Melio, a New York-based fintech startup that gives small businesses a way to digitally manage their business-to-business payments and receivables, today announced it has raised $250 million in late-stage funding round, tripling its valuation to $4 billion since the start […]
For far too long, life insurance has been inaccessible to many Americans, with 41 million Americans reporting needing but lacking policies. Now, one startup is aiming to disrupt the life insurance market and fundamentally change the industry by offering competitive […]
Chinese autonomous driving start-up DeepRoute.ai said today it has raised over $300 million in Series B funding to further research and development, expand its team, and scale automaker collaboration and fleet operation. The round was led by Alibaba Group, with participation from other investors […]
Intuit has acquired email marketing company Mailchimp for $12 billion in cash and stock, the two companies said in an announcement Monday. The acquisition makes it the biggest-ever deal for a privately-held bootstrapped tech startup company, as Mailchimp never took outside […]
India-based customer relationship management (CRM) software startup is planning for a nearly $9 billion valuation in a U.S. initial public offering. The company disclosed in a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday. We covered FreshWorks […]
As Pfizer plans to start administering a third booster shot for covid-19 for millions of Americans, a group of leading U.S. and international scientists said Covid booster shots are ‘not appropriate’ at this time. In the study, which was published Monday in the peer-reviewed […]
Early this morning, fake news about a partnership between the world’s largest grocer Walmart and Litecoin was circulating on social media. A number of media organizations including Reuters and CNBC sent headlines on the announcement. Now, Walmart just denied the news […]
With just nine months into 2021, Microsoft has acquired a total of nine companies, equating to one acquisition per month. Among them are Nuance Communications which Microsoft acquired In April. Others include Kinvolk, RiskIQ, CloudKnox, Peer5, and others. Now, Microsoft continues its […]
The InsureTech market is red hot with no sign of slowing down. In the past three years alone, venture investors have poured over $20 billion into the space, making it one of the highest growing sectors. One of the leading […]
Globally, 18% of small businesses said they were currently closed, down from 24% in February. In the US, both numbers were slightly lower, at 16% and 22% respectively. However, of those businesses still operating globally, more reported reduced employment this […]
4D sensors have traditionally been the domain of high power, expensive military-grade radar or laser systems. Until now. Oculii is an Oregon-based developer of high-resolution imaging radars for autonomous systems. Backed by prominent Silicon Valley angel investors and VCs, Oculii is leveling the playing […]
Over the years, we’ve written many articles about bitcoin and how the world’s most popular cryptocurrency has become the most speculative digital asset with little to no utility in the real world partly due to its volatility, privacy, and other […]
As you probably remember in April, the inventor of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee put the original source code he wrote 32 years ago for sale as an NFT. Then on June 30, his NFT of the world wide web […]
On June 10, we wrote about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) when the agency announced it was holding an ’emergency meeting” after hundreds suffered rare heart inflammation following Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. On the same day, NBC […]
In July, we asked in one of our articles why female founders were ignored by venture capital firms. Similar to how startups founded by people of color are often ignored, female-founded are also ignored by VCs. A 2018 report released by PitchBook […]
We all love underdog stories, like in the biblical story of David versus Goliath. But this time, it is a story we’ve been following over the past year–the battle between Fortnite creator Epic Games and tech giant Apple. As you […]
In 2018, the United States spent an estimated $3.6 trillion, or 17.6% of its $20.5-trillion gross domestic product, on health care, including $345 billion on prescription drugs sold in retail pharmacies. However, since the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020, the […]
Remember back in 2013 when Google launched Google Glass, a brand of smart glasses with an optical head-mounted display designed in the shape of a pair of glasses? At the time, they were slated as the next big thing in tech. Wearers […]
Earlier today, Biden announced the sweeping COVID-19 vaccine requirements on Thursday, that affect about 100 million Americans. The new measures include a vaccine mandate for all federal workers and contractors and a requirement that large companies with more than 100 […]
In March, Mike Winkelmann, the digital artist known as Beeple, made history after a single piece of his non-fungible token (NFT) art print was sold at Christie’s Auction for a record-setting $69.3 million, making it the most expensive digital art ever sold. Then […]
