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Top tech startup news for Monday, January 9, 2023: Ant Group, BlockFi, Microsoft, and Monogram Health

Nickie Louise Posted On January 9, 2023

Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Monday, January 9, 2023. Monogram Health closes $375 million in growth funding to support continued expansion Monogram Health, a Brentwood, Tennessee-based health tech startup that provides evidence-based, whole-person, in-home […]

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Microsoft acquires data center chip startup Fungible to power its Azure cloud platform using Fungible DPUs

Nickie Louise Posted On January 9, 2023

Microsoft today announced it has acquired Silicon Valley-based data center chip startup Fungible to bolster its Azure data center infrastructure using the Fungible data processing units (DPUs). However, Blocks and Files reported that the deal was valued at $190 million. Reports about […]

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Wolters Kluwer acquires US-based startup NurseTim to enhance portfolio of nursing education solutions

Nickie Louise Posted On January 9, 2023

Wolters Kluwer is on an acquisition spree. As we reported last week, The Netherlands-based company started the year with the acquisition of London-based tech startup Della AI to shore up its Legal & Regulatory software unit. Today, Wolters Kluwer Health announced it has […]

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January is already breaking tech layoff records as 18,392 tech workers lost their jobs in the first week of 2023

Nickie Louise Posted On January 9, 2023

The year is just getting started and large tech companies including Amazon, Salesforce, and Stitch Fix have already laid off 16,420 of their workers, according to Crunchbase. January 2023 became the second-largest layoff month since November 2022, when about 44,570 U.S. tech workers lost […]

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Ant Group postpones its $37 billion IPO as founder Jack Ma gives up control in major revamp

Nickie Louise Posted On January 9, 2023

Ant Group, a Chinese fintech giant founded by Alibaba owner Jack Ma, said it does not have a plan for an initial public offering (IPO), Reuters reported, citing an emailed statement from the company. Ant Group’s $37 billion IPO, which would have […]

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Top tech startup news for today, Friday, January 6, 2023: FTX, Mastercard, Mercedes-Benz, Polygon, Stitch Fix

Nickie Louise Posted On January 6, 2023

Good evening and happy Friday! It’s a super light news day so we’re not going to cover much ground today. With that, below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Friday, January 6, 2023. Mastercard launches web3-focused artist […]

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Biotech startup Perceive Bio closes $78M in Series B funding led by Johnson & Johnson to prevent the largest causes of irreversible blindness

Nickie Louise Posted On January 6, 2023

TL;DR Perceive Biotherapeutics, a Silicon Valley biotech tech startup focused on technologies and therapeutics in ophthalmology, has raised $78M in Series B funding led by Johnson & Johnson Innovation. Using decades of academic research, Perceive Biotherapeutics uses novel therapeutics to prevent the largest […]

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Stitch Fix to fire 20% of its employees as CEO steps down

Nickie Louise Posted On January 6, 2023

Tech layoffs continue unabated as a slew of big tech companies — ranging from Facebook’s Meta to Twitter— are letting employees go due to the ongoing recession and global economic slowdown. Stitch Fix is the latest to join the layoff phenomenon after the […]

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Crypto exchange Huobi to lay off 20% of staff as crypto winter worsens

Nickie Louise Posted On January 6, 2023

Just like an angel of death knocking at the door of every crypto company, crypto winter has come for Huobi. The crypto exchange is laying off 20% of its staff, Reuters reported Friday. The layoff is the latest sign of deep […]

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BMW unveils ‘i Vision Dee,’ a talking car with a ‘digital soul’ that shifts colors like a chameleon

Nickie Louise Posted On January 5, 2023

In what the German luxury automaker called “the next level of human-machine interaction,” BMW today unveiled a prototype for its i Vision Dee concept car during the automaker’s keynote at CES on Wednesday evening. The four-door futuristic sedan talks like a […]

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Forj lands $15M in funding to help communities grow their membership; announces merger

Nickie Louise Posted On January 5, 2023

Building and growing an online community can be challenging and time-consuming. You not only have to understand the needs of your community members, but you also have to think about community engagement, management, and a slew of other things to grow […]

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Amazon to lay off more than 18,000 employees, a bigger number than initially planned

Nickie Louise Posted On January 5, 2023

Amazon said Wednesday that it will lay off more than 18,000 employees, a bigger number than the retail giant announced back in December when the New York Times reported the company was cutting 10,000 jobs. The news is a further indicator […]

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AAG launches MetaOne Wallet to simplify and streamline the Web3 user experience

Nickie Louise Posted On January 5, 2023

In December, we covered AAG when the fast-growing web3 software company integrated Coinbase Pay into its MetaOne Wallet to improve the fiat on-ramping feature for investors. The integration would make it easier for users, many of whom never previously owned cryptocurrencies, to […]

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Top tech startup news for today, Wednesday, January 4, 2023: ACI, Candy Digital, Coinbase, Fanatics, Gatik, Microsoft, and Salesforce

Nickie Louise Posted On January 4, 2023

Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Wednesday, January 4, 2023. Sports platform Fanatics divests 60% stake in NFT company Candy Digital Fanatics, a sports platform founded by Michael Rubin, is divesting its 60% stake in NFT […]

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Microsoft to invest over $10M in autonomous delivery tech startup Gatik, pushing its valuation to $700 million

Nickie Louise Posted On January 4, 2023

Tech giant Microsoft Corp is in advanced talks to invest in San Francisco, California-based startup Gatik, Reuters reported, citing two people familiar with the discussions. The investment is part of Microsoft’s cloud partnership with autonomous middle-mile logistics startup. According to the report, Microsoft […]

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Rethink Your Tech Talent Strategy: Identifying and Utilizing Undervalued Sources

Nickie Louise Posted On January 4, 2023

Are you tired of scouring tech hubs and major cities for top tech talent, only to come up empty-handed or face fierce competition for the few diamonds in the rough you do find? It’s a tough market out there, and […]

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Top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, January 3, 2023: Apple, ByteDance, FTX, Glip, SpaceX, and Tesla

Nickie Louise Posted On January 3, 2023

Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Tuesday, January 3, 2023. Apple’s market cap falls under $2 trillion for the first time since May 2022 After briefly hitting a $3 trillion valuation in January […]

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TikTok-owner ByteDance cuts hundreds of jobs in China to streamline operations amid global slowdown

Nickie Louise Posted On January 3, 2023

ByteDance, the parent company of the popular video app TikTok, is the latest in a series of companies to announce layoffs amid recession anxiety and global slowdown. ByteDance laid off hundreds of staff in December last year, according to a Tuesday report […]

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Game discovery tech startup Glip partners with top web2 studios to expand web3 gaming

Nickie Louise Posted On January 3, 2023

Back in November, India-based startup global web3 game discovery and wallet app Glip landed $2.5 million in funding led by Hashed Emergent with participation from Beenext and existing investor Prime Venture Partners with the goal of bringing millions of gamers to web3. […]

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX is raising $750 million at a $137 billion valuation, from $127B valuation 6 months ago

Nickie Louise Posted On January 3, 2023

Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX is raising $750 million in a new round of funding that values the company at $137 billion, CNBC reported late Monday. The announcement comes just three days after the SpaceX Falcon team achieved a major milestone […]

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