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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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Data science startup Elucidata raises $1.7 million to transform drug discovery and accelerate growth
Nickie Louise Posted On June 18, 2018


Elucidata Corporation, a data science startup focused on developing tools and software solutions for drug discovery, has raised $1.7 million in seed funding to transform drug discovery and accelerate growth. The latest financing round was led by Hyperplane Venture Capital along […]


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Enterprise SaaS startup DigiFi launches AI-powered decision automation platform
Nickie Louise Posted On June 18, 2018


DigiFi, an enterprise SaaS company building the next generation of decision automation technology, has launched its AI-powered decision automation platform. The technology enables business users to easily create automated processes that gather data, execute rules, send communications and leverage machine […]


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Google invests $550 million in Chinese online shopping retailer JD.com
Nickie Louise Posted On June 18, 2018


Google has reached a partnership with Chinese online shopping giant JD.com. As part of the agreement, Google will invest $550 million in Chinese e-commerce retailer JD.com Inc., in exchange for more than 27 million newly issued JD.com Class A ordinary shares. The […]


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Viva Republica, the maker of financial services app Toss, raises $40 million from GIC and Sequoia China
Nickie Louise Posted On June 18, 2018


Viva Republica, Korea’s foremost fintech startup and maker of financial services app Toss, has raised $40 million round of funding to gain significant momentum in accelerating its growth and enhancing product development. The latest round is led by GIC and Sequoia China, […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Monday, June 18
Nickie Louise Posted On June 18, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Monday, June 18. Microsoft acquired a classroom video startup FlipGrid to take on Google and Apple. Microsoft has acquired Flipgrid, a Minneapolis-based educational software startup, in its […]


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Tessian raises $13 million to secure enterprise email using machine learning
Nickie Louise Posted On June 18, 2018


Tessian (formerly CheckRecipient), the UK-based machine intelligence startup, has raised $13 million (£9 million) in a Series A round  to make enterprise email safe with machine learning. The latest round was led by Balderton Capital and existing investors, Accel. Amadeus […]


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Top tech startup news of the week (startup weekend roundup – June 16)
Nickie Louise Posted On June 17, 2018


Happy weekend! Here is a roundup of the top startup news of the past week. Please subscribe to the TechStartups Newsletter using the form at the right corner of this page, if you want this weekly update in your inbox […]


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Fintech startup B21 launches first personal wealth manager for crypto assets; ready to take on Robinhood, Coinbase and Betterment
Nickie Louise Posted On June 15, 2018


The team behind the first cryptocurrency debit card today announced the launch of B21, the first personal wealth manager exclusively for crypto assets. B21 is an easy to use mobile app to invest in cryptoassets like Bitcoin and Ethereum. B21’s mobile-focused investment […]


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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes indicted on wire fraud charges
Nickie Louise Posted On June 15, 2018


Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the blood-testing startup, and the company’s former president, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in California on charges of wire fraud, the Justice Department said on Friday. Founded in 2003 […]


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Self-driving services platform startup rideOS launches out of stealth with a $9 million Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital
Nickie Louise Posted On June 15, 2018


rideOS, a technology platform designed to accelerate the safe, global roll-out of self-driving vehicles, has raised $9 million in Series A funding. Sequoia Capital led the round with participation from Graph Ventures and SV Angel, and Sequoia Partner Mike Vernal […]


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IBM acquires Oniqua to bolster its Industrial IoT business
Nickie Louise Posted On June 15, 2018


IBM has acquired Oniqua Holdings Pty Ltd. (Qniqua), the leading provider of IoT solutions and MRO inventory optimization, to strengthens it IoT capabilities to help businesses proactively maintain vital assets. The financial terms and conditions were not released. This acquisition expands IBM’s […]


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CRM startup Kustomer.com raises $26 million to modernize customer experience
Nickie Louise Posted On June 15, 2018


Kustomer.com, the modern CRM platform for customer experience, service, and support, has raised $26 million in a Series B financing round to expand its platform and focus on intelligence, integrations, and enterprise capabilities as it continues to take on larger […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Friday, June 15
Nickie Louise Posted On June 15, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Friday, June 15. Cryptocurrency Ether soars 9% after SEC official says it’s not a security. Ether, the world’s second largest cryptocurrency, jumped about 9 percent Thursday after […]


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Social intelligence startup Influential raises $12 million to take its AI SaaS platform to market
Nickie Louise Posted On June 14, 2018


Influential, the social intelligence startup has raised a $12 million Series B financing round to take the its AI SaaS platform to market. The current round was led by existing investors, Capital Zed and Europlay Capitol Advisors, with participation from WME. The […]


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Google is opening its first AI research center in Africa
Nickie Louise Posted On June 14, 2018


Google announced yesterday in a blog post that it will open an artificial intelligence (AI) research center in Accra, Ghana. The AI center is scheduled to open later this year. It will be Google’s first AI center on the African […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Thursday, June 14
Nickie Louise Posted On June 14, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Thursday, June 14. SpinLaunch just raised $40 million to build a space catapult. Flying cars, vacation in space, cures for death and now we have a Silicon Valley […]


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OpenSpace launches AI for the construction industry
Nickie Louise Posted On June 13, 2018


OpenSpace,  a stealth machine vision company solving interesting problems for large-scale construction, today launches to the public an AI framework that gives builders and construction workers a photographic memory. Using OpenSpace, field workers can travel through time to look at […]


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Data platform startup Quovo closes Series B funding round extension; brings total funding to $20 million
Nickie Louise Posted On June 13, 2018


Quovo, a data platform providing connectivity to consumer financial accounts, has closed its Series B funding round extension, bringing the firm’s total funding to $20 million. The investments were led by Portag3 Ventures, a leading Canadian-based venture capital firm exclusively […]


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CryptoFriends will celebrate its 1st Birthday on the “Blockchain Island”
Nickie Louise Posted On June 13, 2018


CryptoFriends, the eclectic Blockchain and Crypto events company will be turning 1 year old in a week, and they are throwing an exclusive Crypto iGathering Party on the ‘Blockchain Island’ of Malta on June 16th to celebrate. Read more to […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Wednesday, June 13
Nickie Louise Posted On June 13, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Wednesday, June 13. Toyota pours $1 billion in Grab making it the biggest investment in ride-hailing. Toyota makes record $1 billion investment in ride-hailing firm Grab in Southeast […]


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