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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, January 25, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On January 25, 2019


Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Friday, January 25. QuadSAT Raises £700K in Seed Funding to bring its drone platform to the satellite communications industry. QuadSAT, an Odense, Denmark-based drone-enabled antenna testing company, closed […]


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Furniture-as-a-service startup Fernish raises $30 million in new capital to grow its customer base and revolutionize the furniture industry
Nickie Louise Posted On January 25, 2019


Fernish, a furniture-as-a-service e-commerce startup, has raised $30 million in new capital to hire new talent, grow its customer base and expand its market. The round was co-led by RET Ventures with participation from Techstars Investments and prominent individuals including […]


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Live-streaming and video creation platform StreamElements lands $11.3 million Series A to accelerate growth and increase live video for streamers, content creators, and brands
Nickie Louise Posted On January 25, 2019


StreamElements, a live-streaming and video creation platform used by streamers to broadcast their gameplay, has secured $11.3 million in Series A funding round. The platform offers live video content creators the tools they need to engage, grow and monetize their […]


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Conversational AI startup Kore.ai receives new investment from Naya Ventures to accelerate rapid expansion and growth
Nickie Louise Posted On January 24, 2019


Kore.ai, a bot-based messaging platform that brings individuals, teams, and business systems together, has raised a new funding from Naya Ventures to accelerate its rapid expansion and growth. In 2018 alone,  Kore.ai experienced a 300% growth in bookings, plus the addition […]


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Microsoft acquires Postgres for SaaS startup Citus Data, re-affirming its commitment to open source technologies
Nickie Louise Posted On January 24, 2019


Microsoft just makes its second opensource acquisition in less than a year. Today the tech giant announced it’s acquiring Citus Data, an opensource database startup company that has commercialized opensource database software PostgreSQL. The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. […]


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Top startup news for today, Thursday, January 24, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On January 24, 2019


Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Thursday, January 24. TechAccel launches RNAissance Ag; Invests in biotech startup GreenLight Biosciences.  TechAccel, a Kansas City-based venture and technology development organization focused on agriculture and animal […]


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Israel startup Lumigo raises $8 million seed funding to troubleshoot and provide real-time monitoring and visibility across serverless applications
Nickie Louise Posted On January 24, 2019


In the age of cloud, serverless computing is revolutionizing how IT applications are deployed. Serverless computing is a cloud-computing execution model in which the cloud provider runs the server, and dynamically manages the allocation of machine resources. Serverless computing has become the […]


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Mobility and roadside assistance startup Urgent.ly bags $21 million investment from Porsche, BMW and Jaguar
Nickie Louise Posted On January 23, 2019


Urgent.ly, the mobility and roadside assistance startup, has just received a $21 million is Series B funding to fuel world-class customer experience for present and future mobility. The top three auto companies, BMW i Ventures; InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s venture […]


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Boeing’s flying taxi lifts off in a first successful test flight, bringing Uber Air closer to reality
Nickie Louise Posted On January 23, 2019


Aerospace giant Boeing successfully completed the first test of air taxi. The battery powered prototype lifted off and landed in vertical fashion on Tuesday in Manassas, Virginia, Boeing said in a news release. The passenger air vehicle prototype is battery powered […]


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Amazon launches new autonomous self-delivery device called Scout
Nickie Louise Posted On January 23, 2019


Ecommerce giant Amazon today unveils a new autonomous delivery device called Scout. Just the size of a small cooler, Scout can roll along sidewalks, delivering packages safely to a customer’s doorstep. Amazon is current conducting a field testing Scout in Snohomish County, Washington, […]


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Top startup news for today, Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On January 23, 2019


Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Wednesday, January 23. Wag founders, Jonathan and Joshua Viner, launch a new electric bike startup with $37 million in funding. Last year, the Viner brothers left dog-walking […]


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Adjust acquires Unbotify, Israeli cyber security and AI tech startup
Nickie Louise Posted On January 23, 2019


Adjust, the mobile measurement company, has acquired Tel Aviv, Israel-based cyber security and AI startup Unbotify for an undisclosed amount. This is Adjust’s second acquisition since founded in 2012. In December 2018, Adjust acquired the data aggregation platform Acquired.io. The comprehensive SaaS solution automates […]


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TravelPerk named leading Travel Management Software in G2 Crowd’s 2019 Winter Grid Report
Nickie Louise Posted On January 23, 2019


TravelPerk, a travel booking and management startup based in Barcelona, and Europe’s fastest growing Software as a Service company, has been named market leader in the ‘Travel Management Software’ category in G2 Crowd’s Winter Grid Report. This report is put […]


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Mobile app security startup GeoEdge releases a new solution to block malicious and inappropriate ads in real time within the in-app environment
Nickie Louise Posted On January 22, 2019


Mobile advertising-based malware is on the rise. Despite a decrease in mobile threats in 2018, advertising-based malware on mobile devices increased by 49 percent, and just last week, just last week, researchers at security provider Trend Micro discovered 85 different apps […]


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Political startup Goods Unite Us raises $500,000 Seed funding to bring transparency to corporate money in politics and empower consumers to vote with their wallets
Nickie Louise Posted On January 22, 2019


Do you know the political leanings of the brands you buy from? Given the current political climate in America, it won’t be surprising to know that most consumers would probably prefer to make purchases from corporations and brands that align […]


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Former Fannie Mae CEO Timothy Mayopoulos joins mortgage startup Blend
Nickie Louise Posted On January 22, 2019


Timothy Mayopoulos, who led the housing-finance giant Fannie Mae to profitability during his six years as CEO, has joined mortgage startup Blend. Nima Ghamsari, CEO and co-founder of Blend, made the announcement in a blog post titled: “Former Fannie Mae CEO […]


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Israel AI-based chip startup Hailo expands its Series A funding round to $21 million to accelerate global market expansion
Nickie Louise Posted On January 22, 2019


Just six months ago we wrote about Hailo when the artificial intelligence-based chip startup raised $12.5 million to develop deep learning processor for embedded AI applications. The company has grown a lot since then. Today, Hailo announced it has expanded its Series A funding […]


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Top startup news for today, Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On January 22, 2019


Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Tuesday, January 22. Stockholm-based logistics startup Airmee receives €3.7 million for its package delivery service. Airmee has been growing since its inception in 2017. But now the logistics startup […]


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Hone bags $3.6 million in Seed Funding to reimagine workplace training for modern and distributed teams
Nickie Louise Posted On January 22, 2019


Hone, a startup that provides all-in-one training platform for modern companies and distributed teams, has secured $3.6 million seed funding round to accelerate its platform expansion, support the company’s rapid growth, and develop additional programs to serve fast-growing small businesses, mid-market […]


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Blockchain startup Tangem raises $15 million to accelerate the industrial adoption of blockchain-enabled smart cards
Nickie Louise Posted On January 21, 2019


Tangem, a Swiss hardware wallet maker of blockchain-enabled smart cards, has raised US$15 million to accelerate the deployment of its technology in other industries where the secure storage and circulation of blockchain assets. The funding was led by Japanese financial market giant […]


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