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Top startup news for today, Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On April 30, 2019


Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for the last day of April 2019. Why is SoftBank’s $100 billion Vision Fund investing on unprofitable tech companies? Unlike other venture capital firms, SoftBank has become known worldwide […]


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Advancing Women in Product launches Female Founders Program to close the gender gap in venture financing
Nickie Louise Posted On April 30, 2019


Advancing Women in Product (AWIP), an organization co-founded by two Google and Amazon PMs to empower tech leaders through equality of opportunity in career advancement for both men and women, today announced the launch of the Female Founders Program. The […]


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China’s AgriFood Startups Raise $5.8 billion in 2018 as Ecosystem Rapidly Matures
Nickie Louise Posted On April 29, 2019


Investments in China’s AgriFood startups continue without any sings of slowing down. AgFunder, the online AgriFoodTech Venture Capital Platform, has just released the 2018 China AgriFood Startup Investing Report in collaboration with Chinese food tech VC Bits x Bites. The 36-page  report covers […]


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A self-taught programmer just solved MIT’s 20-year-old forgotten crypto puzzle that supposed to take almost 35 years to answer
Nickie Louise Posted On April 29, 2019


A 20-year-old forgotten cryptographic puzzle by MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) has been solved by Bernard Fabrot, a self-taught programmer from Belgium. The time capsule containing items contributed by the likes of Bill Gates and Tim Berners-Lee  and […]


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908 Devices secures $17.5 million in growth funding to fuel growth in existing market  and accelerate new product development
Nickie Louise Posted On April 29, 2019


908devices, a technology startup that manufactures battery-operated, hand-held chemical detection tools used in mass spectrometry, has raised $17.5 million in a growth equity funding round. This Series E funding, which brings the company’s total to $70M, makes 908 Devices the most […]


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Top startup news for today, Monday, April 29, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On April 29, 2019


Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Monday, April 29. Chinese app TikTok now the third-most downloaded app in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2019. Back in February of the year, we wrote about […]


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Morgan Stanley selects 10 tech startups for its third Cohort of Multicultural Innovation Lab targeting women founders
Nickie Louise Posted On April 29, 2019


Investment bank and financial services giant, Morgan Stanley, today announced the third cohort of the Multicultural Innovation Lab, which invests in multicultural and female tech entrepreneurs who have traditionally faced institutional and cultural barriers to funding. The program, now in its […]


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AI startup SofBoost partners with Scott Verner to launch rehabilitation tools using Artificial intelligence and disrupt the $36 billion rehab industry
Nickie Louise Posted On April 29, 2019


The physical therapy rehabilitation industry is a $36 billion market and it is expected to grow at the rate of 3.4% annually. The industry is ripe for disruption the same Uber disrupted the taxi cab industry. Technology startups are beginning to […]


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PreAct emerges from stealth with over $1 million in funding to advance development of pre-collision automotive safety systems and save lives
Nickie Louise Posted On April 29, 2019


PreAct Technologies (PreAct), a tech startup founded with the mission of saving lives, reducing injuries, and saving costs resulting from automotive collisions, has closed over $1 million in angel round to invest in key staff, technology and prototyping as they […]


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Top startup news for today, Friday, April 26, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On April 26, 2019


Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Friday, April 26. Blue Origin tweeted a cryptic photo of explorer Shackleton’s ship with May 9, 2019 date. Jeff Bezos’ space venture Blue Origin tweeted a cryptic photo of […]


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Coursera secures $103M in Series E to accelerate the development its learning platform and drive international expansion
Nickie Louise Posted On April 26, 2019


Coursera, the top leading online learning platform that provides online courses from the world’s best universities and companies, has closed a $103 million investment in a Series E equity round to further expand internationally and to accelerate the development of a […]


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Nuclear technology startup Phoenix receives $4 million in funding from US Army to demonstrate neutron-based nondestructive testing equipment
Nickie Louise Posted On April 26, 2019


Phoenix, a Nuclear technology startup company that designs and manufactures the highest-yielding neutron generators, has secured $4 million in funding from the US Army to demonstrate innovative neutron-based methods of nondestructive testing utilizing its high flux neutron generators. Founded in 2005 by Gregory […]


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Meet Soundesk, A Modern Table With Surround Sound Speaker
Nickie Louise Posted On April 26, 2019


Technology is permeating every area of our daily lives, especially in the area of entertainment. Every living space a piece of coffee table, some music with decent audio speakers. Instead of having these separate items, why don’t you just combined […]


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Clear Ventures Launches New $180 Million VC Fund to Focus on Frontier Tech, Industry 4.0, AI, IoT, 5G, Big Data, and More
Nickie Louise Posted On April 26, 2019


Clear Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that helps startup teams win in frontier technology and services, has launched a new $180 million venture fund  called Clear Ventures II, L.P. (“Clear II”) that focuses on frontier tech, industry 4.0, […]


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Getaround acquires European car rental platform Drivy for $300 million
Nickie Louise Posted On April 25, 2019


Getaround, a carsharing startup that lets you rent cars from people nearby, has acquired Drivy, a Paris, France-based carsharing platform, for $300 million. With this acquisition, Getaround now becomes the largest and fastest-growing carsharing platform in Europe. The combined company […]


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Top startup news for today, Thursday, April 25, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On April 25, 2019


Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Thursday, April 25. Getaround acquires Drivy, for $300 million. Getaround, a San Francisco, CA-based carsharing company that lets you rent cars from people nearby, has acquired Drivy, a […]


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This startup just bootstraps past $2 million annual recurring revenue; now raises $3 million seed round to accelerate growth
Nickie Louise Posted On April 24, 2019


Chili Piper, an enterprise software startup that just bootstrapped past $2 million annual recurring revenue, has attracted a $3 million seed round led by Flashpoint Venture Capital. The fresh round will enable the company to support development of new solutions focused on “Buyer […]


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Top startup news for today, Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Nickie Louise Posted On April 24, 2019


Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Wednesday, April 24. SoftBank to invest $1 billion for a 6% stake in German payments startup Wirecard.  The Japanese tech giant, SoftBank, is investing $1 billion […]


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Ford invests $0.5 billion in electric pickup startup Rivian in bid to develop a Ford-branded all-electric vehicle
Nickie Louise Posted On April 24, 2019


Back in February, we wrote about Rivian, when the electric startup company raised a whopping $700 million investment from Amazon. Since then other car manufacturers have taken notice. Today, Ford Motor Company has invested $500 million in Amazon-backed electric pickup startup Rivian in […]


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KeepTruckin raises a massive $149 million Series D funding to serve and disrupt the $740 billion trucking industry
Nickie Louise Posted On April 23, 2019


KeepTruckin, a San Francisco, CA-based startup helping trucking companies manage their fleets and have their drivers legally log their hours, has raised a massive $149 million in a Series D investment to fuel the company’s continued growth through hiring exceptional talent, investing in […]


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