Back in June 2021, we wrote about Google for Startups after it announced the launch of a second $5 million Black Founders Fund. Unlike the traditional venture capital funding, the founders received non-dilutive cash awards and did not give up any ownership […]
Just last week, we wrote about some of the challenges faced by European tech startups as regulatory ‘friction’ hampers their growth. The situation is so bad that one in three European startups are now considering launching their business elsewhere due to […]
The ongoing fear of recession has done little to slow down the influx of millions of dollars in funding into the non-fungible token (NFT) space. As investors shrugged off the news of a recession, the NFT boom that started early […]
Tech layoffs have ramped up in recent weeks as companies struggle to deal with the global economic downturn. As we reported late last month, at least 22,000 workers in the U.S. tech sector have been laid off in mass job cuts […]
Twitter Inc. has hired and assembled heavyweights Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to represent the company after Musk pulled out of $44 billion deal, according to a report from Yahoo Financial News, citing people familiar with the matter. On Friday, […]
Elon Musk said today that he’s backing out of the deal to buy Twitter for $4 billion over fake accounts and spam bots. In a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Elon Musk said he’s seeking to end the […]
In December 2021, US officials’ phones were hacked using spyware developed by Israeli cybersecurity tech startup NSO Group. According to multiple reports, at least nine iPhones of US state department officials were hacked using NSO Group spyware. NSO Group is a cybersecurity tech […]
Just a few weeks after Revuto announced its non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace in partnership with Cardahub, the Croatian subscription management startup today announced it is launching NFTs for lifetime subscriptions to Netflix and Spotify. As part of the launch, Revuto will sell NFTs […]
Creditas, the second biggest fintech startup in Brazil, is buying a bank and a mortgage startup after raising $200 million in new funding from investors. The announcement comes just six months after the SoftBank-backed startup raised $260 million in funding at a valuation […]
Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout deal to acquire Twitter appears to be in jeopardy because of his inability to verify social media’s claims about fake accounts and spam bots. Musk may soon walk away from the deals if his concerns […]
Meet Orus, a French insurtech startup that wants to reinvent specialty professional insurances for small businesses. Instead of focusing on the big insurance market, Orus decided to pick a different path. It wants to provide tailored insurance services to underserved small businesses. […]
The need for new natural food colors continues to accelerate due to growing consumer awareness and demands for healthier food colors to replace the synthetics that may have adverse effects on our health. The lack of reliable natural alternatives with […]
FTX, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has become the savior of the crypto industry as about half a dozen crypto companies became the casualties of the sudden crypto carnage. Last week, FTX bought the beleaguered crypto lender BlockFi for $25 million, […]
The SSV DAO, responsible for building ssv.network with a mission to offer a decentralized and secure ETH staking infrastructure, today announced it’s investing over $10 million to solidify the future of Eth staking. As part of that commitment, SSV DAO is distributing […]
Solflare, the Solana-native wallet Solflare, today released a key integration with cryptocurrency exchange FTX.com and FTX.us to simply portfolio management for Solana DeFi and NFT users. The new FTX integration lets users manage Solana CeFi and DeFi accounts in one app. Users […]
Ready Games, an established entity in the gaming industry, and The Game Storm Studio, one of the top game development companies globally, intend to explore Web3 opportunities by launching two new games. Both US Police Dog Mall Chase and Pet […]
You’ve probably seen it in the headlines or heard about it countless times, decentralized finance (DeFi) is a an emerging financial technology that’s set to revolutionize global finance as we know it. DeFi is a collective term used for blockchain financial applications […]
Back in April, we wrote about Boba Network after the Ethereum blockchain startup joined the coveted unicorn club following a $45M in funding led by Will Smith and Paris Hilton-backed VC firms. Fresh from a Series A funding round, today Boba Network […]
In a major victory for free speech, Twitter has reinstated the account of the Former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson after a long court battle. Berenson and Twitter reached a settlement last month. We first covered the story back in […]
Omnichannel logistics is a term you’ve probably heard about. The idea sounds great but when you think about all the aspects that have to work together including inventory, distribution, and the entire supply chain housed on a single channel, you […]
