Virtual Reality’s Turning Points In 2015

Among the most significant developments in VR this year have been the rate of change and improvement in mobile VR. Until recently, compelling VR experiences required a high-powered PC, considerable technical know-how, and were enjoyed only by enthusiasts and early adopters. Now there are mobile solutions that deliver a comparable level of quality, but are … Continue reading “Virtual Reality’s Turning Points In 2015”

Trov Garners $7,325,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1b434919-7dba-45a2-a3e3-0c54a6db3a14 Date 12/30/2015 Company Name Trov Mailing Address 347 Hartz Avenue Danville, CA 94526 USA Company Description Trov develops applications that help people collect and benefit from the information about every thing they own. The information is stored in a personal Trov – a private online digital locker where their data is … Continue reading “Trov Garners $7,325,000 New Round”

Taulia Lands $38,510,336 Series E Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=289cae10-c2eb-4f55-8a1d-46483a472835 Date 12/30/2015 Company Name Taulia Mailing Address 201 Mission Street 9th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Taulia gives AP Managers and Treasurers the opportunity to save millions by offering to pay suppliers early if they discount their invoices. Website http://www.taulia.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $38,510,336 Transaction … Continue reading “Taulia Lands $38,510,336 Series E Funding Round”

Credit Karma Acquires Snowball for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d9b803b6-cb8b-4a51-a296-067dcefe6e65 Date 12/30/2015 Company Name Snowball Mailing Address 1A Coleridge St. San Francisco, CA 94110 USA Company Description Snowball shows your messages from Facebook, Snapchat, WhatsApp, SMS and all your other social apps in ONE place. It’s the fastest way to talk to your friends! Website http://www.trysnowball.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Credit Karma Acquires Snowball for Undisclosed Sum”

Time to Bring Our Education System in Line with the 21st Century

The most pressing issue facing the innovation community is the lack of a robust tech talent pipeline to support emerging new enterprises and to help legacy industries adapt. While other countries are developing workers with skills to compete in the 21th century, our country’s education system remains stuck in the 20th. Not only do public education programs lack … Continue reading “Time to Bring Our Education System in Line with the 21st Century”

In the Face of Genomic Data Challenges, the Cloud Keeps Us Afloat

The data intensity of genomics is so intense that it’s difficult for most people to comprehend. According to estimates published in the journal PLOS Biology in July, as many as 2 billion human genomes could be sequenced by 2025, which would far exceed the data output expected of other “big data domains,” such as astronomy, … Continue reading “In the Face of Genomic Data Challenges, the Cloud Keeps Us Afloat”

Infrastructure Investments Are Key to U.S. Future

The issue that makes me most angry is the lack of investment in the infrastructure of the United States. From roads to mass transit to science to education, we are falling behind (or further behind) other regions. It’s a false economy, as lack of investment now means less capability to generate returns in the future. … Continue reading “Infrastructure Investments Are Key to U.S. Future”

Innovation vs. Healthcare Spending: Biotech’s Biggest Looming Challenge

Let’s start with the good news. We are at the beginning of a transformation in human health, treating diseases in ways that we could only speculate about in the recent past. While biology isn’t quite engineering (yet), biotech has become a technology-based, high-growth, high-wage space, all while working to cure cancer. Doing well by doing … Continue reading “Innovation vs. Healthcare Spending: Biotech’s Biggest Looming Challenge”

Five Cybersecurity Trends to Watch in 2016

To no one’s surprise, cybersecurity continued to be a key area of concern and struggle among organizations of all sizes in 2015. However, buried amongst the constant news cycle of new attacks and sophisticated breaches is the fact that more business leaders are understanding the importance of cybersecurity and its potential impact on the organization. … Continue reading “Five Cybersecurity Trends to Watch in 2016”

West Coast Bio Roundup: Shkreli, BlackThorn, Unhappy Holiday Layoffs

As welcome rain falls on the West Coast, with snow farther east in our mountains, we wrap the year with—what else?—more Martin Shkreli-related drama at KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, which was about to go belly-up a month ago when he swooped in to buy a majority stake. With Shkreli gone, KaloBios is headed south again. Bad news … Continue reading “West Coast Bio Roundup: Shkreli, BlackThorn, Unhappy Holiday Layoffs”

Austin’s Trunkist Uses the Web to Offer Prêt-à-Porter On Demand

Dustin Hindman wants to bring the made-to-order manufacturing system Dell Computer pioneered in technology to fashion. “I learned firsthand the build-to-order model,” says Hindman, who worked at the Austin, TX-area computer company for eight years. “You produce exactly what the consumer wanted. There’s no waste. I thought, why doesn’t fashion do that?” To answer that … Continue reading “Austin’s Trunkist Uses the Web to Offer Prêt-à-Porter On Demand”

Pharmabros, Designer Babies, And Other Final Words For 2015

Every three months, Oxford Dictionaries releases its new entries, and modern language mavens everywhere have a field day. A few of my favorites from the summer update: weak sauce, microaggression, cupcakery, and at the risk of perpetuating wholly unfair stereotypes about journalists, beer o’clock. With that, I kick off my final column of 2015, a … Continue reading “Pharmabros, Designer Babies, And Other Final Words For 2015”

The Scientist and the Student: Thoughts on Lessons Learned From a Mentor

What is a key relationship or turning point that helped you get to where you are today? This is a great question. I suspect because it comes up so often in interviews, we tend to underplay the importance of the topic. We get familiar with the answer and over time, lose the tacit feel for … Continue reading “The Scientist and the Student: Thoughts on Lessons Learned From a Mentor”

Heap Receives $9,111,757 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=41bdaa41-90de-4db0-a050-4027f0c6bd40 Date 12/24/2015 Company Name Heap Mailing Address 116 Natoma Street 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Heap automatically captures every user action in your app and lets you measure it all. Clicks, taps, swipes, form submissions, page views, and more. Website http://www.heapanalytics.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Heap Receives $9,111,757 New Funding Round”

Palantir Technologies Garners $200,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eb86a934-72ef-4347-80c5-94885ac0637a Date 12/24/2015 Company Name Palantir Technologies Mailing Address 100 Hamilton Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description Palantir’s analytical platform is revolutionizing information analysis and management, providing superior human-driven systems needed to explore and analyze the subtle connections that exist within vast networks of heterogeneous information. Website http://www.palantir.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Palantir Technologies Garners $200,000,000 New Round”

Miramar Labs Obtains $1,261,635 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=43b3c01e-7ac2-42f0-a8a5-ca287cae4af1 Date 12/24/2015 Company Name Miramar Labs Mailing Address 2790 Walsh Avenue Santa Clara, CA 95051 USA Company Description Miramar Labs has developed the revolutionary miraDry treatment: a new treatment designed to provide a lasting solution for those suffering from excessive underarm sweating. Website http://www.miramarlabs.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $1,261,635 Transaction … Continue reading “Miramar Labs Obtains $1,261,635 New Funding”

b8ta Receives $2,750,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=36df1d00-a3cb-4f1f-9d60-d94dbdc74404 Date 12/24/2015 Company Name b8ta Mailing Address 516 Bryant Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description b8ta is the first brick-and-mortar retailer architected to help you discover, experience, and buy the latest tech and IoT products. Shopping is sensory—so why are products packaged and boxed or exclusive to online sites? … Continue reading “b8ta Receives $2,750,000 New Financing Round”

Salesforce Acquires SteelBrick for $360,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=653ea28f-9c9c-463a-bf8d-1dac3bb9612d Date 12/24/2015 Company Name SteelBrick Mailing Address 1730 S El Camino Real San Mateo, CA 94402 USA Company Description SteelBrick provides easy-to-use Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) apps for high-growth salesforce.com customers. SteelBrick CPQ is 100% native on Salesforce, so users can create accurate and professional sales quotes quickly and error-free, without leaving the … Continue reading “Salesforce Acquires SteelBrick for $360,000,000”

Bought by NetApp for $870M, Here’s Where SolidFire Came From

One of the year’s biggest tech acquisitions has a pretty interesting—and short—history. Boulder, CO-based SolidFire, a maker of data-storage systems, was acquired this week by Silicon Valley giant NetApp (NASDAQ: [[ticker:NTAP]]) for $870 million in cash. SolidFire was formed in 2009 and only began selling its flash-storage drives in 2012, according to a report in … Continue reading “Bought by NetApp for $870M, Here’s Where SolidFire Came From”

Amid Neuroscience Renaissance, BlackThorn Quietly Builds a Business

The past year has seen several new biotech companies announce ambitious goals of tackling neurological disease, a vast, complex, and frustrating region of biomedicine. The academic side of the field has had a shot in the arm, too, from National Institutes of Health funding, to scientific advances at the Allen Institute for Brain Research (now … Continue reading “Amid Neuroscience Renaissance, BlackThorn Quietly Builds a Business”

Location Everywhere: What We’ll See in 2016

2016 is going to be a pivotal year for location- and proximity-based technology solutions. Companies across industries are testing the deployment of location aware infrastructures, opening up a world of possibilities. Location technology adoption will likely mirror that of social networks over the past 10 years. On balance, and with good direction, location-enabled experiences are … Continue reading “Location Everywhere: What We’ll See in 2016”

PriceMethod Lands New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=268603cd-31f4-497f-bcb7-2dbd50f709d6 Date 12/23/2015 Company Name PriceMethod Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Our mission is to build software that helps hosts & owners thrive. Given the right tools, we believe any individual can operate their home as effectively as a hotel. We are building these tools. Website http://www.pricemethod.com … Continue reading “PriceMethod Lands New Funding Round”

Sungevity Obtains $50,000,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5318bfc3-e3d9-405a-872e-33b2e6517452 Date 12/23/2015 Company Name Sungevity Mailing Address 66 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94607 USA Company Description Sungevity is a solar sales company, with a mission to take solar to the mainstream market. Our company has a strong team that brings together successful start-up experience, environmental leadership and solar industry knowledge. Sungevity … Continue reading “Sungevity Obtains $50,000,000 New Funding”

The Happy Home Company Receives $3,500,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=73088634-3458-4de9-9097-70319c9623ea Date 12/23/2015 Company Name The Happy Home Company Mailing Address Undisclosed San Jose, CA 95113 USA Company Description The Happy Home Company: someone to contact anytime, day or night, when you need help in your home; someone to strategize preventative and regular maintenance for your home; and someone to find trusted, … Continue reading “The Happy Home Company Receives $3,500,000 New Financing Round”

RNTS Media Acquires Heyzap for $45,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=25569b67-533d-4c49-ae39-65e96e1adbd1 Date 12/23/2015 Company Name Heyzap Mailing Address 251 Kearny St. San Francisco, CA 94142 USA Company Description Heyzap allows any website or blog to take the most exciting flash games and put them into their website. This results in the website/blog having increased traffic, user time of site and engagement. When … Continue reading “RNTS Media Acquires Heyzap for $45,000,000”

How West Michigan’s Collective Idea Lures Silicon Valley Talent

Collective Idea is a small but swiftly growing software development firm based in Holland, MI, that is earning a reputation for attracting big clients and top-notch talent, including one of the founders of the well-respected tech publication Ars Technica. In 2015, Collective Idea grew by 47 percent over the previous year, adding a new staffer … Continue reading “How West Michigan’s Collective Idea Lures Silicon Valley Talent”

Five Trends Ready to Disrupt In-Store Retail in 2016

With 2015 coming to a close, retailers are looking ahead for the next wave of technology that will impact in-store innovation. While we’re still waiting for some popular 2015 predictions to take off, including the merging of online recommendation engines with in-store visits, other trends such as e-commerce sites opening more brick and mortar locations … Continue reading “Five Trends Ready to Disrupt In-Store Retail in 2016”

The Big Value Creation Trend of 2015: Q&A with Jonathan Medved

When OurCrowd founder and CEO Jonathan Medved gives a talk about crowdfunding, as he did at the recent Stocktoberfest conference in San Diego, there is one particular slide in his deck that is something of a show stopper. Medved says it is the one slide that tells the whole story—explaining in one bar chart why … Continue reading “The Big Value Creation Trend of 2015: Q&A with Jonathan Medved”

Relievant Medsystems Secures $1,500,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d7966db1-a09e-4576-b321-a79af8be797d Date 12/22/2015 Company Name Relievant Medsystems Mailing Address 2688 Middlefield Road Redwood City, CA 94063 USA Company Description Relievant MedSystems is a medical device company developing novel products to treat lower back pain using a minimally invasive therapeutic approach. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, … Continue reading “Relievant Medsystems Secures $1,500,000 New Round”

NextInput Secures $8,000,000 Series A Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=37d3c497-4e53-48b2-9a59-dc87a0ad4afa Date 12/22/2015 Company Name NextInput Mailing Address 2870 Zanker Road San Jose, CA 95134 USA Company Description NextInput has developed a force sensitive touch technology that enables a third-dimension of touch: Force. Imagine pressing down harder to select and copy text, or pinching and pressing to quickly zoom into a map. … Continue reading “NextInput Secures $8,000,000 Series A Financing”

Fired From KaloBios, Shkreli Defends Himself Against Fraud Charges

Four days after his arrest on fraud charges, Martin Shkreli received his second pink slip, this time from KaloBios Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:KBIO]]), a struggling drug maker that Shkreli took over last month. The KaloBios announcement Monday morning was terse, simply saying Shkreli was terminated and had resigned from the company’s board of directors. Another director, … Continue reading “Fired From KaloBios, Shkreli Defends Himself Against Fraud Charges”

Patient Investors, Impatient Researchers Essential for Clean Energy Future

Maybe it’s something in the Seattle air that we share, but over the last few weeks, I’ve learned that Bill Gates and I worry about similar things. In interviews with The Atlantic and The Washington Post Gates said: “Historically, it takes more than 50 years before you have a substantial shift in energy generation, but … Continue reading “Patient Investors, Impatient Researchers Essential for Clean Energy Future”

The Best Podcasts of 2015: A Guide for New Listeners

The percentage of Americans who say they’ve never listened to a podcast is steadily shrinking, but it’s still pretty large — 67 percent, according to a 2015 survey by Edison Research and Triton Digital. I’m going to assume for a minute that you’re in this uninitiated group. You know what podcasts are, and you’re vaguely … Continue reading “The Best Podcasts of 2015: A Guide for New Listeners”

Digital Business, Data-Driven Consumers, and the Dark Web

It’s that time of year again, where we look ahead to determine what tech trends will make the most significant impact in 2016. From my view, data analytics and our digital way of life will increasingly transform the world and the nature of business. Here are a few ways I see that playing out in … Continue reading “Digital Business, Data-Driven Consumers, and the Dark Web”

PowWow Receives $3,699,999 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2b24cd0e-3a38-4919-8415-12fc322b35d9 Date 12/21/2015 Company Name PowWow Mailing Address One Tower Place South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA Company Description PowWow is a Virtual Application Delivery and Collaboration platform that frees enterprise users from being tethered to their desktops– giving them the ability to work the way they want and need to work, … Continue reading “PowWow Receives $3,699,999 New Funding Round”

Payable Obtains New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1c898474-c772-4069-bfa6-5abb482c6009 Date 12/21/2015 Company Name Payable Mailing Address 73 Sumner St. San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Payable helps thousands of contractors get paid faster and more efficiently. Much more than payments, we’re on a mission to strengthen the 1099 workforce by making invoicing, work-tracking, onboarding, and calculating earnings and taxes … Continue reading “Payable Obtains New Financing Round”

Factom Lands $1,496,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=36c840bd-9994-4248-98c5-d5dc223836fd Date 12/21/2015 Company Name Factom Mailing Address 7329 N. MOPAC Expwy. Austin, TX 94107 USA Company Description Factom is using the technology behind bitcoin to change how businesses manage data and keep records. Website http://www.factom.org Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,496,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Factom Lands $1,496,000 New Funding”

SpiderCloud Wireless Garners $15,200,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f8af7966-13ee-4f02-961a-ee0b25eab255 Date 12/21/2015 Company Name SpiderCloud Wireless Mailing Address 408 E. Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA Company Description The company has created enterprise radio access network (E-RAN) technologies that enables direct integration between enterprise IT networks and mobile devices through small cell technologies. Website http://www.spidercloud.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “SpiderCloud Wireless Garners $15,200,000 New Funding”

Gusto Lands $22,249,979 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=00e23dca-f279-427f-8897-fd8c5039798d Date 12/21/2015 Company Name Gusto Mailing Address 500 Third St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Gusto is modern, delightful payroll. Our comprehensive payroll service enables businesses to get set up and run payroll in minutes, from any web enabled device. All government payroll taxes and reporting are taken care … Continue reading “Gusto Lands $22,249,979 New Financing”

Microsoft Acquires Metanautix for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dc0ac12f-6d35-437e-9e53-8dfeaf69f1bb Date 12/21/2015 Company Name Metanautix Mailing Address 2595 East Bayshore Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA Company Description Metanautix empowers organizations to rapidly capitalize on all data assets instead of waiting for weeks and months. Metanautix delivers immediate insights from disparate data silos without requiring the data to be moved into … Continue reading “Microsoft Acquires Metanautix for Undisclosed Sum”

Flux Factory Receives $29,000,000 Series B Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5fdd6847-a235-4505-ae55-2fbeb0f94e27 Date 12/21/2015 Company Name Flux Factory Mailing Address 1370 Harrison St. San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description The team has been developing a platform to manage the full complexity of designing site-adapted, high-performance, and healthy buildings. Their process starts by constructing a relationship graph between the key building systems driven … Continue reading “Flux Factory Receives $29,000,000 Series B Funding”

The Day After His Arrest, Martin Shkreli Is Out At Turing Pharma

Martin Shkreli was arrested for securities fraud yesterday, and today he has one fewer business to run. Turing Pharmaceuticals announced this morning Shkreli has resigned his post as CEO. His departure from Turing marks the second time he has built a company, only to leave under no small amount of controversy. The federal government is … Continue reading “The Day After His Arrest, Martin Shkreli Is Out At Turing Pharma”

UploadVR Secures $1,250,000 Seed Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c9a82cd0-9b69-4c62-b51d-49fe2935fd40 Date 12/18/2015 Company Name UploadVR Mailing Address 3308 Fulton Street San Francisco, CA 94118 USA Company Description UploadVR is dedicated to accelerating the growth of the virtual reality industry. Everything we do is built around three core values. Connection, experience and inspiration. Website http://www.uploadvr.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,250,000 … Continue reading “UploadVR Secures $1,250,000 Seed Funding Round”

PayJoy Obtains $4,300,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=972c7e13-1140-4815-ab6d-6c735e1ce325 Date 12/18/2015 Company Name PayJoy Mailing Address Undisclosed San Mateo, CA 94103 USA Company Description Over a billion people would love a way to pay for electronics over time, and PayJoy’s technology makes that possible. We change up-front purchases into pay-as-you-go monthly installments. Our unique technology locks devices unless a monthly … Continue reading “PayJoy Obtains $4,300,000 New Funding Round”

West Coast Bio Roundup: Shkreli Cuffed, KaloBios Halted & More

[Updated, 9:00 am ET] As regular roundup readers know, the continuing saga of Martin Shkreli, the hedge funder-turned-drug price gouger, has a West Coast angle. Now under arrest on fraud charges, Shkreli took over Redwood City, CA-based KaloBios Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:KBIO]]) last month. It soon emerged he aimed to pursue a strategy similar to his … Continue reading “West Coast Bio Roundup: Shkreli Cuffed, KaloBios Halted & More”

Digital Publisher Purch Buys Mobile Shopping App ShopSavvy

Digital publisher Purch has made good on its promise to make acquisitions, announcing today that it bought mobile shopping app ShopSavvy for an undisclosed price. That’s the fourth acquisition the company has made in the last 12 months, putting to work a $135 million Series C funding it received in June led by Canso Investment … Continue reading “Digital Publisher Purch Buys Mobile Shopping App ShopSavvy”

Springboard Lands $1,700,000 Seed Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1585f15c-2cdc-4a4a-8b7d-1ddf712cb2c7 Date 12/17/2015 Company Name Springboard Mailing Address 25 Taylor St. San Francisco, CA 94102 USA Company Description We’re on a mission to make high-quality education accessible to everyone in the world. We believe that each of us is unique, so are our learning needs. The ideal learning experience should be designed … Continue reading “Springboard Lands $1,700,000 Seed Round”

BuildingIQ Lands $14,200,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=98b564eb-98b6-4e1c-8c9a-3cc8caf55e6f Date 12/17/2015 Company Name BuildingIQ Mailing Address 1065 East Hillsdale Blvd. Foster City, CA 94404 USA Company Description BuildingIQ‘s (ASX: BIQ) mission is to change the way energy is managed in the commercial building sector. BuildingIQ‘s management team and advisors bring decades of valuable experience with technology and technology start ups, … Continue reading “BuildingIQ Lands $14,200,000 New Funding Round”