Confido, a startup on the Ethereum platform disappeared from the internet on Sunday after raising $374,000 USD from investors in an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) fundraiser. According to a Reddit user, Confido first reported a legal issues on Medium website […]
A Finland-based micro-satellite radar imaging startup, Iceye, today announced a contract award with the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx) for Earth Observation Data Support Services. DIUx is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) organization focused on accelerating commercial technologies to […]
Qodeo launches Seedrs crowdfunding campaign with impressive investors. Qodeo, a company that monitors the global venture ecosystem and is rolling out the first global service that automatically matches best fit investors with entrepreneurs, has announced a crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Xiaomi […]
Happy weekend. Welcome to tech startup top stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news and features published on TechStartups.com during the past week. If you want this update in your inbox every week, make […]
Massive US military social media spying archive left wide open in Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 buckets. Three misconfigured AWS S3 buckets have been discovered wide open on the public internet containing “dozens of terabytes” of social media posts and […]
You probably have never heard of Neufund if you live here in the United States. So, why is everyone in Europe talking about this cryptocurrency startup? Neufund is the new way to fund ventures. It provides a blockchain-based fundraising. The young […]
Billionaire venture capitalist and founder of PayPal Peter Thiel is no longer affiliated with Y Combinator after the startup accelerator ended its part-time partner program, according to an edited company blog post. Pete Thiel is still a board member of Facebook. No one […]
An official at the Department of Homeland Security admitted that a team of experts remotely hacked a Boeing 757 parked at an airport. The hack was not conducted in a laboratory, but on a 757 parked at the airport in Atlantic […]
Good morning! Here is the startup news you need to know this Friday. Axios Raises $20 Million From Investors. The news media startup Axios has raised a $20 million round of second-round funding from a range of investors, including WndrCo, […]
The new Boston Dynamics Atlas Robot has learned new skills. A new video on YouTube shows how the robot is able to jump and perform backflip across platforms. Boston Dynamics is an engineering and robotics design company that is best known […]
Airbnb just bought a London-based Accomable to provide more disability-friendly listings to customers. The deal includes adding to the Airbnb website Accomable’s roughly 1,100 house and apartment listings that can accommodate guests with physical disabilities. Airbnb declined to disclose the price and terms […]
A Portland Oregon-based software company Opal Labs, has filed a $50 million lawsuit against New York-based Sprinklr Inc. and one of its employees. In a suit filed in Oregon, Opal claims the defendants obtained confidential information about Opal’s software and used […]
Good morning! Here is the startup news you need to know this Thursday. China’s third largest bike-sharing startup is about to crash. Bluegogo, which has 700,000 bicycles in China, appears to be on its last legs with employee cuts and complaints […]
Project100 is a startup started by technology developers, brand executives, business executives, writers, lawyers, not-for-profit executives, political strategists and more. Project 100 is a new organization facilitating support for progressive women running for Congress. Their mission is to build a movement to diversify […]
Scientists at Sangamo Therapeutics, make first ever attempt at gene editing inside the body. In a press release, the company today announced treatment of the first patient in the Phase 1/2 clinical trial (“the CHAMPIONS study”) evaluating SB-913, an investigational in […]
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know this Wednesday in tech startup news. Moderna Therapeutics, a $5 Billion startup made its first cancer vaccine—for just one person. Glenda Cleaver, a 67-year-old retiree suffering from lung cancer, becomes the first person to […]
CAMX Power, a Lexington Massachusetts startup, has developed a promising new battery material and unconventional survival strategy. The new material will help to advance lithium-ion cathodes, propel electric vehicles, and help other battery startups succeed. CAMX Power was founded by Kenan Sahin. Sahin, 75, […]
Cord-cutters rejoice! Philo, a streaming service startup, today launched a low-cost Internet-based TV streaming service for just $16 a month. So, what’s the catch? The service excludes sports channels and popular broadcast networks like NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox. Philo is an […]
The Redwood City, California-based startup has raised $87.5 million from Temasek Holdings. Temasek Holdings Private Limited is a state-owned holding company that can be characterized as a national wealth fund owned by the Government of Singapore. Poshmark has gone through multiple rounds of funding.The […]
Good morning! Here is the startup news you need to know this Tuesday. 29 start-ups that prove Silicon Valley innovation isn’t dead. CNBC just published a list of 29 startups that are using innovative and emerging technologies to solve challenging […]
