Mariner Wealth Advisors, a Kansas City-based national wealth advisory firm just makes its sixth acquisition to close out the summer of deals. Today, the firm announced that it has acquired New Jersey-based wealth advisory firm, FCG Advisors. The deal closed on September […]
After achieving unicorn status in its previous funding round, Israeli visual creativity app developer Lightricks recently announced it has raised an additional $130 million. The new Series D funding round will allow Lightricks to expand its operations, primarily through the […]
You probably never heard of StickyLock Games, an Amsterdam, Netherlands-based gaming startup that creates digital experiences using both Augmented and Virtual Reality. The company builds user-friendly applications for businesses, educational institutions, and games. Early this year, StickyLock announced it was looking to create a game-changing first-person shooter […]
Facebook Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Mike Schroepfer announced Wednesday he will be stepping down from his role after 13 years with the social giant. Mike Schroepfer has been CTO at Facebook since March 2013. Prior to that, he was the Vice President […]
Greylock Partners has raised $500 million to invest exclusively in seed-stage startups. The announcement comes a year after the firm raised $1 billion for its 16th flagship fund to invest in early- and growth-stage tech startups. Guo and general partner Saam Motamedi […]
Verizon, the U.S.’ largest cellphone provider, is known for providing superior wireless coverage that covers 70 percent of the United States. But not many people know about the company’s investment in technology startups. For example, Verizon bought AOL for $4.4 billion in 2015 […]
Hackers love cryptocurrency partly because of its anonymity. In fact, most cybercriminals prefer their ransom payments to be in cryptocurrency because it’s difficult to trace wallet addresses unless the crypto exchange divulges their financial information to law enforcement agencies. In very […]
In May, the U.S. Federal Reserve bank announced the plan to launch five U.S. central bank digital currency pilots over the next 12 months as part of its Digital Dollar Project effort (DDP). The news came almost a year after the […]
The Org, a New York-based tech startup that is building organization charts for public and private companies, announced today it has raised $20 million in Series B funding to shift into the second phase of their product; grow their team in New […]
Twitter said on Monday that it has agreed to pay $809.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that it misled investors about its daily and monthly user engagement numbers. In a regulatory filing, Twitter and the individual defendants continue to […]
Our Earth’s atmosphere has five major and several secondary layers. From lowest to highest, the major layers are the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) defines the beginning of space as the Kármán line, which is […]
French cloud computing services provider OVHcloud is planning to launch an initial public offering (IPO) as soon as Monday that could value it at more than $4.7 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. […]
GitLab, the popular open-source code collaboration platform that enables developers to create, review, and deploy codebases, announced its initial public offerings on Friday. The company said it plans to list on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol “GTLB,” according to initial […]
Avalanche, a new blockchain tech startup that promises to offer the industry’s fastest smart contracts, has raised $230 million in a token sale to institutional investors led by Polychain and Three Arrows Capital. Avalanche is a smart contract-enabled cryptocurrency that also supports the proof-of-stake blockchain. […]
In July, former NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden sounded the alarm bell about how government agencies are using military-grade spyware to spy on citizens. As far back as 2018, the U.S. government and private companies around the world have been using Pegasus spyware developed by an […]
The FinTech industry is changing the face of finance and banking. Unlike in the past when companies only care about making profits, a new generation of leaders and a thriving ecosystem of startups are unlocking new possibilities to make broader […]
Popular video-game chat community app Discord has raised $500 million in new funding round five months after walking away from $10 billion sale talks with Microsoft. The deal values the company at about $15 billion according to a report from Bloomberg News but Discord […]
Prenetics, a Hong Kong-based genetic testing startup, is going public through a merger with Artisan Acquisition — a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) — in a deal that will value the combined entity at $1.7 billion, the two companies announced Thursday. […]
Stock insider trading has been going on for decades. Now the same illegal practice is now moving its way to the NFT world. Earlier today, an executive at the NFT platform OpenSea used insider knowledge to buy NFT assets in […]
As of 2020, there are over 40 million Hispanics of Mexican origin living in the United States, many of whom are unbanked or underbanked because of inadequate access to banking resources, including bank branches in their community, and access to loans with […]
