Bill Gates once said that the best investment he has ever made was investing in vaccines. In 2019, CNBC wrote a piece titled, “My ‘best investment’ turned $10 billion into $200 billion worth of economic benefit.” In an interview, Microsoft […]
The Org, a New York-based tech startup that is building organization charts for public and private companies, announced today it has raised $20 million in Series B funding to shift into the second phase of their product; grow their team in New […]
French cloud computing services provider OVHcloud is planning to launch an initial public offering (IPO) as soon as Monday that could value it at more than $4.7 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. […]
Over the past five years, the digital banking space has mostly been dominated by fintech startups and challenger banks that compete directly with the longer-established banks. Unlike the legacy banks, digital banks distinguish themselves by offering modern financial technology practices, such […]
Last Wednesday, SpaceX made history as Elon Musk’s space company sent the first all-civilian space crew into space on a 3-day mission. SpaceX became the first private company to send a full crew of four non-professional astronauts to fly to space. […]
GitLab, the popular open-source code collaboration platform that enables developers to create, review, and deploy codebases, announced its initial public offerings on Friday. The company said it plans to list on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol “GTLB,” according to initial […]
It was almost a year ago that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak launched a new cryptocurrency startup called Efforce, to revolutionize the $250 billion energy efficiency market. Just like Apple, the company he co-founded 46 years ago changed our lives forever, the renowned […]
Avalanche, a new blockchain tech startup that promises to offer the industry’s fastest smart contracts, has raised $230 million in a token sale to institutional investors led by Polychain and Three Arrows Capital. Avalanche is a smart contract-enabled cryptocurrency that also supports the proof-of-stake blockchain. […]
On May 30, 2020, NASA and SpaceX made history after Elon Musk space company carried two NASA astronauts into space from American soil after nearly a decade, making Space X the first commercial company to take humans into space. Last night, SpaceX […]
Popular video-game chat community app Discord has raised $500 million in new funding round five months after walking away from $10 billion sale talks with Microsoft. The deal values the company at about $15 billion according to a report from Bloomberg News but Discord […]
Prenetics, a Hong Kong-based genetic testing startup, is going public through a merger with Artisan Acquisition — a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) — in a deal that will value the combined entity at $1.7 billion, the two companies announced Thursday. […]
As you may recall on Monday, a group of leading U.S. and international scientists said Covid booster shots are ‘not appropriate’ or needed at this time. In the study, which was published in the peer-reviewed journal The Lancet, the group concluded that Covid […]
As of 2020, there are over 40 million Hispanics of Mexican origin living in the United States, many of whom are unbanked or underbanked because of inadequate access to banking resources, including bank branches in their community, and access to loans with […]
As the self-driving delivery service market heats up, Walmart, Ford, and Argo AI announced today they’re teaming up to launch an autonomous vehicle delivery service in Miami, Austin, and Washington, D.C. As part of the pilot, the last-mile delivery service will […]
In 2018, Quek Siu Rui, the 26-year-old founder of Singapore-based Carousell turned down a $100 million offer for the startup he founded six years earlier. As we reported back then, Rui was offered $100 million for his startup that makes […]
Remitly, a cross-border remittance provider to customers, is planning to go public at a valuation of nearly $7 billion in its U.S. initial public offering (IPO), according to Tuesday’s regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The announcement comes a […]
For far too long, life insurance has been inaccessible to many Americans, with 41 million Americans reporting needing but lacking policies. Now, one startup is aiming to disrupt the life insurance market and fundamentally change the industry by offering competitive […]
Chinese autonomous driving start-up DeepRoute.ai said today it has raised over $300 million in Series B funding to further research and development, expand its team, and scale automaker collaboration and fleet operation. The round was led by Alibaba Group, with participation from other investors […]
India-based customer relationship management (CRM) software startup is planning for a nearly $9 billion valuation in a U.S. initial public offering. The company disclosed in a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday. We covered FreshWorks […]
With just nine months into 2021, Microsoft has acquired a total of nine companies, equating to one acquisition per month. Among them are Nuance Communications which Microsoft acquired In April. Others include Kinvolk, RiskIQ, CloudKnox, Peer5, and others. Now, Microsoft continues its […]
