Billionaire investor, Mark Cuban, just invested in a student loan app of a Chicago-based startup ChangEd. The startup’s loan app helps students pay off their loans with spare change from routine purchases. ChangEd appeared on appeared on ABC’s popular Emmy-Award winning […]
Washington D.C.-based cybersecurity startup studio, DataTribe, announced today that it is launching the DataTribe Cyber Crucible, a competition to identify high-technology startups with a vision to disrupt cybersecurity and data science. The three finalists will split $20,000 in prize money.Winners of […]
Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Monday, February 5. Grab is giving Uber a run for its money in Southern Asia. Grab is dominating the ridesharing market in Southeast Asia, boasting 2.3 million drivers […]
Around the world and most especially in developing countries, there are millions of people who collect reusable or recyclable materials thrown away by others to sell for profit. Waste picking is very important and provide a lot social benefits especially in […]
Three young startup companies, Impressio, RecoverX and Curv.ai, received $50,000 grants in NFL’s Super Bowl startup competition designed to encourage new advancements in athlete safety and performance. In the lead up to Super Bowl LII, the National Football League teamed with […]
Happy Sunday! Below are the top news stories on TechStartups.com over the past 7 days. If you want this weekly update in your inbox every week, please subscribe to the TechStartups Newsletter using the form at the right corner of […]
Everyone is talking about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. But what a lot of people may not be know is the underlying technology behind cyrptocurrency. Given many potential applications of blockchain, it is surprising that blockchain is not getting the same level of […]
While driving an automobile is safe, most of the time, there are frightening times. Not all of them happen when you’re actually behind the wheel. If your car won’t start, if you lock your keys inside a car, or if […]
World’s largest startup accelerator, Plug and Play Japan, yesterday announced the launch of Mobility as a new genre for its startup accelerator program in addition to Fintech, IoT, Insurtech for the Batch 1 program. This new Mobility program is being launched […]
Sydney-based blockchain startup Bloxian Technology announced that Dr. Vincent Gramoli, Australian researcher and world-renowned blockchain expert who gained his international reputation through his previous experiences at INRIA, France, Cornell, U.S., and EPFL, Switzerland has joined the team as a Senior Strategic Advisor. The […]
Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Friday, February 2. Startup Joby Aviation has raised $100 million for a working prototype of air-taxi. Joby Aviation, the secretive aviation startup, announced today that it raised $100 […]
Y Combinator (YC), one of the the world’s top startup accelerators, announced yesterday the launch of a free program called Startup Investor School. It is scheduled to be a 4-day course that is held live in Y Combinator’s office in Mountain View, […]
Bitcoin bloodbath continues and the price does not seem to be abating. The Price of Bitcoin drops below $8,000 for first time since November 24, 2017. Over $100 billion in global cryptocurrency market wiped off in 24 hours. The total market […]
Apple Inc. on Thursday posted biggest quarterly profit of all time despite a fall in iPhone sales. Apple reported US$20 billion profit in the final three months of 2017, breaking its own record it set two years ago. Contrary to media headlines, […]
Apollo is the world’s first graphene battery power bank. It is the world’s first portable power pack using graphene composite battery and USB C PD technology. It supports up to charge at 60W, which means the battery with capacity of 6000mAh […]
Any graduating high school student would tell you that prom is one of the best, if not the Best Night of High School. Some American parents think they are overrated and student didn’t go to theirs. However, American prom industry is […]
In a budget speech today, Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the country does not recognize cryptocurrency as legal tender. Jaitley made the comments during his fifth annual budget, which observers watched closely as the country prepares for a general election […]
Bitcoin slide continues. For the first time in two months, the price of Bitcoin has fallen below $9K. As of writing CoinDesk’s Bitcoin Price Index (BPI) had hit a low of $8,932.89, a move that came hours after the market […]
Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Thursday, February 1. AmEx buys AI travel startup Mezi. American Express has purchased a personal travel assistant app that uses artificial intelligence to personalize the online travel discovery […]
Voice startup, Pulse Labs, announced today it has raised $2.5 million in seed financing to help brands understand how real people interact with their voice app. The current investment is led by Madrona Venture Group, the round included participation from the […]