Harbor, a Dallas, TX-based infant care technology company, raised $3.7M in Seed funding.The round was led by Trust Ventures joined by Morrison Seger and Capital Factory. Additional participants included former NFL quarterback Tim and Demi-Leigh Tebow, retired US Professional Tennis player John and Madison Isner, NFL punter Thomas and Lauren Morstead, and entrepreneurs Sam and Sara Sodine Parr.T...

These days, ESG investments have lost their luster given high interest rates, political backlash, and greenwashing scrutiny.In 2021 during the pandemic boom, U.S. sustainable funds hit a record $358 billion in assets, up from $95 billion in 2017. But since then, investor interest has waned as higher borrowing costs impact capital-intensive clean tech stocks.This graphic shows the drop in sustai...

A startup is aiming to free us from smartphone distractions with a minimalist handset rocking an E Ink screen and physical QWERTY keyboard.We've seen a number of handsets over the years that have been designed to cut down on over-stimulating distractions present on smartphones. The latest looks like a happy marriage between a Blackberry and e-reader, and goes by the name of Minimal.Only very ba...

Smartphones and laptops allow us to play games on the move. But that’s not always enough, especially when the world demands you to be ready and operative no matter the time or place. In such a scenario, you need a gaming rig that is an integral part of everyday life, keeping you always ready. Here, MSI Gaming PC Watch offers an instrumental solution.A gaming rig for your wrist; the Gaming PC W...

The world’s largest luxury company, LVMH, has had reasons to pop the Champagne after its annual results almost every single year for the past 2 decades — and 2023 was no exception.Highlights of 2023 include:Strong organic revenue growth across all business groups except Wines & Spirits, and market share gains worldwide.Double-digit organic revenue growth in Europe, Japan and the rest of A...

Smartphones aren’t dead, they’ve just stagnated. Over the years, companies have tried hard to develop ‘the next thing’, experimenting with folding phones, AI wearable pins, and even AR/VR headsets… but here’s what nobody’s realized yet. There’s nothing wrong with the smartphone’s format. It’s just lacking the next big technological leap. And that leap doesn’t mean redesigning the sma...

The ultra-wealthy are spending more on luxury than ever before — and, amid a broader market slowdown, winning them over is becoming a competitive battleground for brands. BoF breaks down how strategies from Gucci, Mytheresa and Tiffany & Co. are successfully building closer relationships with top clients.The top 2 percent of luxury customers drive 40 percent of luxury sales, according to B...

Swiss researchers are working on an environmental monitoring robot named Avocado that's been inspired by abseiling spiders. The fruit-shaped bot uses a winch and rotors to lower itself through the canopy and gather data on life in the treetops.The prototype from ETH Zurich's Environmental Robotics lab features a winch housed within the upper section of its 3D-printed frame and two ducted three-...

Figure AI Inc., a startup developing humanlike robots, is in talks to raise as much as $500 million in a funding round led by Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.The startup is seeking additional investors for the deal, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the conversations are private. In one scenario being discussed, Microsoft woul...