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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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Grabango secures $12 million in Series A to grow its product development team and expand deployment of its checkout-free technology to existing stores
Nickie Louise Posted On January 7, 2019


Grabango, a Silicon Valley startup that develops and provides checkout-free shopping technology for existing stores, has raised $12 million in Series A funding round to grow its product development team and expand client store deployments with checkout-free technology. Propel Venture Partners led, a venture […]


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GM’s Cruise partners with DoorDash to test autonomous food delivery in select cities
Nickie Louise Posted On January 4, 2019


Cruise Automation, a subsidiary of General Motors and a developer of driverless vehicles, is teaming up with DoorDash to test a food delivery service in San Francisco using autonomous vehicles. Cruise’s self-driving fleet will launch food delivery with DoorDash in early […]


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Top startup news for today, Friday, January 4, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On January 4, 2019


Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Friday, January 4, 2019. Verily Life Sciences, an Alphabet spin-off,  just raised a $1 billion investment. Verily Life Sciences (formerly known as Google Life Sciences), a life […]


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BitTorrent unveils a new native cryptocurrency token (BTT) to enable users to pay for faster downloads
Nickie Louise Posted On January 4, 2019


In August 2018, BitTorrent, the world’s largest decentralized P2P protocol and the largest player in decentralized computing architecture, was sold to Justin Sun and his blockchain media startup TRON, for $140 million in cash. Now the BitTorrent is adding a cryptocurrency […]


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Genetics startup company Basepaws to unveil the world’s first-ever cat DNA test at CES 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On January 3, 2019


We love our pets. We take DNA test to find out about our heritage. Why don’t we take DNA test of our the animals we love and find out more about their ancestry, health, and habits? Basepaws, a California startup is about […]


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Roswell Biotechnologies secures $32 million Series A funding round to revolutionize DNA sequencing through molecular electronics
Nickie Louise Posted On January 3, 2019


Roswell Biotechnologies, a life science startup that is revolutionizing DNA sequencing by harnessing the power of molecular electronics, has closed a $32 million round of Series A financing to support the development of their disruptive DNA sequencing Molecular Electronics technology. The investment is […]


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Top startup news for today, Thursday, January 3, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On January 3, 2019


Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Thursday, January 2019. Mary Meeker launches new growth venture capital firm. Mary Meeker, one of America’s most respected venture capitalist and an investing partner at Kleiner Perkins, is […]


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AlertMedia closes $25 million in Series C funding to expand its emergency communication software that helps companies protect workers worldwide
Nickie Louise Posted On January 3, 2019


AlertMedia, an enterprise communications and monitoring technology startup company has closed a $25 million in Series C funding to accelerate its strategic growth initiatives, including new product development, international expansion, and hiring. The latest round was led by JMI Equity, a growth equity firm […]


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Currant launches Smart Wall Outlet, the first AI-Powered in-wall smart outlet, to reduce energy consumption
Nickie Louise Posted On January 2, 2019


AC power plugs and sockets have gone through series of transformation since it was first introduced in 1885. However, the Internet-enabled electrical outlets or smart outlet, were not in existence until about ten to fifteen years ago. Smart outlets are […]


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Top startup news for today, Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On January 2, 2019


Good morning and Happy New Year! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, January 2, 2019. Investors are cooling down on Chinese technology startups. In 2018, Chinese technology startup companies raised an impressive $69.4 billion in […]


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SaaS startup ZynBit bags $1 million in venture debt to accelerate its sales intelligence platform and grow its sales and marketing teams
Nickie Louise Posted On January 2, 2019


ZynBit, a SaaS startup that enables organizations to operate Salesforce alongside email platforms such as Gmail and Microsoft Outlook, is starting the new year with $1 million venture debt funding from River SaaS Capital. ZynBit will use the proceeds to help fund […]


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Mars Blockchain ushers in New Year with the launch of 1SG stablecoin on Kryptono Exchange and Top.one Exchange
Nickie Louise Posted On January 1, 2019


Happy New Year! 2018 was a volatile year for cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin. The world’s most popular cyrypto currency lost over $271 billion from its peak about a year ago. Bitcoin market cap dropped from $327 billion to $66 billion over […]


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Top startup news stories of 2018
Nickie Louise Posted On December 31, 2018


As 2018 draws to a close, we take a look back at the top tech startup news stories of 2018. From startup acquisitions and failures to top leading technologies of the year. We look at startups in artificial intelligence, autonomous […]


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Sensor data platform startup Samsara is entering 2019 with new $100 million funding for growth acceleration
Nickie Louise Posted On December 31, 2018


Samsara, a sensor data platform startup that combine wireless sensors with remote networking and cloud-based analytics, has raised $100 million in new investment to accelerate growth in 2019 and beyond. The funding was led by investors Andreessen Horowitz, a private venture capital firm, […]


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Comcast launches Blockgraph, a blockchain-enabled platform, to create a secure, privacy-optimized identity layer for TV audiences
Nickie Louise Posted On December 26, 2018


  Comcast Cable Advertising (CCA), a division of cable giant Comcast Corporation, has launched the next phase of Blockgraph, a blockchain-enabled software designed to become the “identity layer” for the TV industry, providing a platform on which media companies and publishers can offer […]


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This tech startup is using visual AI technology to address the challenges faced by media giants
Nickie Louise Posted On December 24, 2018


WowYow is a visual artificial intelligence (AI) for digital media startup that is transforming and changing the way we consume videos. A recent graduate of Silicon Valley AI accelerator program led by Nex Cubed, WowYow is now making it possible for anyone to […]


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Israeli startup Ottopia closes $3 million in seed funding to combine AI with remote humans to solve autonomous driving problem
Nickie Louise Posted On December 21, 2018


The headlines are filled with how autonomous vehicles (AVs) are changing mobility and they will transform everything from retail to transit.  However, there are still challenges to autonomous vehicles. It may take years before fully autonomous cars operate on all public […]


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Top startup news for today, Thursday, December 20
Nickie Louise Posted On December 20, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Thursday, December 20. Google’s Duplex, a new artificially intelligent chat agent, is rolling out to Pixel owners in select areas. Google Duplex, a new AI technology for conducting natural […]


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JOANN invests in 3D printing startup Glowforge to enable customers to perform 3D laser cutting and engraving
Nickie Louise Posted On December 20, 2018


Back in April, we wrote about Glowforge when the 3D printing startup launched its 3D laser printer to the public. Glowforge first made crowdfunding history in 2015, raising nearly $28 million in 30 days. The startup has grown since then and the […]


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65 Global Startups Set to Share Mobility Innovations at 2019 AutoMobili-D
Nickie Louise Posted On December 19, 2018


The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), in partnership with Techstars Mobility, announced today that 65 startups from 10 countries will showcase their innovative mobility-focused products and technologies at the 3rd annual AutoMobili-D exposition, Jan. 14 – 17. AutoMobili-D is a 150,000 square-foot exhibition featuring […]


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