Blackmore raises $3.5 million to build better eyes for your self-driving car

 A Bozeman, Montana startup called Blackmore Sensors and Analytics Inc. has raised $3.5 million to build…

Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and 18 others commit $1 billion to new cleantech fund, Breakthrough Energy Ventures

 Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Vinod Khosla, Jack Ma, John Doerr and 15 other high-profile investors have…

Commerce Dept. to send “digital attachés” to Mexico, South Korea and four other nations

 The U.S. Department of Commerce is opening six new international markets for its Commercial Digital Attaché…

Osmo raises $24 million from Sesame, Mattel and other big names in toys and education

 Hardware kits, internet-connected toys and robots that teach kids to code are now commonplace. But Osmo,…

Waggle raises $2.3 million because the internet doesn’t have enough funny animal videos

 A startup called Waggle raised $2.3 million in seed funding to become the go-to destination for animal…

Breather raises $40 million for stylish workspaces on-demand

 A mobile app that lets users find and book stylish workspaces on-demand, Breather, raised a Series…

Starbucks adds a virtual barrista, sous vide eggs and a Tencent partnership to its menu

 At the Starbucks Biennial Investor Conference today, the coffee and retail giant revealed some plans for 2017,…

What the drone industry wants from the FAA and Trump

 The commercial drone industry in the U.S. hasn’t heard much from the President Elect about his plans…