Author Archives: David Fox

Canvass Analytics closes $6.5 Million Series A Funding Round Led by Yamaha Motor Ventures

SILICON VALLEY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley, Inc. (Yamaha Motor Ventures), the strategic business development and investment arm of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272), today announced it led a USD$6.5 million funding round for Canvass Analytics (Canvass), a global leader in industrial Artificial Intelligence (AI) advanced analytics. Leveraging the $100 million Yamaha […]

Osso VR Closes $14 million Series A

Congrats to the team at Osso VR! Osso VR, a virtual reality platform for surgery training, announced today the close of a $14 million Series A round led by Kaiser Permanente Venture. SignalFire, GSR, Scrum Ventures, Leslie Ventures and OCA Ventures also took part. The company notes that it recently unveiled an updated version of […]

UNest Acquires Child Gifting App Littlefund

There’s something to be said for “strength in numbers”… NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — UNest, the breakthrough mobile app that helps parents invest in their children’s future, today announced its acquisition of Littlefund. With the acquisition UNest will accelerate its growth and add new features, including gifting, to its iOS and Android apps. The acquisition […]

Meru Health secured $8.1M led by Foundry Group

Further coverage at: https://www.forbes.com Meru Health raises $8.1M in Funding and Publishes Groundbreaking Research Outcomes SAN MATEO California —​ May 12, 2020 ​— ​Meru Health, an online provider for greater mental health, announced today that it has secured $8.1M in Series A financing led by Foundry Group, Slack, Bold Capital, and Y Combinator. This financing will […]

Learning from nature – the Biomimicry Toolbox

By applying nature’s design lessons, we can create solutions that help support a healthy planet. This digital resource site from the Biomimicry Institute provides a quick-start guide to biomimicry, introducing the core concepts and methods that are essential to successfully incorporate insights from nature into design. Intrigued? Find out more… Biomimicry Toolbox