This is a special report by China.org.cn on China’s evolution of payments Bartering was the earliest trading system in China, allowing people to get what they needed. Natural shells became the earliest form of currency in China about 3,600 years […]
Chinese scientists have developed a new 500 megapixel facial recognition super camera that is capable of picking out one face in crowded street or stadium of tens of thousands. The new 500-megapixel super camera, which is connected to the cloud and offers […]
We first wrote about Xpeng Motors in January 2018 when the Chinese electric car startup raised $350 million from Alibaba and Foxconn. Today, Xpeng Motors announced today that Xpeng P7 now becomes the first smart car with Alibaba In-Car Mini APP […]
Think about this for a moment. We live in the 21st century and there are an estimated 40.3 million people in modern slavery, despite a blanket global ban on such practices. At this rate, to bring this figure close to […]
Ribometrix, an early stage biotechnology startup that is discovering and developing small molecule drugs to treat human diseases, has rasied $7.8 million in additional funding to advance its RNA-targeting drug discovery platform. The new capital infusion came from existing investors, the Dementia Discovery […]
Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Thursday, September 26, 2019. WeWork’s downfall shows how ridiculously overvalued so many startups are. After several attempts of failed initial public offering, the board of WeWork has forced the co-founder […]
APPIX, a Vancouver BC-based tech startup, launched a game-changing broadcast technology and lighting effects tool that creates immersive experiences / audience engagement at concerts and events through their in-venue smartphone app. APPIX is a live event engagement and experiential app that […]
StrongSalt a SaaS startup started the former founding engineer of publicly traded cybersecurity company, FireEye, has closed $3 million in seed round of financing from Valley Capital Partners. With three encryption-related patents secured from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, StrongSalt will be […]
As cities around the globe contend with the impacts of climate change, and search for new human-centric solutions in safety, energy, food systems, and social infrastructure a new generation of leadership is answering the call. That’s one reason why iconic […]
Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.), one of the world’s largest brand-name apparel companies and a global leader in jeanswear, today announced it is granting more than $380,000 to the second class of LS&Co. Collaboratory fellows who are working to create a […]
Astronomer, an enterprise cloud startup that helps organizations adopt Apache Airflow, has raised $5.7 million in seed funding to deliver enterprise grade Apache Airflow. The funding came from an array of world class venture firms, including Sierra Ventures who led the round, […]
Spire Global, a space to cloud data analytics startup, has raised $40m in new funding from strategic partners to further increase the production of Spire’s analytics and space technology and substantially scale its product, sales, and marketing efforts around the globe. Backers include ITOCHU, […]
PayMongo, a Manila-based fintech startup that makes it easy for businesses in the Philippines to accept online payments from multiple channels with ease, has raised $2.7 million in seed round to grow the team, accelerate product development, acquire businesses more aggressively, […]
According to the U.S. Census, over 30% of African American households are underbanked, even though they make up $1.2 trillion in the U.S. consumer spending power. GRIND Banking is a new fintech startup on a mission to change the trend. Led […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Wednesday, September 25, 2019. Alibaba unveiled Hanguang 800, its first chip to power artificial intelligence (AI) processes. Alibaba is following Huawei’s footsteps with the announcement of its first A.I. […]
Mobile app downloads is on decline. According to a U.S. survey on mobile app use (ComScore, 2017), 64% of smartphone users download zero to one app per month (with 51% downloading on average zero and 13% only one). With mobile app […]
London, 25th September 2019: Political advertising on social media platforms like Facebook have a negative effect on people’s health and wellbeing, according to the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH). In a speech promoting its recently relaunched Scroll Free September […]
Tacalyx, a biotech oncology startup company focused on the discovery and development of Tumor Associated Carbohydrate Antigen (TACA) antibodies to treat cancer, has raised $7.7 million (€7 million) in seed funding to advance its discovery platform, progress obtained leads towards candidate […]
Late last year, we wrote about BlaBlaCar after the French carpooling unicorn startup raised $113 million (€101 million) Series D extension and acquired Ouibus. Now, BlaBlaCar is doing it again. In its ‘biggest’ acquisition to date, BlaBlaCar is buying Eastern European […]
Flipside Crypto, blockchain startup that utilizes blockchain transaction data, developer activity and trading signals to characterize cryptocurrencies, has raised $7.1 million in a Series Seed Prime financing to expand the team and augment Flipside Crypto’s data science and analytics capabilities designed […]
