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World’s largest sustainable energy accelerator EIT InnoEnergy launches global call for climate change startup battle

Nickie Louise Posted On November 14, 2019

EIT InnoEnergy, the world’s largest sustainable energy accelerator, announced the launch its first ever global call for startups and is looking to invest in US innovators whose ideas are tackling climate change. The call is open to start-ups worldwide in […]

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Alpine Investors closes $1 billion for its Fund VII to expand software and services buyouts

Nickie Louise Posted On November 14, 2019

Alpine Investors, a San Francisco, California-based private equity firm that invests in software and services, has closed $1 billion for its Alpine Investors VII (“Fund VII”) fund. The Fund VII was oversubscribed, well exceeding its $750 million target and hitting its […]

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Toast launches Toast Capital to provide fast and flexible funding for restaurants

Nickie Louise Posted On November 14, 2019

Nearly 52 percent of restaurant professionals rank high food and operating costs as a top challenge in running a restaurant, according to the Toast Restaurant Success in 2019 Industry Report. Access to capital from brick and mortar financial institutions has […]

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Data center startup Liqid scores $28M Series B to grow its software-defined composable infrastructure platform

Nickie Louise Posted On November 14, 2019

Liqid, a data center automation startup that provides software-defined composable infrastructure solutions, has raised $28 million Series B funding to accelerate growth, increase budgets for personnel in operations, sales, marketing, engineering, and other business-critical functions. The round, which brings the total company funding […]

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Israeli machine learning startup Track160 raises $5M Series A to revolutionize tracking and analytics in sports

Nickie Louise Posted On November 14, 2019

Track160, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based AI and machine learning startup that quantifies performance and tactics metrics in team sports, has closed $5 million Series A funding round to grow the development team and expand into new geographies and markets. The round was led […]

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Facebook deleted 3.2 billion fake accounts between April and September

Nickie Louise Posted On November 14, 2019

Facebook released its latest report Wednesday on the removal of harmful content from its services. Titled “Community Standards Enforcement Report,” the social giant said it removed more than 3.2 billion fake accounts between April and September. That almost doubled the number […]

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Top tech startup news for today, Wednesday, November 13, 2019 – DoorDash, Hive, Convoy, DroneDeploy, and Freshworks

Nickie Louise Posted On November 13, 2019

Hola! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Wednesday, November 13, 2019. Hive raises $10.6 million Series A to bolster its product development. Hive, a New York-based software startup and developer of productivity platform focused on worker […]

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Disney+ surpasses 10 million subscribers in just 24 hours, hits more than 3.2 million app downloads on launch day

Nickie Louise Posted On November 13, 2019

As we wrote yesterday, Disney launched its long-awaited Disney+ streaming service Tuesday. The launch was, however, hampered by glitches and technical errors which prevented some users from connecting with the service. But that didn’t stop customers from flooding to sign up […]

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The Bank of Google: Google to Offer Customers Checking Accounts in 2020

Nickie Louise Posted On November 13, 2019

So, what happens if tech companies one day “rule the world?” First Apple Pay, then about two months ago the headlines were filled with Facebook Libra. Now, we have Google Checking Accounts. Google is currently dominating the search engine market […]

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Convoy raises $400 million to transform the $800 billion trucking industry, new funding co-led by Former President’s Al Gore Fund

Nickie Louise Posted On November 13, 2019

The trucking industry is $800 billion market. The industry is faced with many challenges including inefficiency and waste. To address these issues, Convoy is a tech-enabled trucking network that uses the latest technology to connect shippers with nearby carriers and book […]

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DoorDash, a SoftBank-backed food delivery startup, raises $100 million at $13 billion valuation

Nickie Louise Posted On November 13, 2019

DoorDash, the food delivery startup backed by SoftBank, announced it’s raising a new round of funding that now values the unicorn startup at around $13 billion, according to a report from Bloomberg. The funding, which was reported to be at $100 […]

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WeWork’s third quarter loss doubled to $1.3 billion; quarterly revenue also doubled to $934 million

Nickie Louise Posted On November 13, 2019

WeWork, a once-flying-unicorn startup, today reported its quarterly revenue. During the third quarter period, WeWork reported a net loss of $1.25 billion, surpassing its sales. This third quarter loss more than double its loss from the same period last year. It’s […]

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SheerID closes $64M to grow its digital verification platform and accelerate growth in identity marketing

Nickie Louise Posted On November 13, 2019

Today, 80 percent of marketers felt more pressure to meet customer acquisition and revenue goals than they did the year prior, according to a recent report from WBR Insights, citing brand differentiation as well as the current privacy climate as their top […]

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Emerge comes out of stealth with $12M in funding to enable user feel and share immersive content with bare hands

Nickie Louise Posted On November 13, 2019

Emerge, a cross-reality presence tech startup developing the next form of digital communication, has emerged from stealth with $12 million Series A funding led by M13, with participation from Vulcan Capital, LionTree Partners, and other investors, putting the total raised to date […]

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Canadian AI startup Stradigi AI secures $40.3 million to introduce its Kepler AI platform in the U.S.

Nickie Louise Posted On November 13, 2019

Stradigi AI, a Montreal, Canada-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) startup has closed $40.3 million ($53 million CAD) Series A funding round to accelerate its expansion in the North American market and introduce its Kepler AI platform in the U.S. The round […]

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Electric vehicle startup Xpeng Motors lands $400 million Series C funding to expand and build smart mobility ecosystem

Nickie Louise Posted On November 13, 2019

We first wrote about Xpeng Motors in January 2018 when the Chinese electric car startup raised $350 million from Alibaba and Foxconn. Later in November 2018, NVIDIA partnered with China’s electric vehicle maker startup to jointly develop Level 3 autonomous […]

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Austing startup LawnStarter secures $10.5M for its on-demand mowing and outdoor services

Nickie Louise Posted On November 12, 2019

Why go through the hassles of doing your own lawn when you can simply spend time with friends and family? Enter LawnStarter, a tech startup disrupting the $99 billion lawn care service market by making it easy for anyone to order […]

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Cloud startup Uploadcare secures $1.7M to disrupt the $12.4 billion Content Delivery Network (CDN) market

Nickie Louise Posted On November 12, 2019

Uploadcare, a content delivery platform that optimizes web performance for developers, startups and large enterprises, has raised $1.7 million in new funding for the acquisition of Blinkloader, a content optimization platform that speeds up content delivery and allows developers to fully comply […]

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Governor Cuomo Announces Completion of First-In-The-Nation 50-Mile Drone Corridor and Expansion of GENIUS NY Program Incubator Facility, The Tech Garden

Nickie Louise Posted On November 12, 2019

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the completion of the state supported 50-mile unmanned traffic management drone corridor, which runs from Central New York to the Mohawk Valley. The first-in-the-nation corridor is the most advanced drone testing corridor in the […]

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Disney+ launches today but suffers technical errors and service outage

Nickie Louise Posted On November 12, 2019

Back in August, we wrote about Disney+ when the world’s most popular theme parks announced the launch of its Disney streaming service on all the major streaming platforms except Amazon. Now, the much-anticipated Disney streaming service, Disney+, is here. Unfortunately, it appears Disney+ […]

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