A little over a year ago, we wrote about Venture For America founder, Andrew Yang, when he announced he was running for president in 2020 and wants to give everyone $1,000 a month in free cash. Now, he’s back with a very […]
Vulcan Cyber, an Israeli cybersecurity startup that helps enterprises quickly detect and fix vulnerabilities in their software stack and code, announced today it has raised $10 million in Series A funding to continue its mission to help enterprises close the cybersecurity vulnerability […]
We first wrote about Cobalt Robotics back in March 2018. Now the artificial intelligence and autonomous startup that builds indoor security robots designed to work alongside human guards, announced it has raised $35 million in Series B financing to expand Robots-as-a-Service throughout […]
Car IQ, a payment platform for cars that enables autonomous validation and payment startup, has closed $5 million Series A funding to accelerate growth of autonomous payment gateway for vehicles. The round was led by Quest Venture Partners with participation from […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. China’s biggest startups are leaving Oracle and IBM for Made in China technology. Most technology companies in the Western world have the ambitions […]
Yesterday, major media outlets carried the news about Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs announcement of master plan for the urban city of the future. Sidewalk Labs is not the only technology company aiming to transform the way we live. Israeli startup Venn is one […]
Aura, a fintech startup that provides affordable, credit-building loans to America’s working families, has raised a $10 million investment funding to scale and provide more loans to more borrowers. The latest round was led by Prudential Financial. To date, Aura has raised a […]
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 […]