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Editor’s Note: The headline and article have been corrected to clarify that Google Ventures is leading a Series A funding round in Genie AI. Google Ventures, the venture capital arm of Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), is leading a Series A funding round in Genie AI, the world's...

Big box retailer Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) is best known for its oversized items that allow customers to load up in bulk on food and household items. The company also offers its share of extra items like televisions, insurance plans, auto services, and a $1.50 hot dog and drink...

Character design studio Superplastic is announcing a new investment round and a partnership with a leading ecommerce company. What Happened: Superplastic announced a new $20 million Series A investment round Wednesday, which was led by Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) in a partnership that could...

This year's Slamdance Film Festival will showcase the premiere of a psychological thriller called "Fuzzy Head," the funding of which was obtained through the use of Untold.io, a blockchain-based crowdfunding platform that focuses on impact content. The film festival...

Leading NFT powerhouse Yuga Labs announced a new funding round Tuesday that includes some of the largest technology companies and investment funds. The funding round also included the participation of several notable athletes and celebrities. What Happened: Yuga Labs raised $450 million in a seed...

Benzinga routinely examines a stock that might be considered a little under the radar. The company may not be well known, but chances are the line of work it’s in is pretty familiar. This is called the “thing behind the thing.” The growth of plant-based foods is...

Multiverse, a U.K.-based ed-tech company, on Jan. 19 formally announced the closure of a $44 million Series B round led by General Catalyst, with participation from Google Ventures, Audacious Ventures, Latitude, SemperVirens, Index Ventures, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. As part of the...

After the huge IPOs from AirBnB Inc (NASDAQ: ABNB) and DoorDash Inc (NYSE: DASH) last week, the week of December 13 takes a slight breather with only three IPOs scheduled and one potential blockbuster. Upstart Holdings: Cloud-based lending company Upstart Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: UPST) plans...

Cloud communications platform Twilio Inc. (NYSE: TWLO) is set to buy data startup Segment for a price tag between $3 billion and $4 billion. Why It Matters: The deal would bring together two API companies. Per MuleSoft, API is an acronym for "Application Programming Interface"...

Chamath Palihapitiya-backed SPAC Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp III (NYSE: IPOC) announced Tuesday that it is bringing Clover Health public at an enterprise valuation of $3.7 billion. Deal Terms: The deal includes $828 million from Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp III...

Poynt, a startup that builds a point-of-sale operating system on which merchants can plug in third-party apps, has raised $100 million in venture capital funding from backers including Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s Google Ventures, National Australia Bank, NYCA Partners and...

Startup insurance company Ethos has altered the way life insurance is offered and applied. Not only does the company have the ability to process applications in minutes, Ethos offers

Detroit startup StockX, which has pioneered a stock market for sneakers and IPOs for consumer goods and charities, announced a $44-million Series B funding round Wednesday led by Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s Google Ventures and Battery Ventures.  Benzinga has covered...

David Drummond, the chief legal officer for Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), also served as a member of Uber's board of directors — until this week, that is. In a somewhat complicated relationship between the two companies, Drummond was appointed to Uber's board after Alphabet's...

Andela is a two-year-old company that offers the people of Africa the opportunity to learn how to develop software. According to the company's own website, it selects the top 1 percent of tech talent from the African continent and then shapes them into "world-class technical leaders" before being...