March 17, 2026
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Nickie Louise

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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Datamaran lands $13.3M in funding led by Fortive to assess ESG risks for companies and financial institutions
Nickie Louise Posted On September 20, 2022


With the growing threats of climate change, businesses and big corporations no longer focus on short-term profit but also on their impacts on the environment and the world at large. Over the past few years, some of these companies are […]


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Peter Thiel-backed conservative video platform Rumble goes public in a $2.1 billion SPAC merger deal
Nickie Louise Posted On September 19, 2022


Rumble, a conservative video network backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, today becomes a publicly-traded company after a $2 billion SPAC merger deal with a blank-check firm CF Acquisition Corp. Trading under the ticker symbol “RUM” on NASDAQ Stock Exchange, the company shares […]


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Berlin-based MVP Match lands €5 million seed funding to match companies with vetted freelancers
Nickie Louise Posted On September 19, 2022


Even with the pandemic almost behind us, employers are still finding it increasingly difficult to find the right candidates to fill millions of open positions. The number of US job openings hit a record high of 11.55 million in March, […]


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Bitcoin plunges below $18,400 yet again over regulatory concerns and looming interest rate hike
Nickie Louise Posted On September 19, 2022


One of bitcoin’s selling points is that the world’s largest cryptocurrency is a hedge against inflation and immune from government regulations and rising interest rates. But as we’ve seen in recent months, the reality could not be further from the truth […]


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Method and Everyrealm to conduct Method MetaGuild regulated token sale, $MMG token allowlist registration is now open
Nickie Louise Posted On September 17, 2022


eSports gaming has been around for more than two decades. But its popularity has soared in recent years as new eSports streaming platforms were created to meet the increasing demand during and after the pandemic. In 2017, eSports awareness reached 1.28 […]


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Free-speech social app Parler acquires cloud infrastructure startup Dynascale following a $16M Series B fundraise
Nickie Louise Posted On September 16, 2022


Remember Parler, the free-speech social app that was censored and de-platformed over accusations that it helped incite U.S. Capitol attacks on January 6, 2021? It now appears the app is back and thriving. After many months of onslaughts from big tech giants […]


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Uber Hacked! Teenage hacker advocating driver’s rights used social engineering to gain access to Uber’s Slack & internal systems
Nickie Louise Posted On September 16, 2022


Uber has been hacked by a teenage hacker, forcing the ride-hailing giant to take several of its internal communications and engineering systems offline as it investigated the hack. Uber announced Thursday it’s conducting investigations into what led to the hack, […]


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Goldman Sachs leads a $90M investment in data security startup Fortanix to help enterprises protect their sensitive data
Nickie Louise Posted On September 15, 2022


Every year, businesses in nearly every sector have become victims of data breaches. The cost of a data breach continues to skyrocket. According to a recent IBM study conducted by the Ponemon Institute, data breaches cost American companies on average more than $8 […]


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Starbucks wants you to have an “immersive coffee experience” with its web3 and NFT rewards program, Starbucks Odyssey
Nickie Louise Posted On September 15, 2022


Starbucks, the world’s largest coffee chain, is joining the Web3 and NFT craze with the launch of Starbucks Odyssey, a new web3 and NFT rewards program that offers Starbucks Rewards members and Starbucks partners (employees) in the United States. The program appears to […]


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Ratio emerges from stealth with $411 million in equity, credit to launch ‘buy now, pay later’ (BNPL) for B2B SaaS
Nickie Louise Posted On September 15, 2022


The Buy now, pay later (BNPL) phenomenon has grown in popularity over the years as consumers seek alternative methods of financing. BNPL is a new payment option that allows consumers to receive their purchase right away (Buy Now), either online […]


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Adobe agrees to buy online design startup Figma for $20 billion deal
Nickie Louise Posted On September 15, 2022


The ongoing recession and market turmoil have done little to slow down merger and acquisition activities. This morning, Bloomberg just reported that Photoshop maker Adobe is nearing a deal to acquire online design tech startup Figma for $15 billion. Citing people with […]


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Twilio to lay off 11% of its total workforce as tech layoffs top 41,000
Nickie Louise Posted On September 14, 2022


Cloud communications provider Twilio will lay off 11% of its total workforce as part of a major restructuring plan, according to an SEC filing published Wednesday. According to the filing, Twilio said the Restructuring Plan will include the elimination of approximately 11% of the […]


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Verkada raises $205M at $3.2 billion valuation to protect every building with cloud-connected security camera systems
Nickie Louise Posted On September 14, 2022


Verkada, a Silicon Valley startup founded six years ago with the vision to modernize the world of physical security,  said on Wednesday it has raised a $205 million Series D funding round led by Linse Capital. The round now pushes the […]


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How The New Internet Will Fix Online Privacy & Censorship
Nickie Louise Posted On September 14, 2022


The infamous Cambridge Analytica scandal blew the lid wide open on the Faustian bargain that every Internet user is forced to make. The scandal was one of the most notorious abuses of user data in history. In the mid 2010s, […]


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African most valuable startup Flutterwave adds Nigeria’s eNaira digital currency as payment option for merchants
Nickie Louise Posted On September 14, 2022


Flutterwave, an Africa-focused unicorn fintech startup, announced on Wednesday it has added Nigeria’s eNaira as a payment option for merchants, in a move that could help boost the adoption of the country’s digital currency. The announcement comes just two days […]


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FinTech  / Technology News
The 6 largest U.S. tech companies lost over $500 billion in just one day of stock market rout
Nickie Louise Posted On September 14, 2022


The elite trillion-dollar big tech club known as MAMATA used to be worth a combined market value of $10 trillion. But that changed this week after the turmoil in the stock market caused the six largest U.S. tech companies to lose over $500 billion in […]


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Cake DeFi launches a $50M global R&D hub in Singapore to develop best-in-class blockchain and digital asset technologies
Nickie Louise Posted On September 13, 2022


While the news of the crypto bear market dominates the headlines, one fintech continues to focus on the long-term view by building alliances and investing in the R&D and technology required to build the next phase of the digital asset […]


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EV charging tech startup TeraWatt Infrastructure raises over $1 billion to expand its charging networks
Nickie Louise Posted On September 13, 2022


In a battle against climate change, automakers and governments around the world are slowly moving away from traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in favor of electric vehicles. But one of the reasons for the slow adoption of electric vehicles […]


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Norwegian tech startup Xeneta lands $80 million to provide visibility into ocean and air freight rates
Nickie Louise Posted On September 13, 2022


The world is more global than ever. An estimated 80% of global goods are transported via ocean freight. On the other hand, air freight represents more than 35% of global trade by value, but less than 1% of trade by volume. In […]


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Google spins out Aalyria, a secret high-speed internet startup that provides satellite and cellular connectivity on planes and ships
Nickie Louise Posted On September 12, 2022


Alphabet’s Google just revealed a secret high-speed telecom project the search giant has been working on called Aalyria. Codenamed “Minkowski” within Google, the secret project was unveiled to the public on Monday. Google said it transferred almost a decade’s worth […]


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