Richard Anton and Mikael Johnsson are pleased to announce today the launch of Oxx, a new growth capital investment firm with offices in London and Stockholm. The firm is focussed on investing in B2B “scale-up” stage software companies with serious commercial traction originating in the UK, the Nordics and Israel. Read more on PR Newswire...
Read MoreThere’s a field full of flower delivery services to choose from these days from the old school 1-800-flowers and FTD to startups popping up over the last few years like BloomThat, Farmgirl Flowers, UrbanStems and The Bouqs. That last one just raised $24 million in Series C financing, bringing the total now to $43 million. The Bouqs doesn’t quite roll off the tongue but that fresh new funding puts it at the top of the heap in capital raised among on-demand flower startups. Read more on TechCrunch...
Read MoreFinding the right space to host a corporate event, video production or wedding party can sometimes be tough. But what if you could secure a venue through an online platform that allowed you to choose from a variety of spaces that were not only functional but unique? Welcome to Splacer, an online marketplace for event spaces. Read more on The Press...
Read MoreTo say that Israeli ingenuity is driving the world’s most game-changing technologies is no exaggeration – in fact, it’s almost an understatement. Growing collaborations between Israeli startups and big industry are pushing the envelope to ever greater heights. Two recent examples are Consumer Physics’ SCiO molecular scanner built into the new Changhong H2 smartphone and VocalZoom’s optics-based voice-recognition technology being nurtured at Honda for tomorrow’s connected cars. Read more on Israel21c...
Read MoreDarioHealth Corp., a Delaware-based firm that has developed a smart device to monitor glucose levels in the blood, is seeking to expand its sales in the US and Europe and in new markets, raising $5.1 million in a private placement of shares. The funding round was led by OurCrowd’s Qure Digital Health fund. The company’s mobile monitor, developed in Israel, helps patients manage their diabetes on the go by providing them an all-in-one blood glucose meter. The plastic device, which looks a bit like a cigarette lighter, has a lancing device, a holder for 25 diabetes monitoring strips, and a fold-out, USB-like meter that connects to smartphones or tablets. Read more on The Times of Israel...
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