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Stella & Dot Founder Jessica Herrin Secures $5M in Seed Funding for AI Marketing Startup Marklo
Decades after launching her jewelry venture Stella & Dot from her living room while pregnant and working at Dell, serial entrepreneur Jessica Herrin is tackling a completely different challenge: the fragmented marketing infrastructure that frustrates modern consumer brands. Herrin has launched Marklo, an artificial intelligence startup designed to help brands solve complex promotional decisions, coordinate…
Stella & Dot Founder Jessica Herrin Secures $5M in Seed Funding for AI Marketing Startup Marklo
More than two decades after launching her landmark jewelry and apparel venture while pregnant and working at Dell, serial entrepreneur Jessica Herrin is returning to the startup ecosystem with a fresh solution for a familiar pain point. Herrin has quietly launched Marklo, an artificial intelligence-powered marketing platform designed to help consumer brands navigate the complex…
Stella & Dot Founder Jessica Herrin Secures $5M in Seed Funding for AI Marketing Startup Marklo
Two decades after launching her journey as an entrepreneur while pregnant and working at Dell, Jessica Herrin is returning to the startup ecosystem with a fresh venture born out of her own past operational frustrations. Herrin, best known for building the social-selling jewelry giant Stella & Dot into a business that surpassed $2 billion in…
Maritime Fuel Tech Startup Blaze Energy Secures $6.5 Million in Seed Funding to Drive Clean Energy Transition
Maritime fuel technology startup Blaze Energy has announced that it has successfully raised $6.5 million in a seed funding round. The fresh capital injection is specifically aimed at accelerating the commercial deployment of the company’s pioneering technology, which is designed to enable existing shipping engines to operate seamlessly on multiple alternative fuels. The announcement comes…
Maritime Fuel Technology Startup Blaze Energy Secures $6.5 Million in Seed Funding to Accelerate Clean Shipping Solutions
Colorado-based maritime fuel technology startup Blaze Energy has announced the successful completion of a $6.5 million seed funding round. The fresh capital injection is earmarked to accelerate the commercial deployment and operational scale-up of the company’s innovative technology, which is designed to enable existing maritime shipping engines to operate seamlessly on multiple alternative fuels. The…
Gudea Secures $7 Million in Seed Funding to Predict Viral Internet Narratives and Map Information Flows
Gudea, a Minneapolis-based startup specializing in digital narrative intelligence, has raised $7 million in a new seed funding round. The fresh capital is earmarked to help corporations anticipate which online narratives are likely to go viral, identify the actors driving those movements, and track the hidden pathways information takes across the digital landscape. The financing…
Ripple Prime Secures Landmark Mandate with Brevan Howard as Blockchain Giant Expands Wall Street Footprint
By PYMNTS | October 7, 2026 Ripple has announced a major expansion of its institutional financial services footprint, revealing that Ripple Prime will provide comprehensive multi-asset prime brokerage, clearing, and financing services to funds managed by Brevan Howard. The agreement, detailed in a press release issued on Tuesday, October 6, marks a significant deepening of…
Artificial Intelligence Dominates Venture Capital as Instinct Secures $1 Billion in Latest Weekly Funding Roundup
The venture capital landscape in the United States continues to be heavily concentrated around artificial intelligence and advanced technological infrastructure, according to the latest weekly funding data. For the period spanning September 26 to October 2, 2026, the nation’s top startup funding rounds were almost entirely defined by innovations in AI assistants, infrastructure, autonomous cybersecurity,…
Lockheed Martin Secures Framework Agreement for AIM-260 JATM Amid Shifting Defense Priorities
By Jabran Kundi September 23, 2026 In a significant move to bolster U.S. air superiority in an era of intensifying global competition, Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) has entered into a landmark framework agreement with the U.S. Department of War. Announced on September 17, 2026, the agreement is designed to accelerate the production of the…
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