a Toronto-based cloud accounting software company focused on SMBs, announced today it has secured $80.75 million in a Series E round of funding, as well as $50 million in debt financing. Existing backer Accomplice led the equity financing, which the company described as “an inside round” that propelled FreshBooks …
Read More »Home services platform Urban Company raises $255 million at $2.1 billion valuation – TechCrunch
Home services marketplace Urban Company said on Wednesday it has raised $255 million in a new financing round and confirmed a valuation of $2.1 billion, joining over a dozen other startups in India that have earned the unicorn status this year. The new financing round — a Series F — …
Read More »Solana, a blockchain platform followed by top crypto investors, says it’s far faster than Ethereum – TechCrunch
Solana isn’t widely known yet outside of the crypto community. But insiders think the blockchain platform is interesting for a wide variety of reasons, beginning with its amiable founder, Anatoly Yakovenko, who spent more than a dozen years as an engineer working on wireless protocols at Qualcomm and who says …
Read More »Atmantan launches health-tech platform; soon to add new properties, Health News, ET HealthWorld
Atmantan Wellness Centre announced the launch of ‘Atmantan Naturals’, a health tech platform that will provide consultations and high efficacy herbal and nutritional supplements. The brand new range of nutraceutical supplements ‘Naturals’ were only available earlier for the in-house guests. Atmantan Naturals shall be a separate entity foraying into the …
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