Daniel Levi

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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.

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Gains Network becomes the world’s first DeFi ecosystem to provide leveraged on-chain stock price trading

Daniel Levi Posted On May 3, 2022

The growth of Web3 since 2021 has led to the rapid adoption of decentralized finance (DeFi), which facilitates transactions between individuals without bank or government involvement. The popularity of DeFi has also accelerated the need for investors and venture capital firms […]

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China’s EV tech startup CH-AUTO to go public via a $1.7 billion SPAC deal

Daniel Levi Posted On May 2, 2022

After a record 2021, public mergers and acquisitions via special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) fell off the cliff in the first quarter of 2022. However, it appears things are beginning to take off. Today, Chinese electric vehicle tech startup CH-AUTO Technology Corp announced it […]

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Yuga Labs, the creator of Bored Ape NFTs, raises nearly $285 million worth of crypto in a virtual land sale

Daniel Levi Posted On May 2, 2022

Last month, we wrote about Yuga Labs after the creator of the “Bored Ape” series of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) raised $450 million in funding to build an NFT metaverse. The round, which was led by a16z crypto, with participation from top-tier game studios, brings […]

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How the Futures NFTs will shape the new “phygital” world

Daniel Levi Posted On May 2, 2022

The Futures is an NFT collection consisting of 5,000 unique 2D NFT avatars that are created to become an iconic, community-owned brand. While NFTs are evolving from simple digital collectibles, The Futures founding team created the project to enhance the […]

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Spanish prime minister’s mobile phone breached by Israeli NSO Group’s military-grade Pegasus spyware

Daniel Levi Posted On May 2, 2022

NSO Group is a cybersecurity tech startup you’ve probably never heard of. We first covered NSO Group back in 2018 when the Herzliya, Israel-based startup made headlines after its military-grade Pegasus spyware was used in a botched attempt to break into the iPhone of […]

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Amazon takes $7.6 billion loss on Rivian stake after the once high-flying EV startup lost over 80% of its value; from its peak of $146.7 billion to $29.41 billion

Daniel Levi Posted On April 29, 2022

We first covered Rivian in 2019 after the once secretive and high-flying electric truck startup raised $700 million in funding led by e-commerce giant Amazon. A year earlier, Rivian emerged from stealth mode with half a billion dollars in funding. With millions […]

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Nomad Media Club launches the world’s first NFT powered audio streaming platform

Daniel Levi Posted On April 29, 2022

Last year, a single piece of the non-fungible token (NFT) art was sold at Christie’s Auction for a record-setting $69.3 million, making it the most expensive digital art ever sold. Since then, the NFT craze has taken the gaming and digital art […]

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YGG SEA, Solana Ventures join forces to supercharge game development in Southeast Asia

Daniel Levi Posted On April 28, 2022

The popularity of Solana continues to soar as developers flock to the blockchain network to take advantage of the scalability compared to its rival, Ethereum. Unlike Ethereum which is slow and has high gas fees, Solana is much faster and cheaper. […]

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Cake DeFi unveils “Borrow,” a new product to give users novel opportunities to strengthen their crypto portfolios and maximize their returns

Daniel Levi Posted On April 28, 2022

Decentralized finance (DeFi) has slowly been gaining momentum over the past year. For some of our audience who may still not be familiar with the concept, DeFi is an emerging financial technology that aims to democratize finance by replacing legacy and centralized […]

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Data security startup Veza emerges from stealth with $110M in funding to help enterprises share data safely in the cloud

Daniel Levi Posted On April 28, 2022

Data is the lifeblood of every business. And, with most organizations now operating in the cloud, the need to securely and safely use and share data on-premise and in the cloud is greater than ever. However, organizations around the world are […]

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Doppler raises $20M led by CRV to help developers seamlessly manage and secure application secrets at scale

Daniel Levi Posted On April 27, 2022

In the early days of computing, one of the ways system administrators managed system variables was to keep all the individual user environment variables in a file called the “. env file.” Fast forward decades later, things have not changed […]

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Fintech startup Outfund raises $144M Series A to become the largest revenue-based finance provider in the UK, Spain, and Australia

Daniel Levi Posted On April 27, 2022

Every day, thousands of new startups are created around the world. However, starting, operating, and scaling a new startup is not always easy. One of the many challenges facing new startups and small businesses is raising funds to support growth without giving […]

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Portal, HighCircleX join forces to let everyone invest in pre-IPO companies before they go public

Daniel Levi Posted On April 26, 2022

For far too long, investing in pre-IPO companies was restricted to private equity companies, banks, venture capital firms, and individual investors with a net worth of more than $1 million or annual income above $200,000. As such, only institutions, insiders, and […]

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London-based e-commerce startup Aisle-3 opens its doors for business with the launch of its universal checkout across the UK’s largest selection of sneakers

Daniel Levi Posted On April 26, 2022

If you live here in the US, Aisle 3 is a British e-commerce startup you’ve probably never heard of. Sitting at the intersection of Fintech, e-commerce, and Marketplaces, Aisle 3 has been described as the “Wikipedia of product search.” Launched just two years […]

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Verana Networks lands $28M Series B funding to bring next-generation 5G RAN technology to service providers, enterprises

Daniel Levi Posted On April 26, 2022

With billions of devices connected to the Internet, the need for reliable connectivity is greater than ever. 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) is a next-generation technology that promises a dramatically improved level of connectivity. Unlike its predecessors, 5G RAN uses 5G […]

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Flare Network receives SupaGrant from Algorand Foundation to develop Bitcoin bridge

Daniel Levi Posted On April 26, 2022

The Algorand Foundation has been making waves in recent months. Crypto enthusiasts have dubbed Algorand as an “Ethereum killer” as the foundation tackles the unique issue of ‘blockchain trilemma’ – the limitations with scalability, transaction speed, and security. Now, as part of its efforts […]

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Hackers stole $13.7 million in ‘Bored Ape’ NFTs

Daniel Levi Posted On April 25, 2022

Just last week, a MetaMask user of crypto wallet Metamask lost $650,000 worth of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in a phishing attack. The breach led MetaMask to ask Apple users to disable automatic iCloud backups for their wallets. Today, the Bored Ape Yacht […]

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Databricks acquires machine learning operations tech startup Cortex Labs

Daniel Levi Posted On April 25, 2022

Databricks has acquired San Francisco-based machine learning operations (MLOps) tech startup Cortex Labs. The total amount of the deal was not disclosed. Headquartered in San Francisco, Cortex helps data scientists and engineering teams deploy native machine learning models in the cloud. As part of the […]

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Humantic AI raises $1.5M in funding to help salespeople better understand their prospective customers

Daniel Levi Posted On April 25, 2022

A slew of tech executives and high-profile investors including Google’s Bradley Horowitz, Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal, and DoorDash’s Gokul Rajaram, have backed the first round of funding in Humantic AI, a Silicon Valley artificial intelligence-based startup that aims to help salespeople better understand their […]

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