Tracxn – Analyst Notes # 1186 – Payments
RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – PAYMENTS Coinbase, a crypto-currency exchange and wallet provider, has raised $100M in Series D funding round led by Institutional Venture Partners, with participation from...
View ArticleTracxn – Analyst Notes (India Practice) # 494
A daily newsletter summarizing interesting Indian startups and recent activity both in India & globally. INTERESTING STARTUPS Uravu Labs (2016, Bangalore), developer of technologies for off-grid...
View ArticleTracxn – Analyst Notes # 1202 – Online Rental
RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – ONLINE RENTALS Shanghai based peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace, Atzuche raised $58M in Series C round led by China Pacific Insurance. Link San Francisco based peer-to-peer...
View ArticleTracxn – Analyst Notes # 1205 – Data as a Service
RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – DATA AS A SERVICE Megalytics, a data and analytics provider for risk assessment and due diligence, raises $1M funding. Link DiscoverOrg acquires RainKing, a provider of sales...
View ArticleTracxn Healthcare Newsletter # 113 – Medical Devices
RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – MEDICAL DEVICES NeoTract, a developer of minimally invasive devices to treat lower urinary tract symptoms, is to be acquired by Teleflex for $1.1B. Link Vertera Spine, a...
View ArticleTracxn – Analyst Notes # 1212 – Enterprise Security
RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – ENTERPRISE SECURITY IAM vendor, ForgeRock raised $88M in the Series D round led by Accel Partners. Link Druva, a data security & backup vendor raised $80M in the Series F...
View ArticleTracxn – Analyst Notes # 1213 – AgriTech
RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – AGRITECH John Deere, a tractor and off-highway machinery conglomerate, has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Blue River Technology, a developer of...
View ArticleTracxn – Healthcare Newsletter # 116 – Fitness & Wellness
A daily newsletter summarizing recent activity & interesting startups globally RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – FITNESS AND WELLNESS Headspace, a mobile app offering guided meditation sessions and...
View ArticleTracxn – Energy Newsletter # 140 – Energy Storage
RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – ENERGY STORAGE Gogoro, an Electric Scooter maker has raised $300M in its Series C round from Temasek, Generation Investment Management, Sumitomo and Engie to expand its...
View ArticleTracxn – Energy Newsletter # 141 – Smart Grid
RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – SMART GRID CyanConnode Holdings raised $11.4M through a placing of shares post-IPO. Link Sympower, a smart energy startup, raised $1.2M from Angel Investors and Investment...
View ArticleTracxn – Energy Newsletter # 143 – Electric Vehicles
A daily newsletter summarizing recent activity & interesting start-ups globally RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – ELECRTIC VEHICLES Romeo Power closed a $30M Seed funding round to develop batteries with...
View ArticleTracxn – Analyst Notes # 1227 – Field Force Automation
RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – FIELD FORCE AUTOMATION FieldBuddy, a field service management software developer raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding, led by Solid Ventures. Link IFS, enterprise...
View ArticleTracxn – Energy Newsletter # 147 – Bioenergy
A daily newsletter summarizing recent activity & interesting startups in the energy storage sector globally RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – BIOENERGY West Lafayette-based bio-chemical company Spero...
View ArticleTracxn – Healthcare Newsletter # 122 – Life Sciences- Software
A daily newsletter summarizing recent activity & interesting startups globally RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – LIFE SCIENCE – SOFTWARE WuXi NextCODE, a provider of a global standard platform for genomic...
View ArticleTracxn – Analyst Notes # 1273 – Enterprise Collaboration
Funding Rounds Series B, $25M Ripcord (2015, Hayward, $74.5M) – Records digitization and management service Investors: GV, Telstra Global, Icon Ventures, KPCB, Lux Capital, Silicon Valley Bank Series...
View ArticleTracxn – Analyst Notes # 1314 – Augmented Reality
Analyst Picks Lucyd (2017, Singapore) – AR-based smartglasses backed on a decentralised ecosystem Market: Augmented Reality > Display Medium > Screen-based > Smart Glasses Blue Vision Labs...
View ArticleTracxn – Analyst Notes # 1324 – Medical Devices
Funding Rounds Conventional Debt, $2.2B Integra LifeSciences (1989, Plainsboro) – Suite of medical devices Investors: Bank of America Series E, $105M Livongo (2014, Chicago, $237M) – Cloud connected...
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