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Dolly, an on-demand precision delivery startup, has raised $7.5 million in its Series B investment round led by Unlock Venture Partners, with original investors Maveron and Jeff Wilke, CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer division, joining in the new financing targeted at scaling up Dolly's same-...

  Flowspace, a California-based on-demand warehousing and fulfillment startup, announced its Series A investment raise of $12 million, which was led by Canvas Ventures. The round also saw participation from Moment Ventures, 1984 Ventures and Y Combinator. In total, Flowspace has raised $15.5...

  Berlin-based logistics start-up sennder has raised an undisclosed amount in its Series B financing, which saw the participation of U.S. venture capital firm Accel and previous investors Holtzbrinck, Project A and Swedish auto major Scania. sennder is one of the largest digital freight...

Continuing its evolution from startup company to electric vehicle manufacturer, Arcimoto Inc (NASDAQ: FUV) announced the development of the Deliverator, a last-mile delivery vehicle that will be assembled at the company's manufacturing facility in Eugene, Oregon. The three-wheel mobility...

Pointivo, an Atlanta-based startup that makes artificial intelligence (AI) 3D analytics technology, has closed a Series A funding round of $7 million. The round was led by BIP Capital with participation from Blue Lagoon Capital and Thirteen Castles, among others. Founded in 2014 to commercialize...

A new virtual fuel payment network is looking to "turn the industry on its head" by using a cloud-based platform to drastically reduce the fuel card payment processing fees paid by truck stop operators. Little Rock, Arkansas-based Gas Pos announced today at the National Association of...

TechCrunch reports that SoftBank, a Japanese multinational holding group, has led a $940 million investment in autonomous delivery startup Nuro. Gaorong Capital, Greylock Partners and Softbank have previously raised $92 million for Nuro. According to Reuters, this latest round of financing puts the...

A Portland-based peer-to-peer delivery startup underscores what everyone knows but doesn't always point out about the origin of sharing economy businesses – they draw on century-old practices common in developing countries. "Our model came from the third-world," said Jonny Perez...

Benzinga recently had the chance to chat with Dr. Bryan Doner, CEO and medical director of Compassionate Certification Centers, a firm that’s merging education and entrepreneurship in the cannabis industry. At one point in the conversation, Doner mentioned he had fellowship training in wound...

A few years ago, Dr. Bryan Doner and Melonie Kotchey decided to invest in the cannabis industry and started a process of vetting diverse companies in an effort to understand the space. After roughly 12 months of research, they came up with the idea to start their own business, Compassionate...

Benzinga recently spoke with IguanaFix’s Matias Recchia. The co-founder and CEO of one of the most successful startups in Latin America discussed the challenges of building a successful business in the region; of servicing large-caps like Anheuser Busch Inbev NV (ADR) (NYSE: BUD), Starbucks...

IguanaFix is one of the most successful start-ups in Latin America, currently functioning in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, the three largest markets in the region. The company operates a site and mobile app that connects customers with certified handymen-and-women, electricians, plumbers, painters...

If you're a venture capitalist, your office is typically swarmed on a daily basis with startup founders of archetypal fashion: college students and recent grads in their “signature Mark Zuckerberg hoodie attire” who inhabit the local Silicon Valley coffee house and claim to have...

Banana Republic, a subsidiary of Gap (NYSE: GPS), sent out an email last month with a look labeled as the “Startup Guy.” The outfit in question features a half-tucked button down, rolled-up khakis and (what appear to be) suede Oxford-style shoes. It's part of Banana Republic...