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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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Apple is now worth more than Meta, Amazon, and Google’s Alphabet combined

Nickie Louise Posted On November 3, 2022

As tech stocks crater, Apple appears to be weathering the storm better than the once-trillion-dollar rivals like Google’s Alphabet, Amazon, and Facebook’s Meta. Over the past month, Apple stocks have held up during this bad market faring better than its […]

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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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“Power to the people!” Elon Musk unveils $8/month blue checkmark on Twitter for everyone

Nickie Louise Posted On November 1, 2022

Just a few days after taking ownership of Twitter, Elon Musk has reached out to Twitter users soliciting ideas on how to make Twitter better. Two days ago, Jason Calacanis polled Twitter users about how much they would like to […]

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Aeroseal is a climate tech startup that seals your leaky home so you waste less energy and save on electric bill

Nickie Louise Posted On November 1, 2022

Every year, the average American home spends about $40 every year on leaking electricity from major household appliances. Other studies also showed that leaky ductwork increases total cooling and heating energy usage by as much as 30%. That’s about 30 cents […]

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Volkswagen sells WeShare to German car-sharing tech startup Miles Mobility

Nickie Louise Posted On November 1, 2022

German automaker Volkswagen AG is selling its WeShare car-sharing business to German tech startup Miles Mobility GmbH. The sale is part of the effort by Europe’s biggest automaker to pull back from what has largely been known as an unprofitable sector. […]

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Is Elon Musk bringing back short-video app Vine to take on Tik Tok?

Nickie Louise Posted On November 1, 2022

In early 2015, Twitter bought the short-video app Vine for $30 Million before it had ever gotten a chance to launch. By December 2015, Vine had grown in popularity with over 200 million active users. But in October 2016, Twitter shut […]

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Ammunition tech startup TV Ammo to go public in a $1.2 billion SPAC deal

Nickie Louise Posted On November 1, 2022

After several months of drought, special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deals appear to be gaining momentum once again. So far this year, SPAC deals account for 82 out of the 107 US initial public offerings (IPOs), according to data from the SPAC analytics […]

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JP Morgan launches Story, an online real estate management platform that simplifies rent collection for property owners and landlords

Nickie Louise Posted On October 31, 2022

J.P. Morgan has quietly rolled out an online real estate management platform that let property owners, landlords, and managers automate the invoicing and receipt of online rent payments. Called Story, the all-in-one platform helps to make payments stress-free for property owners […]

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The rise and fall of Facebook: Meta loses over $700 billion over risky bet on the metaverse; stock sinks 73%

Nickie Louise Posted On October 31, 2022

Before changing its name to Meta, Facebook is probably the most hated company in the world. In a just few months, the once $1 trillion social giant has seen its market value crash to just $246 billion. “Facebook’s monopoly is […]

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Dublin-based tech startup EVERYANGLE bags €2.7M to grow its computer vision and machine learning platform to analyze CCTV footage

Nickie Louise Posted On October 31, 2022

In just eight decades, closed-circuit television (CCTV) has grown in popularity as homes, businesses and organizations use the video surveillance system to help record images and videos of their critical assets. The CCTV camera works by monitoring, recording video images, and transmitting them […]

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Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce of 7,500 employees in first round of job cuts, report

Nickie Louise Posted On October 31, 2022

Less than a week after billionaire Elon Musk completed the $44 billion acquisition, Twitter is planning to lay off 25% of its workforce of 7,500 employees in the first round of job cuts, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing a person familiar […]

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