The red-hot Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) market continues to grow with no sign of slowing down. So far this year, there are more than 362 SPAC IPOs of the 463 IPOs, a 70 percent increase, according to data from […]
For many years, tech startups have seen a steady inflow of funding from global investors. Tech Startups’ analysis of data from Statista and Pitchbook shows a number of major categories — including internet, healthcare, and fintech blockchain (especially NFT) — are some […]
It’s a day after the July 4th holiday, and that means the market is open, and Wall Street is more than busy with onslaughts of new IPOs. One of the new IPOs we’ve been watching for over two years is Blend […]
The new space age is emerging and the extraordinary opportunities in space depend on the transportation systems from Earth to Space. Today, space tourism is still for the extra rich. Going to space comes with a hefty price tag of […]
Yes Lender, a King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based fintech startup today announced it has acquired Edge Funder to create an AI-powered funding portal for small businesses. The total amount of the transaction was not disclosed. The New York-based Edge Funder is an invite-only platform that provides […]
Europe’s startup space is heating up as investors and governments poured billions to bolster FinTech startups on the continent. Europe is now home to the world’s 720 unicorn startups with Klarna on top as Europe’s most valuable tech startup at $45.6 billion. […]
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos officially stepped down today as CEO exactly 27 years after he founded the company that changed e-commerce and online shopping forever. Former AWS executive Andy Jassy has taken over as the CEO of the […]
Another day, another cyberattack. SolarWinds, Colonial pipeline, JBS meat processing, Cyber Polygon, and now Kaseya. With no one to stop them, cyber attackers are now roaming freely across the internet wreaking havoc on mostly American companies. As Americans celebrated Independence Day, the notorious […]
According to the Experian Consumer Credit Review, the average American has up to four credit cards on them at any given moment. When you consider the mountains of loyalty cards, reward programs, and discount coupons that individuals carry, it’s no […]
Mircea Popescu, a 41-year-old Romanian bitcoin billionaire and founder of the MPEx exchange, has died following a drowning incident off the coast of Costa Rica near Playa Hermosa, according to a report from a local news outlet Teletica. “As confirmed by the […]
While you would think that increased competition in the FinTech space would drive down transaction costs for digital payments, PayPal thinks it’s big enough to jack up its fees without regard to how the decision might affect its customers. Last week, […]
We wrote about DiDi Chuxing yesterday before the Chinese ride-sharing startup made its official debut at the New York Stock Exchange. As we reported, instead of the planned 288 million shares, DiDi sold 316.8 million American Depository Shares (ADS) at $14 apiece, […]
ION Energy, a Mumbai, India-based energy-tech startup said today it has raised $3.6 million in Pre-Series A funding to grow its team and invest in product development and expand the software business in North America and Europe. Backers in this round […]
Remember Robinhood, an online broker and free-trading app that restricted thousands of retail investors from trading Dogecoin back in April? The company’s past always is now catching up with the founders. Today, U.S. financial regulator, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), has […]
Over the past three decades, the price of lithium-ion batteries has declined by 97 percent. For example, a battery with a capacity of one kilowatt-hour that used to cost $7, 500 in 1991, fell as low as $181 in 2018. […]
Onboarding new hires has always been a critical step in converting new hires into long-term employees, which in turn increases employee engagement and retention rates. Unlike bigger companies, however, several studies have shown that most small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) […]
Chinese ride-hailing startup and Uber competitor, DiDi Chuxing, has been aiming to go public since April of 2018. The day finally came today when the unicorn startup raised $4.4 billion in its U.S. IPO, pricing it at the top of its […]
GENIUS NY, the world’s largest accelerator competition for unmanned systems and a business accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden, announced 13 teams as semi-finalists in the competition’s fifth round. The companies, which are developing innovations in unmanned aircraft systems […]
Back in March, SpaceX filed with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to build a 469-ft tall steel launch tower for its Starship rocket in Texas that will catch the super-heavy booster when landing. A month later, Elon Musk later shared the catching system […]
Earlier this month, El Salvador made a dramatic move to make bitcoin a legal tender, making it the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender alongside the United States dollar. The announcement came after Congress approved President […]
