January 22, 2026
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Nickie Louise

Nickie is a writer and editor for TechStartups.com. Nickie loves writing about early-stage startups, new technologies, cryptocurrencies, gaming, and gadgets. When not writing about technology, Nickie enjoys crafts, spending time with family, hiking, and exploring God's majestic creation.


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Cleerly launches with $43M in funding to revolutionize care for leading cause of death – Heart Disease
Nickie Louise Posted On June 21, 2021


Heart disease is the leading cause of death among people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one person dies every 36 seconds in the United States from […]


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Unicorn fintech startup Revolut’s losses doubled to $278 million as risk control costs increase
Nickie Louise Posted On June 21, 2021


In October 2019, Unicorn fintech startup Revolut reported a £32.8 million net loss on revenues of £58.2 million for 2018. The reported loss was more than double the £14.8 million loss the 6-year old British started posted a year earlier. […]


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Chinese bitcoin mining startups are relocating from Guangzhou to Maryland, USA as China’s crypto crackdown continues
Nickie Louise Posted On June 21, 2021


As we reported a few hours ago, the price of Bitcoin tumbled Monday morning amid China’s recent crackdown on bitcoin mining in the country. That’s not all, the Chinese government also banned banks and financial institutions from providing services to any […]


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WHO says “Children should not be vaccinated for the moment [because] there is not yet enough evidence on the use of vaccines against COVID-19”
Nickie Louise Posted On June 21, 2021


On May 12, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gave its approval that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine be given to children ages 12-15. In a statement, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said, “The CDC now recommends the vaccine be used […]


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Berlin-based digital freight tech startup Forto raises a massive $240M in funding led by SoftBank at a $1.2 billion valuation
Nickie Louise Posted On June 21, 2021


Competition in the freight industry is heating up again. Early this month, Berlin, Germany-based digital freight-forwarding startup Sennder raised $80 million in funding to offer shippers access to a connected fleet of thousands of trucks and accelerate its growth across Europe as […]


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Hong Kong-based crypto trading startup Amber Group achieves unicorn status after raising a massive $100 million in funding
Nickie Louise Posted On June 21, 2021


Amber Group, a Coinbase-backed cryptocurrency fintech startup, announced Monday that it has raised a whopping $100 million in Series B funding as more mainstream investors are jumping on the crypto bandwagon. Amber will use the fresh capital infusion to accelerate […]


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Bitcoin tumbles to $32,105 as China’s crypto crackdown continues
Nickie Louise Posted On June 21, 2021


Bitcoin fell more than 7% to a price of $32,105 Monday morning, tumbling to its lowest level since June 8 as China crackdown rattles the crypto markets. The drop also affected ether, and other alternative crypto coins called altcoins. According […]


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Space  / Technology News
“Mars Project,” a 1953 book written by rocket scientist Von Braun, predicted a person named Elon would bring humans to Mars
Nickie Louise Posted On June 20, 2021


Late last year, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk announced at the 2020 Mars Society Virtual Convention that SpaceX is planning to send Starship to Mars as early as 2024. “I think we’ve got a fighting chance,” Musk said of making the […]


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Spotify buys Paris Hilton-backed podcast discovery tech startup Podz
Nickie Louise Posted On June 19, 2021


Less than three months after acquiring live audio app Locker Room maker Betty Labs to take on Clubhouse, Spotify has snapped up another tech startup in the podcast space. Yesterday, the Stockholm, Sweden-based Spotify announced it has acquired Podz, a tech […]


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The world’s fastest train ever built: Watch the physics behind the 375 miles/hour maglev train
Nickie Louise Posted On June 18, 2021


Happy Friday! In early March, we wrote a piece about how the 760 miles per hour Hyperloop could become the fastest way to travel and forever change the future of transportation. The idea behind the hyperloop was first conceived by Tesla CEO Elon […]


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Mark Cuban calls for cryptocurrency regulation in the U.S after he lost money trading a DeFi token TITAN
Nickie Louise Posted On June 18, 2021


Billionaire investor Mark Cuban made headlines yesterday after he reported that he lost money trading a DeFi (Decentralized Finance) token called TITAN. The token is linked to fintech startup Iron Finance, a group that runs the wider IRON Stablecoin project, […]


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Ford acquires EV tech startup Electriphi to provide its F-150 Lighting Pro customers with seamless charging solutions
Nickie Louise Posted On June 18, 2021


We’re currently on the cusp of the biggest energy transition in history: from oil to renewable energy which ushers in a new era of electric vehicle revolution. This transition is also disrupting the entire energy distribution value chain and the […]


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Delivery tech startup Gopuff acquires rideOS for $115M to bolster its last-mile logistics
Nickie Louise Posted On June 18, 2021


Less than a year after goPuff acquired BevMo for $350 million, the Philadelphia-headquartered Consumer goods and food delivery service startup announced today that it has entered an agreement to buy San Francisco’s rideOS for $115 million to accelerate innovation and bolster its […]


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St. Louis-based tech startup Curate lands $1.25M in funding to help florists and creative small businesses better manage sales and operations
Nickie Louise Posted On June 18, 2021


Curate, a St. Louis, Missouri-based tech startup, has raised $1.25 million in seed round funding to help creative small businesses thrive online. The round was led by Chicago-based OCA Ventures, with participation by Square co-founder Jim McKelvey, Cultivation Capital, and Stout […]


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Home DNA-testing startup 23andMe pops on IPO debut, now valued at a $3.5 billion valuation after Richard Branson SPAC merger
Nickie Louise Posted On June 18, 2021


What a difference a year makes. As we reported early last year, 23andMe, a home DNA-testing startup founded by the former spouse of Google founder Sergey Brin, laid off about 100 people, or 14 percent of its staff due to a decline in DNA […]


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Health  / HealthTech
Evidence grows stronger that Covid vaccine is linked to heart issue called myocarditis, especially in young adults, CDC says
Nickie Louise Posted On June 17, 2021


On June 10, we wrote about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) when the agency announced it was holding an ’emergency meeting” after hundreds suffered rare heart inflammation following Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. The meeting, which […]


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NASA Chief Scientist Dr. Meyya Meyyappan sentenced to prison for hiding his ties to China
Nickie Louise Posted On June 17, 2021


As part of its ambition to dominate and rule the world, China continues to infiltrate and steal cutting-edge technology from top U.S. universities, tech companies, laboratories, and strategic government organizations like the  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Today, The Department […]


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Khosla Ventures leads $11M investment in Artificial intelligence startup Lexion for its AI-powered solution for contract management
Nickie Louise Posted On June 17, 2021


We featured Lexion back in 2019 after the Seattle, Washington-based artificial intelligence startup that provides voice-operated and intelligent assistant for professionals, closed $4.2 million for its AI-powered solution for managing contracts. Lexion has witnessed rapid growth since our last story. To further […]


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Bitcoin  / Cryptocurrency  / DeFi  / Ethereum  / Featured  / ICOs  / Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News  / Token
Mark Cuban says he lost money trading a DeFi token called TITAN that crashed from $60 to zero in under 24 hours
Nickie Louise Posted On June 17, 2021


Billionaire investor Mark Cuban says he lost money trading a DeFi (Decentralized Finance) token called TITAN that crashed from $60 to zero in under 24 hours. In a Twitter post, Cuban claimed he was “hit” by a cryptocurrency token market crash […]


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London-based tech startup Beamery raises $138 million to help companies identify, attract, and retain top talent
Nickie Louise Posted On June 17, 2021


As the coronavirus pandemic winds down and businesses reopen, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for employers to fill millions of job openings. Many of these companies struggle to find talent to fill their jobs. Gone are the days of just posting […]


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