The floundering National Health Service (NHS) in the UK is in the best shape by virtually no estimate. victim of chronic underfunding and understaffing that led to excruciating long waiting times and healthcare professionals massively noticeable. But in the midst of chaos, opportunities often linger. A growing number of startups are capitalizing on the UK’s … Read more
To get a roundup of businesskinda.com’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3PM PDT, register here. Happy Google Day! A wall of interesting news has come out of the search-and-everything giant at its I/O event. Christine summarized everything Google has announced at I/O so far, so that’s a good … Read more
Dutch start up Farmless announced today that it has raised a €1.2 million pre-seed equity round at an undisclosed valuation to provide proteins made without the need for traditional farming operations. With the climate crisis, it has never been more urgent to develop alternative food sources to both protect our planet and feed the ever-growing … Read more
For founders and investors, there is no platform like businesskinda.com Disrupt. Just as the industry is always evolving and innovating – especially in recent months – we’re doing the same to keep Disrupt at the forefront of new founders, seasoned investors, visionaries and everyone in between. It’s time to disrupt businesskinda.com Disrupt This year, we’re … Read more
Despite the investor cautionary tale that the startup world was permeating during the economic downturn, certain startup types have been a little more insensitive to market conditions. The global supply chain has been one of the biggest industrial victims of the pandemic, so it stands to reason that companies addressing global supply chain issues will … Read more
To get a roundup of businesskinda.com’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3PM PDT, register here. Hello, and welcome to a new week. Hey is off today, so just you and me going through the biggest stories of the day. Let’s get to it! — Christine The businesskinda.com Top … Read more
Invesco, which led Swiggy’s previous round, has downgraded the Indian food delivery giant’s valuation of its stake to about $5.5 billion, according to a filing. This revised valuation, as of January 31, 2023, represents a striking 48.6% decline from the $10.7 billion valuation Invesco previously attributed to the startup during a funding round the Atlanta-headquartered … Read more
Identity management used to mean making sure you had your driver’s license when you left home, but it’s not that simple these days: identity is the fundamental foundation of how we interact with the digital world, and identity services can take many forms (and unfortunately can abuse). I’m excited to host a businesskinda.com Live event … Read more
Frontline is the latest startup to grab VC dollars with $6.4M seed round Wildfires, and the damage they cause is a growing problem. The US saw more than 66,000 wildfires in 2022 alone, and while many believe these natural disasters are largely a California problem, they are burning across the country, causing millions of dollars … Read more
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced look at this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. Subscribe to receive it in your inbox here. It’s been a big week for technical acronyms. I woke up Monday to news that First Republic Bank has been shut down by regulators … Read more