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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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Chemistry startup Carbios and Toulouse White Biotechnology (TWB) get $8.54 million funding to accelerate the industrialization of the biorecycling of PET plastics and fibers
Nickie Louise Posted On January 17, 2019


Polyethylene terephthalate, commonly referred to as PET or PETE, is one of the most common polymers on the market. It is used to make everyday consumer goods such as bottles, packaging and fibers especially for clothing. 70 million tons of PET […]


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IBM partners with Vodafone Business to launch a new a startup-like venture that speeds the adoption of cloud technologies and faster innovation for companies
Nickie Louise Posted On January 17, 2019


Technology giant, IBM and Vodafone Business have join forces to create a new venture designed to help companies across Europe and beyond deliver innovation faster. The new venture which works like a start up and uses the latest garage methodologies to help […]


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Healthcare and insurtech startup Limelight Health secures $33.5 million Series C to fuel product innovation and accelerate global expansion
Nickie Louise Posted On January 17, 2019


Limelight Health, a healthcare and insurtech startup that helps insurance carriers, PEOs and employee benefit brokerage firms to revolutionize the way they quote, underwrite and serve employer groups, has raised $33.5 million in Series C funding for product development, customer acquisition, global expansion and […]


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Top startup news for today, Thursday, January 17, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On January 17, 2019


Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Thursday, January 17. Co-working marketplace startup Truss bags $15 million in Series A-2 funding. Truss, a marketplace for office, coworking, retail and industrial leases for small businesses, […]


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Israeli startup Foretellix bags $14 million Series A to enable safe autonomous vehicles with its GigaScale intelligent verification
Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2019


The headlines are filled with news of autonomous vehicles from tech giants like Tesla, Google Waymo, and other tech heavyweights. Advances in artificial intelligence coupled with falling prices of LiDAR  (light detection and ranging) sensors, now makes it possible for […]


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Identity verification startup CheckpointID scores $1.5 million Series A funding to eliminate rental fraud and make renting safer
Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2019


With more than 125,000 apartments listed online, it’s not surprising to see that online rental scam is on the increase. According to ApartmentList.com, 5.2 million U.S. renters have lost money from rental fraud. A new tech startup is on a […]


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Tesla launches the first home charging station that can be mounted or plugged into a wall outlet; priced at $500
Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2019


Yesterday, Tesla unveiled a new Wall Connector, a home and office charging solution with an existing NEMA 14-50 outlet. The new Wall Connector offers a 25 percent faster charge compared to the Gen 2 Mobile Connector, according to information on […]


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Top startup news for today, Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2019


Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Wednesday, January 16. SureFly pitched a $200,000 hybrid-electric helicopter drone at Detroit Auto Show. Surefly, a small startup company out of Columbus and the maker of hybrid-electric vertical […]


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Cloud data management startup Rubrik doubles its valuation to more than $3.3 billion with new $261 million Series E funding
Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2019


Founded just five years ago, Rubrik, enterprise and cloud data management startup that helps businesses to manage data explosion across private and public clouds, see its valuation double to more than $3.3 billion with new $261 million Series E funding […]


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How France became the place to be for AI startups
Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2019


Internationally, France is perhaps best known for its heritage products: cheese, wine, cosmetics, and an unerringly beautiful language. The value of these exports is hardly insignificant: food and drink contribute $18.2 billion each year, while perfume and makeup exports make […]


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Former IBM execs launch Sonrai Security to address the multi-cloud “complexity” with more than $18 million funding
Nickie Louise Posted On January 15, 2019


There is no denying that cloud computing has revolutionize the IT industry. Cloud now makes it possible for small organizations to tap into technology infrastructure, hardware and software that were once available to organizations with big IT budgets. However, these […]


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Smartsheet acquires creative production platform Slope to solidify its leadership position in the collaborative work management market
Nickie Louise Posted On January 15, 2019


In March 2018, we wrote about Smartsheet after its filed an IPO to go public. The announcement was made three days after Dropbox’s successful IPO. Smartsheet grew its revenue by 66% from 2017 to 2018. Just two months before that, Smartsheet acquired […]


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Top startup news for today, Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On January 15, 2019


Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Tuesday, January 15. Amazon expands influencer marketing program to include micro-influencers. It turns out that Amazon has quietly expanded its influencer marketing program to include micro-influencers, according […]


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B2B2C startup Ladingo announces a new solution to reduce the pain faced by online retailers looking to ship large items internationally
Nickie Louise Posted On January 15, 2019


Back in November 2018, we wrote about Ladingo, an Israeli-based B2B2C that allows anyone to buy anything, of any size in your online-shop or marketplace, from anywhere in the world. At the time, the startup announced a solution to let […]


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JAXA Epsilon-4 to launch experimental Deep Learning Attitude Sensor (DLAS) that provides real-time image recognition from satellite orbit
Nickie Louise Posted On January 15, 2019


The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), literally “National Research and Development Agency on Aerospace Research and Development”) is the Japanese national aerospace and space agency. JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003 through the merger of three previously independent organizations. […]


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Lightspeed Venture Partners Invest in AI Leader AnyVision to Accelerate Global Expansion
Nickie Louise Posted On January 14, 2019


Bringing the Company’s Series A Round to $43M Tel Aviv, Israel (January 14, 2019) — AnyVision, the leading AI-based face, body and object recognition company, announced new funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Qualcomm Ventures, bringing its Series A round […]


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Goldman Sachs leads $8 million Series A funding in Immersive Labs cyber security skills platform
Nickie Louise Posted On January 14, 2019


As we reported this morning, Wall Street financial giant, Goldman Sachs, has led $8 million (£6.2 million) in Series A funding investment in Immersive Labs, a Bristol, UK-based cybersecurity startup founded by an ex-GCHQ researcher. Immersive Labs builds cyber war games for […]


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Top startup news for today, Monday, January 14, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On January 14, 2019


Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Monday, January 14. Badi, a “Tinder-style” matching app for tenants, raises £24 million. Badi, a Barcelona-based startup and the developer of new rental app that connects roommates […]


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Automattic launches “Newspack by WordPress.com,” a next-generation publishing platform backed by Google and blockchain startup ConsenSys  
Nickie Louise Posted On January 14, 2019


Did you know that WordPress, the popular CMS tool now powers 32 percent of the web? According to data from web technology survey firm W3Techs, WordPress now powers 32.8% of the Internet as of December 2018. This represents a 7 percentage point […]


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Samsung unveils a massive 219-inch TV called ‘The Wall’
Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2019


With prices of HDTVs coming down every year, an average American can now afford to have 50-, 60- and even 70-inch televisions in their homes. What about people dreaming 200-inch to watch their favorite sports? The 200-inch TV is here already. […]


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