Tag: round
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[Funding alert] Tekion raises $250M as valuation rises to $3.5B
Tekion, a SaaS unicorn focused on the automotive sector founded by former Tesla CIO, has raised $250 million in Series D round with its valuation more than trebling to $3.5 billion. Tekion, which is headquartered in Silicon Valley, US, has offices in Bengaluru and Chennai. It was founded by Jay Vijayan in 2016, and attained…
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Airlines are joining in on Black Friday with major flight sales — here’s how you can save
REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera Black Friday might be the single most famous and historically important day of the year for US merchants. Major airlines like Delta, Emirates, Singapore, British Airways, Qatar Airways, Alaska Airlines, Southwest, EasyJet, Norwegian, JetBlue, along with Ryanair are predicted to article discounted flights and holiday packages for Black Friday. Only a few airlines…
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Exposing cheese to round-the-clock hip hop music could give it more flavor, according to Swiss researchers
Stefan Wermuth/University of the Arts Bern/Handout via REUTERS Swiss researchers exposed wheels of Emmental cheese to round-the-clock music in order to determine its impact on aroma and flavor. Nine wheels of cheese were placed in separate wooden crates and exposed to different genres of music. Bern University of Arts researchers said there was a noticeable…
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ElectrIQ Raises $6 Million Seed Round to Finance Home Storage Push
Bay Area startup ElectrIQ raised a $6 million seed around to encourage its challenge. Earlier this month, the company introduced a new product, the PowerPod, which packs 11 kilowatt-hours of energy capability, an inverter and smart house integration into a $8,999 package. This left the question of a 17-person startup could keep competition with the likes…