Harness Lab isn’t founder Jyoti Bansal’s first startup. He sold AppDynamics to Cisco for $ 3.7 billion in 2017, the week it was supposed to go public. His latest venture has raised $ 425 million, per Crunchbase. On Tuesday, Harness announced $ 150 million in debt financing, essentially a line of credit that the company […]
Honeycomb Insurance grabs $36M Series B from solo VC-led Zeev Ventures
When Itai Ben-Zaken’s first startup failed in 2018, the former BCG consultant and Wharton MBA spent months trying to understand what he could have done differently during the five years he ran the company. After analyzing most of his major decisions, he concluded that while Comprendi, a digital ad recommendation business, was an interesting offering, […]
Edonia grabs €2M to turn microalgae into less bitter-tasting ground meat alternative
As the world’s population continues to grow, the need to be able to feed everyone is something a number of entities are working on. Paris-based Edonia, is one of the startups working on creating protein ingredients using microalgae. Edonia joins companies like Bevel, AlgaeCore Technologies, Algenuity and NewFish that are all tapping into the global […]
3rd Gen K-Pop Idol Grabs His Buttcheeks In Hilarious Photocard
An unexpected BTOB‘s Changsub photocard is garnering attention online. BTOB’s Changsub In a video posted on X (formerly Twitter), a fan (@busydreaming_) showed the front of their Changsub photocard, and he looked as handsome as ever. The fan can be heard saying, “Hey there, hottie,” before flipping it, bursting into laughter. | @busydreaming_/X The back of […]
Miruku grabs more capital as its plant-based dairy tech reaches proof of concept
While the food tech investment sector figured itself out last year, Miruku, a New Zealand-based food tech company, was busy getting ahead of molecular farming technology. That proactive strategy put the company about “three to four years ahead of emerging competitors,” CEO Amos Palfreyman told TechCrunch. “Miruku has not only aimed to navigate the challenges […]