2021 - Tech Startups

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Lordstown Motors, an EV startup under SEC investigation for an alleged 100,000 in fake preorders, reportedly sold its Ohio plant to Taiwan-based Foxconn

Daniel Levi Posted On September 30, 2021

Foxconn Technology Group (Foxconn), a Taiwan-based company and the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, is nearing a deal to buy the electric truck startup Lordstown Motors’ Ohio plant, according to a report from Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. The […]

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Space / Technology News

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is a ‘toxic’ workplace, 21 current and former employees claim in an essay

Daniel Levi Posted On September 30, 2021

On Tuesday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took a jab at Jeff Bezos during an interview, saying, “you can’t sue your way to the moon.” Blue Origin, a space company founded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, sued NASA in August after the agency […]

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Israeli startup Empathy raises $30M Series A funding to help families deal with the death of loved ones

Daniel Levi Posted On September 30, 2021

In recent years, tech companies have been busy working on a variety of ways to prevent and avoid death — including uploading the human brain to a computer. However, there is still no disruptive technology out there that prevents humans […]

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Cryptocurrency

Elon Musk issues serious warnings about Bitcoin: Crypto isn’t ‘The Second Coming’ and government may slow down bitcoin and crypto advancement

Daniel Levi Posted On September 30, 2021

Crypto investors may be in for a very dark winter if a recent warning from Elon Musk is to be believed. Just two days ago, Elon Musk said the U.S. government should not be in the business of regulating cryptocurrencies as […]

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Lapse launches its social disposable camera app that lets you capture the magic of the pre-digital photos; raises a $1.4m seed round

Daniel Levi Posted On September 30, 2021

With billions of people now on Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube, the shift from public to private networks is undeniable. And that’s why this new tech startup has seen phenomenal success as thousands of users turn to its new camera app. Lapse […]

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Cloud / Technology News

What Is Edge Computing? Exploring the challenges, benefits, and future of edge computing

Nickie Louise Posted On September 30, 2021

There’s a lot of buzz about edge computing in recent years. What’s it really? Edge computing is a distributed computing framework that brings enterprise applications closer to data sources such as IoT devices or local edge servers. This is expected to improve […]

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London-based FinTech startup VertoFX raises $10M to build B2B cross-border payments for the emerging markets

Nickie Louise Posted On September 30, 2021

The global B2B payment continues to grow at an exponential rate with no sign of slowing down. It is estimated that B2B payments volume totals approximately $120 trillion per year globally and roughly $25 trillion per year domestically. The growth is expected […]

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Robotics / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

This Chinese robotics startup is selling a knock-off of Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot that costs $75,000 for only $2,500

Daniel Levi Posted On September 30, 2021

Shanzhai is a Chinese term that literally means “mountain fortress” or “mountain village.” But the contemporary use of the term usually encompasses counterfeit, imitation, or pirated products, which can involve the imitation and trademark infringement of brands and companies. You […]

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Featured

Israeli tech startup Speedata launches out of stealth with $70M to accelerate big data analytics

Daniel Levi Posted On September 30, 2021

The amount of data created every day is exploding at an exponential rate. According to estimates, an incredible 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every day with 90% of the world’s data created in the last two years alone. […]

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Andela becomes the latest African unicorn startup after raising $200M in funding led by Softbank; now valued at a $1.5 billion

Daniel Levi Posted On September 29, 2021

There is a wave of optimism in post-pandemic Africa. The recent coronavirus pandemic and China’s repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang have led to a momentous shift in people’s attitudes toward China. Investors are beginning to move away from the communist country to business-friendly countries […]

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YouTube blocks all anti-vaccine content, moving beyond its ban on false information

Nickie Louise Posted On September 29, 2021

Google-owned YouTube announced it will block all anti-vaccine content on its video platform as part of its effort to crackdown on anti-vaccine misinformation. YouTube is also moving beyond its ban on false information about the COVID vaccines to include content […]

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Featured / Health / HealthTech / Startup Funding / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

HealthTech startup Wider Circle bags $38M in Series B funding to scale its tech-enabled neighborhood health programs to the national level

Nickie Louise Posted On September 29, 2021

Medical care is estimated to account for only 10-20 percent of a person’s health, according to research from the National Academy of Medicine. The other 80 to 90% can be broadly attributed to social determinants of health (SDoH) which affect a wide […]

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Botco.ai, an Arizona-based tech startup, rounds out seed funding with $3.6M to enable AI chat for wellness and healthcare organizations

Nickie Louise Posted On September 29, 2021

Botco.ai, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based tech startup that provides AI-based conversational marketing solutions, announced today it has raised additional seed funding from VamosVentures to help accelerate growth. The funding brings the company’s total seed round to $3.6 million. Founded in 2017 by […]

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Cryptocurrency

Elon Musk says U.S. government should NOT regulate cryptocurrencies

Daniel Levi Posted On September 29, 2021

As you may recall in June Mark Cuban called for cryptocurrency regulation in the U.S after he lost money trading a DeFi token TITAN. The token is linked to fintech startup Iron Finance, a group that runs the wider IRON Stablecoin […]

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Quantum computer software startup QC Ware raises $25M to bring quantum computing power to the enterprise

Daniel Levi Posted On September 29, 2021

Quantum computing has been around since the early 1980s when physicist Paul Benioff proposed a quantum mechanical model of the Turing machine. Unlike the conventional computers that store information using bits represented by 0s or 1s, quantum computers use quantum […]

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DeFi / FinTech

5 Essential Tips to Improve Your Forex Trading

Daniel Levi Posted On September 28, 2021

Forex trading (forex or FX) is the process of trading one currency for another. It also represents the price or how much it costs to buy the currency of one country using the currency of another country. Today, the forex exchange market […]

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Launch / Robotics / Technology News

Amazon unveiled its first voice-controlled home robot called Astro; starting at $999

Nickie Louise Posted On September 28, 2021

Amazon on Tuesday unveiled its long-rumored home robot called Astro, a screen on wheels that works with the company’s Alexa voice software. The new personal robot helper, which was first reported under development in 2018, will only be sold by invitation […]

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Roll raises $10M to bring ownership to creators with social tokens

Daniel Levi Posted On September 28, 2021

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have ushered in a new era of creative expressions. Creators, small and big, are now using social money to build up the dollar value of their communities and give it back to their users. Social tokens incentivize more inclusive […]

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Featured

Billionaire Kristo Käärmann and CEO of fintech startup Wise fined nearly $500,000 for deliberately not paying his taxes

Daniel Levi Posted On September 28, 2021

There is a popular saying that “taxes are for the little people.” In 2018, Elon Musk, the second richest person in the world, paid zero ($0) in federal income tax. Over the years, a new pattern has emerged among the tech […]

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Paris-based tech startup Qovery raises $4M to bring simple, painless, 15-second cloud app deployment to developers worldwide

Daniel Levi Posted On September 28, 2021

Deploying applications into the cloud is an easy task. It is riddled with inefficiencies and pitfalls, especially for developers. In addition, not all cloud platforms are created equal in terms of app development and deployment features. As such, this poses […]

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