May 2, 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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OneSignal lands $50M to help businesses send push notifications to mobile apps, SMS, and email
Nickie Louise Posted On September 1, 2022


OneSignal, a YCombinator-backed tech startup designed to help businesses send notifications across every channel,  today announced it has raised $50 million in a Series C funding round to grow its customer messaging and engagement platform and expand its global footprint in Europe, Asia, […]


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Jumia partners with Zipline to launch on-demand drone package delivery in remote areas of Africa
Nickie Louise Posted On September 1, 2022


Jumia, the African e-commerce company, has joined forces with drone-delivery startup Zipline to launch an on-demand drone delivery in remote areas of Ghana, the companies announced Thursday. They launched the pilot program and testing a few months ago in Ghana and […]


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Twitter will now let you edit your tweets, if you’re willing to pay
Nickie Louise Posted On September 1, 2022


In June 2021, Twitter launched Twitter Blue,  a subscription service priced to let you “undo tweets.” It was the company’s first subscription service designed for power users willing to pay a monthly fee for exclusive features. Priced at $2.99 per month, the new […]


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Thalamos gets $1M to digitize the Mental Health Act and reduce access to treatment time from 7 days to 15 hours
Nickie Louise Posted On September 1, 2022


The mental health pandemic is a serious issue affecting millions of Americans. Sadly, the pandemic is not limited to the United States. According to the latest UN data, nearly one billion people worldwide suffer from some form of mental disorder. Fewer […]


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Proptech startup Wreno raises $5M in seed funding to provide in-demand skills for tradespeople and connect them with iBuyers, REITs, and real estate companies
Nickie Louise Posted On August 31, 2022


Wreno, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based proptech startup that aims to connect tradespeople and trade partners with institutional real estate companies, has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Lerer Hippeau with participation from Fifth Wall, Owl Ventures, and NFX, among others. The […]


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Europe’s most valuable fintech startup Klarna reports its biggest loss ever, posts nearly $600M loss in just 6 months
Nickie Louise Posted On August 31, 2022


In May, Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) pioneer Klarna announced it was laying off 10% of its workforce as the economic downturn hits the buy now, pay later space. Then in June, Klarna raised a massive $800 million in down round funding […]


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Neutral Foods gets $12M from Bill Gates, Cuban, and LeBron James to produce milk that fights climate change
Nickie Louise Posted On August 31, 2022


As the battle against climate change rages on, people are now turning to alternative foods to save the planet. According to a recent study conducted by Ipsos Retail Performance, there has been a 300% increase in veganism in the United States alone. […]


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Snapchat parent company Snap to lay off 20% of its total workforce as tech layoffs top 40,000
Nickie Louise Posted On August 30, 2022


Snapchat parent company Snap is planning to lay off about 20% of its more than 6,400 employees starting tomorrow, the Verge reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The social network company joins a growing list of tech […]


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Somalytics bags $1.9M in seed funding to mass produce the world’s smallest nano-based capacitive sensor that can ‘feel’ human presence
Nickie Louise Posted On August 30, 2022


Nanotechnology has been around for over half a century. American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate Richard Feynman first introduce the concept in 1959. More than six decades later, advances in nanotechnology are making it possible to develop tiny electronics embedded in […]


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What Does The Fall In Smartphone Shipments Mean For Tech Giants Like Apple?
Nickie Louise Posted On August 30, 2022


Many people today cannot imagine life without their smartphones. These small devices are constantly by our side. But have you ever stopped to wonder what the future might hold? According to analysts at CCS Insight, there is a very high […]


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DeFi insurance startup InsurAce announces $12 million insurance payouts to 155 victims of Terra $UST crash
Nickie Louise Posted On August 30, 2022


Remember TerraUSD (UST), the stablecoin that collapsed and lost 99% of its value overnight?  Terra was ranked among the top 10 most valuable cryptocurrencies before the collapse. But in just 24 hours, the Terra crash wiped out the life savings […]


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Sony acquires Helsinki-based mobile games startup Savage Game Studios in a push to expand beyond console gaming
Nickie Louise Posted On August 29, 2022


Sony Group Corp announced on Monday it will acquire Helsinki, Finland-based mobile games tech startup Savage Game Studios as part of a major push to expand beyond console gaming. The total amount of the transaction was not disclosed. As part of […]


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Indonesia’s GoTo Group jumps into crypto space with $8.5 million acquisition of local crypto exchange startup PT Kripto Maksima Koin
Nickie Louise Posted On August 29, 2022


Indonesia’s biggest tech company GoTo Gojek Tokopedia has acquired a local crypto exchange startup PT Kripto Maksima Koin for 124.84 billion rupiahs ($8.38 million) to expand into the cryptocurrency space, the company said in a filing with the stock exchange regulator on Monday. […]


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Bitcoin price falls below $20,000 yet again over rumors of Mt.Gox’s 137,000 Bitcoin dump
Nickie Louise Posted On August 29, 2022


Bitcoin’s roller-coaster ride continued over the weekend as the world’s most popular dipped below $20,000 for the first time since June. Bitcoin was down by 1.5% at $19,946 on Saturday after rumors that the now-defunct Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox was selling […]


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Top fitness app Sweat Economy to launch Web3 token on DAO Maker
Nickie Louise Posted On August 26, 2022


The Sweat Economy, the maker of the app that’s making a “healthier planet” and a “healthier, wealthier you,” is hosting its Web3 token sale for SWEAT on DAO Maker’s launch pad plus the release of its new Sweat Wallet product. […]


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Elon Musk’s SpaceX partners with T-Mobile to connect mobile phones to satellites, boost cell coverage in remote locations, and SAVE LIVES
Nickie Louise Posted On August 26, 2022


Suppose you are taking a hike on a remote hiking trail and your phone suddenly dies. No one is with you, you have no mode of communication, and you are miles away from the nearest town. How do you call for […]


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Australia-based Lumachain lands $19.5M to transform the $1.5 trillion meat industry and change how our food is produced for good
Nickie Louise Posted On August 25, 2022


The world’s food supply chain is broken and Sydney, Australia-based LumaChain has a plan to fix it. With globalization, it’s almost impossible to trace the origins of the food we eat. In addition, the $1.5 trillion global meat industry also has an […]


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David Holtzman, Internet Pioneer and Architect of the DNS System, Joins Naoris Protocol as Distributed Systems, CyberSecurity & Blockchain Advisor
Nickie Louise Posted On August 25, 2022


David H. Holtzman is an Internet pioneer, a former security analyst, technologist, military code-breaker, futurist, activist, privacy expert, technologist, technology executive, and writer. Over his career life, the initiatives he led have transformed and radically changed the way people interact […]


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AI HealthTech startup Avenda Health lands $10 million Series B to advance prostate cancer treatment
Nickie Louise Posted On August 25, 2022


Other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer among American men, according to The American Cancer Society’s estimates for prostate cancer in the United States for 2022. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among […]


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ZEBOX America announces cohort of 9 new startups for its logistics and supply chain accelerator program
Nickie Louise Posted On August 24, 2022


In February 2021, we covered ZEBOX when Searoutes, one of the startups incubated in its fast track program in January 2019, raised $2.7 million in funding to help shippers reduce their carbon footprint and GHG emissions. ZEBOX is an international incubator […]


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