Modular Startups

NASA just made history by landing a spacecraft on an asteroid. If that kind of technical achievement carbonates your glass of Tang , join us on December 16-17 for TC Sessions: Space 2020 , an event dedicated to early-stage space startups. We’ve launched early-bird pricing, and $125 buys you access to all live sessions, plus video on demand. Don’t procrastinate. Buy your pass now before the early-bird reenters Earth’s atmosphere (and prices go up) on November 13 at 11:59 p.m. (PT). More ways to save : Go further together with early bird group tickets ($100) — bring four team […]

Two weeks left to score early bird savings at TC Sessions: Space 2020

The Wanderlust Group , a Rhode Island-based startup focused on building software for the boating world, announced that it has closed a $14.2 million Series B round of capital this week. The new funds were provided by Allen & Company , Drubner Equities and Avenir Corporation , a collection of family office capital and management groups. Wanderlust had raised $13.1 million prior to this round of funding, making its new Series B larger than all the capital the startup had raised previously. According to Wanderlust’s CEO, Mike Melillo, a large percentage of the company’s early team were formerly senior […]

The Wanderlust Group raises $14.2M to double-down on getting folks outdoors

Dr. Jeff Dunn followed the advice he often shares with others, and it paid off big: “Don’t ever turn down an introduction because you never know where it will lead to.” One such introduction led to his Olathe startup, Redivus Health, being accepted into a 12-week global accelerator based in Munich, Germany. Redivus was one of only 11 startups chosen for the newest cohort, which includes companies from eight countries. Katrin Bridges , an executive with the Greater Topeka Partnership, introduced Dunn to California-based Plug and Play, a venture capital investor that also operates multiple accelerator programs. One of […]

Redivus scores one of 11 spots in Germany-based global accelerator

New York City skyline. Viqar Shariff last worked at Loop AI Labs Shariff will join O’Melveny’s Momentum team O’Melveny & Myers has hired Viqar Shariff, former chief strategy officer for the cognitive computing company Loop AI Labs and a veteran deal lawyer, for its emerging companies practice in New York. Shariff will also join the firm’s Momentum industry group, which represents entrepreneurs and technology companies from the start-up phase through going public. Momentum has advised Sequoia Capital in its funding of the food delivery startup DoorDash and represented Google in a patent infringement case. In 2019, the group helped […]

O’Melveny Hires NYC Tech Industry Veteran for Startup Practice

If you miss hanging out with your coworkers but don’t want to spend a single second more on Zoom, the latest product from Donut might be the answer. The startup is launching its new Watercooler product today while also announcing that it has raised $12 million in total funding, led by Accel and with participation from Bloomberg Beta, FirstMark, Slack Fund and various angel investors. Co-founder and CEO Dan Manian told me that this is actually money that the startup raised before the pandemic, across multiple rounds. It just didn’t announce the fundraising until now. The startup’s vision, Manual […]

Donut Watercooler