Hourly, a Palo Alto-based Fintech and Insurtech startup that launched the only mobile-first “real simple” workers’ comp, payroll and time tracking platform purpose-built for small businesses earlier this year, today announced it has raised $7.15 million in seed round funding. […]
A Japanese company is giving its non-smoking employees six days of paid time off per year to make up for smokers’ cigarette breaks. The Tokyo-based marketing firm Piala Inc., which offers offers assistance with direct marketing businesses in beauty and health […]
Bright Health, a diversified consumer-focused healthcare startup company, has closed $635 million Series D funding round to support its aggressive growth and hiring as the company continues to strategically expand across products, geographies and consumer bases. The company previously raised a […]
The International Rights Advocates filed a lawsuit on Sunday, accusing several of the world’s largest technology firms knowingly engaging and profiting from children laboring under brutal conditions in African cobalt mines. The lawsuit, which was filed in Washington, D.C. on behalf of […]
The CEO of bet365, Denise Coates, is the highest-paid CEO in the world at $422 million. She is also the highest paid female CEO in history. According to private company’s filings revealed by The Guardian, Coates was paid a total […]
Good morning from TechStartups! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Wednesday, December 18, 2019. Apple, Amazon, Google join forces to make smart home devices more compatible. Amazon, Apple, Google and the Zigbee Alliance announced a new […]
According to Smithsonian, 2.4 million science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) jobs will go unfilled and according to IDTech, the demand for STEM is lacking not because there isn’t interest or understood importance of STEM, but because people just aren’t fit […]
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority today announced that the successful 76West Clean Energy Competition is now accepting applications from emerging clean energy companies for the next round of the competition. 76West is one of the largest […]
Imagine a world where learning is effortless, where communication and control of technology are as simple as a thought and where every person has the power to expand their intelligence. In the last ten years, cutting edge neuroscience has opened […]
Elbit Systems, an Israel-based company that develops, manufactures, and integrates defense electronics and electro-optic systems, today announced the successful launch of NANOVA nanosatellite to space. NANOVA was developed in collaboration with a U.S. company as part of the BIRD foundation initiative and […]
PlayOn! Sports, a sport tech startup and a high school sports media company that streams events and videos on-demand, has raised 25 million Series B funding led by venture investment firm BIP Capital, with participation from new investors Jeff Vinik, Teall Capital, and […]
Teraki, a tech startup and one of the leading supplier of edge processing software for the Automotive and IoT industries, has raised $11 million in Series A funding to address the problem of exploding data demand in tightly constrained electronics components […]
The City of Sacramento is proud to announce a partnership with Berkeley SkyDeck, the startup accelerator program from the University of California (“UC”) Berkeley, which will bring seven startup companies to Sacramento to work with the City to identify investment […]
HungerBox, a Bengaluru-based full-stack B2B food and beverage technology startup that provides food solutions for corporate, has secured $12 million fresh capital infusion to grow its operations in new ten Indian cities and fuel its international expansion to Southeast Asia. The Series […]
So, you have got an idea of opening your own business. Sometimes people are nurturing this plan for years, and sometimes the desire overtakes you suddenly. And you cannot stop thinking about it. If you have available funds or a […]
It is estimated that 150 million people are homeless worldwide. With tech headlines filled with advances, gadgetry, smart devices, and more, home continues to be the foundation every family needs to live beyond survival. Today, over 1.6 billion people around […]
Commercial real estate market is currently going through a major transformation. Unlike before, there is now a fundamental shift from an industry which solely focused on physical asset management to one centered on user experience. At the forefront of this […]
Good morning from TechStartups! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, December 17, 2019. Apple’s AirPods Pro are sold out online ahead of the holidays. It’s already too late if you are planning to get […]
Kapitus, a fintech startup and a provider of revenue based financing to small and medium-sized businesses, today announced that it has closed its second asset-backed securitization (ABS) for $160 million. The facility, which has a 3-year revolving period, a 5-year legal final, […]
Odoo, an open source startup and a provider of all-in-one, open source business software for small and medium sized businesses worldwide, has closed a $90 million minority investment for rapid product development pace and continued global expansion. The round was led by global […]