Category: Bit Headlines
Tanso nabs $1.9M pre-seed to help industrial manufacturers do sustainability reporting
The climate crisis is creating massive demand for data capture as industries grapple with how to decarbonize. Put simply, you can’t cut your carbon emissions if don’t know what they are in the first place. This need to gather data is a big opportunity for startups — and a wave of early compani…
African genomics startup 54gene raises $25M to expand precision medicine capabilities
Less than 3% of genetic material used in global pharmaceutical research is from Africa. The staggering gap is quite surprising because Africans and people of African descent are reported to be more genetically diverse than any other population. Since launching in 2019, African genomics startup 54gen…
Liveblocks is an API that lets you add real-time collaboration to your product
Meet Liveblocks, a startup that has been working on a set of APIs so that it’s easier to build a collaborative product. Essentially, it lets you create multiplayer experiences on the web or in your app. The company started with a live presence state API. If you integrate this API in your product, …
A16z in talks to back CoinSwitch Kuber in first India investment
A16z is inching closer to making its first investment in a startup in India, the world’s second largest internet market that has produced over two dozen unicorns this year. The Menlo Park-headquartered firm is in final stages of conversations to invest in Indian crypto trading startup CoinSwitch K…
First view from new Crew Dragon shows marble-like Earth
SpaceX has posted the first footage of its all-civilian mission in orbit, with the Crew Dragon’s new all-glass observatory dome offering a spectacular view.
The iPhone 13 looks similar to the iPhone 12, but it’s thicker and heavier
At first glance, you’d think that – aside from the smaller notch – the iPhone 13 and 13 Pro are identical in size to the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 Pro. But this is not the case; looking at the spec sheets (via Ars Technica) you’ll find some subtle (and not so subtle) differences. For example, th…
‘Squingle’ is a Brilliantly Creative Puzzler That Proves Why App Lab is Essential
Squingle is a psychedelic indie puzzle game that’s available now on PC VR and Quest. It’s also the perfect example of a game that probably wouldn’t be allowed onto Quest’s main ‘curated’ store because it’s difficult to understand at a glance, despite being brilliantly creative and hig…
Skello raises $47.3 million for its employee scheduling tool
French startup Skello has raised a $47.3 million funding round (€40 million). The company has been working on a software-as-a-service tool that lets you manage the work schedule of your company. What makes it special is that Skello automatically takes into account local labor laws and collective a…
Online events platform Delegate Connect gets $10M AUD led by AirTree
Delegate Connect is the latest virtual/hybrid events platform to land funding. The Melbourne-based startup announced today it has raised $10 million AUD (about $7.3 million USD) in seed funding led by AirTree Ventures, which wrote Delegate Connect the biggest seed check in the fund’s history so fa…
Which of Apple’s new iPhone 13 handsets is kindest to your wallet?
Apple this week unveiled an updated iPhone comprising four different models. So which iPhone 13 has the best price and what does it offer?