FiscalNote Announces Acquisition of Fireside

Acquisition expands FiscalNote’s presence deeper within the halls of the US Congress WASHINGTON, DC – May 24, 2021 – FiscalNote, a leading technology provider of global policy and market intelligence, announces it has acquired Fireside, a Washington, DC-based provider of SaaS constituent management workflow tools to Capitol Hill. “In the rapidly evolving tech ecosystem around government, Fireside […]
FiscalNote Announces Acquisition of TimeBase, Expansion into Australia

Continued investment in international expansion intended to meet growing demand for global information WASHINGTON, DC – May 24, 2021 – FiscalNote, a leading technology provider of global policy and market intelligence, announces it has acquired TimeBase, a Sydney-based company that provides legislative research and tracking tools to help organizations more easily access and better understand Australian legislation. […]
Robotics Startup ViaBot Sweeps Up $6.1M In Funding

San Francisco-based ViaBot publicly launched with a $6.1 million raise looking to help property and facility managers clean up — literally. Investors in the company include Baseline Ventures, Morado Ventures, Grit Ventures and SOSV. While the company’s robots-as-a-service — or RAAS — offering for facility and property management deploys robots to sweep campuses clean, co-founder and CEO Gregg Ratanaphanyarat said one of the true […]
Orro Announces Alexa Built-in Integration

Built to Meet the Rigors and Requirements of Professional Home Builders, Electricians and Installers, Orro Smart Living System Provides Top-of-the-Line Quality and Features Homeowners Demand SAN FRANCISCO, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Orro, creators of the professional-grade top-of-the-line Orro Smart Living System, today announced their Alexa Built-in integration for the Orro Switch. Available via wireless update for Orro […]
Accounting Workflow Automation Platform, Docyt, Raises $1.5 Million

First Rays Venture Partners leads over-subscribed seed-extension round. SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Docyt, an accounting automation software platform that transforms bookkeeping for small-and-medium-sized businesses announces a $1.5 million seed-extension led by First Rays Venture Partners with participation from Morado Ventures and angel investors. Docyt turbocharges accounting ledgers, like QuickBooks, by using machine learning to intelligently automate […]
Saltmine Raises $20 Million in Series A Funding to Transform Enterprise Workplace Management

Leading workplace management platform receives investment and enters into reseller agreement with JLL Saltmine appoints Jim Baum to its Board of Directors and names Shawn Green its Chief Revenue Officer SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Saltmine, the leading end-to-end digital workplace platform helping the world’s largest corporations seamlessly optimize their office space, today announced that it has […]
FiscalNote Announces Acquisition of Oxford Analytica

The geopolitical intelligence and advisory firm’s in-depth content and analysis will further broaden and deepen FiscalNote’s data and content offerings for global clients WASHINGTON, DC – February 17, 2021 – FiscalNote, a global technology company that provides software and political intelligence around legislative and regulatory risk, announced that it has acquired Oxford Analytica, a UK-based firm […]
AI at Work

Supercomputers playing chess and robotic dogs generate headlines, but the bigger impact of artificial intelligence is in industrialized settings, doing real work. For casual observers, artificial intelligence remains science fiction and its big success seems to be in beating humans at chess and the strategy game of go. We see it in videos of dancing […]
Wingcopter raises $22 million to expand to the US and launch a next-generation drone

After bootstrapping for four years, this drone startup is ready to scale fast – German drone technology startup Wingcopter has raised a $22 million Series A – its first significant venture capital raise after mostly bootstrapping. The company, which focuses on drone delivery, has come a long way since its founding in 2017, having developed, […]
FiscalNote Announces Acquisition of FactSquared

The AI-powered transcription firm’s wealth of advanced technology will complement FiscalNote’s current suite of political and regulatory intelligence products and services WASHINGTON, DC – January 5, 2021 – FiscalNote, a global technology company that provides software and political intelligence around political and regulatory risk, announced that it has acquired AI-enabled transcription and alternative data firm FactSquared. […]