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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Biotic lands €2M Seed funding to transition from fossil-fuel-plastics to fully-biodegradable plastic materials

Nickie Louise Posted On November 8, 2022

Plastic pollution is a worldwide crisis that affects every being on earth including humans and animals. Every year, more than 400 million tons of plastic products with large portions are thrown into the oceans, which end up endangering marine life […]

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MarketAcross to join Benzinga’s Future Of Crypto Summit as a Global Media Partner

Nickie Louise Posted On November 8, 2022

MarketAcross, the premier blockchain PR and marketing firm, is the official global media partner for the Future of Crypto conference, organized by Benzinga. The event is a new Benzinga initiative that wants to focus on the broader cryptocurrency industry, including […]

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NTT DOCOMO partners with Japan’s largest blockchain company Astar Network to accelerate Web3 adoption

Nickie Louise Posted On November 8, 2022

NTT Docomo, Japan’s largest mobile operator with $40B annual revenue, and Astar Network have joined forces to explore and accelerate the adoption and social implementation of Web3. As part of the partnership, NTT Docomo will be investing $5 billion in Web3 […]

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Israeli gaming startup Xternity launches with $4.5 million in funding to boost the adoption of Web3 games

Nickie Louise Posted On November 7, 2022

The digital gaming industry has undergone radical changes in the last decade. However, the arrival of Web3 has further accelerated this change as traditional Web2 games embrace Web3 tech technology which enables players to control and completely their own game assets […]

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Lidar makers Ouster and Velodyne agree to merge as the lidar industry consolidates

Nickie Louise Posted On November 7, 2022

Ouster is one of the early promising startups we’ve been following since 2017. In December 2017, the robocar LiDAR startup made our list of the top 5 promising early-stage startups to watch. Then in December 2020, Ouster agreed to go public through […]

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Binance offers $1 million in token rewards to football fans around the world

Nickie Louise Posted On November 7, 2022

With football fever sweeping across the globe, the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance is launching a new online challenge where football fans could win a share of an incredible rewards pot – including more than $1,000,000 in tokens, limited-edition NFTs, […]

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Australia’s biggest health insurer Medibank hacked; hackers stole data of 9.7 million customers

Nickie Louise Posted On November 7, 2022

Australia’s biggest health insurer Medibank becomes the latest victim of a cyberattack in a series of data breaches that plagued the country in the last two months. Medibank announced Monday that the health data of around 9.7 million current and former customers’ […]

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Elrond rebrands as MultiversX as it shifts focus to the metaverse

Nickie Louise Posted On November 4, 2022

Blockchain technology developer Elrond has rebranded to MultiversX to focus on the metaverse. The company announced today it will shift to focus on the metaverse with the introduction of three new products aimed to help metaverse creators and users. According to its website, MultiversX is […]

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Elon Musk says activist groups are ‘trying to destroy free speech in America’ after Twitter saw a ‘massive drop in revenue’

Nickie Louise Posted On November 4, 2022

On April 25, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced he was buying Twitter for $44 billion as part of his effort to defend free speech. Musk, who calls himself a free-speech absolutist, said his interest in Twitter grew from his desire to protect free […]

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Fintech startup Stripe lays off 14% of workers amid rising inflation and fears of a looming recession

Nickie Louise Posted On November 4, 2022

San Francisco-based fintech startup Stripe is laying off about 14% of its total workforce as the prolonged tech rout continues. CEO Patrick Collison wrote in a memo to staff Thursday. According to the memo, Collison said the cuts were inevitable as […]

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Vienna-based Orderlion lands $4M pre-Series A to make global B2B food supply chain more sustainable and scalable

Nickie Louise Posted On November 3, 2022

The global food industry had a yearly transaction volume of over $2 trillion in 2021. The revenue from the food market alone amounts to $8.66 trillion in 2022. Despite that the food industry is the largest in the world, many suppliers […]

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T. Rowe Price’s Oak Hill acquires 1.7 million acres of timberland for $1.8 billion as carbon offset market heats up

Nickie Louise Posted On November 3, 2022

Over the years, there’s been an increase in climate change awareness as governments and organizations put in place various measures to address global warming and the ongoing climate crisis. One of the solutions to reduce climate change and carbon dioxide […]

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Goldman Sachs-backed supply chain tech startup project44 bags $80M in funding at $2.7 billion valuation

Nickie Louise Posted On November 3, 2022

The pandemic of the last two years has caused a major disruption in the global economy. The disruption also led supply chain issues as companies struggled to get the materials they need to meet surging demands. While the pandemic is […]

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Top Tips on How Crypto Traders Can Protect and Secure Their Digital Assets

Nickie Louise Posted On November 2, 2022

Hacking and data breaches have become a daily occurrence as the rate of crypto theft increased exponentially in recent years even as crypto prices fell from their all-time high. Today, crypto exchanges are increasingly becoming hackers’ targets of choice despite […]

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Girls in Tech’s Startup Challenge for Female Entrepreneurs is Now Open

Nickie Louise Posted On November 2, 2022

-Girls in Tech is one of the oldest and most successful nonprofits in gender equality and DEI with membership of 130,000+ women and allies in 50 cities in 42 countries -Since 2014, 15,000+ entrepreneurs have been funded, mentored and supported through […]

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Arta Finance launches out of stealth with $90M backed by former Google Chief Eric Schmidt to replicate ‘digital family office’

Nickie Louise Posted On November 2, 2022

For decades, some investments, financial opportunities, and alternative assets were only available to the ultra-wealthy. These ultra-rich employ teams of professionals who use sophisticated financial strategies and tap investment opportunities that the rest of us can only dream of. These teams are called […]

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Crypto donations are surging as Engage Labs leads the charge

Nickie Louise Posted On November 2, 2022

Engage Labs is working with many congressional candidates, allowing them to receive digital currency donations seamlessly As the American political landscape continues to heat up, with the upcoming midterm elections scheduled to take place on November 8th, crypto donations have […]

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Roam, a tech startup founded by former Yext CEO, raises $40M to take on Zoom with virtual office spaces

Nickie Louise Posted On November 2, 2022

Although the pandemic is for the most part behind us, one thing is clear–the workplace will never remain the same again. The pandemic has accelerated the remote work revolution and employees have grown accustomed to working from home after experiencing […]

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Argo Ai, a Ford-backed self-driving startup that shut down after raising $1 billion, lays off 78 employees

Nickie Louise Posted On November 2, 2022

Late last year, we covered Argo AI after the Ford and Volkswagen-backed autonomous vehicle startup partnered with retail giant Walmart to launch an autonomous vehicle delivery service in Miami, Austin, and Washington, D.C. At the time, Argo AI founder and CEO Bryan Salesky said the […]

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