Alexa Fund news and trends

Amazon’s Outside The Box Thinking
Amazon // September 28, 2018

Saying Amazon had a busy week, or even that Amazon had am ambitious week, isn’t much of an announcement. Given the volume of things that are usually pouring out of Amazon, saying Amazon had a busy week is just an unnecessarily long way of saying...

Alexa Fund Kickstarts Early-Stage Voice Startups
Amazon // September 28, 2018

Amazon’s Alexa Fund invested in three new startups this week. Bamboo Learning received Alexa funding, which will be used to continue building education skills that help students learn a variety of subjects. “The goal of the Alexa Fund is to find compelling companies for its...

Amazon Takes Stake In Prefab Homebuilder
Amazon // September 26, 2018

The Amazon Alexa Fund has invested in Plant Prefab, a leading home design and prefabrication company. The Southern California startup announced it has raised a $6.7 million Series A funding round that also included participation from Obvious Ventures. The funds will be used towards new...

Amazon Launches Alexa Cast, Allowing Users To Control Music From Smartphones
Alexa // July 26, 2018

Amazon is rolling out a new feature for Alexa enabled devices dubbed Alexa Cast, which enables users to control the music playing on the device from their smartphone. The Verge, citing Amazon, reported that the feature only currently works with the Amazon Music app but could...

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Alexa Fund Boosts Voice-Enabled ResTech With SevenRooms Investment

October 17, 2018
SevenRooms, the all-in-one reservation, seating and guest management platform, announced on Wednesday (Oct. 17) an investment from Amazon’s Alexa Fund. In a press release, SevenRooms said the funding marks the first time the Alexa Fund has made an investment in a restaurant technology company, and will pave the way for SevenRooms to integrate Amazon Alexa […]

Alexa Fund Kickstarts Early-Stage Voice Startups

September 28, 2018
Amazon’s Alexa Fund invested in three new startups this week. Bamboo Learning received Alexa funding, which will be used to continue building education skills that help students learn a variety...

Amazon Takes Stake In Prefab Homebuilder

September 26, 2018
The Amazon Alexa Fund has invested in Plant Prefab, a leading home design and prefabrication company. The Southern California startup announced it has raised a $6.7 million Series A funding...

Amazon Launches Alexa Cast, Allowing Users To Control Music From Smartphones

July 26, 2018
Amazon is rolling out a new feature for Alexa enabled devices dubbed Alexa Cast, which enables users to control the music playing on the device from their smartphone. The Verge,...