Social commerce startup Flip is mixing live commerce mobile apps with real customer reviews to improve the buying experience and opportunity for the creator economy. Today, the Los Angeles-based company closed on a $28 million Series A led Streamlined Ventures. Nooruldeen “Noor” Agha, a serial e-commerce entrepreneur, founded Flip in 2019 after emigrating to the … Read more
Online learning platform MasterClass has been valued at $2.75 billion in a new round of funding, sources tell CNBC. That’s more than triple its valuation from June 2020, according to Pitchbook. The company plans to use the fresh $225 million in funds to help launch a new enterprise business and expand internationally. MasterClass, which offers … Read more
Stem’s music distribution and payment platform recently raised $10 million in new funding and, since its 2015 launch, has paid out $100 million in royalty payments to independent artists using the platform. While the Los Angeles-based financial technology startup’s latest milestones help support creators during the ongoing pandemic and related economic devastation that has left … Read more
Health insurer Humana said it is investing $100 million in the in-home primary care company, Heal, to bring in-person physician “house calls and one-touch medicine” to seniors in its Medicare Advantage plans. Heal is a fast-growing startup company that offers primary care house calls on-demand and has delivered more than 200,000 home visits in the … Read more