Month: February 2020
LA-based Retina raises $2.5 million in new funding to expand its customer analysis software
Casting a cold eye on customer behavior and their future lifetime value has brought the Los Angeles-based startup Retina $2.5 million in new funding. The new financing was anchored by previous seed round investor, the Los Angeles-based venture firm, Crosscut Ventures and shows how the startup ecosystem in Los Angeles…
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N26’s head of product is building a better bank
Fintech startup N26 recently reached a new milestone as it now has five million customers. The company launched onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt five years ago. The premise was simple. A young startup wanted to build a bank that didn’t suck. Given the company’s impressive growth rate and its 4.8-star rating…
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A voting app by Shadow Inc. takes center stage at chaotic Iowa caucuses
American democracy can be confusing and messy. There is, perhaps, no better example than last night’s Iowa caucuses. The votes that kick off presidential primary season are, at once, a wonderful celebration of citizen participation in representative democracy and a rather complex system that remains a mystery to many of those…
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Nintendo’s mobile efforts become more dire with monthly Fire Emblem subscription
Fire Emblem Heroes is Nintendo’s most lucrative mobile game, and to celebrate its third anniversary, Nintendo and developer Intelligent Systems have announced the “Feh Pass,” a $9.49-per-month subscription. The subscription adds several highly requested features, stat boosts to units, and additional in-game items — but it locks them behind a…
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Lemonade is getting into pet insurance
Lemonade, the homeowners and renters insurance provider that’s raised $480 million, has announced its plans to expand into pet insurance. This marks the startup’s foray into a new insurance vertical. To be clear, Lemonade is simply announcing its plans. Right now, the company is going through the regulatory process, which…
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Iowa Democrats blame ‘coding issue’ for botched caucus results
The Iowa Democratic Party said a “coding issue” was responsible for the botched reporting that delayed the results of the inaugural presidential primary contest on Monday night. The app used to report results of the caucus was only sending “partial data,” according to a statement released on Tuesday morning by…
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