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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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StreetBees is an artificial intelligence startup that is turning the $45 billion market research industry on its head
Nickie Louise Posted On March 16, 2018


The global revenue of the market research industry is more than 44 billion U.S. dollars, according to the latest 2015 data from Statista. Up until now, the industry has been dominated by the old guard of traditional market companies like Nielsen and others. […]


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Startup Blink launches the first AI-powered mobile eSports platform
Nickie Louise Posted On March 16, 2018


Israeli startup media technology company, Elastic Media announced the the first AI-powered, mobile-firest eSports platform. In addition, the company also announced it’s relaunching as Blink. Blink will focus on the fast-growing, dynamic world of eSports where its technology will unlock the value […]


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Press Release
Arcadier to host World’s First Virtual Summit & Competition for Marketplaces
Nickie Louise Posted On March 16, 2018


Singapore, March 2018 — From April 1st through July 31st, marketplace platform provider Arcadier will host the its inaugural Arcadier Inspire Summit & Competition, the world’s first global virtual event which consists of an online tech summit on marketplaces and […]


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Credit data giant Experian to buy 2-year old fintech startup ClearScore for $383.8 million
Nickie Louise Posted On March 16, 2018


Who said you have to wait forever to flip your startup? ClearScore is one of the leading fintech businesses in the UK with special focus on millennials. In a blog post on its website, ClearScore announced that the company has […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Friday, March 16
Nickie Louise Posted On March 16, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Friday, March 16. This Japanese startup is making a hover backpack to augment jumping ability. Japanese startup, Lunavity, has developed a hover backpack for augmenting one’s jumping ability. Lunavity […]


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Kayako, the bootstrapped startup founded by a college dropout, just got acquired by a private equity firm
Nickie Louise Posted On March 15, 2018


About two weeks ago, we wrote about ten of the most profitable and successful bootstrapped startups that started with little or no money. Among them is Kayako, a customer support software startup started by a young guy,  Varun Shoor, from a remote […]


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Nonprofit charity startup New Story is building affordable, zero-waste 3-D printed homes in poor communities
Nickie Louise Posted On March 15, 2018


Did you know that one billion people live without a basic human need –shelter? 1.2 billion people living in cities lack access to affordable and secure housing. This is according to the latest report from the World Resource Institute’s Ross Center for […]


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The Renaissance of Blockchain
Nickie Louise Posted On March 15, 2018


As noted by experts from the American Bureau of Interactive Advertising iAB, 2017 was in many respects the year of blockchain. Indeed, over the past year, the popularity of blockchain technology has jumped at an incredible rate. The words “blockchain” […]


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


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Thursday, March 15. SEC accuses Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes of ‘massive fraud.’  Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, the Silicon Valley darling whose blood-testing startup Theranos has collapsed in […]


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Future of Blockchain: Will Hashgraph make Blockchain obsolete?
Nickie Louise Posted On March 14, 2018


A lot has been written about blockchain, the technology that underpins cryptocurrencies. The concept of Blockchain emerged from a whitepaper written by Satoshi Nakamoto titled: “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.” The 9-page whitepaper was written as part of Nakamoto’s response to the collapse […]


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Invox Launches Token sale to Solve SMB Invoicing Nightmare
Nickie Louise Posted On March 14, 2018


Melbourne, Australia: The two-part Invox Finance token sale is finally here with a presale starting on the 15th of March, 2018. The token sale will reward its participants with a staggered bonus structure starting with a bonus of 30 per […]


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Fundbox introduces new payments solution to provide credit access to the underserved business owners in a $4.5 trillion small business-to-business (SMB2B) transactional market
Nickie Louise Posted On March 14, 2018


You go to a coffee shop and make a $4 purchase with your credit card, the shop owner gets paid right away. The same is not true with a lot of small business owners. It takes an average of 30 […]


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Bitcoin falls below $9,000 after Google says it will ban all cryptocurrency ads
Nickie Louise Posted On March 14, 2018


The price of bitcoin fell roughly 6 percent following Google’s cracking down on cryptocurrency. Facebook, the second largest online ad provider, took similar action in January when it issued a new policy that prohibits ads that promote financial products and services […]


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AgTech Startup Wefarm Secures New Financing Round Led by True Ventures
Nickie Louise Posted On March 14, 2018


Wefarm, the world’s largest farmer-to-farmer digital network, today announced that it has secured $5 million in additional seed funding, led by Silicon-Valley based True Ventures. Skype and Atomico Founder Niklas Zennström (angel investing in a personal capacity), WordPress Founder Matt […]


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


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Wednesday, March 14. Google built a musical instrument that uses A.I. — and released the plans  on GitHub for you to build your own.  Google on Tuesday […]


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Google will ban all cryptocurrency-related advertising
Nickie Louise Posted On March 14, 2018


Effective June 2018, Google will ban all cryptocurrency-related advertising. Google is following Facebook footsteps.Google is cracking down on cryptocurrency-related advertising. The company will no longer allow ads about cryptocurrency-related content, including initial coin offerings (ICOs), wallets, and trading advice across any of […]


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Artificial intelligence startup Percipient.ai raises $14.7 million in Series A funding to accelerate growth
Nickie Louise Posted On March 13, 2018


Percipient.ai, a developer of an advanced analytics platform that provides decisive intelligence on national security missions, announced today it has secured $14.7 million in Series A funding round. The round, led by Venrock, puts the company at $58.5 million. In addition ot the […]


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Moss Chain is a new blockchain ecosystem that unifies blockchain with augmented, virtual reality and mobile gaming
Nickie Louise Posted On March 13, 2018


Blockchain adoption is growing with no sign of abating. As businesses and technologists find new use cases for the technology, we see emergence of new markets. Some of the three major emerging technologies out there today are: blockchain, augmented reality […]


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Ucommune becomes Asia’s largest co-working space provider with acquisition of Woo Space
Nickie Louise Posted On March 13, 2018


Ucommune is now China’s largest co-working space provider with the acquisition of China’s Woo Space. The announcement comes two months after Ucommune’s acquisition of New Space, boosting the valuation of Ucommune to US$ 1.7 billion. Founded in 2015 by Mao Daqing, Ucommune […]


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


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Tuesday, March 13 Chinese bike-sharing startup Ofo just raised $866 million. Chinese bike-sharing startup Ofo just raised the largest investment in a single funding round, according to […]


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