Berkeley SkyDeck Fund, the official investment partner for top global startup accelerator UC Berkeley SkyDeck, is proud to announce a major milestone today. The $23.5 million-fund has completed more than 100 investments in just three years, making it one of […]
It’s a battle of David versus Goliath as WallStreetBets, a Reddit army of more than two million users, crushed Wall Street hedge funds and other investment bigwigs. Following the group’s success in driving up the stock price of GameStop to more than […]
The number of electric vehicles on U.S. roads is projected to reach 18.7 million in 2030. As electric vehicles gain mainstream adoption, more charging stations are going to be needed to power millions of new electric cars on the roads. FreeWire […]
Wolt, a Helsinki, Finland-based food delivery app startup, announced it has just raised $530 million in a financing round to expand beyond the restaurant and branch into groceries. The announcement comes following Wolt’s rapid expansion within the grocery and retail sectors during 2020, […]
As of 2020, only 30 percent of international consumers are ultimately able to secure US home loans. And if they do get approved, they often suffer from high-interest rates or a cumbersome customer experience. One startup wants to change that. […]
Yesterday, we wrote about how a flailing video game chain GameStop went from losing $470 million a year ago to becoming a $7.05 billion company by market cap. At the time of writing (about 3:PM EST), GameStop was trading at $116.20. Then at […]
Finding investors for your startup can be hard and very challenging. One of the traditional avenues for founders to raise funding for their startups is through venture capital firms. Venture capital (VC) is a type of private equity financing that is […]
The infamous r/wallstreetbets, also known as WallStreetBets or WSB, is a subreddit where an online group of traders on Reddit with more than two million users discuss stock and options trading. In recent weeks, the group was able to outsmart a […]
Just about an hour ago, we wrote about how a flailing video game chain GameStop went from losing $470 million to become a $7.05 billion company by market cap. Now, Elon Musk just added fuel to the fire. In a tweet […]
OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) is a NASA asteroid-study and sample-return mission. According to NASA, the mission’s primary goal is to obtain a sample of at least 60 g (2.1 oz) from 101955 Bennu, a near-Earth […]
Moderna Therapeutics is one of a dozen pharmaceutical companies developing the next generation of revolutionary vaccines to combat the deadly coronavirus. However, it is very easy to forget that Moderna is one of the youngest biotech companies working on these vaccines. […]
GameStop is a company everyone is talking about on Wall Street. Just about eight months ago, GameStop was a struggling video game chain brick-and-mortar game stores across the U.S. A lot has been written about the demise of Gamestop after […]
CloudSphere, a Silicon Valley-based tech startup that provides governance across security posture, identity, compliance, and cost management in the cloud, today announced the appointment of Jane Gilson as the company’s CEO successor to Patrick McNally. In her role, Gilson will […]
As part of its efforts to reduce imports and compete with China, the European Union announced today it has approved a plan that includes giving state money to Tesla, BMW, and others to support the production of electric vehicle batteries. […]
Twitter announced Tuesday it has acquired Substack-competitor Revue and email newsletter startup, Revue. The acquisition is part of Twitter’s effort to attract users who want to make money from their followers. The terms and the amount of the transaction were […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now the world’s richest person. But his sphere of influence is not just limited to his wealth. He’s adored by millions of fans around the world. In addition, investors pay close attention to what Musk […]
Vimeo, a New York-based tech startup and a provider of video hosting, sharing, and marketing tools to professionals and businesses, today announced it has raised $300 million in equity funding. The announcement came just a month after the parent company approved […]
Coronavirus pandemic has forever changed our ways of life. It has also affected how we shop. According to the Global Ecommerce 2020 forecast from research firm eMarketer, the 2020 eCommerce surge is expected to have a permanent impact on online shopping […]
Last week, we told you about a new survey that found the European regulators have imposed millions of dollars in fines and issued hundreds of thousands of data breach notifications. Now, Norway’s Data Protection Authority just announced Tuesday that it plans to […]
As millions of people go online to get their daily dose of news, is the proliferation of fake news. Today, about a third of Americans regularly get their news from Facebook, according to the latest survey from Pew Research Center. […]