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Venom, Iceberg launch a $1 billion Web3 venture fund VVF to invest in early-stage startups ahead of the next crypto bull run

Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2023

The ongoing recession and economic slowdown have created opportunities for companies and investors looking to invest in promising startups with the potential to become industry leaders and unicorns of tomorrow. The impact is even more felt in the crypto industry where […]

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Bankrupt FTX recovered over $5 billion in cash and ‘liquid’ assets, attorney says

Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2023

Crypto exchange FTX has recovered over $5 billion in cash and other liquid assets, an attorney representing the bankrupt Sam Bankman-Fried’s founded company told a judge on Wednesday. According to the lawyer, the $5 billion includes cash and digital assets, attorneys said […]

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Apple paid $320 billion to developers since 2008, a jump of $60 billion from last year

Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2023

Since 2008, Apple has been releasing the total amount of money developers earned from its App Store. This year is no different. The iPhone giant recently released some information about the growth of its popular App Store. However, unlike the […]

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London’s HealthTech startup Peppy raises $45M in Series B funding to expand into the US market

Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2023

When it comes to healthcare, attention is mostly focused on treatments for major diseases such as cancer and heart issues. However, everyday health needs like going through menopause or being diagnosed with endometriosis or PCOS, are underserved. That’s why London-based HealthTech […]

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Top tech startup news for Tuesday, January 10, 2023: BioNTech, Coinbase, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Virgin Orbit

Nickie Louise Posted On January 10, 2023

Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Tuesday, January 10, 2023. Virgin Orbit rocket launched from a jumbo jet suffered an anomaly that prevented it from reaching orbit UK space industry suffered a major […]

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Building Blocks event for web3 startups announced for ETH TLV with Collider, Fireblocks, and MarketAcross

Nickie Louise Posted On January 10, 2023

Building Blocks 23, a web3 builder-focused event, will be hosted in central Tel Aviv on February 7, 2023. Hosted by top Israeli companies as part of ETH TLV, the one-day Building Blocks event will bring together Ethereum developers and communities. […]

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BioNTech to acquire British AI startup InstaDeep for £562M to speed up drug discovery and bolster its drug development

Nickie Louise Posted On January 10, 2023

Over the years, AI and machine learning have been getting better and smarter in speeding up drug discovery. That’s why BioNTech, a German biotech company known for the development of covid vaccines with Pfizer, has decided to scoop up British artificial intelligence startup […]

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Coinbase to lay off around 1,000 employees as crypto contagion deepens

Nickie Louise Posted On January 10, 2023

Just a few days after Coinbase agreed to pay $100 million to settle with US regulators over anti-money-laundering law violations, the crypto exchange giant announced Tuesday that it will reduce its workforce by about 950 employees as part of the cost-cutting measures […]

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Microsoft in talks to invest $10 billion for 49% stake in ChatGPT owner, OpenAI

Nickie Louise Posted On January 10, 2023

Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ve definitely heard of ChatGPT, the best dialogue-based artificial intelligence chatbot ever released to the general public by OpenAI. However, Microsoft was one of the few companies that saw the potential in OpenAI before it became […]

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Top tech startup news for Monday, January 9, 2023: Ant Group, BlockFi, Microsoft, and Monogram Health

Nickie Louise Posted On January 9, 2023

Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Monday, January 9, 2023. Monogram Health closes $375 million in growth funding to support continued expansion Monogram Health, a Brentwood, Tennessee-based health tech startup that provides evidence-based, whole-person, in-home […]

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Microsoft acquires data center chip startup Fungible to power its Azure cloud platform using Fungible DPUs

Nickie Louise Posted On January 9, 2023

Microsoft today announced it has acquired Silicon Valley-based data center chip startup Fungible to bolster its Azure data center infrastructure using the Fungible data processing units (DPUs). However, Blocks and Files reported that the deal was valued at $190 million. Reports about […]

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Wolters Kluwer acquires US-based startup NurseTim to enhance portfolio of nursing education solutions

Nickie Louise Posted On January 9, 2023

Wolters Kluwer is on an acquisition spree. As we reported last week, The Netherlands-based company started the year with the acquisition of London-based tech startup Della AI to shore up its Legal & Regulatory software unit. Today, Wolters Kluwer Health announced it has […]

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January is already breaking tech layoff records as 18,392 tech workers lost their jobs in the first week of 2023

Nickie Louise Posted On January 9, 2023

The year is just getting started and large tech companies including Amazon, Salesforce, and Stitch Fix have already laid off 16,420 of their workers, according to Crunchbase. January 2023 became the second-largest layoff month since November 2022, when about 44,570 U.S. tech workers lost […]

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Ant Group postpones its $37 billion IPO as founder Jack Ma gives up control in major revamp

Nickie Louise Posted On January 9, 2023

Ant Group, a Chinese fintech giant founded by Alibaba owner Jack Ma, said it does not have a plan for an initial public offering (IPO), Reuters reported, citing an emailed statement from the company. Ant Group’s $37 billion IPO, which would have […]

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Top tech startup news for today, Friday, January 6, 2023: FTX, Mastercard, Mercedes-Benz, Polygon, Stitch Fix

Nickie Louise Posted On January 6, 2023

Good evening and happy Friday! It’s a super light news day so we’re not going to cover much ground today. With that, below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Friday, January 6, 2023. Mastercard launches web3-focused artist […]

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Biotech startup Perceive Bio closes $78M in Series B funding led by Johnson & Johnson to prevent the largest causes of irreversible blindness

Nickie Louise Posted On January 6, 2023

TL;DR Perceive Biotherapeutics, a Silicon Valley biotech tech startup focused on technologies and therapeutics in ophthalmology, has raised $78M in Series B funding led by Johnson & Johnson Innovation. Using decades of academic research, Perceive Biotherapeutics uses novel therapeutics to prevent the largest […]

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Stitch Fix to fire 20% of its employees as CEO steps down

Nickie Louise Posted On January 6, 2023

Tech layoffs continue unabated as a slew of big tech companies — ranging from Facebook’s Meta to Twitter— are letting employees go due to the ongoing recession and global economic slowdown. Stitch Fix is the latest to join the layoff phenomenon after the […]

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Crypto exchange Huobi to lay off 20% of staff as crypto winter worsens

Nickie Louise Posted On January 6, 2023

Just like an angel of death knocking at the door of every crypto company, crypto winter has come for Huobi. The crypto exchange is laying off 20% of its staff, Reuters reported Friday. The layoff is the latest sign of deep […]

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BMW unveils ‘i Vision Dee,’ a talking car with a ‘digital soul’ that shifts colors like a chameleon

Nickie Louise Posted On January 5, 2023

In what the German luxury automaker called “the next level of human-machine interaction,” BMW today unveiled a prototype for its i Vision Dee concept car during the automaker’s keynote at CES on Wednesday evening. The four-door futuristic sedan talks like a […]

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Forj lands $15M in funding to help communities grow their membership; announces merger

Nickie Louise Posted On January 5, 2023

Building and growing an online community can be challenging and time-consuming. You not only have to understand the needs of your community members, but you also have to think about community engagement, management, and a slew of other things to grow […]

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