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General Motors leads $139M investment in battery startup SES to develop the next-generation of Li-Metal rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles
Nickie Louise Posted On April 20, 2021


Solid Energy System (SES), a Singapore -based tech startup and a developer and manufacturer of next-generation Li-Metal rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles, today announced it has closed a $139 million Series D funding round led by General Motors. Additional contributors include existing […]


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Toronto-based Clearbanc raises $100M Series C funding to invest in entrepreneurs and small business owners; Rebrands to Clearco
Nickie Louise Posted On April 20, 2021


It’s been over three years since we last covered Clearbanc, a Toronto, Canada-based firm that invests in entrepreneurs and small business owners. Back in November 2018, Clearbanc raised $70 million to fund young startup and e-commerce businesses. A lot has changed […]


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Facebook to launch Diem, a stablecoin that will compete with U.S. dollar
Nickie Louise Posted On April 20, 2021


It wasn’t long ago that Facebook wanted to revolutionize the finance world with the launch of its own global digital currency called Libra Coin. For almost a year, the news about Libra dominated the headlines and how it would forever […]


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Mastercard to buy a 2-year-old digital ID verification startup Ekata for nearly $1 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On April 20, 2021


With billions of people now shopping online, trust remains the key ingredient to conducting digital commerce. Central to creating trust in a digital world is the ability to prove your digital identity – who you are, whether you are interacting in […]


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Goldman Sachs invests $69 million in UK digital banking startup Starling Bank
Nickie Louise Posted On April 19, 2021


Starling Bank, a U.K.-based mobile banking platform that offers personal, joint, and business accounts, announced today it has raised £50 million ($69 million) in funding from Goldman Sachs’ growth equity investment arm. The investment, which brings the total funding raised in the […]


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Live-audio chat app Clubhouse reportedly closes new Series C funding round at a $4 billion valuation
Nickie Louise Posted On April 18, 2021


Audio-chat app Clubhouse has taken the internet by storm as people flocked to the new secret invite-only social app to chat and hold watch parties. The app has seen its popularity soared in popularity in recent months after appearances by important figures like Elon […]


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China wants to build a $200 billion, 8,000-mile high-speed underwater train network that connects Mainland China to the U.S.
Nickie Louise Posted On April 18, 2021


Forget about flying from Los Angles to Shanghai, China. Your next trip across the Pacific might just be underwater. While everyone is talking about the coronavirus pandemic, China is embarking on its most ambitious plan to connect Mailand China to […]


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Robinhood restricts users from trading Dogecoin for the second day
Nickie Louise Posted On April 16, 2021


Robinhood, a commission-free trading platform, is back at what it does best: restricting users from trading surging assets. We all remember back in January when Robinhood restricted its users from buying surging stocks like GameStop, AMC Entertainment, and BlackBerry. Robinhood founder and CEO […]


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Digital health tech startups raise a record $7.2 billion in VC funding in the first quarter of 2021
Nickie Louise Posted On April 16, 2021


As we reported early this week, venture capitalists (VCs) poured a record $64 billion into tech startups in the first quarter of 2021. That equals 43% of the total fundraising in all of 2020, which was a record year. But what […]


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Dogecoin spikes 300% this week, making some Reddit users overnight Dogecoin millionaires
Nickie Louise Posted On April 16, 2021


We wrote about Dogecoin back in February after Elon Musk’s tweet sent the cryptocurrency that was created based on the “Doge”soaring another 53% to over $10 billion market cap. A few days earlier, Dogecoin surged by as much as 800% as Reddit board […]


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Europe to ban the use of A.I. for mass surveillance and social credit scores as the EU plans to regulate and impose strict rules for artificial intelligence
Nickie Louise Posted On April 15, 2021


There is no denying that big tech companies now control our lives. From online search to the products you buy online, artificial intelligence has permeated into our everyday lives. Unlike the United States where our leaders don’t have the courage […]


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Meet Her Impact, a new social platform launched by two Polish women who want to change the world
Nickie Louise Posted On April 15, 2021


We live in a world where boardrooms are mostly full of men. At the same time, we’ve made progress over the years and women are beginning to take up executive chairs at Fortune 500 companies. The situation is improving, but it […]


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KuCoin Labs launches $50 million fund to find the next crypto gem
Nickie Louise Posted On April 15, 2021


It’s almost three years since we last wrote about KuCoin, a crypto exchange that aims to bring cryptocurrency to the masses. Back then the Hong Kong-based startup closed a $20 million Series A investment led by IDG Capital, Matrix Partners, Neo Global Capital, […]


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E-Commerce startup Signifyd raises $205M in funding to provide e-commerce protection and eliminate fraud
Nickie Louise Posted On April 15, 2021


Online fraud is costing U.S. merchants more this year than it did a year before. In addition, the average number of both attempted and the cost of fraud for online merchants continues to go up. Every $1 of fraud now […]


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Sony Music Africa launches new business skills program as part of its $100M Global Fund to build the next generation of female music leaders in Africa
Nickie Louise Posted On April 15, 2021


Sony Music Africa has partnered with a not-for-profit pan-African women empowerment platform, The Women of Music Business (WOMB), to launch a new ‘masterclass’ training program, supporting women working in the African music industry and helping to build the next generation […]


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Healthtech startup Medable secures $78 million in additional funding to drive global adoption of decentralized clinical trials
Nickie Louise Posted On April 15, 2021


We covered Medable late last year after the Silicon Valley-based health tech startup raised $91 million in Series C funding to revolutionize clinical trials and reduce clinical trial timelines by 50 percent. Medable is transforming clinical research and predictive medicine […]


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Elon Musk’s SpaceX adds another $314 million to its previous round, pushing the new total equity raised to $1.16 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2021


About two months ago, SpaceX after Elon Musk’s space company raised $850 million in new funding at a $74 billion valuation. The February funding followed a $1.9 billion funding SpaceX raised in the summer of 2020. With increasing demands from […]


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Phantom Space scores $5 million in funding to revolutionize space transportation
Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2021


Carl Sagan once said, “All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.” Space transportation is now a reality, thanks to private spaceflight companies like Virgin Atlantic, SpaceX, and new innovative technology startups like Phantom Space Corporation, a Tucson, Arizona-based tech startup focused on space transportation including […]


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All eyes are on Coinbase as it sets to open on Nasdaq at about $355 per share instead of the $250 reference price
Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2021


Crypto exchange startup Coinbase is unlike any market debut Wall Street has ever seen. The highly anticipated Coinbase IPO is set to hit the public market on Wednesday, a week after preliminarily reporting a ninefold increase in first-quarter revenue to […]


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Chinese Tesla rival Xpeng Motors launches P5 sedan with new driverless features based on Lidar technology
Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2021


Today, Tesla remains the worldwide leader in electric vehicle sales and has sold nearly half a million EVs so far. However, new electric car companies in China are not far behind. China is the world’s largest market for electric vehicle […]


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