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Round da 900mila dollari per Mindesk, la startup barese della realtà virtuale
Adistanza di circa due anni dal finanziamento di 670mila euro sottoscritto da Invitalia Ventures, A11 Venture e altri investitori, per Mindesk è tempo di un nuovo (e significativo) salto in avanti. La startup cresciuta nel BaLab, il laboratorio di contaminazione dell’Università di Bari, ha chiuso infatti un nuovo seed round da 900mila dollari che ha visto protagonisti, oltre ai due VC già citati, la divisione Vive del colosso taiwanese Htc e Barcamper Ventures, il fondo tecnologico di Primomiglio Sgr. Il buon esito dell’operazione segue idealmente l’apertura di una sede a San Francisco (avvenuta due anni fa) e la partnership stretta con Epic Games, storica società dei videogiochi americana (fra i titoli in portafoglio un cult come Fortnite), per una soluzione Cad 3D con funzionalità di fotorealismo integrate e destinata ad applicazioni in ambienti Aec (Architecture Engineering Construction). (Fonte: Il Sole 24 Ore)
Uber’s self-driving car unit was burning $20 million a month
Uber thought it would have 75,000 autonomous vehicles on the roads this year and be operating driverless taxi services in 13 cities by 2022, according to court documents unsealed last week. To reach those ambitious goals, the ridesharing company, which hopes to go public later this year, was spending $20 million a month on developing self-driving technologies. The figures, dating back to 2016, paint a picture of a company desperate to meet over-ambitious autonomy targets and one that is willing to spend freely, even recklessly, to get there. As Uber prepares for its IPO later this year, the new details could prove an embarrassing reminder that the company is still trailing in its efforts to develop technology that founder Travis Kalanick called “existential” to Uber’s future. (TechCrunch)
Drivezy, India’s vehicle sharing startup, is raising $100M+ at a $400M valuation, eyes US expansion
Drivezy — the startup out of India that wants to turn private car usage on its head through a car-sharing network where people lend their cars and two-wheeled vehicles but also have options to use vehicles from a fleet managed by Drivezy — said it is raising more money as it gears up for the next stage of its expansion, including a launch in the US in coming weeks. The company is in the process of raising $100 million in equity funding, plus another $400 million in asset financing, with the latter to help continue building out the inventory that sits alongside the vehicles provided by its users. This would technically be a Series C and is being raised at a $400 million valuation, the company confirmed to me. (TechCrunch)
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