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Konnecto raises $21M in Series A for the world’s first prescriptive path-to-purchase optimization platform
Nickie Louise Posted On June 28, 2022


Konnecto, the creator of the world’s first prescriptive path-to-purchase optimization platform, has closed $21 million in Series A funding to fuel its team expansion and continued investment in innovation to capitalize on immense demand for its solution from enterprises globally. The round was led […]


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London’s green tech startup Circulor raises $25M to tackle corporate greenwashing and provide sustainable supply chain traceability using blockchain and AI
Nickie Louise Posted On June 28, 2022


Last month, we wrote a piece about corporate greenwashing and how net-zero is next-level greenwashing without supply chain emissions. For many years, governments and organizations around the world promised to do their fair share to reduce Co2 emissions destroying our planet. […]


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Smart exchange ecosystem Unizen secures a $200M investment commitment from Global Emerging Markets Global (GEM) to boost innovation in CeDeFi
Nickie Louise Posted On June 27, 2022


Unizen, a smart exchange aggregator, has today announced a $200M commitment funding from Global Emerging Markets Global (GEM) to boost innovation on its platform and expand its features. Additionally, the funding commitment enables new product development and global adoption of […]


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Infamous hacker group Anonymous is going after LUNA founder Do Kwon following the collapse of Terra Luna stablecoin
Daniel Levi Posted On June 27, 2022


In early May, Terra Luna stablecoin suddenly collapsed 99 percent causing millions of crypto investors to lose their life savings. Before the collapse, Terra was ranked among the top 10 most valuable cryptocurrencies. Now many are worried that the contagion could spread […]


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Crypto exchange FTX in talks to acquire stake in crypto lender BlockFi as crisis with beleaguered startup deepens
Nickie Louise Posted On June 27, 2022


BlockFi found itself in deep financial trouble following reports of multiple complaints that customers could not withdraw their funds due to the company’s exposure to Three Arrows Capital. Last week. the crypto lender received $250 million credit line from crypto exchange FTX as […]


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Personalized med device startup Enhatch, Holo-Light partners to launch new AR/VR streaming platform for surgical training
Daniel Levi Posted On June 23, 2022


Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are two of the most underrated technologies with a lot of potential ranging from their application in education and learning to medicine. It is estimated that 32% of companies would incorporate this technology to […]


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London-based fintech startup SumUp raises $620 million at $8.4 billion valuation
Nickie Louise Posted On June 23, 2022


SumUp, a London-based fintech startup with over 4 million small businesses worldwide, has raised $620 million (€590 million) in funding. The financing, which is a combination of debt and equity, pushes the company’s valuation to $8.4 billion (€8 billion), a big drop […]


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Fintech startup Vergo bags $4.1M in Seed funding to provide banking for architects, designers, and builders
Nickie Louise Posted On June 22, 2022


The U.S. construction sector was valued at around $1.36 trillion as of the end of 2020 and was expected to decline further in the next year, according to data from Statista. If you add the interior design industry, the combined […]


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Crypto startup FalconX raises $150M to grow its digital asset trading platform; now valued at $8 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On June 22, 2022


With fears of uncertainty sweeping across the crypto market, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for crypto startups to raise new funds. Struggling startups have turned to capital preservation measures including layoffs to keep their business afloat. However, the unfavorable market environment […]


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Crypto startup MoonPay launches NFT platform HyperMint with Universal, Fox, and Snoop Dogg
Daniel Levi Posted On June 21, 2022


Late last year, we reported crypto startup MoonPay raised $555 million in funding at $3.4 billion as VCs pour billions into the cryptocurrency space. In addition to providing payment infrastructure for crypto companies, MoonPay also sells its technology to other businesses including […]


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Tesla to lay off 3.5% of the total workforce instead of the 10% as former employees sued the company
Nickie Louise Posted On June 21, 2022


Early this month, we wrote about Tesla after CEO Elon Musk said the company planned to lay off 10% of Tesla’s total workforce due to a “super bad feeling” he has about the economy. Now Musk has clarified that layoffs will affect […]


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China’s largest messaging app WeChat to ban accounts engaging in Bitcoin, crypto, and NFTs
Nickie Louise Posted On June 21, 2022


WeChat, China’s most popular messaging app with over 1.1 billion daily users, announced on Monday that it will ban accounts that provide services or content related to bitcoin or cryptocurrency. The Chinese social network said it has changed its policy and will […]


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Iranian cyberattack suspected behind false rocket sirens in Jerusalem, Israeli cybersecurity startup Radiflow says
Daniel Levi Posted On June 20, 2022


Life momentarily came to a halt last night in the Israeli cities of Jerusalem and Eilat as air raid sirens were triggered, despite there being no projectile in motion. The Israeli military announced that they suspect the false alarm to […]


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Facebook’s Meta is launching avatar fashion store to sell designer virtual clothes for real money
Nickie Louise Posted On June 20, 2022


After Facebook announced it was changing its name to Meta in October 2021, the metaverse took the internet by storm, dominating tech headlines. No day goes by without a story about the metaverse. The talk about the metaverse is slowly making its […]


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Crypto exchange Bybit launches grid trading bot
Nickie Louise Posted On June 20, 2022


We covered Bybit last month after Oracle Red Bull Racing unveiled the 2022 NFT collection at the Monaco Grand on Bybit’s NFT Marketplace. Since then, the Bybit team has been busy working behind the scene on another important project. Today, Bybit announced […]


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Celsius Insolvency: Here is how Celsius fell apart and why bankruptcy may be the only option for the crypto lending startup
Daniel Levi Posted On June 18, 2022


On June 12, Celsius Network, one of the largest players in the crypto lending space, announced it was freezing all withdrawals and transfers for all of its 1.7 million crypto customers due to what the crypto startup described as “extreme market […]


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Crypto Crash: Bitcoin tumbles below $17,665 as crypto bloodbath continues
Daniel Levi Posted On June 18, 2022


Bitcoin bloodbath continues early Saturday morning as the world’s most popular cryptocurrency hit $18,811.40 before quickly bouncing back to $19,079.50 as of the time of writing, according to data from Coin Metrics. It was bitcoin’s lowest since December 2020. Ether, the […]


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Engage Raise launches a new crypto fundraising platform to let politicians raise campaign cash through cryptocurrencies
Nickie Louise Posted On June 17, 2022


For decades, grassroots fundraising has been the preferred method of financing the campaigns of political candidates who don’t have enough media exposure to leapfrog to the front-runner status. Unfortunately today, some politicians are bankrolled by the powerful lobby groups which […]


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Israeli tech startup Indoor Robotics raises $15M for Tando, the world’s first fully autonomous indoor drone for building security and monitoring
Daniel Levi Posted On June 17, 2022


Monitoring and securing critical indoor assets has been a daunting task for organizations for many years. What if we could enhance the security in our workplaces, homes, and stores with autonomous and affordable indoor drones combined with AI-powered solutions? That sounds […]


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Lightning AI unveils a new open-source platform to reinvent how AI-based applications are built; raises $40M Series B
Daniel Levi Posted On June 16, 2022


Lightning AI, the creator of the popular open-source Python library PyTorch Lightning, today unveiled a new open-source platform that reinvents how AI-based applications are built. Serving as the “operating system for AI,” the new Lightning AI platform unifies the full AI/ML development […]


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