While you would think that increased competition in the FinTech space would drive down transaction costs for digital payments, PayPal thinks it’s big enough to jack up its fees without regard to how the decision might affect its customers. Last week, […]
We wrote about DiDi Chuxing yesterday before the Chinese ride-sharing startup made its official debut at the New York Stock Exchange. As we reported, instead of the planned 288 million shares, DiDi sold 316.8 million American Depository Shares (ADS) at $14 apiece, […]
ION Energy, a Mumbai, India-based energy-tech startup said today it has raised $3.6 million in Pre-Series A funding to grow its team and invest in product development and expand the software business in North America and Europe. Backers in this round […]
Remember Robinhood, an online broker and free-trading app that restricted thousands of retail investors from trading Dogecoin back in April? The company’s past always is now catching up with the founders. Today, U.S. financial regulator, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), has […]
Over the past three decades, the price of lithium-ion batteries has declined by 97 percent. For example, a battery with a capacity of one kilowatt-hour that used to cost $7, 500 in 1991, fell as low as $181 in 2018. […]
Onboarding new hires has always been a critical step in converting new hires into long-term employees, which in turn increases employee engagement and retention rates. Unlike bigger companies, however, several studies have shown that most small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) […]
Chinese ride-hailing startup and Uber competitor, DiDi Chuxing, has been aiming to go public since April of 2018. The day finally came today when the unicorn startup raised $4.4 billion in its U.S. IPO, pricing it at the top of its […]
GENIUS NY, the world’s largest accelerator competition for unmanned systems and a business accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden, announced 13 teams as semi-finalists in the competition’s fifth round. The companies, which are developing innovations in unmanned aircraft systems […]
Back in March, SpaceX filed with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to build a 469-ft tall steel launch tower for its Starship rocket in Texas that will catch the super-heavy booster when landing. A month later, Elon Musk later shared the catching system […]
Earlier this month, El Salvador made a dramatic move to make bitcoin a legal tender, making it the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender alongside the United States dollar. The announcement came after Congress approved President […]
On July 11, 2011, Facebook became the first website to top one trillion page views per month, leading some financial analysts to speculate that Facebook could be the first one-trillion company. But that title was taken by Apple when its shares hit […]
New Program Will Support Entrepreneurial Training for Scientists and Accelerate Deep Decarbonization Program Supports Governor Cuomo’s Goal of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions 85 Percent by 2050 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced more than $9 million is available to establish the Carbontech […]
The FinTech industry is heating up and venture capital firms are opening up their wallets to promising and innovative tech startups. The fintech space continues to grow with no sign of slowing down. Just last week, Visa acquired Swedish fintech startup Tink […]
Just last month, we reported that Binance was under investigation by DOJ and IRS for money laundering and tax offenses. Now, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange is facing another trouble from the U.K. markets regulator. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that […]
In today’s fast-paced digital world, it’s virtually impossible to roll out new software using the traditional software delivery method. Most organizations now adopt a software development practice known as continuous delivery (CD) where software code changes are automatically prepared for […]
The IPO season is here and Silicon Valley-based cybersecurity startup SentinelOne becomes the latest to join the IPO bandwagon. Backed by billionaire investor Daniel Loeb’s hedge fund Third Point, SentinelOne is looking to raise about $1.02 billion, according to a report from Reuters, citing […]
We’ve been covering Viva Republica for at least three years now. We first wrote about Viva Republica back in December 2017 after the South Korean fintech startup and the maker of financial services platform Toss joined the highly coveted unicorn startup club. At […]
Contrary to popular narratives we’ve been fed for over a year by our public health officials and China, it turns out the virus that causes COVID-19 did not originate at the Wuhan seafood market, a new study of deleted gene […]
Bitcoin had a bumpy ride this week as the world’s most popular cryptocurrency fell as low as $28,600 on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange before it quickly recovered back to over $30,000. When all the dust settles, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies including ethereum, […]
Happy Friday! For over three years now, Tech Startups has primarily been focusing on all things technology, tech startups, and entrepreneurs looking to launch their own startups. In this piece, we are going to do something a little differently–focus on […]
