In one of the largest-ever pilots of wearable technology, HerdDogg teams with Australia’s foremost authority on sustainable beef production to showcase how its system can deliver remote livestock monitoring to Australian producers.

The $2.3 million in seed financing enables HerdDoggto accelerate development and commercialization of its field-tested and proven system to monitor herd health to boost livestock profitability and sustainability.

With its latest update, Cyara is taking aim at one of the biggest customer-service frustrations: the loss of data when customers move from one channel to another.

Gengo, a world leader in expert, high-scale crowdsourced translation services, is taking aim at the growing need for high-quality multilingual data to train tomorrow’s advanced AI (artificial intelligence) based systems.

Designed by a tiny engineering firm here in Silicon Valley, the Valon 5015 uses multiple phase-lock loops to provide high-level, low-phase noise signals throughout the 10MHz to 15GHz range — and delivers a lot of value.

Crop Enhancement Inc., an innovator of sustainable agrochemicals for enhancing crop yields, has strengthened its go-to-market team with the appointment of two experienced agricultural business development executives. Crop Enhancement is gearing up for commercialization of its non-toxic crop protection technology, CropCoat®, following successful field trials with cacao growers in Indonesia.

Business continuity and resiliency planning is more critical than ever. The universe of things that can “happen” has changed. Every company has to be prepared for bad things — its “black swans.”

With interest rates set to rise in key markets this year, fintech innovator Nomis Solutions is gearing up for increased interest from banks as they race to find new ways to attract customers looking for competitive deposit interest rates and personalized mortgages.

PTG Water & Energy (PTG), developer of onsite power generation technology optimized for craft breweries, has been selected by Smog City Brewing Co. to provide onsite electricity and process heat at its primary craft beer production facility in Torrance, California. By integrating PTG’s water-energy cogeneration system with its production process, Smog City will lower its costs, reduce its carbon footprint, and derive valuable facility operational data.

Silicon Valley-based ZingPR is expanding into Hawaii. Shirley Gines, a kama’aina and graduate of Stanford University and Leilehua High School, is returning to the Islands from Silicon Valley to head up ZingPR’s technology marketing practice in Honolulu.

70-90% of digital transformation initiatives fail, according to the experts. A novel way to de-risk digital transformation while ensuring quick value from it is one of the many topics that will be discussed at the free-to-attend Digital+AI Day.

Over 30% of brain and behavioral disorder cases are misdiagnosed. 80% are receiving inadequate treatment. We are all different, yet the conventions around healthcare often mean that we are treated the same. Trayt is changing this. ZingPR is connecting Trayt with its target audiences.
 

eGain, the leading provider of cloud-based customer-engagement solutions, just announced the findings of an industry-first survey of contact center agents regarding their biggest pain points in providing service when the customer is on the line. Turns out that the problem they wrestle with is frustrating the customers they're trying to help.

Suncrest USA Inc., a leader in sustainable hydroponic growing technology, has ramped up production in Silicon Valley to meet strong demand from local restaurants and grocers for its locally grown leafy greens. In less than two years, Suncrest has successfully progressed from an angel-backed pilot project operating in stealth mode to a 1.25-acre scaled-up greenhouse operation with dozens of marquee customers and proven technology. To date, it has signed licensees in two key markets: Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area, and is gearing up for operations in 40 U.S. markets.

Save Energy Systems has developed an inexpensive retrofit for commercial/industrial HVAC systems that enables precise control of energy use and reduces demand charges. Based near Boston, Save Energy Systems recently completed this retrofit in more than 50 locations of a top national fitness chain, Planet Fitness, and shaved $450K from its energy bill.

Today, Infoworks announced that it has closed $15 million in a Series B financing. The company will use the financing to scale go-to-market and customer success programs to meet customer demand. Centerview Capital Technology led the round with participation by existing investor Nexus Venture Partners. Ned Hooper of Centerview Capital Technology joins Buno Pati, Naren Gupta and Amar Arsikere on the Infoworks board of directors.