Startups & Leaders

Private equity firm Falfurrias Capital Partners has tapped Florida credit union (CU) consulting startup Engage Fi to be one of the recipients of its $850 million investment fund, the Tampa...

This updates an earlier report that incorrectly identified Busy Bee Organics farm and Modco Creative. Wellfounded Botanicals founder and CEO Sara Rotman said the California-based premium cannabis grower and product...

Curevo has raised $60 million to develop a new vaccine for shingles, an often-painful condition caused by reactivation of the chickenpox virus. The new funding will enable the Seattle-based startup...

Lincoln-based agtech startup Sentinel Fertigation has announced a new strategic partnership with Agri-Inject, makers of crop irrigation systems.  Sentinel provides a sensor-based, data-driven model for predicting and prescribing nitrogen fertilizer...

It’s no secret that valuations for startup companies—including those in my area of focus, enterprise technology—have been wildly inflated lately. Now, as the public markets suffer a start-of-the-year swoon, startup...

FloodFlash, the UK parametric insurance technology company that pays catastrophic flood claims within 48 hours, announced a Series A capital raise of $15 million. The round was led by Chicago-based...

Spain-based startup specialised in developing augmented reality content, Onirix has just closed a financing round of €700,000 led by Valencia-based GoHub, Global Omnium’s corporate venturing fund specialising in deep tech....

UK-based startup revolutionising the fight against climate change Treepoints has just raised £150,000. The round was led by Charlotte Street Capital and saw the participation of decorated Olympians Alistair Brownlee...

Chilye, a Chinese startup that develops high-voltage battery systems for electric vehicles (EVs), has raised around RMB 100 million ($15.7 million) from a group of investors led by Xiaomi, the...

By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace WriterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A rocket startup’s big Florida launch debut ended with all four mini satellites destroyed Thursday.California-based Astra sent its rocket soaring...