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Wix.com acquires Israel-based tech startup Rise.ai to add gift cards to its eCommerce platform
Nickie Louise May 5, 2021

StarTree raises $24 million in funding to usher in a new era of user-facing analytics
Nickie Louise May 5, 2021

Israeli-founded data storage startup VAST Data triples valuation to $3.7 billion after raising $83M in funding led by Tiger Global
Nickie Louise May 4, 2021


Security tech startup Vanta secures $50M in Series A funding led by Sequoia to automate security monitoring
Nickie Louise May 4, 2021

London-based gaming startup GameBake launches to shakeup global games distribution and help publishers take IPs to new markets
Nickie Louise May 4, 2021

Ireland-based biotech startup Cumulus Neuroscience raises $8.3M in funding to accelerate the development of life-changing CNS therapies for patients
Nickie Louise May 4, 2021


MIT spinoff startup Emvolon raises $1.5M seed funding to convert wasted natural gas into usable energy
Nickie Louise May 3, 2021

Chicago-based tech startup Catch Co. catches $38 million Series B funding round to modernize the fishing industry
Nickie Louise May 3, 2021

Verizon sells Yahoo (including TechCrunch) and other media assets to private equity firm Apollo for $5 billion
Nickie Louise May 3, 2021


Australia-based tech startup SafetyCulture joins the unicorn club at a $1.7 billion valuation after raising $76.5M in funding to help companies achieve safer workplaces
Nickie Louise May 3, 2021

Vaccitech, the biotech startup behind AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine developed using an altered form of chimpanzee cold virus, tumbles 20% in Nasdaq IPO debut
Nickie Louise May 1, 2021

Bill Gates turned his $55 million vaccine investment in Pfizer’s partner, BioNTech, into over $550 million in just under two years
Nickie Louise April 30, 2021


Indonesia’s ride-hailing tech startup Gojek to make every car and motorcycle on its platform an electric vehicle (EV) by 2030
Nickie Louise April 30, 2021

Artificial intelligence startup Actuate raises $8M funding for gun-detection AI security tech to keep society safer from gun threats
Nickie Louise April 29, 2021

New York-based tech startup Firstbase bags $13M Series A funding to let companies track and manage physical equipment assets
Nickie Louise April 29, 2021


Crypto startup Paxos joins the unicorn club at a $2.4 billion valuation after raising $300M in funding to grow its blockchain infrastructure platform
Nickie Louise April 29, 2021

Justin Zhu, founder and CEO of $2 billion tech startup Iterable, fired for “microdosing” on LSD at work
Nickie Louise April 28, 2021

New York-based tech startup Ergatta scores $30M for its connected home fitness brand and gamified rowing workouts
Nickie Louise April 28, 2021


Amsterdam-based MessageBird “flies” with $1 billion in funding; also acquires commercial email platform startup SparkPost in a $600 million deal
Nickie Louise April 28, 2021

Alchemy, a Coinbase-backed tech startup raises $80 million in Series B funding to power the NFT boom
Nickie Louise April 28, 2021