A little over a week ago, we wrote about cyber fraud protection tech startup NS8 after SEC started a fraud investigation about the startup and its CEO following the company’s $100+ million summer financing. A week earlier, NS8 CEO, Adam Rogas, […]
Infarm, a Berlin, Germany-based AgTech startup announced that it has raised $170 million in Series C funding that it will use for infrastructure, R&D, and hiring. Infarm said it expects to raise an additional $30 million for a total of $200 million […]
Happy Friday! We’ve written so many stories about Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. At this point, you’re probably wondering why in the world we need to write a new piece about him. First, we love to write about anyone […]
Holidu is one of the fastest-growing travel tech companies worldwide. The Munich, Germany-based tech startup aims to finally make the search and booking of vacation rentals easy. Its search engine uses proprietary image recognition technology to compare the prices of millions of […]
AppDirect, a San Francisco-based subscription commerce platform for monetizing and managing digital customer relationships, announced it has raised $185 million to fuel global expansion. Backers for the round include global institutional investor Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and existing investors. […]
Cloud-data warehousing startup Snowflake went public on Wednesday raising nearly $3.4 billion at $33.2 billion. The maker of cloud-data software made history after its stock popped 104% to $245 in its first trade, making it the biggest opening gain of any IPO […]
Blank-check companies are hot on Wall Street these days and rich investors are eager to jump right in and get their own piece of the pie. In a simple term, a blank-check company, sometimes called special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), is […]
The need for new natural food colors is increasing due to growing consumer awareness and demands for healthier food colors to replace the synthetics that may have adverse effects on our health. The lack of reliable natural alternatives with respect […]
dLocal is a Montevideo, Uruguay-based fintech startup that offers a cross-border payment platform that connects global merchants in emerging markets. Today, dLocal announced it has secured $200 million in new growth equity investment to become a new member of the covetous unicorn club at $1.2 […]
CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing has transformed the biotechnology landscape due to its ability to specifically induce double-stranded DNA breaks that can disrupt genes or genetic control regions, leading to novel treatment approaches for a range of diseases. However, it has been […]
The science has never been more apparent: Between Hurricane Laura (and more to follow), the California wildfires, and of course, the global health crisis, the world is in major trouble, humans are the cause of it, and a failure to […]
The Patriot Act requires US financial institutions and other obliged entities to implement AML/KYC processes. As in other jurisdictions, this creates a significant compliance cost for financial institutions and results in a poor onboarding experience for their customers. Enter First AML, […]
It’s been a while since we wrote about Observe.AI, a customer service voice analytics startup that is using AI-powered agent enablement for voice customer service by bringing coaching and conversational insights to the world’s top brands to improve the customer experience. Late last […]
The last time we wrote about Klarna was back in February when the Swedish unicorn startup reported its first annual loss after many years of profitability. Klarna, which provides e-commerce payment solutions for merchants and shoppers, reported a loss of 1.1 […]
40 billion IoT devices are predicted to be in use by 2025, and until now, there has not been a scalable, endpoint cybersecurity solution that can be installed on individual devices. Instead, manufacturers have heavily relied on vulnerability patching or […]
While global e-Commerce volume was already rising pre-COVID 19, the pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital payments. With this rapid increase comes a simultaneous increase in criminal activities online. Recent high profile cases have only highlighted what has already […]
Dillyhub is a new Seoul, South Korea-based tech startup that offers a publishing and monetization platform for comic creators. The young startup promotes and facilitates the works of independent comic artists while maximizing their monetization options. Through Dillyhub’s innovative proprietary technology […]
Recursion, a Salt Lake City-based biotech startup using artificial intelligence technology for drug discovery, today announced that it has raised $239 million in equity financing to advance technology-enabled drug discovery platform and pipeline. The oversubscribed financing, which brings the total funding for the 7-year-old […]
As competition grows and China’s economy slows, China’s search giant Baidu has lost more ground to its bigger online rivals Alibaba and Tencent. Over the past few years, Baidu has been trying to expand into new areas from driverless cars to health […]
The global pandemic has accelerated the shift to remote work as many U.S. businesses give teams the freedom and space to choose where they work from, ensuring safety while also improving quality of life and operational costs. Without the need […]
