Global investment in fintech startups and ventures fell sharply in the first half of 2019, according to according to Accenture analysis of data from CB Insights, a global venture-finance data and analytics firm. The decline in China is offset by […]
Advanced Digital Innovation (ADI), a health tech startup transforming healthcare through the use of digital technology has secured a $787K (£650,000) investment from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment […]
Funding Circle, the leading small business loans platform in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands, hits a major milestone that demonstrates global evolution in the way small businesses access finance. Today, Funding Circle announced that its investors have lent more than […]
Back in February 2018, we wrote about Boatsetter when the Airbnb for boats’ startup expands its boat-sharing marketplace with over 4,000 boats in more than 300 cities. Since then, the startup has become the dominant player in the $50 billion peer-to-peer boat […]
Climate change is pushing coffee farmers uphill into virgin rain forest lands, causing approximately 250,000 acres of deforestation per year. Enter Atomo Coffee, a food tech startup on a mission to create a better cup of coffee that is better for the […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Wednesday, August 14, 2019. All co-founders of Facebook’s big acquisitions are now gone. Social giant Facebook just lost the last remaining co-founder from one of its biggest and […]
Launch Code After School (Launch) is an edtech startup on a mission to create leaders through computer science education for kids — leaders who will fill the growing programming skills gap and the shortage of trained engineers needed to innovate […]
Bloomberg, a global business and financial information and news leader, has acquired RegTek Solutions (RegTek), a NYC and London, UK-based provider of global regulatory reporting software solutions. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. The acquisition will expand the […]
Attentive, a personalized mobile messaging platform that helps e-commerce and retail brands connect with customers, has raised a $40 million Series B investment to further scale its existing business operations by hiring across all departments, but especially engineering and sales to […]
Last year, we wrote about REBEL when the Brazilian fintech startup raised $4 million in Series A funding. Today, the online personal loan platform announced it has raised another $42.2 million (R$ 167 million) via securitization of financial loans. The new […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, August 13, 2019. Bloomberg acquires regulatory reporting services provider startup RegTek.Solutions. Bloomberg, a global business and financial information and news leader, today announced that it has acquired RegTek.Solutions, […]
To help its struggling social network business, Snap, the parent company of Snapchat is now betting on a stylish new pair of spectacles called Spectacles 3. The company announced the new $380 sunglasses with two 3D cameras. The cameras let users apply […]
Clumio, a tech startup building a public cloud SaaS data and the innovator of authentic SaaS for enterprise backup, has officially launched its flagship Backup as a Service product with $51 million in funding from leading Silicon Valley investors. Clumio Backup as a Service […]
Pavilion Data, a data storage startup that empowers organizations to make better decisions faster with its ultra-fast, rack-scale NVMe-over-Fabric Storage Platform, announced today it has closed a $25 million Series C funding round to accelerate the delivery of the company’s NVMe-oF products, […]
CRN, one of the mostly widely read tech publication among solution providers, delivering essential channel news, analysis, and thought leadership, has named in-memory computing startup Formulus Black, to its 10 hottest data storage startup list. CRN looks at 10 startup storage vendors […]
Verizon Communications Inc. has agreed to sell its blogging website Tumblr to Automattic, the parent company of the popular open source content management system (CMS) WordPress, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the deal Monday. The amount of […]
The company seeks to raise $20,000 on Indiegogo this August Southern California tech startup, Trendloader, is introducing a new product that’s going to change the way you connect to the world around you. The Alpha model looks to exceed expectations […]
The GENIUS NY program, the largest unmanned systems accelerator in the world, is now opening its applications to include startups in big data (smart cities, cybersecurity) and internet of things (IoT) (smart devices, AI). Founded in 2016, GENIUS NY is CenterState […]
Bayer AG, the German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, today announced it’s buying BlueRock Therapeutics that values the company up to $1 billion, inclusive of 40.8 percent stake currently held […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Monday, August 12, 2019. Bayer acquires BlueRock Therapeutics, for EV of USD$1 billion. Bayer AG acquired Cambridge, Massachusetts-based cell therapy company BlueRock Therapeutics. Following a 2016 joint venture with […]
