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The search is on to find the UK’s top tech innovator as KPMG launches global competition to find disruptors of tomorrow

Nickie Louise Posted On April 20, 2022

Quick Takes KPMG Private Enterprise launches global competition to find disruptors of tomorrow With venture capital (VC) investment in UK innovators at a record high, the competition offers tech businesses the opportunity to showcase their business to global investors KPMG, […]

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Kyoko lands nine DAO partnerships as it gears up for blockchain lending product launch

Nickie Louise Posted On April 20, 2022

Over the last year, we’ve seen the emergence of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) from the crypto fad into the mainstream consciousness. For the uninitiated, a DAO is an autonomous organization regulated through a set of rules embedded in the blockchain network, technically […]

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Top 4 Blockchain-as-a-Service Providers to Know About in 2022

Nickie Louise Posted On April 20, 2022

The concept of blockchain-as-a-service is rapidly rising in the enterprise world. By having a third-party install and maintain the blockchain network – a distributed and immutable ledger that can be accessed by multiple parties quickly and securely – businesses can […]

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Estonian tech startup UP Catalyst raises $2.27M to revolutionize the electric car battery industry with sustainable carbon nanomaterials

Nickie Louise Posted On April 20, 2022

One of the reasons for the slow adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is cost. But the most common reason people give for not buying EVs is the concern about the driving range and the fear that the battery will run […]

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LawPay launches ClientCredit, a Buy Now Pay Later payment option for the legal industry

Nickie Louise Posted On April 19, 2022

The Buy now, pay later (BNPL) phenomenon has grown in popularity in recent years as customers seek alternative methods of financing. BNPL is a new payment option that allows consumers to receive their purchase right away (Buy Now), either online […]

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Citi leads a $40M investment in AI and cloud-powered global asset servicing platform tech startup FundGuard

Nickie Louise Posted On April 19, 2022

FundGuard, a New York-based tech startup, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round to accelerate the growth of its AI-powered SaaS investment management and asset servicing enterprise platform. The latest investment round included strategic investors Citi and State Street […]

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China’s automation giant Laiye closes $160M to accelerate global rollout of its intelligent automation platform

Nickie Louise Posted On April 19, 2022

Just last week, we wrote about Laiye after the Chinese automation giant acquired French AI tech startup Mindsay to lead the market shift to intelligent automation. The acquisition enables the company to provide its clients with low-code, and no-code technology required […]

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London-based fraud prevention startup Seon gets $94M to fight online fraud and Russian sanctions evasion

Nickie Louise Posted On April 19, 2022

Banking and financial institutions have rapidly digitized all their operations, especially since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, fraudulent activities have kept pace too. According to a report from LexisNexis, the cost of fraud for U.S. financial services and lending firms […]

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CFO survey from DataRails reveals the heavy price of dependence on manual processes

Nickie Louise Posted On April 18, 2022

DataRails, the world-leading FP&A solution for Excel users, has released their findings from a survey of hundreds of CFOs, challenging conventional wisdom about how cushy life in the C-suite is. The report finds an excessive amount of manual work by […]

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Jack Dorsey’s first tweet lost 99% of its value as NFT market loses steam

Nickie Louise Posted On April 18, 2022

Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientists ever lived, once said, “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it earns it; he who doesn’t pay it.” If Einstein were alive today, he probably would say […]

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Metaverse startup Mytaverse lands a $7.6M Seed round to build a business metaverse to enable people to meet face-to-face

Nickie Louise Posted On April 18, 2022

The hype around the metaverse continues to grow as more and more companies jump into the bandwagon looking to explore new use cases for the nascent technology. Metaverse can be used in many fields including, education, gaming, medicine, finance, and […]

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Gaming platforms FlickPlay, The Sandbox join forces to build an interoperable and integrated metaverse

Nickie Louise Posted On April 18, 2022

The Metaverse is all the rage since Facebook re-branded as Meta in October of last year. However, while the metaverse may seem exciting now, current metaverses are being built as separate virtual silos of individual metaverses with no way for […]

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Woosh founder leaves Google to build a solution to protect home air quality and transform HVAC into a smart air purifier; raises $1.3M in funding

Nickie Louise Posted On April 18, 2022

Did you know that the air in your home can be five times worse than the air outside? Today, most homes use HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) filters to filter dust, pollen, pet dander, and other small particles out of […]

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The future of work: How technology is changing the way we work

Nickie Louise Posted On April 16, 2022

Before the pandemic began in February 2020, only about 2 percent of the U.S. workforce was working remotely, by May 2020, that number had jumped to close to 70 percent. If there is one lesson we all learned from this pandemic, […]

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Watch out: New phishing tactics disguised as fun

Nickie Louise Posted On April 15, 2022

Social media quizzes and questionnaires are common. They make you laugh, with dozens of people commenting on their answers and sharing their stories. You see a post asking users about their first pets, their names, and some funny situations involving […]

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greymatter.io lands $7.1 million Series A to to grow its enterprise microservices platform

Nickie Louise Posted On April 15, 2022

For years, organizations built their business applications using a concept known as monolithic architecture. The idea is to build an application as a single unit. However, monolithic architecture comes with a lot of challenges including application maintenance nightmare. For example, to […]

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North Korean ‘Lazarus’ group behind the $615 million cryptocurrency theft, U.S. officials say

Nickie Louise Posted On April 15, 2022

Late last month, we wrote about the largest crypto heist after hackers stole $615 million worth of cryptocurrency from the maker of the popular online game Axie Infinity Ronin Network. The blockchain startup reported that hackers exploited its network and made […]

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SpendWithUkraine.com is a new website to support Ukrainian-made products and services in wartime

Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2022

The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine is now in its seventh week no one knows when the war will end. For now, individuals and companies around the world have offered assistance and support to the people of Ukraine as […]

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Blackrock, Fidelity invest $400 million in crypto tech startup and the issuer of USDC stablecoin Circle

Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2022

Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, is jumping on the crypto bandwagon with an investment in a crypto tech startup and the backer of USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin Circle. In an announcement this week, Circle said it has entered into an agreement for a […]

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Blockchain gaming startup Splinterlands to decentralize validator nodes with new license offering

Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2022

It’s been about two months since we last covered Splinterlands. But that doesn’t mean the team at the popular NFT-based play-to-earn card gaming tech startup has been sitting idle. Back then, Splinterlands sold out its unique NFT collection starring rapper Wacka […]

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