Some of America’s favorite snacks and beverages – from Lay’s and SunChips to bubly, Gatorade and Pepsi – will soon be made using electricity from renewable sources, such as wind and solar. Yesterday, beverage giant PepsiCo announced that it plans to […]
Yesterday, we reported about Apple acquisition of Xnor.ai, an edge AI startup spin-out from Paul Allen’s research lab, for $200 million. Today, the AI2 Incubator, created by the Allen Institute for AI (AI2), announced it has raised $10 million pre-seed fund for AI […]
Would you like to turn your energy resources into revenue? Renewable energy startup Leap might be able to help you. Leap is a marketplace for universal distributed energy resources to participate in the energy market. Leap allows every connected device to help balance […]
Stack Overflow is the most trusted online developer community, visited by over 50 million people each month. Today the company announced the appointment of Teresa Dietrich as Chief Product Officer. With over 20 years of experience, Dietrich has a successful […]
Every year, we compile a list of startups with a valuation of $1 billion or more, otherwise known as unicorn startup companies. A unicorn is a privately held startup company with a current valuation of US$1 billion or more. As of August […]
Security Compass, a software security startup that provides organizations with the knowledge, training, and technology to make software secure, announced today it has secured growth equity funding from FTV Capital. The total amount of the investment was not disclosed. The new investment […]
Alior Bank, BNP Paribas and PKO Bank Polski, banks representing approx. 30 percent assets of the Polish banking sector, have together invested $4.48 million (PLN 17 million) in Autenti, a Polish fintech startup that provides a platform for electronic agreement signing […]
Tech giant Apple has acquired Xnor.ai, an artificial intelligence startup that came from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s research lab. The acquisition suggests that Apple may be planning to Xnor.ai’s machine learning tools int iPhones and iPads in the future, with processing […]
KKR, leading global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate and credit, today announced that has closed its $2.2 billion Next Generation Technology Growth Fund II. The fund, called “NGT II” or the […]
Venture capital investments in the digital heath startups slowed in 2018 to $8.9 billion. According to a report Mercom Capital Group, LLC, a global communications and research firm, global venture capital (VC) funding in digital health, including private equity and corporate […]
Google has been on buying spree lately. With billions of dollars in war chest, Google announced the acquisition of two tech startups: Dublin’s Pointy, which helps brick-and-mortar retailers list their products online, and Seattle-based AppSheet, a tech startup that helps anyone […]
Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Wednesday, January 15, 2020. Amazon pledges $1 billion to small businesses in India. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced a $1 billion investment in India, even as the e-Commerce giant faces […]
Goldman Sachs sold its entire stake in ride-hailing giant Uber in the fourth quarter 0f 2019, according to a report from CNBC, citing person with direct knowledge of the move. Nobody knows for sure why the Wall Street giant sold its […]
Do you need a certified, insured bartenders for your corporate or private events? Host may be able to help you. Host is the first application-based platform connecting corporations with certified and insured bartenders. Whether it’s a corporate happy hour, wedding, social […]
Leading online business platform Kajabi has announced the release of Pages, a fully redesigned feature that gives users more control and fewer complications when designing optimized landing pages for their websites. Some 25,000 Kajabi customers already leverage the platform for […]
Buoyed by strong stock price, Tesla is reportedly in talks to buy cobalt from from Glencore for Shanghai Car Factory, according to a report from Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. The deal would help Tesla avoid a supply squeeze on the […]
Many startup employees find themselves wealthy “on paper” but lack sufficient liquidity, knowledge, and confidence to take full advantage of their equity. Often companies do not provide their employees with the tools to evaluate their financial options or take advantage […]
Anyline, a Vienna-based Vienna-based tech startup and a provider of a Software Development Kit (SDK) that allows anyone to build real-time mobile OCR apps with the highest recognition rates, announced today it has $12 million series A funding to double […]
Highlights Ninety-six percent of viewers will use a personalized channel if offered by TV broadcasters. Viewers prepared to pay £14.30 per month for personalized channels on top of existing TV subscription. Seventy-seven percent of viewers were more likely to renew […]
Another day, another security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10. This time, the severe security flaw was found by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). The agency reported on its website that it discovered a major security flaw that could let […]