Standard Energy, a South Korea-based tech startup and developer of vanadium ion battery that is on the verge of revolutionizing the current lithium ion-based energy storage system (ESS), announced today it has raised an $8.9 million Series C led by SoftBank Ventures Asia. […]
As we reported back in February, Fortnite maker Epic Games unveiled to the world the first glimpse of its MetaHuman Creator, a browser-based app to create stunning digital humans in less than an hour using its UnrealEngine. Today, Epic Games announced […]
Why rent when you can own? This is a question that often gets asked. However, in today’s world where technology changes almost every minute, maybe it is better to rent than to own. Just like car leasing, renting gives you the […]
Last month many European countries halted the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine following new reports of increased blood clot side effects. Now, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced this morning that it is asking all 50 states to temporarily halt using […]
According to surveys, an estimated 10 to 20 percent of people have anxiety and an exaggerated fear of going to the dentist. And so they decided not to go. Recognizing this problem, one startup has made it its mission to make […]
SimpliSafe, a Boston-based tech startup and a popular provider of home security products that are designed for wireless security alarm systems and services, today announced it has raised $130 million in growth funding. Since founded 15 years ago, SimpliSafe has fundamentally changed […]
Yesterday, we wrote about a report that Microsoft was in talks to buy AI and speech technology company Nuance Communications for about $16 billion. This morning, Microsoft confirmed in an announcement that it will buy speech recognition company Nuance Communications in […]
The identity verification (IDV) market is seeing significant demand as a result of the pandemic-driven accelerated digitization across the globe. In 2020 alone, identity fraud cost Americans a total of about $56 billion, with about 49 million consumers falling victim, […]
To protect employees from COVID-19, many enterprises rapidly shifted to make distributed work possible while maintaining business productivity. Forced to accelerate digital transformation initiatives, these changes led to gaps in visibility and security, ultimately playing into the hands of attackers. […]
Microsoft Corp is reportedly in advanced talks to buy artificial intelligence and speech technology company Nuance Communications Inc at about $16 billion, according to Reuters, citing a source familiar with the matter. Microsoft has been on a buying spree lately. Just […]
Paymob, a Cairo, Egypt-based fintech startup and Egypt’s market-leading digital payments provider, announced today it has closed an $18.5 million in Series A funding round, the largest Series A fundraise by an Egyptian company. The round was led by Global […]
A little over two years, we wrote about Redis Labs after the Mountain View, California-based tech startup raised a $60 million Series E round for its NoSQL in-memory database. The startup is behind Redis, a database benchmarked as the world’s fastest. Redis Labs’ […]
Homes, offices, restaurants, grocery stores, and gyms, have one thing in common: germs. They travel from one thing to another in a heartbeat, just by opening doors, hanging onto the bus railing, working out at the gym, paying for coffee, […]
In January 2020, we wrote about Plaid after payment giant Visa agreed to buy Plaid for $5.3 billion. As we later learned, the Department of Justice (DOJ) later sued to block the deal alleging that it would create a monopoly and […]
Forbes Magazine just published its annual list of the world’s billionaires. This year’s list includes a record-breaking 2,755 billionaires, with Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos topping it for the fourth consecutive year at $177 billion. Tesla CEO Elon Musk often called people’s […]
There are two things that are certain in life: death and taxes. It was Benjamin Franklin’s last great quote in 1789 when he said, “Our new Constitution is now established, everything seems to promise it will be durable; but, in this world, nothing […]
Digital health and fintech startup Inbox Health has raised $15 Million in Series A funding to fuel expansion to bring personalized communication and billing experiences to more patients. The round was led by Commerce Ventures, with participation from new and existing investors, […]
The shares of Tesla jump 6% after the unexpected first-quarter sales surge. Tesla beats analysts’ expectations after the world’s largest electric car maker on Friday reported that it delivered 184,800 vehicles and produced 180,338 cars in the first quarter of 2021 […]
The last time we wrote about DraftKings was back in the winter of 2019 when the fantasy sports startup filed to go public in a $3.3 billion merger deal. Much has changed since our last coverage. The startup finally went public […]
infiniDome, a Caesarea, Israel-based wireless security startup has raised $2.4 million in pre-series A funding round to scale its customer engagements in the Commercial Aircraft, UAS/UAV, and UAM market segments. The round was led by Next Gear Ventures, with participation from Honeywell […]
