Depression and anxiety were taking a serious toll on peoples’ well-being even before COVID-19, and the pandemic prompted more interest (and venture capital) in mental health startups. While many of the highest profile mental health startups, like Calm or Headspace Health, are based in the United States, more attention is also being paid to emotional […]
Korean robo-advisor Fount bags $33.4M to advance its AI-based platform
Fount, a robo-advisor startup in South Korea, has raised a $33.4 million Series C round to beef up its machine learning-based platform development and hire staff. The latest round was led by Hana Financial Investment, along with Nice Investment. Returning backers Smilegate Investment, KT Investment, Shinhan Capital and Korea Development Bank also participated. The […]
Max Q: Relativity Space hits a key milestone and NASA takes aim at asteroids — literally
Hello and welcome back to Max Q. I hope everyone is enjoying lower temperatures and all the other seasonal delights that autumn brings. Here in Austin, where I live, the daily high is still in the 90s, but the nights and mornings are blessedly cool. I’ll take it. Tips, opinions, criticism, thoughts? Email me at […]
Daily Crunch: Pali Bhat becomes first chief product officer in Reddit’s 16-year history
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Google TV is adding user profiles, watchlists and an improved ‘Ambient Mode’
Google TV is adding multiple user profiles to allow everyone in a household to access their own personalized space with their Google account. Google says with personalized profiles, users will get TV show and movie recommendations tailored just for them, easy access to their personal watchlist and help from their Google Assistant. The search giant […]
How I went from a college dorm brainstorm to leading edtech
StuDocu co-founder and CEO Marnix Broer shares his journey of building and scaling the study resources sharing platform.
mPharma, a telehealth pioneer out of Ghana, gets physical with 100 virtual centers across Africa
The potential for telehealth across Africa is vast and promising as mobile connectivity deepens, and innovations that could potentially bridge the doctor-patient ratio gap increase, according to a Deloitte report. One company that is planning to drive the wave of telemedicine across the continent, as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, is mPharma, a Ghanaian health […]
To continue exploring space sustainably, we must act now
We’re at the start of a gold rush in outer space — and our track record for the sustainable development of any environment during gold rushes hasn’t been particularly noteworthy.
Facebook’s Oversight Board will meet with the Facebook whistleblower
Facebook’s external policy review board will meet with Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee who went public with her concerns about the company last week. Facebook’s Oversight Board announced Monday that it would meet with Haugen “in the coming weeks” after the whistleblower accepted the board’s invitation to speak. “Board members appreciate the chance to […]
Selling into the enterprise: How Slack and other startups get it wrong
One of the key timing decisions as a startup may be one you aren’t even considering: When to approach the enterprise. If you aren’t debating that now, chances are you’re overlooking a big opportunity.