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Nickie Louise

Nickie is a writer, editor, and co-founder of TechStartups.com based in the Washington Metropolitan Area. She covers early-stage startups, AI, emerging technologies, cryptocurrencies, gaming, and gadgets. When she’s not writing about innovation, Nickie enjoys crafts, spending time with her family and children, hiking, and exploring God’s majestic creation.


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Global AI Internet Freedom Fund launches $20 million investment fund to drive growth and innovation in growth stage AI startup companies
Nickie Louise Posted On August 27, 2019


Global AI Internet Freedom Fund (GAIIFF), LP today announced the launch of their new $20 million investment to fuel next generation of applied artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. GAIIFF will invest in and nurture cutting edge technologies aimed at solving real-world […]


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Insurtech startup Kin secures $47 million to focus on climate change impacted markets
Nickie Louise Posted On August 27, 2019


Kin Insurance, an insurtech startup that is fixing home insurance through intuitive tech, affordable pricing, has raised $47 million to launch the Kin Interinsurance Network, a Florida home insurance carrier, and expand its capacity to serve homeowners in catastrophe-prone regions. Kin was […]


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Particl, the Most Private, Decentralized Marketplace Advised by Bitcoin Evangelists Charlie Shrem and Miguel Cuneta, Launches First Products for Sale
Nickie Louise Posted On August 27, 2019


Particl Open Marketplace Grows to 500 Active Users per Day and Counting in Less than Two Weeks. New York, August 27, 2019 – Particl has successfully developed a fully decentralized, private marketplace on the blockchain thanks to expert advisors such as […]


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Top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On August 27, 2019


Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, August 27, 2019. Geotech startup What3Words helps you find any place on the planet without an address. What3Words is a British tech startup that let you […]


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Lightbend launches CloudState, the first Open Source Serverless framework designed to enable stateful workloads on the Knative / Kubernetes stack.
Nickie Louise Posted On August 27, 2019


Lightbend (formerly Typesafe), a tech startup dedicated to helping developers build Reactive applications on the JVM,  today announced the launch of CloudState, the first Open Source Serverless framework designed to enable stateful workloads on the Knative / Kubernetes stack. Created […]


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Health tech startup EBR Systems lands $30 million to prepare for commercialization of its WiSE Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) System, the world’s only wireless cardiac pacing system
Nickie Louise Posted On August 27, 2019


EBR Systems, a health tech startup and the developer of the world’s only wireless cardiac pacing system for heart failure, has closed $30M in new funding to complete enrollment of its pivotal SOLVE CRT clinical trial and to prepare for […]


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Health tech startup PeerWell secures $6.5 million in Series A funding to help patients prepare for orthopedic surgery and recover faster
Nickie Louise Posted On August 27, 2019


We wrote about PeerWell in late 2018 when the health tech startup launches augmented reality trip and fall hazard detector for smartphones. PeerWell helps patients prevent, prepare for and recover from surgery. The startup also helps patients throughout their musculoskeletal journey Today, PeerWell […]


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Nonprofit tech startup TechSoup receives $2.5 million grant from VMware to help nonprofits globally and scale their impact
Nickie Louise Posted On August 27, 2019


TechSoup, a nonprofit organization connecting nonprofit, charity and public libraries with technological products and services, has received a $2.5 million grant from VMware Foundation to support initiatives to significantly expand its offerings and nearly double the number of nonprofit organizations it serves. […]


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ZeroDown raises more than $100 million of debt capital to help customers own a home without making a down payment
Nickie Louise Posted On August 27, 2019


ZeroDown, a real estate startup and a provider of an affordable homeownership solution in the Bay Area, has closed more than $100 million of debt capital from Credit Suisse to fuel the next stage of the company’s growth. ZeroDown gives […]


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CrowdStrike launches $20 million Falcon Fund to invest in cybersecurity startups
Nickie Louise Posted On August 26, 2019


CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company that provides cloud-based endpoint protection, has launched a $20m early stage investment fund. Started in partnership with Accel, Falcon Fund will focus on seed and Series A investments in security startups that are building applications on […]


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Fantasy football startup Sleeper to take on Yahoo and ESPN; raises $7.3 million
Nickie Louise Posted On August 26, 2019


Sleeper, a San Francisco-based fantasy football startup aiming to beat ESPN and Yahoo by catering to women and casual fans. Sleeper announced it raised $5.3 million in venture capital, bringing its total funding to $7.3 million. Sleeper claims to have grown […]


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Ecommerce startup Stylitics closes $15 million Series B funding for AI-driven outfitting and styling platform for retailers
Nickie Louise Posted On August 26, 2019


Stylitics, an ecommerce startup and provider of cloud-based SaaS platform for retailers, has closed a $15 million Series B round of funding to grow its sales and marketing function while fueling the development of new types of shoppable, content-driven e-commerce […]


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Top tech startup news for today, Monday, August 26, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On August 26, 2019


Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Monday, August 26, 2019. Alibaba-backed AI startup Megvii files for Hong Kong IPO. Megvii, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup backed by Alibaba has filed for an initial public offering […]


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AR startup Ario Technologies closes $2 million venture round to bring augmented reality to the industrial enterprise
Nickie Louise Posted On August 26, 2019


Ario Technologies (Ario), the augmented reality platform that increases team performance by making it easy to create and share spatial information in real time, has closed a $2 million venture round to expand their market traction, it is also continuing to iterate […]


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Medical device startup Atonarp closes $33 million Series C funding to accelerate the development of its healthcare diagnostics platform
Nickie Louise Posted On August 26, 2019


Atonarp, a molecular diagnostics tech startup and the maker of the world’s first and smallest quantitative mass spectrometer, has raised $33 million in an oversubscribed Series C funding round to accelerate the development progress of disruptive healthcare diagnostics platform. The round was led […]


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Pony.ai partners with Toyota to accelerate the development and deployment of autonomous vehicles
Nickie Louise Posted On August 26, 2019


We last wrote about Pony.ai in late 2018 when the artificial intelligence and robotics startup unveiled its latest autonomous vehicle fleet, PonyAlpha. Pony develops artificial intelligence solutions in the field of robotics. Today, Pony.ai announces its teaming up with Toyota on an autonomous driving […]


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Unicorn Startups 2019: List of Top Unicorn Startup Companies Valued at $1 Billion+
Nickie Louise Posted On August 25, 2019


Last year, we compiled a list of the world’s unicorn startups, startups with a valuation of $1 billion or more.  A lot has changed since then. We removed some startups after they went public. Noticeably absent from the list is […]


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Why Stanford University produces the most successful startup founders
Nickie Louise Posted On August 24, 2019


As of January 2019, there are more than 300 unicorns (a unicorn startup or unicorn company is a private company with a valuation over $1 billion) around the world. Variants include a decacorn, valued at over $10 billion, and a hectocorn, […]


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Top tech startup news for today, Friday, August 23, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On August 23, 2019


Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Friday, August 23, 2019. Porsche invests in Israeli semiconductor startup TriEye. TriEye, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based semiconductor startup, has received a minority investment from Porsche. The amount of the investment […]


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Tech startup SpotHero secures $50 million Series D funding to curb the rise of urban congestion and transform the $20 billion off-street parking industry
Nickie Louise Posted On August 22, 2019


SpotHero, the #1 consumer marketplace and mobility platform for off-street parking in North America, has $50 million in Series D funding to accelerate marketplace growth, expand the digital platform for the parking industry, strengthen partnerships with leading mobility companies, and deepen […]


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