Morgan Stanley, the tony investment bank for rich Americans and corporations, will acquire brokerage firm E-Trade for $13 billion, the companies announced Thursday. The Wall Street investment giant will pay $58.74 a share in stock for E-Trade in a deal bringing […]
As part of its push into the enterprise, Google announced yesterday it has acquired Dutch startup Cornerstone Technology. The total amount of the deal was not disclosed. Google says the acquisition will help it to migrate customers’ mainframe workloads to Google Cloud. Google […]
Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Thursday, February 20, 2020. Google Cloud, on a buying spree, acquires IT startup company Cornerstone Technology. Google Cloud has acquired Cornerstone Technology as it targets the mainframe. CEO Thomas Kurian has […]
Many of you have probably never heard of Subscription watch club Eleven James. The New York City-based startup started back in 2013 as a lifestyle brand to pioneer the luxury experience for the digital age. Eleven James supposedly had thousands of members […]
Brace, a Los Angeles-based digital mortgage-servicing platform that allows for mortgage investors, servicers, and borrowers to work together seamlessly, has raised an additional $10M in Series A funding to expand the Company’s platform with additional SaaS technology impacting other segments within the lifecycle […]
In an age of constant connectivity and social sharing, users have become the primary target for the adversary. This raises a challenge for individuals and organizations alike to protect themselves and digital assets on social media platforms. Enter ZeroFox, a […]
Maven Clinic, a female-led startup and a provider of virtual clinic dedicated for women and family health, has raised $45 million in Series C funding to disrupt how the market and employers are approaching healthcare for working families. The round, which is one of […]
Enterprises spend billions of dollars on various enterprise applications and employee training, yet industry research shows that 85 percent of business executives are challenged with user adoption of new technologies. While a typical enterprise uses over 300 cloud applications, not […]
The last time we wrote about Grab was back in 2019 when the Southeast Asian ride-hailing startup announced a $2 billion into Indonesia using funds from Japan’s SoftBank Group. Now, according to a new report from Bloomberg, Japan’s largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ […]
DivvyCloud, a provider of security and compliance automation for cloud and container environments, today released its 2020 Cloud Misconfigurations Report, which substantiates the growing trend of data breaches caused by cloud misconfigurations and quantifies their impact on companies and consumers […]
Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Wednesday, February 19, 2020. Lyft resumes shared electric bike rentals in New York City. Electric Citi Bikes return after being pulled for safety issues. Lyft announced Wednesday it will roll out […]
Finnish telecom networks maker Nokia announced Wednesday it has agreed to acquire privately-held New York-based tech company Elenion Technologies to boost its optical networking business and broaden its offering to telecoms operators. The value of the acquisition was not disclosed. Founded […]
BitGo, the world’s largest processor of on-chain Bitcoin transactions, announced today that it is acquiring Harbor, a digital securities platform that is reengineering private securities with blockchain technology to help usher in a new wave of tokenized securities backed by real-world […]
As consumers set goals for 2020, financial wellness remains top of mind — nearly 100 million Americans have a credit score of 600 or lower or are unscoreable because of a lack of credit information, according to the Financial Health […]
Digital Motors, an innovation leader in automotive retail and financial technology (FinTech), has partnered with Autotech Ventures to accelerate its growth strategy. The company’s configurable online store technology can be integrated with the websites, systems, and processes of any dealership, […]
Subscription-based business model is common among many online businesses. While subscriptions are an increasingly popular business model, this monetization model still requires quite a lot of developer and tech resources for businesses to launch, grow and manage at scale. Limio is a London-based […]
Fake news websites, commonly known as hoax news websites, are Internet websites that deliberately publish fake news—hoaxes, propaganda, and disinformation purporting to be real news. The sites often using social media like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to drive web traffic […]
Veravas, a Charleston, South Carolina-based diagnostic startup has raised $4 million in funding from private investors. The financing, which comes through the issuance of convertible notes, will be used to transform laboratory medicine with technology that delivers superior test results, providing […]
QuintessenceLabs, a Canberra, Australia-based quantum cybersecurity startup, announced today that it secured an investment to accelerate the development and delivery of cutting-edge technologies to the national security communities of the U.S. and its allies. The total amount of investment was not […]
The commercial insurance industry is a $120 billion business and continues to accelerate. However, the industry is still plague with delays and and inefficient processes. It can take a commercial insurance agent up to 5 hours to write an insurance policy […]