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Crypto trading platform eToro launches a $20 million NFT fund as NFT gold rush heats up

Nickie Louise Posted On April 8, 2022

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are no longer a fad. In the last year alone, the digital art market exploded after the report of a single piece of non-fungible token (NFT) art sold at Christie’s Auction for a record-setting $69.3 million, making it […]

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PropTech startup Vontive launches with $135M in funding to transform real estate investing

Nickie Louise Posted On April 7, 2022

According to a 2021 report released by MSCI, the size of the professionally managed global real estate investment market increased from $9.6 trillion in 2019 to $10.5 trillion in 2020. For far too long, the real estate investment market has […]

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Walmart-owned Indian eCommerce tech startup Flipkart prepares for 2023 IPO; raises valuation target to $60-70 billion

Nickie Louise Posted On April 7, 2022

Walmart’s Indian e-commerce company Flipkart has finally set a target price for its highly anticipated IPO. Flipkart has raised its IPO valuation target by around a third to $60-70 billion, and now plans a U.S. listing in 2023 instead of this […]

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Founder of JD.com Richard Liu steps down as CEO as China’s crackdown on tech continues

Nickie Louise Posted On April 7, 2022

JD.com’s billionaire founder Richard Liu is the latest tech executive to bite the dust as China’s crackdown on the tech sector continues. Richard Liu stepped down today as chief executive of JD.com, in the latest leadership reshuffle at China’s second-biggest e-commerce company. In an […]

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Google-backed Indian tech startup VerSe raises $805M at $5 billion valuation for its short-video app Josh and news aggregator Dailyhunt

Nickie Louise Posted On April 6, 2022

VerSe Innovation, the parent company of short video app Josh and news aggregator app Dailyhunt, has raised $805 million led by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. The round, which puts the Google-backed startup at a $5 billion valuation, also saw participation […]

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Binance.US raises over $200 million in seed funding at a $4.5 billion valuation

Nickie Louise Posted On April 6, 2022

Crypto exchanges are quickly adapting to the new world of cryptocurrency compliance as different countries begin to come out with country-specific regulations. In January, we reported about FTX after the Coinbase rival raised $400M in funding for its US subsidiary […]

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SaaS tech startup August Schools raises $5M seed funding led by Tiger Global to modernize software in schools

Nickie Louise Posted On April 6, 2022

August Schools is a New York-based tech startup and provider of a SaaS platform for school health and wellness practitioners. The startup got its name from the belief that student care starts in August. Today, August Schools announced it has raised $5 million […]

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HSBC joins the metaverse craze; launches metaverse portfolio for wealthy Asian clients

Nickie Louise Posted On April 6, 2022

As you may recall, last month HSBC enter the metaverse with the acquisition of a virtual plot of land in an online gaming space called Sandbox. The acquisition was part of the digital push by the banking giant to engage with sports, e-sports, […]

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Blockchain startup Boba Network joins the unicorn club after raising $45M in Series A funding led by Will Smith and Paris Hilton-backed VC firms

Nickie Louise Posted On April 5, 2022

Last week, we reported that Boba Network after the Ethereum blockchain startup partnered with Cere Network to integrate with its platform to provide decentralized data solutions to users. Today, Boba announced it has raised $45 million in its series A round to expand […]

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MicroStrategy purchased additional 4,167 bitcoins for ~$190.5 million at an average price of $45,714 per bitcoin

Nickie Louise Posted On April 5, 2022

As you may recall, in June 2021, Virginia-based MicroStrategy bought a total of 105,085 bitcoins for $2.741 billion at an average price of ~$26,080 per bitcoin. Since then, the price of bitcoin has surged from $35,800 on June 7 to $45,756.50 […]

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Foundation for Climate Restoration launches solution series to explore carbon dioxide removal methods for restoration of climate

Nickie Louise Posted On April 5, 2022

The impacts of climate change are global in scope, unprecedented in scale, and can no longer be denied. We can see the impacts of climate change all around us. Some of the major impacts include increased heat, drought, insect outbreaks, […]

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HR tech startup Remote reaches a unicorn status at nearly $3 billion after a $300M funding led by SoftBank

Nickie Louise Posted On April 5, 2022

Human resources tech startup Remote announced Tuesday it has raised $300 million in a Series C funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with participation from existing investors including Accel, Sequoia, Index Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, General Catalyst, 9Yards, Adams […]

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Elon Musk made ~$750 million in 5 hours from his 9.2% stake in Twitter, which is about twice Twitter’s net income for the last 3 years

Nickie Louise Posted On April 4, 2022

There’s a popular saying that you need money to make money. That’s exactly what happened to the world’s richest person and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Earlier today, we reported that Musk took a 9.2% stake in Twitter for a total of […]

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Clinical-stage biotech startup Adaptive Phage Therapeutics extends its Series B funding to $61M to advance therapies to treat multi-drug resistant infections

Nickie Louise Posted On April 4, 2022

Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) are bacteria that have become resistant to certain antibiotics, and these antibiotics can no longer be used to control or kill the bacteria. Also called multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria, these organisms are found mainly in hospitals and long-term […]

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Europe’s largest food retailer Carrefour launches new fund with $88 million in initial funding to invest in digital retail startups

Nickie Louise Posted On April 4, 2022

French retail giant Carrefour has partnered with European venture capital firm Daphni to launch a new fund is aimed at investing in early-stage tech startups in the digital retail space. As part of the partnership, Their new venture capital fund […]

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Elon Musk becomes Twitter’s largest shareholder after taking a 9.2% stake in the company

Nickie Louise Posted On April 4, 2022

Just a week after hinting he might build his own social media platform, Elon Musk has taken a 9.2% stake in Twitter making him the social media platform’s biggest shareholder. Shares of Twitter surged about 26% in premarket trading immediately after the […]

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This 23-year-old founder of Indian footwear startup turns plastic waste into a multi-million dollar business

Nickie Louise Posted On April 2, 2022

Plastic pollution is a worldwide problem that affects the marine environment. The problem is not just about million tons of plastic floating in our oceans and its contribution to climate change, but it is also about its effect on the health […]

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Swiss fintech startup Yokoy raises $80M in Series B funding led by Sequoia to help companies manage their expenses

Nickie Louise Posted On April 1, 2022

It’s been a while since we last covered Yokoy, a Swiss fintech startup that helps companies manage their expenses. Formerly known as Expense Robot, the company rebranded to Yokoy in August 2020. Since then, Yokoy has grown exponentially and has caught the attention […]

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Yango Deli, an e-grocery startup founded by Russia’s Yandex, winds down its operations in Paris and hints at exiting the London market

Nickie Louise Posted On April 1, 2022

It was a little over a year ago that Russian internet giant Yandex jumped into the grocery delivery market when it launched an online grocery delivery service in Israel under a new brand called Deli by Yango (an abbreviation for Yandex Go). About […]

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EV tech startup Faraday Future is under SEC investigation for making inaccurate statements to its investors

Nickie Louise Posted On March 31, 2022

In January 2021, we wrote about electric-vehicle (EV) tech startup Faraday Future after it announced its plans to go public via SPAC. A few months later, Faraday Future went public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and private investment […]

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