In what has been described as the biggest data breaches ever, a hacker by the name Paige Thompson gained access to more than 100 million Capital One customers’ accounts and credit card applications earlier this year. The incident involved theft of […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, July 30, 2019. Samsung is announcing its next big smartphone launch next week. After several months of rumors and speculations, Samsung is expected to finally announce the […]
Attabotics, a 3D robotics supply chain tech startup company, today announced it has raised $25 million Series B to support its continued, explosive growth, including new hires, scaling manufacturing operations, the development of new technologies. Backed by financial and strategic […]
Stackin‘, a fintech startup and text-message based financial platform, has raised a $4 million Series A funding round to to launch banking and investing features for its messaging platform, user acquisition, and to expand its operations. The round was led […]
Venture capital investors poured over US$4 billion into Blockchain ventures in 2018. With the governments slowly legitimizing the digital assets and banks and social media giants like Facebook, jumping into the crypto bandwagon, the Blockchain industry is set for massive […]
Faced with intense scrutiny from governments and regulators in multiple jurisdictions, Facebook said its Libra cryptocurrency may not see the light of of the day, the social giant said in its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. “Libra has drawn […]
Data is the lifeblood of the digital economy. Organization lives and dies by the quality of its data. This is even more important in the financial sector where data is key for making real-time investment decisions. Alternative data is a type of […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Monday, July 29, 2019. TikTok’s parent company is making its own smartphone. ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok is partnering with Smartisan Technology to develop its own smartphone. […]
Sierra Energy, a waste-to-energy gasification startup company, has closed a $33 million Series A round to further develop and commercialize its revolutionary FastOx® gasification technology, which converts virtually any waste into clean, renewable energy and fuels without burning. The investment round […]
Trinity Cyber, a cybersecurity startup that provides proactive, adaptive and invisible military-grade cybersecurity services, announced Monday it has closed $23 million in funding from top institutional investors led by Intel Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Trinity Cyber also announced that […]
Thriva, a blood testing startup that has developed home blood test kits for people to measure things such as their hormone and mineral level, has secured $7.35 million (£6 million) Series A funding round. The funding will be used to support Thriva as […]
Back in March, we wrote about Grab when the Southeast Asian ride-hailing startup raised $1.46 billion investment from SoftBank’s Vision Fund. Today, Grab announced it will invest $2 billion into Indonesia over the next five years, using funds Japan’s SoftBank Group to […]
Every time you visit a website, play online games, make a VOIP calls or send an email, data is being sent and received through an intricate undersea cable system that stretches around the globe. The internet is a global network […]
Back in May, we wrote about the Newchip when the startup accelerator launched its first equity-free accelerator program to connect startups with investors. Now, the Texas-based investment marketplace aggregator announced the graduation of 42 startups from its Q2 Accelerator cohort after successfully completingg the […]
Imagine a situation where you are getting ready to make an important presentation for your company. A day earlier, you worked all night to make sure you have your presentation materials and all the documents ready. The next morning, you […]
Synspective, a Japanese space startup providing solutions for customers’ challenges with utilizing and integrating data from “SAR” satellite constellations and big data, has raised $100 million in funding to strengthen the its Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR ) satellite development, manufacturing systems, […]
Techstars, in partnership with three Turinese foundations, announced the launch of its Smart Mobility Accelerator, the first Techstars accelerator in Italy. Based in Turin, Italy, the Techstars Smart Mobility Accelerator is focused on transformative smart mobility technologies with a concentration on smart […]
SoftBank Group is at it again. This time, the Japanese tech giant is unveiling second technology megafund even bigger than its nearly $100 billion Vision Fund 2 to invest in technology startups developing artificial intelligence technologies around the world, SoftBank announced Friday. […]
Alphabet continues its online dominance with a monster second quarter earning. The parent company of Google revenue beats expectations as the company reported a revenue $38.94 billion dollar in second quarter. The revenue is boosted by its booming cloud business and ad-revenue. […]
OSF Ventures, a division of OSF HealthCare, today launched a second venture capital fund of $75 million to continue its strategy of supporting new technology, devices and services that offer improved and more cost efficient health care. The announcement came […]