Oribi, an Israeli startup promising to democratize web analytics, is now launching in the United States.While we’ve written about a wide range of new or new-ish analytics companies, founder and CEO Iris Shoor said that most of them aren’t built for Oribi’s customers.“A lot of companies are more focused on More

Spindrift, maker of fizzy soda and sparkling water, has raised $29.8 million in a funding round, per an SEC filing. The Charlestown, Mass. company was founded by Bill Creelman and has raised $70 million in known venture capital funding to date, per Crunchbase data.The company did not immediately respond to More

We are still years away from a time when fully-autonomous cars will be able to drive us from A to B, and the complexity of getting to that point is likely going to need hundreds of billions of dollars of investment before it becomes a reality.That hard truth is leading More

French startup Le Wagon has raised its first round of funding after many years of bootstrapping. The company closed a $19 million funding round (17 million) a few months ago. Cathay Capital is leading the round with AfricInvest also participating.“We’ve always bootstrapped since 2013 and we’ve always been profitable since More

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.All around, this has been a tough week. The coronavirus is spreading and worry is running high as infections mount. In economic terms, global markets were repeated declines last night (domestic More

There are plenty of accelerators aiming to sway young startups to join their ranks rather than apply to Y Combinator, but Pioneer‘s sell is a bit different.First off, they are fully remote; founders selected to participate in the program chat with advisors via video chat. Second, Pioneer is largely looking More