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Alpine Investors Launches Pet-Investment Venture Antelope
Alpine Investors has launched a new venture to acquire consumer pet companies and intends to create a portfolio of natural and .…
November 19, 2021
Antelope Acquires a Fast-Growing Brand of All-Natural Pet Treats
Antelope, an omni-channel, pet consumer platform focused on delivering high-quality, natural pet products, announced its acquisition of Bocce’s Bakery.…
November 19, 2021
AMEX Invests In ‘Shoppertainment’ Startup Firework
American Express Ventures, the credit card company’s venture capital group, invested in Firework, a live shopping and video ad tech company that works…
November 9, 2021
Firework and HEINZ® Partner to Launch First-of-its-kind Livestream
As HEINZ unleashes its Tomato Blood Ketchup and Tomato Blood Costume Kits just in time for Halloween costume fun, the brand will stream live, shoppable…
October 21, 2021
Vi inks pact with Firework to bring short video stories
Vodafone Idea has inked a pact with story publishing platform Firework , which will give access to the telco's subscribers to content in form of short video stories
December 22, 2020
Firework Announces Cutting-Edge Media Partnership with Jukin Media
Firework, the world's fastest-growing short-video Stories platform on the open web, today announces its first…
December 10, 2020
Firework short videos now appear on Google Discover in India
Videos from US-based short videos platform Firework now appear on the Google Discover feed in India. The Google Discover feed…
December 8, 2020
Video creation app Firework insists it is more than a TikTok rival as it woos publishers in India…
“For the Indian market, we don't look at creators who are trying to put a trick, instead look at creators …
December 2, 2020
Longtime investor and operator Adam Nash says he just launched a new fintech startup
Adam Nash, a Silicon Valley-born-and-bred operator and investor, is back at it again.
December 1, 2020
Just getting started…
As the year draws to a close, I wanted to share some good news: Alejandro Crosa & I have started a new company, and we’ve raised an initial round of funding led by Ribbit Capital
December 1, 2020
Mati reshapes online trust and reputation with a Plaid-like API
Meet Mati, a startup that recently raised a $13.5 million Series A round to build a digital reputation API that could change the way you interact with online…
November 17, 2020
One-click housing startup Atmos raises another $4M from Khosla, real estate strategics and TikTok star Josh Richards
Atmos wants to make designing a house as simple as a single click…
October 29, 2020
Atmos, A Startup For Custom Homes, Raises Funds At A $25 Million Valuation
Atmos, a new startup that makes it easier to build custom homes, has raised $4 million at a $25 million valuation, in a round led by Khosla Ventures…
October 29, 2020
How Spenmo helps businesses secure direct loans
Tracking operational expenses such as invoices, receipts, and employee salaries can already be a daunting task for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)…
August 27, 2020
Short Video Platform Firework Wants to Make It Easier for Creators to Monetize Content
Silicon Valley-based short-video platform Firework has launched Open Story Page (OSP) as a new model for its app…
August 20, 2020
Former Grab executive raises $2m for fintech startup
Fintech platform Spenmo has raised $2 million in seed funding from Y Combinator, Rocket Internet, Iterative Capital and angel investors from XA Network, formerly known as Xoogler Angels…
August 14, 2020
Start up creates online platform to make building homes easier
A start-up plans to bring together people, processes, and tools into one digital place for buyers to design and build their homes from start to finish…
July 6, 2020
Firework now powers global teams; Appoints former Viber, Tencent, Sify executives in key markets
Silicon Valley-based short video platform Firework has roped in former CEO of LCCIG and Director of Viber…
June 29, 2020
Atmos wants to make building a house a one-click effort
The startup, which is in the current Y Combinator batch, wants to take both the big decisions and the sundries of construction and combine them onto one platform where selecting a design …
June 25, 2020
How Firework is approaching short videos and content moderation
US-based social video network Firework is taking a different approach towards short-form videos as it looks to offer a brand-safe…
June 11, 2020
Omidyar-backed Spero Ventures invests in Mexico City’s Mati, a startup pitching ID-verification
Spero Ventures, the venture capital firm backed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, has gone to Mexico City for its latest…
May 26, 2020
Xiaomi partners Firework to bring access to short videos on Mi phones
Xiaomi Corp has entered into a global strategic partnership with Firework, a Silicon Valley-based short video network platform…
March 20, 2020
Firework has some neat video tricks to offer
Last year, when the app Firework made a big splash, we caught a glimpse of the power videos can wield when changing from vertical to horizontal mode and vice-versa…
March 20, 2020
Build it. Xiaomi join hands with Firework to make its short videos available for all Mi users
Firework, a Silicon Valley-based short video network platform, has teamed up in a global strategic partnership with…
March 18, 2020
Firework signs a global partnership with Xiaomi
US-based social video network Firework has signed a global strategic partnership with Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi…
March 17, 2020
Xiaomi is bringing TikTok style watch-only clips to Mi Videos
After looking at the success of short video platforms like TikTok, Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi has also decided to invest in the sector…
March 17, 2020
Everything you need to know about Firework, the TikTok competitor Google wants to buy
On Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported Google was mulling the acquisition of social media app Firework, a move seen as countering the rise of…
October 8, 2019
Google Weighs Acquisition of Rival to Video App TikTok
Google has held discussions about acquiring a video-sharing startup that could help it counter fast-growing TikTok, people familiar with the matter…
October 7, 2019