In a March 5th post titled Coronavirus: The Black Swan of 2020, Sequoia Capital confirmed it is already seeing a drop in business activity, disruption of the supply chain and travel curtailment. The firm’s guidance to startups is to assess their runway (as future financing might become challenging),
As COVID-19 spreads across the world, hospitals have become ground zero for the virus. It can be challenging for all the surfaces in a hospital room to be thoroughly disinfected when that room is being cleaned and prepared for the next patient. This poses obvious health risks,
The market has been rattled by the global coronavirus pandemic, most notably with the Dow Jones Industrial Average having the largest single-day decline since 1987. Stocks are down, we haven’t seen S-1 filings from startups we anticipated would go public this year and some newly
The ability to move goods quickly and reliably has become more important to consumers and businesses, especially as the home deliveries sector has increased in the age of online shopping. Subscribe to the Crunchbase Daily It has also caught the attention of investors such as Microsoft’s
Onfido uses artificial intelligence to analyze a person’s facial biometrics and compare it to government-issued IDs to verify his or her identity. This round, which was led by TPG Growth, brings Onfido’s total funding to $200 million, according to the company. “We’re standardizing the way everyone proves
Beyond Identity has launched publicly today with $30 million in Series A funding after operating in stealth mode for just over a year under the name ZeroPW. Tech industry heavyweights James “Jim” Clark and Tom “TJ” Jermoluk teamed up last year to come up with a company that would eliminate passwords
Fundraising at the best of times is a slow process. Founders typically seek a warm introduction from someone who already knows an investor, then they start reaching out to that investor possibly even before they start fundraising. Founders have long rosters of investors they are
We’ve all read the headlines–a significant obstacle in keeping the coronavirus from spreading has been the shortage of available tests. In fact, numerous media outlets reported just yesterday that New York could soon “completely run out” of swabs specifically needed for coronavirus testing. One startup is out