Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Thursday, January 23, 2020. Apple announces a new incentive program to let gym-goers earn benefits for working out with Apple Watch. Apple today announced its new “Apple Watch Connected” gym initiative, a […]
Hivebrite, a tech startup and a provider of a community management platform that helps clients build brand engagement and opportunities, has closed $20 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners. Hivebrite plans to use the new funding proceeds to accelerate […]
CloudKnox Security, a tech startup and a provider of identity authorization for hybrid and multi-cloud environments, today announced that it closed $12 million in a new round of funding to further accelerate the company’s product and go-to-market plans. The round, which was […]
Flowspace, the leading warehousing and fulfillment technology platform, today announced Jerry Kingkade as the company’s first chief revenue officer. It’s been a year of expansion for Flowspace, as the company raised Series A financing, grew from 20 to 50 employees, […]
Traditional email clients, such as Gmail and Outlook, were designed for consumers and individuals, not for teams or businesses. By rethinking the inbox from the work context, Front gives teammates access to relevant content, enables productive transparency, and allows brands […]
Finance teams in many organization are playing an increasingly important role in operational business planning. Already trusted to accurately report financial results and drive financial planning, many organizations are now tasking the CFO and finance teams with more responsibility, including […]
Canapi Ventures, a Wilmington-based venture capital firm investing in early to growth-stage fintech companies, announced the launch of its inaugural $545 million fintech venture funds to support innovation in financial services. The funds, which are centered around early to growth-stage financial […]
Ethereum Classic Labs, the core development and accelerator organization for the Ethereum Classic blockchain, today announced a $1 million commitment that will launch a key partnership with the UNICEF Innovation Fund. Blockchain start-ups that are working on social impact projects […]
Think about this for a moment. What if a stranger could snap a quick picture of you in a public place (which is perfectly legal) and use an app to quickly find your name, address and other details? A small […]
Inception XR, a Tel-Aviv Israel-based next-generation immersive (VR/AR) content network, today announced the launch of of augmented reality kids library service in collaboration with LG U+. This edutainment AR mobile reading app for children follows the success of Inception’s leading […]
LumApps, a social, mobile, and smart intranet to connect and engage all employees in a central hub, announced it has a $70 million Series C funding round to help companies accelerate workforce productivity by centralizing employee communications, workflows, and applications. The round, […]
Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Wednesday, January 22, 2020. African unicorn Jumia looks to services, platforms to halt slide. African e-commerce unicorn Jumia Technologies, which last year became Africa’s first tech startup to list […]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security estimates that 90 percent of security incidents reported are caused by exploiting defects in the code or design of software. In 2019 alone over 17,000 software vulnerabilities were discovered – a nearly 300% increase […]
For the first time, Tesla reached a $100 billion market cap at the beginning of trading Wednesday, setting the stage for massive payout for CEO Elon Musk. The electric car company’s stock was up nearly 6% early Wednesday, pushing its […]
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, U.S. President Donald Trump praised Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in an interview with CNBC yesterday. The president praised Elon Musk as one of the world’s “great geniuses,” of our time. He […]
Veego Software, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based startup that is putting an end to malfunctions in the connected homes, today announced the Veego Self-Care solution based on artificial intelligence (AI) and other advanced technologies, enabling real-time self-support in the connected home. The solution […]
American households held over $98 trillion of wealth in 2018. Wealth, or net worth, is defined as total assets minus total liabilities, according to data by Brookings Institution. Projections are that nearly $68.4 trillion in wealth will pass hands to heirs over […]
Data-driven decision-making will profoundly change business, but most enterprises are still mired in data that’s too big and complex to understand and act on. The ability to successfully leverage data for analytics has long powered such industry bellwethers as Google, Facebook […]
Memphis Meats, a food tech startup and leading cell-based meat, poultry and seafood company, announced today it has closed $161 million Series funding round. The round was led by tech heavyweights including SoftBank Group, Norwest and Temasek. Also joining the round […]
Sysdig, a container security startup that enables companies to securely run cloud-native workloads in production, said today it has secured a massive $70 million in Series E round of funding that brings its total capital raised to $206 million. The round […]