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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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Top startup news for today, Friday, March 8, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On March 8, 2019


Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Friday, March 8. Chinese startups are advertising for attractive women to ease coders’ stress. Even though it is against the Chinese law, startups in China are […]


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PolyAI bags $12 million to deploy conversational AI agents and use its technology to disrupt traditional customer service models
Nickie Louise Posted On March 8, 2019


PolyAI, a London-based AI startup that develops a machine learning platform for conversational artificial intelligence, has raised $12 million in Series A funding to deploy conversational AI agents in contact centers. The latest round was led by Point72 Ventures, with participation from Sands […]


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LinkSquares secures $4.8 million to disrupt legal operations with its AI-powered contract analytics cloud
Nickie Louise Posted On March 7, 2019


With internal legal and finance teams  spending thousands of hours a year reviewing contracts one by one, a Boston, Massachusetts-based startup, LinkSquares, has built software that automatically reads and retrieves key data from your entire library of agreements, making review and […]


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GFR Fund launches new $20 million investment fund for tech startups disrupting digital media and entertainment
Nickie Louise Posted On March 7, 2019


GFR Fund, a San Francisco-based venture capital fund that invests in early-stage startups that are disrupting the consumer entertainment industry, has raised $20 million to launch its second fund, GFR Fund II, with a focus on technology startups disrupting the digital […]


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Top startup news for today, Thursday, March 7, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On March 7, 2019


Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Thursday, March 7. Tesla unveils new Superchargers that let drivers fill up faster, 75 miles of charge in 5 minutes. Tesla has launched its new V3 Superchargers, […]


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Alto raises $2.8 million seed round to help individual investors diversify and add alternative assets to their IRAs
Nickie Louise Posted On March 7, 2019


Alto, a fintech startup that is helping individual investors to diversify their retirement savings with investments in startups, growth companies, real estate, loans and digital assets, has raised a $2.8 million seed round to expand its offering and integrate additional […]


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Insurtech startup Pie Insurance secures $45 million in Series B to provide workers’ compensation insurance for small businesses
Nickie Louise Posted On March 6, 2019


All employers are required by law to carry a workers compensation insurance policy, a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee’s right […]


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Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi adds support for XRP trading to its OTC crypto trading platform
Nickie Louise Posted On March 6, 2019


The crypto market continues its downward spiral with no sign of positive momentum anytime soon. Despite the slowdown, however, some crypto exchanges continue to thrive with explosive growth. One of these exchanges is Huobi, a global blockchain asset financial services provider […]


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Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, and Microsoft are betting big on a $10 trillion energy solution for the planet with $127 million investment in fusion energy startup General Fusion
Nickie Louise Posted On March 6, 2019


For more than half a century and in a race to zero emissions, researchers and governments around the world have been trying to solve the challenge of nuclear fusion, a nuclear process, where energy is produced by smashing together light atoms. Theoretically, […]


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Top startup news for today, Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On March 6, 2019


Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Wednesday, March 6. Mental health app maker startups join forces to go after multibillion-dollar market. The global behavioral and mental health care software and services market […]


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CommonGenius launches first-ever expert-powered consulting and mentoring marketplace to let professionals book 1-on-1 video meetings with top consultants, executives, & mentors
Nickie Louise Posted On March 6, 2019


Just about four years ago, equity crowdfunding platform Fundable acquired Clarity.fm, a startup founded by Dan Martell that connects entrepreneurs with mentors like Mark Cuban, Brad Feld and Eric Ries over the phone. Clarity.fm provides startup advice to more than 30,000 […]


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Grab lands $1.46 billion investment from SoftBank’s Vision Fund; now valued at $14 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On March 6, 2019


Grab, the Southeast Asia’s ride-hailing giant, continues to rake billions of dollars investments with no sign of slowing down. Just about six months ago, we wrote about the company when it raised $200 million from travel giant Booking Holdings. Today, […]


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Mobile-only bank Chime is now valued at $1.5 billion after raising $200 million Series D led by DST Global
Nickie Louise Posted On March 5, 2019


We wrote about US app-based bank Chime in June 2018 when the mobile-only bank startup raised $70 million in a Series C investment round in May 2018 led by Menlo Ventures after attracting one million customers. The company has experienced an impressive growth […]


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Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator announces $1 million in awards to accelerate innovation in clean energy and agriculture technologies
Nickie Louise Posted On March 5, 2019


The Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), a $30 million technology incubator and platform funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation, today announced $1 million grant awards to support 13 projects that address gaps in the development and commercialization of clean energy […]


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Top startup news for today, Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On March 5, 2019


Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Tuesday, March 5. Popular independent review platform site Trustpilot raises $55 million to accelerate growth, refuted report about  IPO. The Europe-based reviews platform Trustpilot announced today Tuesday that […]


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NUAIR Joins Forces with Measure to Support UAS Integration
Nickie Louise Posted On March 5, 2019


Capabilities of the NY UAS Test Site Advanced by Partnership Partnership Complements “CNY Rising” – The Region’s Comprehensive Strategy to Revitalize Communities and Grow the Economy Syracuse – The Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR), a coalition of New […]


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Salesforce Ventures launches $50 million Australia Trailblazer Fund to empower Australian startups in the Salesforce ecosystem
Nickie Louise Posted On March 5, 2019


Salesforce, through its global corporate investment arm, Salesforce Ventures, yesterday launched new $50 million fund to empower Australian startups in the Salesforce ecosystem. The new fund, which is called the Australia Trailblazer Fund, will help Australian startups to scale, invest in innovation […]


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AirAsia’s RedBeat Ventures partners with 500 Startups to launch a $60 million global venture capital fund
Nickie Louise Posted On March 4, 2019


RedBeat Ventures, a venture arm of AirAsia, announced today it has partnered with 500 Startups, a leading startup accelerator and venture capital firm based in San Francisco, to launch a new global venture capital fund called RedBeat Capital. Founded in 2018, RedBeat Capital […]


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Top startup news for today, Monday, March 4, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On March 4, 2019


Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Monday, March 4. Tesla to unveil Model Y SUV next week. Tesla will unveil its Model Y SUV on March 14, CEO Elon Musk said in a […]


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Scytale, a startup founded by three Amazon and Google engineers, raises $5 million to accelerate service authentication in the cloud native enterprise
Nickie Louise Posted On March 4, 2019


Not a single day passed without news headlines on cloud computing. The cloud has leveled the playing field for businesses. Gone are the days of investing millions of dollars in hardware and software infrastructure. With the introduction of software as […]


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