Tag: Start-up
Home pool rental company Swimply expands to pickleball, tennis courts
Swimply is expanding its marketplace to offer pickleball court rentals.Source: SwimplySwimply, the startup that lets people rent private pools, is set [...]
By Rotation fashion startup wants to help you rent out your closet
By Rotation, a U.K.-based clothing rental app, hopes to eliminate the need for fast fashion by making peer-to-peer clothing rental mainstream in the U [...]
Women health startup Maven raises $90 million in post-Roe v. Wade boom
Founder and CEO of Maven Clinic Kate Ryder, the first female health tech unicorn, valued at $1 billion.Daniel Zuchnik | Getty Images Entertainment | G [...]
Twelve makes jet fuel from CO2; signs deal with Microsoft, Alaska Air
Sustainable aviation fuel, commonly called SAF, has so far been expensive to produce, but new startups are now creating clean fuels out of carbon at a [...]
Here’s why a multi-million toy business is venturing into the metaverse
When Jackson Aw was introduced to blockchain technology in 2018, he "didn't get it at all.""Can someone dumb it down even further for me? Like, can yo [...]
How to manage a surprise increase in money if you sold your business
When Kristen Heaton launched her own business in 2013, she never dreamed she'd sell it for seven figures. So, when she sold it to Amazon aggregator Pe [...]
Indian beauty company Nykaa looks to physical retail expansion
While Nykaa started as an e-commerce platform, founder and CEO Falguni Nayar is a "big believer" in physical retail and said there is demand from cons [...]
Indian beauty company Nykka looks to physical retail expansion
While Nykka started as an e-commerce platform, founder and CEO Falguni Nayar is a "big believer" in physical retail and said there is demand from cons [...]
Pittsburgh robot farm business of future backed by Pritzker billions
Currently less than 1% of fresh produce is grown through hydroponics systems versus open-field agriculture, but this segment is forecast by Mordor Int [...]
How Block (Square) avoided death by Amazon
Block co-founder Jim McKelvey.CNBC | NBC Universal | Getty ImagesBARCELONA — In 2014, Amazon launched a product that sounded strikingly similar to som [...]
Thailand’s Baiya Phytopharm working on plant-based Covid vaccine
Thailand's Baiya Phytopharm wants to develop the country's first plant-based Covid vaccine.The start-up, founded by Dr. Suthira Taychakhoonavudh and D [...]
Wildfire home protection: Frontline, Firemaps, other start-ups
In October 2017, Anil Arora sat helplessly in San Francisco as the Tubbs Fire approached his home in Calistoga, California.Arora watched through a [...]
SynBiotic pops as new German government pledges make weed legal
Canopy GrowthTom Franck | CNBCShares of German cannabis company SynBiotic rose sharply on Thursday shortly after the incoming government pledged to [...]
Thai firm branches into EVs from renewable energy
Many people expect electric vehicles to be fixtures in a future world that relies on renewable energy. But not many EV companies started out as ren [...]
India’s billion-dollar Mensa Brands is already profitable, says founder
Indian start-up Mensa Brands has catapulted to billion-dollar unicorn status in just six months and, in a more rarified feat, is already profitable [...]