In its first national equity investment, Mark Zuckerberg’s Startup:Education fund has co-led a seed round in K-12 education startup Panorama Education. Read more »
As more consumers turn to the web to make their purchases, startup Signifyd uses social data and other kinds of data sources to help e-commerce companies sniff out fraudsters. Read more »
Ailbaba Group founder Jack Ma is the newest supporter of the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, an award launched earlier this year by a group of technology leaders. Read more »
LinkedIn co-founder and investor Reid Hoffman wants upgrade the college diploma, but he’s not the only one thinking of new ways to approach credentialing. Read more »
A new report from CB Insights and other partners highlights venture capital financing trends in New York, as well the city’s most active investors and acquirers. Read more »
Startup EveryMove ranks national and regional health insurance plans according to how active they are on social media, whether they have mobile applications and other consumer-friendly features. Read more »
A recent Slate article criticizes Max Levchin’s new fertility app as a too-intrusive tool from a data-loving technophile, but, in many ways, it’s an extension of what many women have been… Read more »
The average doctor has likely never heard of Fred Trotter, but he has some provocative ideas about using physician data to change how healthcare gets delivered. Read more »
Music that matches your mood? Movies that respond to your emotions? Los Angeles startup BioBeats believes it can use biometric data to create adaptive media for consumers and clinical settings. Read more »