It’s been a while since we last covered Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. That does not mean Gates has stopped making the headlines. This time, Gates is making the news after his comments about the negative outlook of the ongoing pandemic. […]
LottieFiles, a platform for JSON-based Lottie animations, has raised $37 million in a Series B funding round to expand its user base and design new products to make motion design accessible to anyone. The round was led by Square Peg Capital, with […]
The growth of Web3 since 2021 has led to the rapid adoption of decentralized finance (DeFi), which facilitates transactions between individuals without bank or government involvement. The popularity of DeFi has also accelerated the need for investors and venture capital firms […]
Web3, or the decentralized web, is the third era of the Internet that promises to decentralize the control of the Internet and give it back to the people that create the value. But the success of the Web3 ecosystem depends on […]
After a record 2021, public mergers and acquisitions via special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) fell off the cliff in the first quarter of 2022. However, it appears things are beginning to take off. Today, Chinese electric vehicle tech startup CH-AUTO Technology Corp announced it […]
Last month, we wrote about Yuga Labs after the creator of the “Bored Ape” series of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) raised $450 million in funding to build an NFT metaverse. The round, which was led by a16z crypto, with participation from top-tier game studios, brings […]
A large majority of American homeowners overpaid on their property taxes but didn’t know it. According to a report from The National Taxpayers Union Foundation, between 30 and 60 percent of taxable property in the United States is over-assessed, and this […]
Last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold roughly $8.4 billion worth of Tesla shares as he raises funds to complete the $44 billion Twitter buyout deal. But the $8.4 billion is just a fraction of the amount Musk needed to complete his Twitter […]
The Futures is an NFT collection consisting of 5,000 unique 2D NFT avatars that are created to become an iconic, community-owned brand. While NFTs are evolving from simple digital collectibles, The Futures founding team created the project to enhance the […]
NSO Group is a cybersecurity tech startup you’ve probably never heard of. We first covered NSO Group back in 2018 when the Herzliya, Israel-based startup made headlines after its military-grade Pegasus spyware was used in a botched attempt to break into the iPhone of […]
Inventors are making the world a better place. Since the dawn of humanity, people have been creating and discovering all sorts of things. Some of these inventions have entirely altered the way we live. Have you ever imagined life before […]
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide are projected to have some degree of hearing loss by 2050. It is also estimated that by 2050 one in every ten people (over 700 million people) will have disabling […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold roughly $8.4 billion worth of Tesla shares this week as he raises funds to complete the $44 billion Twitter buyout deal. The announcement of the sale comes as Musk raises funds to complete his Twitter […]
We first covered Rivian in 2019 after the once secretive and high-flying electric truck startup raised $700 million in funding led by e-commerce giant Amazon. A year earlier, Rivian emerged from stealth mode with half a billion dollars in funding. With millions […]
Last year, a single piece of the non-fungible token (NFT) art was sold at Christie’s Auction for a record-setting $69.3 million, making it the most expensive digital art ever sold. Since then, the NFT craze has taken the gaming and digital art […]
A Startup’s Guide to Effective Pre-fundraising PR 2021 was a record year in terms of venture capital. Annual global investments amounted to $644 billion — almost twice as much as 2020. Average checks considerably grew, same as the competition between […]
Almost every homeowner can relate to having a plumbing issue suddenly arise out of the blue. A broken boiler, leaky pipe, clogged drains, and water heater issues can all give you a major headache when you least expect it, especially […]
The popularity of Solana continues to soar as developers flock to the blockchain network to take advantage of the scalability compared to its rival, Ethereum. Unlike Ethereum which is slow and has high gas fees, Solana is much faster and cheaper. […]
Early this week, the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Portal joined forces with the asset marketplace HighCircleX (HCX) to tokenize stocks of pre-initial public offering (IPO) companies. The aim of the collaboration is to democratize access and make investing in private […]
Decentralized finance (DeFi) has slowly been gaining momentum over the past year. For some of our audience who may still not be familiar with the concept, DeFi is an emerging financial technology that aims to democratize finance by replacing legacy and centralized […]
