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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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Robotics startup Plus One Robotics exits stealth, announces funding round
Nickie Louise Posted On May 23, 2018


Founded in 2016 but running in stealth mode until now, Robotics startup Plus One Robotics is pulling back the curtain today. The company  has exited stealth to announce the commercial release of the PickOne Perception system, an integrated 3D vision […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Wednesday, May 23
Nickie Louise Posted On May 23, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Wednesday, May 23. Foxconn Industrial Internet is seeking a $4.3 billion IPO. Apple supplier and a subsidiary of the world’s largest contract manufacturer Foxconn, Foxconn Industrial […]


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Gene editing startup Canopy Biosciences raises $2.4 million in Series A financing to advance the development of research tools
Nickie Louise Posted On May 22, 2018


Canopy Biosciences is biotechnological company that provides products and services for gene editing and personalized medicine. The gene editing technology is called TUNR and targets translation elongation by inserting polyA tracks into targeted coding regions of the genome. The change […]


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Biotech startup Envisagenics receives $1.5 million grant from NIH to accelerate RNA therapeutics discovery
Nickie Louise Posted On May 22, 2018


Do you know that cancer and genetic diseases affect more than 30 million people? Here are some facts about these diseases: 15% of all disease-causing mutations are predicted to disrupt RNA splicing.  370 known genetic disorders in publications are caused by RNA […]


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Madrona Venture Group launches a new $300 million fund for early-stage technology startup companies
Nickie Louise Posted On May 22, 2018


Startup activities continue to boom in the Pacific Northwest, the home of tech giants like, Amazon, Microsoft and Boeing. Madrona is an early stage venture capital firm in the Pacific Northwest investing in technology entrepreneurs and companies. Madrona currently manages nearly $1.6 […]


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Tidelift raises $15 million to make Open Source work better for everyone
Nickie Louise Posted On May 22, 2018


Open source startup Tidelift today announced a $15 million Series A investment led by General Catalyst, Foundry Group, and former Red Hat Chairman and CEO Matthew Szulik. With the funding, Larry Bohn, managing director at General Catalyst; Ryan McIntyre, co-founder […]


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AI-powered robots fight weeds to disrupt US$100 billion pesticide industry dominated by agrochemical giants
Nickie Louise Posted On May 22, 2018


The global pesticide industry is  $100 billion every year $26 billion is spent on 3 billion pounds of herbicide every year There are now 250 of known species of resistant weeds Genetically modified (GM) herbicide tolerant crops are designed to tolerate […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Tuesday, May 22
Nickie Louise Posted On May 22, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Tuesday, May 22. Boeing-backed startup Zunum Aero to deliver its first electric plane to JetSuite. Boeing Horizon X-backed startup Zunum Aero plans to deliver its first […]


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Adobe acquires Magento Commerce for $1.68 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On May 21, 2018


Adobe has acquired Magento Commerce for $1.68 billion. Adobe made the announcement today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Magento Commerce, a market-leading commerce platform, for $1.68 billion, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. Shares of rival […]


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Business commerce startup Tradeshift launches Tradeshift Pay, partners with HSBC and major banks to solve the $9 trillion global commerce problem
Nickie Louise Posted On May 21, 2018


Tradeshift announced today the launch of Tradeshift Pay, an industry first cloud platform that brings supply chain payments, supply chain finance, and blockchain-based early payments together into one unified end-to-end solution. The company is partnering with HSBC, Santander and major banks […]


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Scioto Biosciences Closes $1.8M in Series A Financing to Support Launch of New Microbiome Platform Technology
Nickie Louise Posted On May 21, 2018


INDIANAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Scioto Biosciences, a preclinical stage company developing innovative therapies to transform the delivery of microbiome therapeutics, today announced it has closed on $1.8M in Series A financing to support the launch of its new microbiome platform technology. The funding […]


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NYU Tandon Future Labs selected seven startup companies to join its first Catalyst NYC cohort.
Nickie Louise Posted On May 21, 2018


NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s Future Labs have selected seven startup companies to join its first Catalyst NYC cohort. The selective, six-month program makes the portfolio of benefits previously available only to Future Labs companies accessible to earlier-stage startups. The Future […]


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How much data do we create every day? [Infographic]
Nickie Louise Posted On May 21, 2018


How much data do we really create every day? We produce 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created each day at our current rate. What’s even mind boggling is that, 90% of the data in the world today has been created in […]


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U.S. and Canadian regulators open probes into cryptocurrency scams with the launch of “Operation Crypto-Sweep”
Nickie Louise Posted On May 21, 2018


Last week, we reported about the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s launch of HoweyCoins.com, a  fictitious ‏ICO website that show how easy it is to scam investors and warn about initial coin offering (ICO) risks. The site is part of the initiative […]


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Smart storage startup Chakratec saises $4.4 million to bring its innovative 5-10 minute charging technology for electric vehicles to market
Nickie Louise Posted On May 21, 2018


With growing popularity of electric cars, there is a growing need for accessible fast-charging stations to support millions of electric cars on our roads. Chakratec is a manufacturer of a patented kinetic storage that matches the needs of EV Charging […]


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Russia’s largest bank conducted Russia’s first commercial bond transaction using blockchain technology
Nickie Louise Posted On May 21, 2018


Last week, we reported about how HSBC made history after it completed the world’s first trade-finance transaction with Cargill using blockchain. Now the investment and corporate banking arm of Russia largest bank, Sberbank and telecom giant MTS claimed to have […]


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Facebook and Qualcomm team up to bring high-speed 60GHz wireless internet to cities
Nickie Louise Posted On May 21, 2018


Facebook and Qualcomm today announced a new partnership to bring high-speed internet connectivity over 60GHz to the cities. The two tech giants announced Monday that at the foundation will be based on Facebook’s Terragraph technology; a millimeter-wave, multi-node wireless backhaul system. […]


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Microsoft acquires artificial intelligence startup Semantic Machines to advance the state of conversational AI
Nickie Louise Posted On May 21, 2018


Microsoft has acquired artificial intelligence startup Semantic Machines to boost its efforts in developing conversational AI, the tech giant made the announcement in a blog post on its website. Microsoft did not disclose any financial details of the acquisition. The Berkeley, […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Monday, May 21
Nickie Louise Posted On May 21, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Monday, May 21. Microsoft buys conversational AI startup Semantic Machines to help bots sound more lifelike. Microsoft announced it has bought Semantic Machines, an artificial intelligence start-up, […]


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Autonomous technology startup Roadstar.ai raises $128M in Series A funding
Nickie Louise Posted On May 21, 2018


Autonomous technology pioneer Roadstar.ai announced it has raised US$128 million in Series A funding. The round is led by Wu Capital and Shenzhen Capital Group with participation from Yunqi Partners, CMB International Capital, and Vision Plus Capital. In conjunction with […]


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