June 8, 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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Cybersecurity startup Cymulate bags $75M to help enterprises control and optimize their security posture
Nickie Louise Posted On September 7, 2022


Cymulate, a breach and attack simulation platform that helps enterprises verify their security posture, has secured a $70 million Series D investment led by existing investors One Peak, with participation from Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE), Vertex Ventures Israel, Vertex Growth, and […]


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Israeli FoodTech startup BioBetter lands $10M in funding to solve cultivated meat’s bottleneck with tobacco plants
Nickie Louise Posted On September 7, 2022


In 2021, the internet erupted when Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates called on all the rich countries to change entirely to 100% lab-grown meat to save the planet from climate-change disasters. Cultivated meat, also known as cultured meat, is real animal […]


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Bitcoin’s rollercoaster ride continues, falling yet again below $19,000 as crypto winter continues
Nickie Louise Posted On September 6, 2022


A few months after the pandemic began, thousands if not millions of crypto enthusiasts and investors joined the crypto bandwagon and invested their life savings and stimulus checks in bitcoin. Some saw it as the opportunity to become overnight millionaires […]


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ZineOne bags $28M in Series C funding to grow its in-session marketing platform and convert anonymous consumers without cookies or PII
Nickie Louise Posted On September 6, 2022


A call-to-action to convert online visitors into customers is one of the biggest challenges facing most online businesses today. Currently, most sites depend on search data from companies like Google to better target online users. Others rely on cookies and […]


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SoftBank plans to invest $35 million in Indian car service and repair tech startup GoMechanic
Nickie Louise Posted On September 6, 2022


Last month, SoftBank reported its biggest ever loss, posting a $21.6 billion in just three months. But that has stopped the firm from making smaller bets on promising and innovative tech startups. This morning, Reuters is reporting that SoftBank Vision Fund is in […]


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Meta’s Instagram fined $400 million by Irish regulators for violating children’s privacy; raising serious concerns about the ethical standard of big tech companies
Nickie Louise Posted On September 6, 2022


Late last month, Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms agreed to pay $37.5 million for violating users’ privacy and tracking their movements through smartphones without their permission. Lawyers for the plaintiffs said that Facebook violated California law and its own privacy policy […]


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Self-driving tech firm Aurora mulls selling itself to Apple or Microsoft after losing 80% of its market value
Nickie Louise Posted On September 5, 2022


Aurora Innovation, a self-driving vehicle firm co-founded by former heads of self-driving programs at Google, Uber, and Tesla, is considering selling itself to Apple or Microsoft, according to a report from Bloomberg. In a sign of its struggles since going public late […]


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China’s discount e-commerce giant Pinduoduo launches U.S shopping site Temu to take on Amazon
Nickie Louise Posted On September 2, 2022


Chinese discount e-commerce behemoth Pinduoduo just launched a new U.S. shopping site as part of its push to make inroads into the overseas market and challenge Amazon. The new online site, called Temu, is a cross-border e-commerce website that sells everything […]


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WhatsApp bans 2.4 million Indian accounts in July for sending spam and harmful messages
Nickie Louise Posted On September 2, 2022


Every month, WhatsApp publishes its India Monthly Report in compliance with the country’s stricter IT law passed in 2021. Many of the banned accounts were used to send spam, harmful, and unwanted messages to other users on the platform. In […]


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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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