The funding, led by
prominent tech investor Accel, will bring it closer to its long term goal: using balloons to get people close to space.
Not exact matches
uBeam, a high - profile startup backed by some of Silicon Valley's most
prominent investors, has become a
tech - industry sensation because of the wireless charging technology it claims to have in its labs.
Aimed at closing the gender gap in the
tech sector, the startup challenge featured 10 finalists pitching their emerging
tech ventures before a panel of
prominent investors including Nisha Dua, Partner at BBG Ventures, Iana Dimkova, Director on Healthcare Investing Team at GE Ventures, John Ason, Angel
Investor, and Erica Duignan Minnihan, Managing Partner, 1000 Angels.
Ten finalists from around the world were selected to pitch their
tech venture virtually on our Podcast before
prominent investors.
Shniberg, whose background is in data - mining
tech startups, secured backing from
investors such as Thomas Schimdheiny, the fourth - wealthiest man in Switzerland, Sir Harry Djanogoly, a
prominent British philanthropist and art collector, and Raymond McGuire, the head of Global Banking at Citibank, investing on his own behalf.