December 22, 2025
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Daniel Levi

Daniel is a writer and editor for Tech Startups. Daniel has been involved in technology and gaming for over two decades. He has previous experience in software development and loves writing about emerging technologies, cybersecurity, and cryptocurrency. Daniel also enjoys hiking and camping.


Cybersecurity  / Featured  / Security  / Startup Funding  / Startup Spotlight  / Startups  / Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News  / Venture Capital
Israeli VC fund Cyberstarts raises $60M in Seed Fund III to invest in early-stage cybersecurity startup companies
Daniel Levi Posted On August 24, 2022


Israeli venture capital firm Cyberstarts announced today it has raised $60 million for its Seed Fund III to double down its investment in early-stage cybersecurity tech startup companies. The news of the latest fund comes only a few months after the firm raised $200 […]


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Agriculture  / Launch  / NFT  / Startup Spotlight  / Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News
WakeUp Labs teams up with Kilimo to generate water-saving certificates using NFTs and save up to 40% in water for irrigation
Daniel Levi Posted On August 24, 2022


If you think non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are just about funny monkey JPEG images, think again. Although the technology is still in its infant stage, NFTs can be used to represent ownership of any digital assets. Because each NFT is unique and […]


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BioTech  / Research  / Startup Spotlight  / Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News
This biotech startup wants to create “synthetic” human embryos to harvest their organs for transplants
Daniel Levi Posted On August 23, 2022


Early this year, we wrote a piece about how tech billionaires came up with a proposal to replace natural birth with synthetic wombs to remove the high “burden” of pregnancy and allow women to work more for equal pay. Their controversial […]


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Privacy  / Social Media  / Startup Spotlight  / Technology News
Facebook’s Meta agreed to pay $37.5 million for violating users’ privacy and tracking their movements through smartphones without their permission
Daniel Levi Posted On August 23, 2022


Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms reached a $37.5 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing the social giant of violating users’ privacy by tracking their movements through their smartphones without permission. According to a preliminary settlement of the proposed class action filed […]


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Nike makes $185 million in NFT sales after selling an NFT sneaker for a record $134,000 
Daniel Levi Posted On August 23, 2022


Non-fungible token (NFT) have become the new buzzword with ever-growing interest, both within and outside the crypto community. Since its popularity a year ago, crypto-enthusiasts, celebrities, and brand marketers jumped on the NFT train hoping to cash in. However, the […]


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Sternum’s Free License for OpenWrt Devices: Eradicating the Issue of Trust in IoT
Daniel Levi Posted On August 23, 2022


The number of IoT-connected devices worldwide is expected to approach 30 billion by 2030. This is more than double the 13 billion estimate for 2022. With this many devices, it is worrying that there is still no security standard established […]


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Energy  / Environment  / Featured  / Startup Funding  / Startup Spotlight  / Startups  / Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News
Fusion energy startup Focused Energy scores $15M to generate unlimited carbon-free energy and decarbonize the planet
Daniel Levi Posted On August 22, 2022


The global energy demand is projected to grow 47% by 2050. Currently, fossil fuels still remain the largest energy source but oil reserves continue to dwindle. What about clean energy? Researchers also predicted that over the next 30 years cannot be […]


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Cryptocurrency  / Featured  / Startup Spotlight  / Technology News
FDIC orders crypto exchange FTX to stop ‘false and misleading’ claims that crypto funds are insured by the US government
Daniel Levi Posted On August 22, 2022


Crypto exchange FTX found itself in hot water over a now-deleted tweet where it claimed that crypto funds at the company are insured by the US government. On Friday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), one of the US bank regulators, ordered […]


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Gaming  / Startup Spotlight  / Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News
Decentral Games unveils fast-paced ‘Sit-n-Go’ tournaments in the newly launched ICE Poker Flex app
Daniel Levi Posted On August 18, 2022


Back in June, we covered Decentral Games after the startup landed a $1 million MANA grant from Decentraland DAO to support ICE liquidity. The award, which followed a hard-fought battle, supported the Decentral Games’ $ICE token and the rollout of its […]


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Madfish launches Yupana Finance, the first decentralized lending protocol on Tezos
Daniel Levi Posted On August 18, 2022


Today, open-source blockchain network Tezos welcomes the release of Yupana.Finance on its platform. Developed by a team of blockchain engineers at Madfish, Yupana.Finance is a decentralized and the first non-custodial lending protocol on Tezos. With this launch, Madfish is providing the […]


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Energy  / Environment  / Startup Spotlight  / Startups  / Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News
Curio is a nuclear waste recycling startup that wants to solve the 2,000 metric tons of new nuclear waste problem generated in US every year
Daniel Levi Posted On August 17, 2022


Energy powers the world. Today, nuclear power currently provides about 20 percent of US electricity— and 50 percent of its carbon-free electricity, according to data from the US Energy Information and Administration (EIA). However, what’s rarely discussed is the overall energy lifecycle […]


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Tencent to sell its $24 billion stake in food delivery giant Meituan to appease the Chinese government
Daniel Levi Posted On August 16, 2022


In the past two years, China began to crack down on tech companies, wiping billions of dollars of value from its most prominent companies including Alibaba. Then in May, the Chinese government showed signs of easing its crackdown on the country’s tech […]


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Dapps  / DeFi  / Startup Spotlight  / Startups  / Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News
When It Comes To Smart Contracts, Safer Assets Are The Key To Better dApps
Daniel Levi Posted On August 15, 2022


Smart contracts have emerged as one of the most fundamental technologies in decentralized networks, forming the basis of today’s growing blockchain industry. It’s smart contracts that allow DeFi applications to process transactions, and NFTs and the metaverse to function in […]


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UK-based fintech startup Bankifi raises $4.8M to offer embedded banking solutions for small and medium businesses (SMEs) and expand into the US market
Daniel Levi Posted On August 15, 2022


With the rise of challenger banks and neobanks, community financial institutions in the United States continue to face existential threats from fintech companies, national banks, and accounting package vendors that are offering a competitive suite of payment solutions to SMBs. Now, […]


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Cryptocurrency  / Cybersecurity  / Featured  / Hacking  / Security  / Startup Spotlight  / Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News
Suspected developer of crypto mixer Tornado Cash arrested for laundering $7 billion worth of crypto
Daniel Levi Posted On August 12, 2022


Dutch authorities announced on Friday they had arrested a 29-year-old man believed to be a developer for the cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash. The announcement comes just a few days after the US Treasury put the notorious crypto startup on its sanctions list. […]


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Blockchain  / Startup Spotlight  / Tech Startup News  / Technology News
Binance Labs makes a strategic investment in Ankr
Daniel Levi Posted On August 11, 2022


Just two days after the launch of its ANKR token staking to allow Web3 users to earn rewards, Web3 infrastructure provider Ankr announced today it has received a strategic investment from Binance Labs to further improve the scalability of blockchain networks. The […]


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Decentralized tech startup Satellite IM closes $10.5M to offer the world’s first web3 communications platform with private messaging
Daniel Levi Posted On August 11, 2022


Data breaches in the US hit a record high in 2021 affecting nearly 300 million victims. The cost of a data breach continues to skyrocket. According to a recent IBM study conducted by the Ponemon Institute, data breaches cost American companies on average […]


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Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and other billionaires are backing this AI tech startup that is exploring for rare minerals buried beneath Greenland’s ice to power electric vehicles
Daniel Levi Posted On August 10, 2022


While some may disagree about the true cause of climate change, everyone agrees that global warming is bad because of its disastrous ecological consequences and potentially lead to a dramatic transformation of our planet as we know it. But there are also some […]


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Acquisition  / Featured  / Health  / HealthTech  / Startup Spotlight  / Technology News
TikTok parent ByteDance acquires Amcare Healthcare for $1.5 billion to make inroads into China’s $1 trillion healthcare market
Daniel Levi Posted On August 10, 2022


TikTok parent-company ByteDance’s healthcare unit in China, Xiaohe Health, has acquired a high-end private hospital chain called Amcare Healthcare in a deal worth $1.5 billion, according to a report from Bloomberg. A spokesperson for Xiaohe Health also confirmed the acquisition. The announcement is […]


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Nas Academy partners with Invisible College to launch crypto academy for Web3
Daniel Levi Posted On August 9, 2022


Just 5 years ago, the world had 5 million social media creators. Today, that number is over 50 million. With this increase also comes the need to train and empower creators to adapt to changing technology and be equipped with […]


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