Europe’s startup space is heating up as investors and governments poured billions to bolster FinTech startups on the continent. Europe is now home to the world’s 720 unicorn startups with Klarna on top as Europe’s most valuable tech startup at $45.6 billion. […]
Last year, we featured the top 500 unicorn startup companies of 2020. The list includes the top 500 unicorn startups with a valuation of $1 Billion or more. The term unicorn, which was first popularized by venture capitalist Aileen Lee, is used […]
After enduring 17 months of working from home due to a coronavirus pandemic, many employees no longer get involved in office settings and miss out on face-to-face mentoring and social interactions which are vital to their mental and personal growth. […]
We wrote about DiDi Chuxing yesterday before the Chinese ride-sharing startup made its official debut at the New York Stock Exchange. As we reported, instead of the planned 288 million shares, DiDi sold 316.8 million American Depository Shares (ADS) at $14 apiece, […]
Having a solid credit history is key to building future financial health. However, for many people, the hardest part about building a credit history is getting access to it in the first place. Enter Kikoff, a San Fracisco-based fintech startup […]
Onboarding new hires has always been a critical step in converting new hires into long-term employees, which in turn increases employee engagement and retention rates. Unlike bigger companies, however, several studies have shown that most small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) […]
In 2019, French President Macron announced a €5 billion investment to boost homegrown tech startups in France. The €5 billion pledge was made part of the commitment to support Macron’s push to nurture France’s fledgling startups into a cohort of highly valued heavyweights. […]
GENIUS NY, the world’s largest accelerator competition for unmanned systems and a business accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden, announced 13 teams as semi-finalists in the competition’s fifth round. The companies, which are developing innovations in unmanned aircraft systems […]
Duolingo started out in 2009 as a free app to help people of all backgrounds learn new languages. We last wrote about Duolingo in 2019 when the language learning app had 300 million registered users worldwide. Two years later, Duolingo is the most popular […]
The FinTech industry is heating up and venture capital firms are opening up their wallets to promising and innovative tech startups. The fintech space continues to grow with no sign of slowing down. Just last week, Visa acquired Swedish fintech startup Tink […]
In today’s fast-paced digital world, it’s virtually impossible to roll out new software using the traditional software delivery method. Most organizations now adopt a software development practice known as continuous delivery (CD) where software code changes are automatically prepared for […]
We’ve been covering Viva Republica for at least three years now. We first wrote about Viva Republica back in December 2017 after the South Korean fintech startup and the maker of financial services platform Toss joined the highly coveted unicorn startup club. At […]
In late 2019, we wrote about 50 tech startups with the most chance of becoming unicorns. One of the startups on the list is Embark Trucks, a San Francisco-based tech startup that is building self-driving semi-trucks for freight and logistic services. Fast […]
With millions of software and apps out there on the Internet, finding the right software is like looking for a needle in a haystack. That was why G2 (formerly known as G2 Crowd) decided to help organizations find the right software […]
For 14 months, the travel industry was decimated as billions were on lockdown and confined to their homes due to the deadly coronavirus pandemic. Thanks to vaccines, the travel industry is slowly returning back to normal and millions of Americans […]
Heart disease is the leading cause of death among people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one person dies every 36 seconds in the United States from […]
Curate, a St. Louis, Missouri-based tech startup, has raised $1.25 million in seed round funding to help creative small businesses thrive online. The round was led by Chicago-based OCA Ventures, with participation by Square co-founder Jim McKelvey, Cultivation Capital, and Stout […]
What a difference a year makes. As we reported early last year, 23andMe, a home DNA-testing startup founded by the former spouse of Google founder Sergey Brin, laid off about 100 people, or 14 percent of its staff due to a decline in DNA […]
We featured Lexion back in 2019 after the Seattle, Washington-based artificial intelligence startup that provides voice-operated and intelligent assistant for professionals, closed $4.2 million for its AI-powered solution for managing contracts. Lexion has witnessed rapid growth since our last story. To further […]
As the coronavirus pandemic winds down and businesses reopen, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for employers to fill millions of job openings. Many of these companies struggle to find talent to fill their jobs. Gone are the days of just posting […]
