The U.S. fitness industry is a $30B market and growing. Training studios are exploding and gaining popularity across the U.S., with boutique fitness studio franchises growing 10x in the last five years. Spin boutique studios account for less than 10% […]
Dashmote, an Amsterdam-based applied AI insight platform startup that helps companies make complex decisions based on data gathered from images and text uploaded to the internet, has secured $2.8 million in funding. The round was led by a group of American and Chinese […]
Zapata is a watersports tech startup company that manufactures hydroflight products. Its signature product Flyboard, allows users to fly over the water, like Iron Man, using the water pressure produced by a jet ski. More recently, Zapata began developing ground […]
Paragon Biosciences, a global healthcare company committed to accelerating biomedical research, is announcing the launch of its seventh portfolio company, Qlarity Imaging LLC, which was founded to harness the value of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve medical outcomes. The company also anticipates innovating, […]
FaceApp privacy concerns raised as ‘aged’ photos go viral. The FaceApp is going viral on social media. It seems like nearly everyone on Twitter is accepting the #FaceAppChallenge by posting aged photos of themselves. However, using FaceApp to age your photos […]
Fortify, an additive manufacturing startup and pioneer in Digital Composite Manufacturing (DCM), has closed a $10M Series A funding to introduce next generation composites to the 3D Print and liberate engineers and designers from the limitations of traditional manufacturing. The round was […]
Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. AI startup RoadBotics raises $7.5 million Series A funding to accelerate growth. RoadBotics, a Pittsburgh, PA-based Artificial Intelligence-driven, computer vision road assessment company, closed a […]
The news over the past few weeks has been terrible for Facebook Libra, Bitcoin and other crytocurrencies. It all started when both chambers of US Congress asked Facebook to answer questions about its new cryptocurrency, Libra. On Thursday, President Trump […]
Google is reassessing its mobile strategy as it relates to AdSense for mobile apps. Google just announced that its discontinuing its AdSense mobile apps for Android and iOS in favor of the mobile web. This may not come as a surprise […]
Ten companies have been announced to participate in the 2019 STANLEY+Techstars Additive Manufacturing Accelerator program based in Hartford, Connecticut. This year’s class includes 10 companies from around the globe who are focused on additive manufacturing and on developing sustainable packaging solutions. […]
Investment in fintech startups continues at a record pace in 2019. Global fintech investment doubled in 2018 to $111.8 billion from $50.8 billion in 2017, according to KPMG’s The Pulse of Fintech, a biannual report that highlights key trends in […]
In the wake of Facebook proposed Libra digital coin and government’s effort to curb tech giants’ influence in the financial market, the US Congress is drafting a new legislation that would explicitly ban large technology platform companies from performing banking functions. […]
With all the ongoing privacy concerns ranging from Facebook tracking its users to sharing your personal data to third party companies like Cambridge Analytica, there are many reasons why you may want to delete your Facebook account. You may just […]
AppyParking, a London, England-based kerbside management & technology startup enabling intelligent mobility for cities, has closed $8.52 million (£7.6 million) Series A round to accelerate its mission to make parking forgettable by digitizing the kerb, helping unlock intelligent mobility for the public and […]
In 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved CAR-T therapy, a ground-breaking procedure that uses a patients’ own t-cells (their natural fighting cells) to cure blood cancers. Since its approval, hundreds of cancer patients have entered remission and billions of […]
Xolo (formerly known as LeapIN), an all-in-one SaaS platform for solopreneurs, bringing together banking, company formation, accounting and compliance, has secured $6.8 million for its ‘virtual company service’ that allows pro freelancers from across the globe to launch and manage part […]
Every day, approximately 8 million pieces of plastic pollution find their way into our oceans. There may now be around 5.25 trillion macro and microplastic pieces floating in the open ocean. Weighing up to 269,000 tonnes. Plastics consistently make up […]
Billionaire investor and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel has called for a federal investigation into Google for of the company’s “seemingly treasonous” decision to work with the Chinese military instead of the U.S. government, according to a new report from Axios late […]
An 11-year-old girl Kayla Ramos from California, claims an iPhone 6 exploded in her hands while she was using it. “I was sitting down, and I had my phone in my hand and then I saw sparks flying everywhere and […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Monday, July 15, 2019. Bitcoin tumbles, briefly falling below $10,000, as President Trump slams crypto. One thing is always true about Bitcoin, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency […]