Nickie Louise

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Nickie is a writer, editor, and co-founder of TechStartups.com based in the Washington Metropolitan Area. She covers early-stage startups, AI, emerging technologies, cryptocurrencies, gaming, and gadgets. When she’s not writing about innovation, Nickie enjoys crafts, spending time with her family and children, hiking, and exploring God’s majestic creation.

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Singapore-based Locad raises $11M Series A funding to boost consumer brands in Asia Pacific with logistics engine

Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2023

eCommerce businesses have thrived in recent years, thanks in part to the pandemic that forced millions of people to shop from home. However, while most entrepreneurs see eCommerce as a way to get their products in front of a huge […]

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Balloon surveillance startup World View to go public in a $350 million SPAC deal

Nickie Louise Posted On January 13, 2023

Interest in space tourism has grown in recent years, thanks to companies like Jeff Bezo’s Blue Origin and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, which now makes it possible for tourists to see the edge of space. However, space tourism is not limited to […]

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100 Fastest-growing fintech startups to reach $1 billion valuation the quickest

Nickie Louise Posted On January 13, 2023

We started off this year with our annual list of global unicorn startups, a list of emerging private companies that leverage new technologies or unknown market niches to achieve a value of over 1 billion dollars. In just a year, […]

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Meta sues AI startup Voyager Labs for allegedly creating fake accounts to scrape Facebook and Instagram users’ data

Nickie Louise Posted On January 13, 2023

Meta platforms filed a lawsuit against Voyager Labs on Thursday, alleging that the AI tech startup created fake Facebook accounts as part of a scheme to collect information from real Facebook and Instagram users. Meta alleged that Voyager Labs then used […]

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Crypto.com to lay off 20% of its employees as FTX contagion spreads further into the crypto market

Nickie Louise Posted On January 13, 2023

Crypto winter has come for Singapore-based Crypto.com. The crypto exchange announced on Friday it would be laying off about 20% of its workforce, as the crypto industry continues to deal with the fallout of FTX. The latest layoff would be the […]

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Top tech startup news for Thursday, January 12, 2023: Bill Gates, Climeworks, Nexo, T2, TikTok, and ZestyAI

Nickie Louise Posted On January 12, 2023

Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Thursday, January 12, 2023. T2 Social raises $1.1 million in its first external funding to take on Twitter With Twitter in chaos since its takeover by Elon […]

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TikTok fined $5.4 million for making it difficult for users to reject cookies

Nickie Louise Posted On January 12, 2023

TikTok has bee been hit with a fine of $5.4 million over failures in policies that allow users to accept and refuse tracking cookies on its website. French data protection watchdog CNIL fined the ByteDance-owned company 5 million euros (about $5.4 million) […]

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U.S. Fire Administrator to Join U.S. Representatives Dean and Torres in DC to Honor Those Lost in Tragic Fires Over the Past Year, Announce National Fire Strategy

Nickie Louise Posted On January 12, 2023

Today, the head of the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), a component of FEMA, will join U.S. Representatives Madeleine Dean (D-PA) and Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and principals of America’s national fire service organizations in Washington, D.C., to honor those lost to fires and launch the […]

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JP Morgan paid $175 million to acquire college financial aid startup Frank only to shut it down over a year later; accuses founder of fraud

Nickie Louise Posted On January 12, 2023

Really? JP Morgan acquired college financial aid platform Frank in 2021 for a whopping $175 million only to shut it down a little over a year later. So, what went wrong? Is Frank’s founder the next Elizabeth Holmes? In September 2021, JPMorgan Chase […]

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Cimu Games to use Ready Games to bring its million-selling Runestone Keeper to Web3

Nickie Louise Posted On January 12, 2023

Cimu Games, which publishes high-quality games for the global market, has integrated Ready’s technology to bring its popular Runestone Keeper Game to Web3. In an announcement today, Cimu Games said that it is using Ready Games’ web3 game development tools […]

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Black Knight partners with ZestyAI to deliver property risk and value insights

Nickie Louise Posted On January 12, 2023

AI has been getting a lot of attention for generating original artwork, drafting essays, and even spitting out images for dating profiles, thanks to the popularity of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. However, while everyone is talking about AI-powered chatbots, what’s often neglected […]

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Crypto lender Nexo is under criminal investigation in Bulgaria for fraud and money laundering just a month after exiting the US market

Nickie Louise Posted On January 12, 2023

Just a little over a month after exiting the US market following cease-and-desist orders from state and federal regulators, crypto lender Nexo finds itself in hot water again, but this time from authorities in the Eastern Europe country of Bulgaria. According to multiple […]

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Top tech startup news for Wednesday, January 11, 2023: Alphabet’s Verily, Binance, FTX, Oxbotica, and Peppy

Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2023

Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Wednesday, January 11, 2023. Alphabet’s Verily to lay off 15% of its workforce Alphabet’s health sciences unit Verily is cutting 15% of its workforce as part of a restructuring […]

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Venom, Iceberg launch a $1 billion Web3 venture fund VVF to invest in early-stage startups ahead of the next crypto bull run

Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2023

The ongoing recession and economic slowdown have created opportunities for companies and investors looking to invest in promising startups with the potential to become industry leaders and unicorns of tomorrow. The impact is even more felt in the crypto industry where […]

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Bankrupt FTX recovered over $5 billion in cash and ‘liquid’ assets, attorney says

Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2023

Crypto exchange FTX has recovered over $5 billion in cash and other liquid assets, an attorney representing the bankrupt Sam Bankman-Fried’s founded company told a judge on Wednesday. According to the lawyer, the $5 billion includes cash and digital assets, attorneys said […]

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Apple paid $320 billion to developers since 2008, a jump of $60 billion from last year

Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2023

Since 2008, Apple has been releasing the total amount of money developers earned from its App Store. This year is no different. The iPhone giant recently released some information about the growth of its popular App Store. However, unlike the […]

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London’s HealthTech startup Peppy raises $45M in Series B funding to expand into the US market

Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2023

When it comes to healthcare, attention is mostly focused on treatments for major diseases such as cancer and heart issues. However, everyday health needs like going through menopause or being diagnosed with endometriosis or PCOS, are underserved. That’s why London-based HealthTech […]

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Top tech startup news for Tuesday, January 10, 2023: BioNTech, Coinbase, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Virgin Orbit

Nickie Louise Posted On January 10, 2023

Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Tuesday, January 10, 2023. Virgin Orbit rocket launched from a jumbo jet suffered an anomaly that prevented it from reaching orbit UK space industry suffered a major […]

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Blockchain / Press Release / Technology News

Building Blocks event for web3 startups announced for ETH TLV with Collider, Fireblocks, and MarketAcross

Nickie Louise Posted On January 10, 2023

Building Blocks 23, a web3 builder-focused event, will be hosted in central Tel Aviv on February 7, 2023. Hosted by top Israeli companies as part of ETH TLV, the one-day Building Blocks event will bring together Ethereum developers and communities. […]

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