The U.S. Air Force through its accelerator program, AFWERX, has unveiled a new investment strategy to leverage new technology with the goal to help steer private resources toward new technologies that will benefit both US consumers and national security to stay […]
Comcast has agreed to buy Xumo, a Los Angeles-based tech startup and a provider of advertising-supported free streaming service that comes pre-installed on smart televisions. The interest in the 9-year old Xumo stems from its partnerships with smart television manufacturers and streaming […]
Despite the fact that AFib is a leading cause of stroke, people often do not experience symptoms, making it difficult to diagnose. More than 33 million people worldwide and up to six million Americans live with AFib.1,2 Up to 30% […]
Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Tuesday, February 25, 2020. Goldman Sachs, others invest $55 million in London-based fintech startup JUMO. JUMO, a technology startup company building next-generation financial services for emerging market entrepreneurs, today announced […]
We wrote about Revolut back in 2018 when the London-based fintech startup joined the unicorn startup club after raising $250 million in funding. The startup has grown exponentially since then. Today, Revolut announced it has raised $500 million in a […]
AgFunder, a venture capital firm focused on foodtech and agtech, today released a new report on 2019 investments in foodtech and agtech industry. According to the report, the sector has experienced 250% in funding growth over the last five years. Investments […]
JUMO, a technology startup company building next-generation financial services for emerging market entrepreneurs, today announced it has raised$55 million in debt and equity funding to support its expansion into new markets and the launch of new products. The funding round […]
Olea Edge Analytics, an IoT startup that empowers utilities to optimize water delivery, billing and conservation so cities can generate millions more in revenue, announced it has closed a $9 million Series B round of funding to support its rapid product […]
Field service management, the management of a company’s resources employed at or en route to the property of clients, rather than on company property, is critical to the success of OEMs, operators, and 3rd-party service providers. ServiceMax is a tech startup and […]
Car dealerships face increasing challenges with consumer privacy concerns and legacy business processes that rely heavily on inefficient manual, time intensive forms. To further complicate problems, the information from both paper and digital forms typically funnels into multiple disparate and […]
As part of its effort to protect Firefox browser users from online threat, Mozilla Foundation today announced the rollout of encrypted DNS over HTTPS (DoH) by default for US-based users. The rollout will continue over the next few weeks to […]
Deer & Co, the world’s leading farm equipment maker, announced today it is teaming up with Hello Tractor, a tractor-hailing agritech startup that help farmers to hail the machines via an app, monitors the vehicles’ movements and transmits usage information such […]
L1ght, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based AI startup designed to solve the crisis of online toxicity and how it impacts children, has raised $15M in a seed round for R&D and to scale the platform to meet market demand for a scalable […]
The spread of coronavirus seems to be slowing down in China as the country continues to put proper measure in place to slowdown the spread of the disease. However, the virus outbreak in Iran, Italy, and South Korea are raising […]
Karius, a life sciences startup that markets a test that can quickly detect hard-to-diagnose infections through a simple taking of blood, has secured $165 million in a new funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 21, with additional participation from […]
Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, is reportedly buying unicorn startup Credit Karma in a deal valued at around $7 billion in cash and stock. The acquisition would push the tax preparation giant further into consumer finance. Under the agreement, Credit Karma would […]
Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Monday, February 24, 2020. Former Facebook’s sustainability chief launches ClimateVoice to help employees push companies on climate. With hundreds of companies have committed to reducing emissions in their own operations […]
Shares of tech giants took a nose dive on Monday after a surge in coronavirus cases renewed fears of a global economic slowdown. Altogether, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft and Google — six of the most valuable U.S. companies — have collectively […]
SoftBank is back on strong footing again. Today, Behavox, a provider of an AI-driven platform that helps organizations to mitigate compliance, cyber and conduct risk, while identifying revenue opportunities in large volumes of communications data, announced it has raised a $100 […]
According to Packaged Facts, the U.S. pet food market is $30 billion strong, and it is expected to grow 2.6% a year on average over the next five years, easily outpacing the 1% annual growth rate for packaged human food. […]