On 5 February, six startups won industry accolades as well as sharing more than $85,000 in cash and business support at the 10th annual Startup Challenge at SPIE Photonics West. For the first time, the pitch competition included two distinct […]
Elliptic, a London, England-based startup that makes cryptocurrency transaction activity more transparent and accountable, has raised $23 million Series B funding to invest in its discovery product and help accelerate global expansion, with a particular focus on Asia. Wells Fargo contributed $5 million […]
Praetorian, an Austin, Texas-based cybersecurity startup, has secured $10M Series A round of funding to help enterprises navigate the escalating cybersecurity risks of the coming decade. The backers for this round include Bill Wood Ventures and McKinsey & Company. In […]
Virtualization has fundamentally transformed IT over the past decades. Now, the San Francisco-based cloud Datometry wants to brings the core tenets of virtualization now to databases with Hyper-Q, a platform that virtualizes the data warehouse. Here is why this a […]
Twenty years ago, if anyone had suggested that video gaming could create millionaires, the assumption would have been that it was the games’ developers who’d be making the money. But now it’s more than possible to win seven-figure sums simply […]
In an industry rife with fraud, how do you know exactly what you are buying, selling or growing? That’s the problem LeafWorks is on a mission to address. LeafWorks is a female-founded genetics company specializing in plant identification, research and development for […]
CybelAngel, a cybersecurity startup and a digital risk management platform that provides enterprises with actionable threat intelligence, announced today it has raised $36 million in series B funding to accelerate global expansion, build strategic partnerships and advance the capabilities of its […]
Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Wednesday, February 12, 2020. Facebook’s WhatsApp now has 2 billion users worldwide, half a billion shy of Facebook’s monthly active users. Facebook’s WhatsApp officially hits 2 billion user milestone today. CEO […]
Battery Ventures, a 37-year old global, technology-focused investment firm, announced today it has closed two new funds worth a combined $2 billion to continue backing innovative technology companies worldwide in a variety of sectors. Battery closed Battery Ventures XIII, a […]
The Coronavirus is forcing organizations globally to trial a remote workforce model. We discuss the expected results of this involuntary experiment. The Coronavirus outbreak forces organizations globally to trial work from home arrangements As China continues to combat the crippling effects […]
Nearly 70% of the world’s population is expected to live in urban areas by 2050. Therefore, it is no longer just governments that need to understand cities — business are turning to urban planning for key insights too. Enter UrbanFootprint, a […]
We live in a digital world where microseconds matter. That’s why the world’s largest organizations are turning to this obscure startup to power their time-sensitive applications at scale. Hazelcast is a San Mateo, CA-based startup and a provider of an open-source in-memory computing platform used for […]
For years, IT experts promised technology would solve the world’s information management problems, but 85% of business information is still “dark data,” potentially useful insights lost in a rising tide of disconnected documents, emails, Slack conversations, voice-to-text messages, and myriad […]
Andrew Yang, a respected tech leader and founder of Venture for America founder, has dropped out of the presidential race. The announcement ends his ambition, this time around, for the president of the United States. For some of you following […]
As SpaceX prepares to launch first astronauts, the space company announced today it has hired William “Bill” Gerstenmaier, the former NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations. He will be reporting to VP Hans Koenigsmann. SpaceX is only a couple of […]
In the United States, startup employees, the company builders, forgo 50% of $60 Billion in unexercised stock options every year. When employees leave their startup, they have a limited amount of time to exercise their stock options before they expire. […]
Brandless, a SoftBank-backed direct-to-consumer startup focused on food, beauty and personal care products, has shut down operations. The San Francisco-based was founded in 2016 by Ido Leffler and Tina Sharkey. Before the shutdown, Brandless raised up to $292.5 million for its vision […]
Back in January, we wrote about GoDaddy when the world’s most popular domain registrar acquired South Africa-based social content startup Over to expand beyond domain names and websites. Now the biggest news in the industry in years. Today, GoDaddy announced it […]
Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Tuesday, February 11, 2020. Google’s HR head to step down amid tension among employees. Google human resources chief Eileen Naughton is stepping down from her role amid growing tensions between […]
Two US wireless providers T-Mobile and Sprint are merging together in a bid to take on Verizon. A federal judge in New York has approved the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint in a controversial decision Tuesday, according to a report from Wall […]