Microsoft Ventures is among the investors in a $ 23 million Series B financing round announced this morning by Helpshift, a San Francisco-based company that offers technology for in-app customer support on mobile devices and...
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MSNW’s magnetoshell aerobraking system gets in on NASA’s way-out research fund
A system that would use magnetic fields to ease a spacecraft into orbit after an interplanetary journey has won a $ 500,000 grant...
Feds consider helping fund Elon Musk’s Hyperloop
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS—For years, the Hyperloop was a much buzzed-about myth. Finally, in 2013, Elon Musk provided a bit of substance by outlining the proposal in a research paper. People riding inside a tube, he said, could go from...
Airbus Ventures dips into $150 million fund to back 3-D printing at Local Motors
Airbus Ventures, the European aerospace giant’s Silicon Valley spin-off, says the first investment from its $ 150 million venture fund is going to Local Motors, a Phoenix-based company that aims to sell 3D-printed cars based on open-source designs. “Not since the space race...
Bill Gates to reportedly unveil ‘biggest’ clean energy fund ever at Paris climate talks
Reports on the upcoming Paris climate talks are stating that Bill Gates’ next big project will be focusing on clean energy. According to ClimateWire, Gates will announced the “world’s largest clean energy research and development partnership” on Monday. “The multibillion-dollar announcement will come at the opening day of landmark U.N. climate change negotiations in the French...
Lighter Capital raises $100M fund, plans to make 500 investments in startups
Seattle’s Lighter Capital, which offers an alternative to venture capital and traditional bank loans, today announced a new $ 100 million fund that will be used to make 500 investments in tech startups. Lighter Capital has helped companies such as Cloudbilt, Refer.com, Fusion Labs, Redspin and other with financing, providing an alternative to venture capital...