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Finnish cybersecurity startup Hoxhunt raises $40M amid raising cyberattack numbers

Nickie Louise Posted On May 31, 2022

With the ongoing global economic downturn, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for cash-strapped startups to raise funding to support their operations. Many have turned to capital preservation measures including layoffs to keep their business afloat. But while many technology startups are […]

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World’s first flying electric taxi boat, the Candela P-8 Voyager, debuts in Venice Italy

Nickie Louise Posted On May 30, 2022

Candela is a Swedish tech startup and maker of electric flying passenger boats with zero emissions. Unlike conventional speedboats with big combustion engines that use huge amounts of gasoline, Candela electric flying passenger boat emits no waste products that pollute the environment or […]

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Layoffs hit online delivery tech startups as instant grocery delivery boom comes to a grinding halt

Nickie Louise Posted On May 27, 2022

The current bear market has sent ripples around the world and the tech sector is not immune from the global economic downturn. As we reported early this month, big tech companies lost more than $1 trillion in market value in just three […]

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Oracle Red Bull Racing to unveil 2022 NFT collection at the Monaco Grand Prix, powered by Bybit and Tezos

Nickie Louise Posted On May 27, 2022

We covered Bybit back in March after the crypto exchange startup announced it was investing in new technology to disrupt DeFi and drive revolutionary changes and prepare the world for decentralization. Now, the startup is working with Tezos to unveil the 2022 […]

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Twitter fined $150 million for selling users’ data

Nickie Louise Posted On May 26, 2022

Using users’ personal information for targeted marketing is becoming rampant among big tech companies. In February, Meta’s Facebook agreed to pay $90 million to settle a privacy lawsuit for tracking users’ activity even after they logged out of its website. Now, […]

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Candivore, the Israeli gaming startup behind the popular game Match Masters, raises $10M while Robbie Williams stars in their new Campaign

Nickie Louise Posted On May 26, 2022

Candivore, the Israeli gaming tech startup behind the popular mobile game Match Masters, has raised $10 million to accelerate growth for the company’s games such as Match Masters and others. Match Masters is a hit mobile game with more than 30 million […]

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Elrond-based Cantina Royale to Launch Free-to-Play P2E Game on iOS and Android

Nickie Louise Posted On May 26, 2022

The popularity of NFTs has led to new blockchain platforms rising to offer play-to-earn games to help players earn more money. Back in March, we covered Cross The Ages, a France blockchain tech startup that recently raised $12 million in seed […]

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Broadcom buys cloud service provider VMware for $61 billion to expand into enterprise software business

Nickie Louise Posted On May 26, 2022

As you may recall, on Monday we reported that chipmaker giant Broadcom was in talks to acquire cloud service provider VMware to expand into the enterprise software business. Now, the chipmaker giant is now confirming the report. Today, Broadcom announced it […]

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Former Binance executives launch a $100M venture fund to invest in crypto and blockchain tech startups

Nickie Louise Posted On May 26, 2022

The ongoing global economic downturn has not stopped investors from pouring billions into the cryptocurrency space. As you may recall, yesterday Andreessen Horowitz launched a $4.5 billion crypto fund to invest in crypto and blockchain tech startup companies. Today, a group of […]

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Climate tech startup Flowcarbon raises $70 million in funding led by a16z crypto to tokenize carbon credits

Nickie Louise Posted On May 25, 2022

Flowcarbon, a blockchain-enabled carbon credit trading platform backed by WeWork founder Adam Neumann, has raised $70 million in its first major funding to tokenize carbon credits and build an on-chain market. The funding round was led by a16z crypto, with participation from General Catalyst, […]

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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey will leave Twitter’s board of directors today

Nickie Louise Posted On May 25, 2022

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey will reportedly leave Twitter’s board of directors today 16 years after co-founding the firm. Dorsey, who is friendly with Elon Musk, is expected to stand down ahead of the $44 billion takeover by Tesla CEO Elon […]

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Elon Musk’s deep fake video promoting a scam cryptocurrency trading platform BitVex goes viral

Nickie Louise Posted On May 25, 2022

In 2020, Samsung unveiled new AI algorithms that make it easy to create moving faces from just a single photo. Since then, fake video has increased in popularity as new AI and machine learning technology now make it easier for […]

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A Match Made in Healthcare Heaven: Muscle-Stimulating Electrodes and VR

Nickie Louise Posted On May 25, 2022

Investing in a VR headset to recreate the experience of the sci-fi film Ready Player One is the dream of all VR gamers, but imagine having a muscle stimulator built into the technology for a truly immersive experience that emulates […]

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Andreessen Horowitz launches a $4.5 billion fund to invest in crypto and blockchain tech startups

Nickie Louise Posted On May 25, 2022

Four years ago, Silicon Valey heavyweight Andreessen Horowitz launched its first crypto-focused fund during a downturn now known as “crypto winter.” The $300 million funding came at a time when bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies had dropped by more than 50 percent. […]

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Flexa, a female-founded tech startup, raises $2.9M to demystify flexible work and bring transparency to the global hiring market

Nickie Louise Posted On May 25, 2022

In the summer of 2021, a record 4.3 million Americans voluntarily quit their jobs in what some are calling the beginning of the “Great Resignation.” It was one of the highest “quit rates” ever recorded since the government started keeping track two decades ago. Experts […]

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Singularity raises $4.5M seed round to decarbonize the grid and make sense of CO2 emissions data

Nickie Louise Posted On May 24, 2022

Singularity Energy, a SaaS platform founded by a team of experts from Harvard, MIT, and Johns Hopkins, has closed a $4.5 million seed to bring greater data transparency and intelligence to grid decarbonization. Deep decarbonization refers to the types of changes in energy […]

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Health tech startup Circles raises $16 million in funding to stop the mental health pandemic

Nickie Louise Posted On May 24, 2022

May is a mental health awareness month, a month to educate the public, remove the stigma, and support people with mental illness and their families. We’ve been writing about mental health startups in recent years to raise awareness of the mental health […]

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Nitro League Releases Updated Roadmap To Launch It’s Racing Metaverse

Nickie Louise Posted On May 24, 2022

Nitro League – a decentralized racing metaverse – announced the release of its updated roadmap. As the team behind the first racing metaverse continues to make waves in the NFT and blockchain communities, several important milestones have been met and […]

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B2B payments tech startup PayEngine raises $10M Series A for its white-label payments platform for vertical market software vendors

Nickie Louise Posted On May 23, 2022

Over the years, many SaaS companies have decided to integrate payments into their platforms to open up new revenue streams. However, maximizing the revenue is something else altogether. That’s why Los Angeles-based tech startup PayEngine is aiming to help vertical […]

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British online supermarket Ocado acquires robotics tech startup Myrmex for $10.2 million

Nickie Louise Posted On May 23, 2022

Ocado, a British online supermarket, announced Monday it has agreed to buy materials handling robotics tech startup Myrmex Inc for $10.2 million. In 2020, Ocado recently acquired a minority stake in Athens-based Myrmex. Ocado said that the acquisition of Myrmex will enable […]

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