In 2019, 20.6 percent of U.S. adults experienced mental illness (51.5 million people), according to a study by the National Alliance on Mental Health. This represents 1 in 5 adults. The same study also found that 5.2 percent of U.S. adults experienced […]
A little over a year ago, Waymo, a self-driving startup owned by Google’s parent company, Alphabet, raised a whopping $2.25 billion in its first external funding round. The round was led by Silicon Valley heavyweights including Alphabet itself, along with outside firms […]
R-Zero, a San Francisco-based tech startup formed during the pandemic to make ultraviolet disinfecting machines for commercial and institutional customers, announced today it has raised $41.5 million to help automate its process and make it more efficient. The round, which […]
Back in October, we wrote about Google for Startups after it awarded up to $100,000 to 76 black founders from its $5M Google for Startups Black Founders Fund. Unlike the traditional venture capital funding, the founders received non-dilutive cash awards and […]
After more than one year of silence, the discussion about the origin of the deadly coronavirus that has so far killed over 3.75 million people worldwide, is beginning to get the attention of the U.S. mainstream media. For the past […]
On April 30, 1993, four years after publishing a proposal for “an idea of linked information systems,” British computer scientist and inventor Tim Berners-Lee released the source code for the world’s first web browser and editor. Now, Tim Berners-Lee, creator […]
Today, venture firm Andreessen Horowitz is officially launching its media outlet Future.com, a new tech platform that explores how technology is transforming our world—from crypto and biology to gaming and social networks. The new Future brand was launched on a […]
Moonshot Brands, a rapidly growing platform that buys, launches, and scales direct-to-consumer and marketplace e-commerce brands, emerged from stealth mode today with $160 million in funding. The financing came from Y Combinator, Victory Park Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures (Joe Montana), Garage […]
No day goes by without a headline about SoftBank. Last month, the Japanese giant shocked its critics after it announced a $36.99 billion profit in just 3 months, making it the biggest profit in the history of a Japanese company. Now […]
If you’re planning to travel to Europe, you better make sure you have your digital covid vaccine passport ready. Today, European Union (EU) officials signed into law digital Covid passports allowing the 27-nation bloc to open their borders for summer travel. […]
Sempre Health, a Silicon Valley-based health tech startup that is bringing behavior-based, dynamic pricing to healthcare, announced today it has closed $15 million in Series B funding to improve medication affordability and reduces medication costs for patients with chronic disease also expands […]
It’s been over two years since we wrote about Pegasus Tech Ventures (“Pegasus”), a global venture capital firm managing over $1.5 Billion in assets. The last time we wrote about Pegasus, the Silicon Valley-based firm became the first firm to launch the Venture Capital-as-a-Service […]
After many months of labeling anyone who questioned the origin of the coronavirus as a conspiracy theorist, a new footage video now proves that the World Health Organisation (WHO) had lied to the world about its investigation about China’s Wuhan […]
The pandemic has led to the rise in the global mental health crisis. Today, around one in five of the world’s young people have a mental health condition. Over the past year, we’ve been using our platform to bring attention to […]
The quality of education at U.S. public schools is at an all-time low. We now live at a time when students depend more on calculators and Google to calculate very simple arithmetic. Gone are the days of the slide rule […]
It’s been a while since we last wrote about Instacart, a leading online grocery platform in North America that offers same-day delivery and pickup services to bring fresh groceries and everyday essentials to busy people and families across the U.S. and Canada. […]
Another day, another hacking news. Cyberattacks are becoming a major issue for businesses and the trend is not our friend. Just last month, Colonial Pipeline surrendered to the Darkside hacker group after it paid nearly $5 million in ransom via an untraceable […]
Early last month, we wrote about Lordstown Motors, an electric vehicle startup that once valued at $5.3 billion came under SEC investigation for an alleged 100,000 in fake preorders and zero car delivery. To our surprise, the news did not […]
As we said before, cryptocurrencies live and die by Elon Musk’s tweets. What happened over the weekend is a further proof that bitcoin can easily be manipulated by one very powerful and influential individual. On May 12, Tesla said it […]
Did you know that transportation represents 28% of greenhouse gas emissions? As major cities continue to grow, traffic congestion is escalating and the planet continues to suffer. The macro trends are crystal clear and the current trajectory is not sustainable. Something […]
