Indonesian startup Delman raises .6 million to help companies clean up data Delman, a Jakarta-based data management startup, has raised $1.6 million in seed funding. The round was led by Intudo Ventures, with participation from Prasetia Dwidharma Ventures and Qlue Performa Indonesia, and will be used to establish a research and development center and hire […]

Google closes .6B Looker acquisition When Google announced that it was acquiring data analytics startup Looker for $2.6 billion last June, it was a big deal on a couple of levels. It was a lot of money and it represented the first large deal under the leadership of Thomas Kurian. Today, the company announced that […]

Placer.ai, a location data analytics startup, raises million Series A Placer.ai, a startup that analyzes location and foot traffic analytics for retailers and other businesses, announced today that it has closed a $12 million Series A. The round was led by JBV Capital, with participation from investors including Aleph, Reciprocal Ventures and OCA Ventures. The […]

How early-stage startups can use data effectively Koen Bok Contributor Share on Twitter Koen Bok is the co-founder of Framer, a design software company focused on helping people express their most creative ideas. Previously, Koen founded Sofa, an Apple Design Award-winning agency that was eventually acquired by Facebook. It is a commonly held belief that […]

Cultivated data is the next Gold Rush Bernard Moon Contributor Bernard Moon is co-founder and partner at SparkLabs Group, a network of accelerators and venture capital funds. More posts by this contributor Dilution: The good, the bad and the ugly Fintech is playing the long game Five years ago, Frank Meehan, my SparkLabs Global Ventures co-founder, described the goal […]

Hevo Data gets M in seed funding to streamline data integration  Going from food delivery to data integration might seem like an unlikely progression for a startup team, but it was a natural fit for Hevo Data’s founders. Manish Jethani and Sourabh Agarwal previously launched SpoonJoy, an on-demand restaurant delivery app in India. The challenges […]

How Drone Data and AI Are Accelerating the Commercial Drone Industry Sponsored post by Rosalie Bartlett, Marketing Manager, Kespry — Manufacturers of unmanned vehicles are almost always referred to as “drone companies.” For enterprise solution providers like Kespry, however, drones are simply a tool used to gather the real product – data. Data is what […]

Catastrophe Response Unit Adjusters (CRU Group) Selects Kespry’s Industrial Drone Platform for Claims Operations   Kespry, a drone platform provider, has announced that it’s technology will be used by the CRU Group (Catastrophe Response Unit Adjusters) to provide its automated aerial intelligence solution to support the company’s global insurance claims operations. The announcement of the […]