Agragene, a San Diego, California-based agritech startup developing developing novel biological crop pest protection products using advanced CRISPR-based genome engineering, has raised $1.2 million in a seed funding to expand field trials and commercialization of Agragene’s eco-friendly alternatives to chemical pesticides. The round was […]
Billionaire Paul Singer’s Elliott Management has purchased a stake Twitter and is reportedly seeking to oust its chief executive, Jack Dorsey. Paul Singer, a major Republican donor is planning to push for changes at the social media company, including replacing Chief […]
Coronavirus Updates: There are now 85,733 of confirmed coronavirus cases of the virus worldwide and almost 3,000 deaths – the vast majority from mainland China, where the outbreak originated. There is currently no vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Researchers and […]
From Boston to San Francisco, robots are now being used in fast food restaurants to work alongside restaurant workers. The latest example is Flippy, a robot hamburger flipper and the world’s first autonomous robotic kitchen assistant. The robot was developed by Miso Robotics, […]
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said the coronavirus is starting to behave like the “once-in-a-century pathogen we’ve been worried about.” Comparing the ongoing coronovirus outbreak to influenza pandemic of 1957, which killed an estimated 66,000 people in the U.S., Gates said […]
How cool would it be to be able to fly your drone during an entire day instead of losing most of the time charging batteries or replacing them, like nowadays? This dream is now more reachable thanks to hybrid drones. […]
We covered Legit back in 2018 when the Cambridge, MA-based AI startup raised $2.6 million for its AI-enabled life sciences collaboration platform. We’ve not really been following the startup until this week. It turned out they’ve been quietly working for the past […]
With continued spread of deadly coronovirus all around the globe, many people are now avoiding public places to avoid being infected with the virus. This is a good news for e-commerce and online delivery companies. Today, RedMart, a grocery arm of e-commerce […]
Many healthcare organizations are finding their resources stretched as they strive to improve patient experience, meet patient expectations, and address a changing reimbursement landscape. Enter Solutionreach, a Lehi, Utah-based healthtech startup and a provider of cloud-based tools to help healthcare providers […]
With rise in the number of coronavirus cases around the world, scientists in the United States and Israel are a step closer to developing vaccine for the novel coronavirus. A group of Israeli researchers at the Galilee Research Institute (MIGAL) […]
This is the data repository for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Visual Dashboard operated by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering (JHU CCSE). Also, Supported by ESRI Living Atlas Team and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics […]
At-home car service startup RepairSmith announced yesterday it has acquired CarDash, a service-based startup with a shared mission to bring car owners convenient car repair and maintenance service. RepairSmith is backed by Daimler AG, one of the world’s most successful car companies. […]
The NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011. The mission successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. The Laboratory and its rover […]
A new report coming out of China said that about 14 per cent of patients who recovered from the novel coronavirus and were discharged from hospitals in southern China’s Guangdong province were tested positive again in later check-ups, according to […]
Lendio, a Lehi, Utah-based fintech startup and the nation’s largest marketplace for small business loans, today announced it has secured $55 million in funding, including $31 million in equity led by Mercato Partners’ Traverse Fund and a $24 million debt facility from […]
Coronavirus (officially known as COVID-19), which started back in Wuhan, China in December 2019, has taken the world by storm. As we reported earlier today, the virus has now claimed 2,814 lives with at least 82,585 confirmed cases. There are […]
Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Thursday, February 27, 2020. SoftBank-backed food delivery startup DoorDash prepares for IPO, confidentially files documents with SEC. Food delivery startup DoorDash announced Thursday it’s taken an initial step toward a public […]
NeuroVasc Technologies, a healthtech startup focused on novel catheter-based technologies to treat neurovascular disease, announced that it has closed $34M in funding through a strategic partnership with the Wego Group. The new capital infusion will be used to support the company’s […]
Curis, a biotechnology company focused on the development of innovative therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, today announced that it has entered into a common stock purchase agreement of up to $30 million with Aspire Capital Fund. Under the terms […]
Qure.ai, a Mumbai, India-based AI tech startup on a mission to make healthcare affordable and accessible using the power of artificial intelligence, announced today it has raised $16 miillion in a funding round to drive geographical expansion, expand product portfolio and support regulatory […]