KoinWorks, Indonesia’s largest peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, has raised $12.2 million (IDR 170 billion) Series B funding to expand the KoinWorks team and partnerships, and further develop systems and technology to provide financial inclusion throughout Indonesia with its popular one […]
Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Monday, June 24, 2019. Bitcoin soars above $11,000 for the first time in 15 months, now up 170% for the year. Bitcoin rally rages on with no signs of […]
Assure, a provider of fund administration and transaction services for the private investment marketplace, announced today that it has acquired mentorship-driven seed accelerator BoomStartup to offer a comprehensive platform to founders, companies, investors and deal organizers with a full suite of […]
Following 18 months of work and consultation with more than 21,000 Toronto residents, Sidewalk Labs today made public its Master Innovation & Development Plan (MIDP), a proposal to create the neighborhood of the future—with higher levels of sustainability, affordability, and […]
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Global Business Forum (GBF) has selected a total of 10 startups from Africa and the UAE have been selected to participate in its mentorship programm aims to foster cross-border cooperation and help participants expand their […]
Last year, carbon dioxide emissions rose to 2.4 million pounds per second. All the world’s nations combined pumped nearly 38.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the air from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil, according […]
Xanadu, a photonic quantum computing startup that integrates and designs quantum silicon photonic chips, has closed $32 million in Series A financing to accelerate its progress toward the release of its photonic-based quantum cloud computing platform, which will include next […]
Blend, a Silicon Valley technology platform startup that delivers speed and efficiency to the consumer lending ecosystem, has raised $130 million in Series E funding to continue growing its team of nearly 400 employees to help financial institutions deepen their relationships with […]
These days, our lives are so dependent on smart technology that it’s almost impossible to live without them. We depend on our smart phones for communications with friends and families. We use mobile apps to make reservations at our favorite […]
The Southeast Asia is home to a massive youth and millennial population of over 213 million. Southeast Asia also has a large unbanked and underserved population of over 438 million, according to a Fintech report from KPMG. To bring financial inclusion […]
SmartRent, a smart home automation and internet of things platform startup for the multifamily industry, has closed a $32 million Series B funding round to help bolster its leadership position within the smart apartment market by investing in additional development resources and […]
As part of its commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, the United Kingdom unveiled its first hydrogen train called HydroFlex. The result of a partnership between Porterbrook, provider of rail leasing and asset management support, and the University of Birmingham’s Centre […]
Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Thursday, June 20, 2019. Singapore-based genetic testing startup Nalagenetics joins fight against ancient disease. Nalagenetics, a genetic testing startup founded in 2016 by a team of scientists from Indonesia and Singapore has […]
The last time we wrote about Celsius Network was back in September 2018 when W. Scott Stornetta teamed up with founders of Celsius to bring the next 100 million people into cryptocurrency. Dr. Stornetta is considered to be one of the founding fathers […]
According to market research, the U.S.-based construction tech startups saw $3.1 billion in new funding in 2018, a 324 percent increase over 2017. What has historically been a paper and pencil industry is now embracing digitization as a way of […]
Expel, a cloud security startup that provides transparent managed security, has raised $40 million in Series C funding to expand its cloud monitoring capabilities, accelerate product innovation and fund additional sales and marketing programs. The funding round, which brings the combined total of […]
data.world, a platform for modern data teamwork, today announced that it has acquired Capsenta to enable businesses to securely access, view, and work with on-premises databases in the cloud. Capsenta, a tech startup incubated out of the University of Texas at Austin, increases […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Facebook’s cryptocurrency is already facing political pushback in Europe and the US. Hours after Facebook announced its the launch of its new cryptocurrency, Libra, politicians […]
BasicAI, an artificial intelligence startup entrant in the training data annotation software and services market, today announced its official launch at the international CVPR event in Long Beach, California. CVPR is one of the largest annual gatherings of AI professionals […]
Text IQ, an artificial intelligence startup that provides AI solutions for identifying sensitive information, today announced it has raised a $12.6 million Series A accelerate its expansion into enterprise compliance and privacy. The round was led by FirstMark Capital with […]