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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

Space tech startup OneWeb raises $550 million in new funding to bring Internet connectivity to everyone, everywhere
Nickie Louise April 28, 2021

Biotech startup Turn Biotechnologies raises new funding to develop novel RNA medicines for untreatable age-related conditions
Nickie Louise April 28, 2021


Step raises $100M in Series C funding to offer mobile banking for teens;  surpasses 1.5 million users after less than six months in the market
Nickie Louise April 27, 2021

London-based RegTech startup ALT/AVE secures £535K investment in pre-seed funding and Innovate UK grant to accelerate growth
Nickie Louise April 27, 2021

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is launching its own NFT marketplace
Nickie Louise April 27, 2021


Two Robbers, a Philadelphia-based Hard Seltzer tech startup, “robs” $6M in Series A funding to change the way you drink
Nickie Louise April 27, 2021

Oregon-based tech startup Vector raises $12.5M in Series A funding to accelerate the adoption of digital health and remote care in cardiology
Nickie Louise April 27, 2021