As you may recall, we featured Bitpanda back in March after the European cryptocurrency trading platform raised a $170 million Series B round to drive expansion and transform Europe’s financial industry. The round, which was led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Venture, pushed the company’s […]
As a leading cause of disability, strokes affect 800,000 people annually in the US alone. Following a stroke, the brain attempts to repair damaged neural pathways and develop new ones to restore function, often with limited success. This results in […]
Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that started as a joke eight years ago, has now become the world’s most valuable joke coin. Dogecoin was founded by Jackson Palmer in December 2013 based on the popular “Doge” meme to poke fun at Bitcoin knockoffs also […]
One in 50 people or an estimated 6.5 million people in the United States have an unruptured brain aneurysm and if not treated could lead to devastating stroke. According to bafound.org, a brain aneurysm awareness website, about 30,000 people in the United […]
The greenhouse fruit and vegetable market in North America continues to grow at the rate of more than 20 percent annually. As greenhouses expand their square footage to meet demand, however, labor shortages and rising labor costs pose challenges for […]
As we reported yesterday, a bipartisan compromise amendment to the controversial $1 trillion infrastructure bill regarding cryptocurrency tax reporting failed in the US Senate on Monday. What the bone of contention has to do with what a “Cryptocurrency broker” is and […]
With technology disrupting various industries and many aspects of our lives, the legal sector, to some extent, is still lagging behind. An example of this can be found in the day-to-day operations of the in-house legal teams. Traditionally, the limited technology […]
Two years ago, Germany’s Delivery Hero acquired South Korea’s top food delivery app Woowa for a whopping $4 billion in what was described as the world’s biggest food app deal. The acquisition enabled Delivery Hero to expand its global footprint, […]
Ecommerce has revolutionized the way we make buying decisions and execute purchase transactions. Typically, the lion’s share of the discussion around eCommerce focuses on the B2C space, where products are geared for direct consumer use. However, as technology has improved […]
Throughout history, it’s known that most great companies are born out of recessions. For instance, General Electric was launched in 1892, General Motors in 1908, IBM in 1911, Disney in 1929, and HP in 1939. The same applies to tech startup companies. An example of […]
DOKU is Indonesia’s largest and one of the fastest-growing online payments providers in Asia. DOKU enables e-Commerce merchants to accept a wide range of online payment options, from credit cards to emerging payment types. Today, DOKU announced it has raised $32 million […]
Since the pandemic began over 18 months ago, there has been an uptick in the number of teachers leaving public schools. According to the World Bank, some 40 million teachers around the world have left the sector. Their departure has also […]
On Sunday, Jack Dorsey’s Square announced it is acquiring Australian fintech startup Afterpay for $29 billion. It’s a huge validation for the fast-growing “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) market that many are saying is poised to disrupt the $8 trillion US credit card […]
In 2020, nearly 20,000 people were murdered by guns, and another 40,000 were injured. The number does not include the approximately 24,000 suicides by gun in 2020. In other words, guns are involved in 75 percent of all murders and […]
SPACs have been dominating the IPO scene in recent months but they are not the only ones making the waves. It’s been a busy year for electric vehicle (EV) IPOs as well. Just last month, at least three EV tech startups […]
Last year, carbon dioxide emissions rose to 2.4 million pounds per second. All the world’s nations combined pumped nearly 38.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the air from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil, according […]
Marvell Technology, a Broadcom rival and one of the leading companies in infrastructure semiconductor solutions, on Tuesday announced it has agreed to acquire chip startup Innovium in a $1.1 billion all-stock deal aimed at bolstering Marvell’s share of networking chips […]
In recent years, the frequency and severity of cyberattacks against the world’s critical infrastructure, particularly pipelines, electric & power grid, oil & gas, and manufacturing verticals, has increased exponentially. That’s why one startup makes its mission to protect and provide an […]
Jack Dorsey’s payments company Square announced it has acquired Australian buy now pay later (BNPL) fintech company Afterpay for $29 billion. In an announcement on Sunday, AfterPay said Square has agreed to acquire all of the issued shares in Afterpay by way […]
The U.S. government continues to print money with no sign of slowing down. With trillions of dollars floating around, the U.S. dollar continues to lose its value and savvy investors are looking for ways to invest their money in emerging […]
