Sep 16, 2023
Deal Dive: Elder tech is expanding beyond reactive solutions
Bold creates personalized exercise programs for seniors to reduce injury. It’s one of the latest companies expanding the eldertech sector.
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Deal Dive: Elder tech is expanding beyond reactive solutions
Bold creates personalized exercise programs for seniors to reduce injury. It’s one of the latest companies expanding the eldertech sector.
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Deal Dive: I think I know why this company can’t land a deal
It’s not surprising Victory Park Capital can’t find a buyer for its stake in Perch; this market is tough for Amazon aggregator startups.
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Deal Dive: A cellular ag startup with a real moat
Would you eat lab-grown meat? Would you give the same answer if someone asked you to use a beauty product that had lab-grown collagen as an ingredient? Cellular agriculture — the process of growing an agriculture product from cell cultures — has been gaining momentum over the past few years. Earlier this year, the U.S. […]
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Deal Dive: Forecasting rain on DTC’s Parade
You don’t need me to tell you that startups haven’t been doing great since the funding slowdown and valuation reset started back in 2022. But while some companies will be able to survive on cash reserves or be propped up on inside funding, others will be forced to either liquidate or exit under less-than-ideal circumstances. Such is the case with Parade, which earlier this week was acquired by…
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Deal Dive: This AI startup is racking up government customers
Tax evasion, money laundering and other financial crimes are massive, costly issues. In 2021, the Internal Revenue Service estimated that the U.S. loses $1 trillion a year due to tax evasion alone. IVIX thinks AI can help with that. The Tel Aviv–based startup uses AI, machine learning and public databases of business activity to help government entities spot tax noncompliance, in addition to…
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Deal Dive: Most secondary sales in venture won’t look like Tiger’s Flipkart deal
A few months ago, it looked like all the pieces had fallen into place for a hot secondaries summer: Buyers were coming back to market, some companies and sellers were getting desperate, and the bid-ask spread — the difference of what buyers are willing to pay and the price sellers are setting — was tightening. Tiger Global’s recent secondary deal, in which it sold its stake in Indian e-commerce…
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Deal Dive: Cutting through the noise in a category clouded by catastrophic failure
Building a startup is hard enough but growing one in a category marred with Theranos-sized stigma is a new level of challenge. Vital Bio seems up for the test. The Toronto-based startup is building a machine, VitalOne, that can perform more than 50 blood tests — covering nearly all of those considered routine — and get patient results back in 20 minutes, not multiple days. Co-founder and CEO Vasu…
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