Alior Bank, BNP Paribas and PKO Bank Polski, banks representing approx. 30 percent assets of the Polish banking sector, have together invested $4.48 million (PLN 17 million) in Autenti, a Polish fintech startup that provides a platform for electronic agreement signing […]
Tech giant Apple has acquired Xnor.ai, an artificial intelligence startup that came from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s research lab. The acquisition suggests that Apple may be planning to Xnor.ai’s machine learning tools int iPhones and iPads in the future, with processing […]
KKR, leading global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate and credit, today announced that has closed its $2.2 billion Next Generation Technology Growth Fund II. The fund, called “NGT II” or the […]
Venture capital investments in the digital heath startups slowed in 2018 to $8.9 billion. According to a report Mercom Capital Group, LLC, a global communications and research firm, global venture capital (VC) funding in digital health, including private equity and corporate […]
Google has been on buying spree lately. With billions of dollars in war chest, Google announced the acquisition of two tech startups: Dublin’s Pointy, which helps brick-and-mortar retailers list their products online, and Seattle-based AppSheet, a tech startup that helps anyone […]
Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Wednesday, January 15, 2020. Amazon pledges $1 billion to small businesses in India. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced a $1 billion investment in India, even as the e-Commerce giant faces […]
Goldman Sachs sold its entire stake in ride-hailing giant Uber in the fourth quarter 0f 2019, according to a report from CNBC, citing person with direct knowledge of the move. Nobody knows for sure why the Wall Street giant sold its […]
Do you need a certified, insured bartenders for your corporate or private events? Host may be able to help you. Host is the first application-based platform connecting corporations with certified and insured bartenders. Whether it’s a corporate happy hour, wedding, social […]
Leading online business platform Kajabi has announced the release of Pages, a fully redesigned feature that gives users more control and fewer complications when designing optimized landing pages for their websites. Some 25,000 Kajabi customers already leverage the platform for […]
Buoyed by strong stock price, Tesla is reportedly in talks to buy cobalt from from Glencore for Shanghai Car Factory, according to a report from Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. The deal would help Tesla avoid a supply squeeze on the […]
Many startup employees find themselves wealthy “on paper” but lack sufficient liquidity, knowledge, and confidence to take full advantage of their equity. Often companies do not provide their employees with the tools to evaluate their financial options or take advantage […]
Anyline, a Vienna-based Vienna-based tech startup and a provider of a Software Development Kit (SDK) that allows anyone to build real-time mobile OCR apps with the highest recognition rates, announced today it has $12 million series A funding to double […]
Highlights Ninety-six percent of viewers will use a personalized channel if offered by TV broadcasters. Viewers prepared to pay £14.30 per month for personalized channels on top of existing TV subscription. Seventy-seven percent of viewers were more likely to renew […]
Another day, another security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10. This time, the severe security flaw was found by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). The agency reported on its website that it discovered a major security flaw that could let […]
Facing pressure from competing browsers Safari and Firefox, Google announced Tuesday it would begin phasing third-party cookies out of its Chrome web browser. Justin Schuh, engineering director for Google Chrome, said in a blog post Tuesday that the phasing out of […]
Verifying credentials is an essential safety component of the health care system. Health care organizations must establish the qualifications of their licensed medical professionals by assessing their background and legitimacy to provide care. CredSimple is a New York-based startup and an NCQA […]
In in an attempt to gain access to new technology, Comcast announced yesterday the launch SportsTech, a global accelerator for early stage sports technology startups. According to the announcement, the SportsTech will feature an unprecedented partnership of three of Comcast NBCUniversal’s […]
Financial giant Visa announced yesterday that it has acquired fintech startup Plaid for $5.3 billion. Founded by Duke University alum, Plaid makes it easy for people to securely connect their financial accounts to the apps they use to manage their financial lives. Plaid […]
With just 30% of the population holding a bank account & even less people being included in credit bureaus according to World Bank data, there is a massive gap between Vietnamese in need of financing & banks and lenders currently able […]
Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Tuesday, January 14, 2020. Israeli agritech startup CropX buys CropMetrics. CropX, an Israelu global soil sensing and agricultural analytics startup, has acquired CropMetrics, a Lincoln, Nebraska-based provider of cloud-based, precision-irrigation […]
