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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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Former NSA chief’s startup IronNet Cybersecurity raises $78 million to help defend U.S. power grid
Nickie Louise Posted On May 4, 2018


IronNet Cybersecurity, a startup founded by former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) chief, Gen. (Ret.) Keith Alexander, has raised $78 million in additional funding. The company said in a press release. The investment was led by new investor C5 Capital with participation from […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Friday, May 4
Nickie Louise Posted On May 4, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Friday, May 4 ServiceNow buys AI startup Parlo for for its NLP technology. ServiceNow announced Thursday that it will acquire Parlo, a Silicon Valley-based startup that trains algorithms […]


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Cloud-based global payroll startup CloudPay raises $25 million to expand its global presence 
Nickie Louise Posted On May 3, 2018


CloudPay is the world’s only cloud-based platform for integrated global payroll and payments processing, collaboration and delivery. Through its unified SaaS platform, the company enables its customers to improve business performance through greater fiscal control, see people costs through enhanced visibility, […]


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SoundHound raises $100 million to drive international expansion in China and Europe
Nickie Louise Posted On May 3, 2018


SoundHound announced today it has raised $100 million in new funding to drive adoption and distribution of its Houndify voice AI platform across verticals including automotive, Internet of Things, consumer products, and enterprise apps and services. The funding will accelerate global expansion, […]


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FIS and The Venture Center selected ten startups to participate in the 2018 VC FinTech Accelerator program
Nickie Louise Posted On May 3, 2018


The US economy is booming and investment in startup is at all time high. In 2017 alone, global funding to VC-backed startups jumped 50% to $164.4 billion. This does not necessarily reflect investment backed by from governments and non-profit organizations. Now […]


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Eight teenager teams from 5 continents build $1 million startup companies
Nickie Louise Posted On May 3, 2018


Teenage entrepreneurs from 5 continents pitched their companies in front of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) this past weekend. Eight of those teams won $50,000 of investments each at a $1,000,000 valuation, and will […]


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Global mobile gaming revenue is expected to reach $64 billion in 2020; over 50% of total games market [Infographic]
Nickie Louise Posted On May 3, 2018


The mobile game market is on fire. According to the latest report from video editing company, Wondershare Filmora, mobile gaming is forecast to represent over 50% of total games market. That is a big rise from the 45% that is projected for 2018. […]


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Wedding-planning startup Zola just tied the knot: $100 million funding from Comcast Ventures,  NBCUniversal, and Goldman Sachs Investment Partners
Nickie Louise Posted On May 3, 2018


Zola, the wedding-planning startup, is about to join the unicorn startup club. Today, Zola announced it has raised $100 million in Series D financing to help reinvent wedding planning and registry for millennials. The funding round was led by existing investor Comcast […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Thursday, May 3
Nickie Louise Posted On May 3, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Thursday, May 2. Wedding-planning startup Zola tied the knot with $100 Million funding. Wedding startup, Zola, just tied the knot on a big financing round to try […]


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B2C AI startup Faraday raises more than $2 million in new funding, adds industry experts to its team
Nickie Louise Posted On May 2, 2018


Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform provider Faraday announced today it has secured more than $2 million in new funding, and added top talent to its team of leading data scientists and business software experts. The latest round of funding, from new […]


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Energy blockchain startup WePower announces the preview of its blockchain-based green energy trading platform
Nickie Louise Posted On May 2, 2018


The world will soon run out of fossil fuels. The question a lot of people are asking is, how long will fossil fuels really last? It is argued that oil will run out in 53 years, natural gas in 54, and coal […]


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Meet Fitrus Plus, the First Portable Health Companion with Customized Exercises and Nutrition Plans
Nickie Louise Posted On May 2, 2018


When it comes to getting fit, most people track their body weight because they believe that it determines their appearance. The truth is, weight alone is not an accurate representation of your body composition because it takes into account your […]


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Biotech startup OnKure raises $7 million Series A financing to support development of epigenetics drug for the treatment of cancer
Nickie Louise Posted On May 2, 2018


Researchers and scientists are working tirelessly to find cures for cancer. Epigenetic therapy is a relatively new concept for cancer treatment. According to NIH, it has been found that the epigenetic silence of tumor suppressor genes induced by overexpression of histone […]


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Paragraf, a Cambridge University graphene spin-out startup, just raised $3.9 million to drive first ever large-scale production of graphene based technologies
Nickie Louise Posted On May 2, 2018


Lately, there has been a series of advancements in graphene technology. Graphene has a lot of applications ranging from UV-tracking, infection detection, cryo-cooler compressor for 5G to the world’s most efficient solar cell.  Graphene is a semi-metal, a one-atom-thick layer of carbon atoms arranged in […]


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This startup founder who left Google to found an AI startup, just sold her company to Cisco for $270 million
Nickie Louise Posted On May 2, 2018


Amy Chang was former head of analytics at Google from July 2005 to November 2012. She was just two levels removed from Larry Page and the C-suite. She later left the search giant to found her own AI-based digital personal assistant startup […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Wednesday, May 2
Nickie Louise Posted On May 2, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Wednesday, May 2. Tesla sued for $2 billion by hydrogen truck startup over alleged patent infringement. Nikola Motor Company has filed a lawsuit in Arizona alleging that Tesla’s […]


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Facebook to offer dating service for the first time, take on Tinder
Nickie Louise Posted On May 1, 2018


You can now find love on Facebook. Facebook is getting into a matchmaking business. Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced Tuesday that the social giant is launching a new dating app. This makes it the first time the world’s largest social media network […]


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AI startup H2O.ai launches Driverless AI, an automated machine learning platform
Nickie Louise Posted On May 1, 2018


The data science and machine learning software landscape is changing. With the fall of the old guard like SAS and IBM, new and young startups like H2O.ai, Knime and RapidMiner taking the top spots, according to Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant […]


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Cloud Based BI Platform startup ClicData closes $2 million Pre-Series A Round to accelerate growth
Nickie Louise Posted On May 1, 2018


The Arizona-based Cloud Based BI Platform startup, ClicData, announced today that has closed $2 million VC backed financing pre-Series A Round. The funding will be used to accelerate the company’s growth. ClicData is rapidly accelerating its conquest of the Business Intelligence market. […]


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Microsoft Ventures rebrands as M12, together with its VC partners, awarded $3.5 million to most innovative companies harnessing the power of artificial intelligence
Nickie Louise Posted On May 1, 2018


Microsoft has decided to change the name of its venture capital (VC) fund from Microsoft Ventures to M12 to highlight its ongoing commitment to the innovators and entrepreneurs its support. The change came two years after its official launch. So what does […]


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