The direct-to-consumer space has some stand-out players, both in newcomers like Brooklinen and old-timers like Warby Parker. But one company, Interior Define, has maintained a low profile over the four years of its existence.

The company offers fully customizable furniture, including couches, dining sets and bed frames, to customers through an

Write comment (100 Comments)

3D body scanning systems have hit the big time after years of stops and starts. Hot on the heels of Original StitchBodygram, another 3D scanner, 3DLOOK, has entered into the fray with a $1 million investment to measure bodies around the world.

The founders, Vadim Rogovskiy, Ivan Makeev, and Alex Arapovd, created 3DLOOK when they found that

Write comment (97 Comments)

In an age where people stream music instead of buying it, how do you build something equivalent to a pre-order campaign for upcoming releases The answer is to create a &pre-save& campaign, akin to a landing page where fans can authorise you to automatically add a new song, EP or album to their steaming library or playlist of their

Write comment (100 Comments)

Serverless, Inc came to the serverless game early, creating an open source framework for developers back in 2015. Today, they want to build on that earlier product to give developers more control over deployment and delivery of serverless applications. To that end, they announced a $10 million Series A round led by Lightspeed Ventures. They have

Write comment (91 Comments)

Grover, the Berlin-based startup that offers &pay-as-you-go& subscriptions to the latest consumer tech as an alternative to owning products outright, has raised €37 million in funding.

The Series A round is led by Circularity Capital LLP — a VC that specialises in the so-called &circular economy& — with

Write comment (100 Comments)

Shuttl, a service that lets Indian city dwellers find seats on multiple bus routes through one app, announced today that it has raised a $11 million Series B led by Amazon India, Amazon Alexa Fund and Dentsu Ventures. Returning investors Sequoia Capital, Times Internet and Lightspeed Ventures also participated.

The Gurgaon-based startup&s

Write comment (93 Comments)