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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 tech startup news stories you need to know this Monday, September 3
Nickie Louise Posted On September 3, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Monday, September 3. China startup Meituan Dianping filing for IPO at $55 billion valuation. Meituan Dianping, a Tencent-backed startup that offers services similar to those of Yelp, […]


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Hardware is Hard: The Role of Hardware in The Modern World
Nickie Louise Posted On September 3, 2018


This is a guest post by Oleg Kondrashov, the CEO of EnCata, about the role of hardware in the modern world. You can reach him at  EnCata.net Our world and world’s inhabitants are extremely amusing. Every few decades, we face a […]


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London-based travel startup Duffel raises $4.7 million round to expand its engineering team
Nickie Louise Posted On August 31, 2018


London-based travel startup Duffel has raised $4.7 million to expand their engineering team in London as they seek to build one of the most technically sophisticated startups in Europe. The round was led by Blossom Capital with participation from The Crankstart […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Friday, August 31
Nickie Louise Posted On August 31, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Friday, August 31. Satellite Startup Swarm Is Back Online After Defying US Officials. Satellite startup, Swarm Technologies, launched into space over objections from the FCC. Now it’s […]


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Artificial intelligence startup Diffbot launches Diffbot Knowledge Graph, the largest database of human knowledge
Nickie Louise Posted On August 30, 2018


Diffbot, the first profitable AI startup on record and a provider of knowledge-as-a-service to power intelligent applications, today launches Diffbot Knowledge Graph (DKG), a database of all of the knowledge on the Web, collected and connected into a single, structured source of data, […]


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Fintech startup Pagaya raises $14 million in Series B funding to grow its investment team and build a global sales force
Nickie Louise Posted On August 30, 2018


Pagaya, a U.S.-Israeli financial technology startup that uses machine learning and big data analytics to manage institutional money, has raised $14 million in a private funding to grow its 20-person-strong investment team of high-caliber data scientists and AI specialists, build […]


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Enterprise cloud storage startup Zadara raises $25 million funding to accelerate growth and expand its worldwide sales
Nickie Louise Posted On August 30, 2018


Zadara, a provider of zero-risk enterprise cloud storage, has raised in $25 million funding round to accelerate growth, including expanding its worldwide sales, dev-ops and engineering teams as well as its service provider partner channel. In addition, the funds will […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Thursday, August 30
Nickie Louise Posted On August 30, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Thursday, August 30. Apple quietly buys Akonia Holographics a startup that makes lenses for augmented reality glasses. In a signal that Apple has ambitions to make […]


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Cybersecurity startup NewKnowledge raises $11 million Series A funding to protect brands from social media disinformation attacks
Nickie Louise Posted On August 29, 2018


NewKnowledge, a cybersecurity company that protects brands and corporations from covert, coordinated disinformation campaigns, has raised $11 million in a Series A funding to expand its sales and marketing to scale in new markets and to establish itself as the […]


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Real estate startup LeaseCake launches new SaaS platform to transform commercial real estate lease management
Nickie Louise Posted On August 29, 2018


With more than 5 million leases across the small- to mid-tier commercial real estate market, most property owners still utilize spreadsheets to keep track of buildings and tenants, thus creating a lack of transparency and communication between both parties. We live […]


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Soft Robotics launches first customizable gripper system designed for universal robots
Nickie Louise Posted On August 29, 2018


Soft Robotics, an industrial automation startup that designs and builds soft robotic automation systems that can grasp and manipulate items of varying size, today announced the launch of its company’s first customizable gripper system developed specifically for collaborative robot space. With […]


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Fintech startup AirTM raises $7 million to bring stable currency to Latin America
Nickie Louise Posted On August 29, 2018


AirTM founders Ruben Galindo and Antonio Garcia have lived through the chaos and uncertainty caused by the devaluation of local currency, inflation, and isolated bank networks that make it difficult to move money into or out of the country. Their […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Wednesday, August 29
Nickie Louise Posted On August 29, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Wednesday, August 29. Andreessen Horowitz invests $102 million in Dfinity, a blockchain start-up building the “world computer.” Dfinity, a blockchain start-up building the “world computer,” has raised […]


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Zscaler acquired stealth cybersecurity startup TrustPath to extend its cloud platform with leading AI/Machine Learning technology
Nickie Louise Posted On August 28, 2018


Zscaler, the industry’s first Security as a Service platform company, has acquired the market-leading artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technology and the development team of stealth security startup TrustPath. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition […]


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Crypto lending startup BlockFi launches in California, now issuing cryptoasset-backed loans in 44 US states
Nickie Louise Posted On August 28, 2018


We covered BlockFi back in July when Bitcoin king Mike Novogratz led $52 million investment in crypto asset lending startup. The funding was used to expand its lending platform outside the US and to support more digital assets. In July 2018, BlockFi […]


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Chinese AI startups raised a whopping US$5 billion in venture capital funding in 2017, outpacing the US
Nickie Louise Posted On August 28, 2018


Chinese AI startups overtook their American counterparts for venture capital investments, taking away US$5 billion. That’s according to a recently released report published by ABI research, a market-foresight advisory firm providing strategic guidance on the most compelling transformative technologies. This […]


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Self-driving car startup AutoX launches the first-ever autonomous grocery delivery in Bay Area
Nickie Louise Posted On August 28, 2018


After two years of hard work and innovation, the self-driving car startup AutoX, is finally launching a grocery delivery and mobile store pilot in San Jose, California. Arriving in time for the autumn harvest produce season, the new amenity will be available to customers […]


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Freight marketplace startup DrayNow raises $5 million in Series A funding to grow its team and fuel expansion
Nickie Louise Posted On August 28, 2018


Brokers need carriers, now. Carriers need loads, now. Enter DrayNow, the industry’s first matchmaker to meet today’s fast-paced intermodal freight marketplace. Today, DrayNow, the first real-time marketplace transforming the way intermodal shipping brokers connect with available motor carriers, has raised […]


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


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Tuesday, August 21. Flipkart buys AI speech recognition startup Liv.ai. In it’s quest to target the next 200 million online shoppers, India’s largest e-commerce retailer Flipkart has […]


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Australian procurement platform startup VendorPanel raises US$1.72 million to to accelerate growth and simplify procurement
Nickie Louise Posted On August 20, 2018


VendorPanel, a leading Australian procurement platform, has secured US$1.72 million Series A funding to accelerate growth, extend product development, and expand into new international markets. The funding was led by Microequities Venture Capital Fund, with strategic investment by Aconex founders Leigh […]


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