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These are the top 10 cryptocurrency trading platforms in 2020, according to Hackernoon

Nickie Louise Posted On January 17, 2020

Since the launch of Bitcoin on January 3, 2009, cryptocurrencies have gained a lot of popularity. Along with crytocurrencies are also the emergence of cryptocurrency trading platforms. As of January 2020, there are over 4,900 cryptocurrencies that operate in over 20,000 markets, […]

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Jack Dorsey asks Elon Musk how to fix Twitter. Here’s Musk’s reply (Video)

Nickie Louise Posted On January 17, 2020

Jack Dorsey is well aware of Twitter many problems. He just doesn’t have answers to all of them. So, he reached to Tesla CEO Elon Musk for suggestion on how to fix Twitter? Musk’s answer was simple:”Identify the bots,” according […]

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Citi Launches $150 Million Impact Fund to Invest in “Double Bottom Line” Startups With an Emphasis on Women and Minority Entrepreneurs

Nickie Louise Posted On January 17, 2020

As part of its effort to narrow the gender and ethnic gap in the startup world, Citi announced today the launch of the $150 million Citi Impact Fund that will make equity investments in “double bottom line” private sector companies that have […]

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Skyview Capital acquires Fidelis Cybersecurity to tap into a $25 billion U.S. cybersecurity market

Nickie Louise Posted On January 17, 2020

Skyview Capital, a global private investment firm, has acquired Bethesda, MD-based Fidelis Cybersecurity adding to its software technology portfolio. The acquisition will enable Skyview to tap into the booming global cybersecurity market, which is on track to surpass $133 billion in […]

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TradeShift raises $240M in new funding to accelerate growth of its supply chain payments and marketplaces

Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2020

We wrote about TradeShift back in November 2018 when trade platform launched Tradeshift Pay and partnered with HSBC and major banks to solve the $9 trillion global commerce problem. This week, TradeShift announced it has $240 million in equity and debt […]

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Press Release

World Bank taps Terra Drone group company KazUAV for 3D mapping project

Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2020

KazUAV, a subsidiary of Japan-based Terra Drone Corporation, has been supporting the World Bank in its initiative to build sustainable school infrastructure in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. As part of the General-Purpose Simulation Program (GPSS) under the Global Facility for […]

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PropTech startup Dottid raises $3.85M seed funding to disrupt the $2.1 trillion commercial real estate industry

Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2020

Depending on the data you are looking at, the US commercial real estate (CRE) market is estimated to be around $2.1 trillion or 36 percent of the total value of commercial real estate. It consists of at least 9.5 billion square feet […]

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Toyota makes its first big bet on electric air taxis with $394M investment in all-electric flying car startup Joby Aviation

Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2020

Air taxis are no longer the things you see in fiction movies. They are here to say. There are now at least ten air taxi startups out there. Just this month we wrote about Boeing’s flying taxi that launched its first successful […]

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Top tech news for today, Thursday, January 16, 2020: Google, Tesla, PepsiCo, AI2 Incubator, Dottid, Epsagon, WorkBoard

Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2020

Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Thursday, January 16, 2020. Tesla plans to open China design and research center. Tesla continues to make waves in China. Tesla’s first factory outside the United States is in the […]

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AirAsia partners with Google to launch new tech academy to retrain its employees

Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2020

As software continues to eat the world, people with no technical skills are left in the dust to fend for themselves. However, some companies are doing their fair share to help their employees and training them in new skills required to […]

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Epsagon secures $16 million in Series A to provide automate monitoring for cloud microservices

Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2020

Born in the cloud and made for the cloud, Epsagon, a cloud analytics startups that specializes in automated tracing for cloud microservices, today announced it has raised $16 million Series A funding led by new investor U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), with […]

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Press Release

CTI Industries Announces Successful $2.5M Initial Closing of $5M Strategic Investment

Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2020

CTI Industries Corporation, a leading manufacturer of custom film products, foil and latex novelty balloons, and flexible packaging products, today announced the first closing of a previously announced stock purchase agreement (the “Offering”) on January 13, 2020, for total gross […]

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PepsiCo Plans to Achieve 100% Use of Renewable Energy In The U.S this year

Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2020

Some of America’s favorite snacks and beverages – from Lay’s and SunChips to bubly, Gatorade and Pepsi – will soon be made using electricity from renewable sources, such as wind and solar. Yesterday, beverage giant PepsiCo announced that it plans to […]

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Paul Allen’s research lab AI2 Incubator raises $10 million pre-seed fund for AI startups

Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2020

Yesterday, we reported about Apple acquisition of Xnor.ai, an edge AI startup spin-out from Paul Allen’s research lab, for $200 million. Today, the AI2 Incubator, created by the Allen Institute for AI (AI2), announced it has raised $10 million pre-seed fund for AI […]

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Renewable energy startup Leap raises $8.2M Series A led by Union Square Ventures to expand marketplace for grid flexibility

Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2020

Would you like to turn your energy resources into revenue? Renewable energy startup Leap might be able to help you. Leap is a marketplace for universal distributed energy resources to participate in the energy market. Leap allows every connected device to help balance […]

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Stack Overflow Bolsters Leadership Team With New Chief Product Officer, Teresa Dietrich

Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2020

Stack Overflow is the most trusted online developer community, visited by over 50 million people each month. Today the company announced the appointment of Teresa Dietrich as Chief Product Officer. With over 20 years of experience, Dietrich has a successful […]

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These Are The Top 25 Most Popular Unicorn Startup Companies in the World

Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2020

Every year, we compile a list of startups with a valuation of $1 billion or more, otherwise known as unicorn startup companies. A unicorn is a privately held startup company with a current valuation of US$1 billion or more. As of August […]

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Cybersecurity startup Security Compass secures growth equity funding to provide enterprise DevSecOps software solutions, announces new CEO

Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2020

Security Compass, a software security startup that provides organizations with the knowledge, training, and technology to make software secure, announced today it has secured growth equity funding from FTV Capital. The total amount of the investment was not disclosed. The new investment […]

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Polish fintech startup Autenti secures $4.48 million investment from Alior Bank, BNP Paribas and PKO Bank Polski

Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2020

Alior Bank, BNP Paribas and PKO Bank Polski, banks representing approx. 30 percent assets of the Polish banking sector, have together invested $4.48 million (PLN 17 million) in Autenti, a Polish fintech startup that provides a platform for electronic agreement signing […]

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Apple buys Xnor.ai, an edge AI startup spin-out from Paul Allen’s research lab, for $200 million

Nickie Louise Posted On January 15, 2020

Tech giant Apple has acquired Xnor.ai, an artificial intelligence startup that came from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s research lab. The acquisition suggests that Apple may be planning to Xnor.ai’s machine learning tools int iPhones and iPads in the future, with processing […]

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