For the first time, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on Wednesday as the novel coronavirus, which originated from Whuan China just three months ago, has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia, the […]
Many have been downplaying the risk and the impact of the novel coronavirus by comparing it to seasonal flu. However, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the disease caused by the novel […]
Zheng Zhongwei, China director of the Science and Technology Development Centre of the National Health Commission (NHC) announced that the country is making progress and that a new coronovirus vaccine may be ready for emergency use next month. Zheng said that a […]
Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Uber may suspend accounts of riders, drivers who test positive for coronavirus. Ride-hailing giant Uber notified riders and drivers that it may temporarily suspend the […]
Coronavirus conference scheduled to be held in New York has been canceled — due to ongoing coronavirus oubreak according to news first reported by Bloomberg. The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), a nonprofit think tank on US foreign policy and international […]
Solar Capital Partners, a private credit manager with expertise across cash flow and specialty finance senior secured financing solutions for U.S. middle market companies, announced that it held the final closings of its SCP Private Corporate Lending Fund LP, SCP […]
Purely Capital, a London, England-based tech startup today announced the launch of its entertainment FinTech receivables platform backed by a $150 million institutional funding line, Finch Capital. The platform meets the growing need of rights owners, producers and distributors to […]
We wrote about back in January when the Austin-based fintech startup launched a new banking app for freelancers and self employed workers. Today, Joust announced that it will pay qualified users on their unpaid SXSW invoices to help mitigate the financial impact […]
Zeto, a Santa Clara, California-based medical startup that is transforming the Electroencephalography (EEG) experience for healthcare, has closed $7.3 million in Series A financing led by Seraph Group and joined by Aphelion Capital, SV Tech Ventures and Shangbay Capital. The new […]
In a response to a question from the audience during the Satellite 2020 conference, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, said that graduating from college is “not needed” and that colleges and universities are “not for learning.” “You don’t need […]
Coronavirus, which started in Wuhan, China, continues to spread around the world. The outbreak is forcing Chinese citizens to wear face masks to prevent further spread of the disease. However, face masks now posed a problem for the government to […]
Today’s websites are becoming increasingly complex as brands continue evolving their online presence to provide cutting-edge user experiences to capture a greater share of web traffic, which grew by 8% in 2019. Enter DeepCrawl, a comprehensive website crawler that helps […]
Coronovirus has claimed over 4,000 lives around the world. With the number of reported cases now exceeding 100 thousands, government and institutions are working around the clock to find cure for the disease. Today, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced that […]
Coronavirus continues to wreck havoc around the world. To date, the virus has claimed at least 4,012 lives with a total of 113,583 confirmed cases worldwide. A total of 62, 517 people have recovered from the virus. The outbreak has […]
TFLiving, a Pawleys Island, South Carolina-based tech-enabled platform providing fitness and amenities services to residential and commercial communities, has closed a $4.8 million series seed funding round led by Camber Creek with participation by Courtside Ventures and other strategic investors. […]
This is TechStartups’ live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. All times below are in Eastern time. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 111,300, according to […]
Happy Monday morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Monday, March 9, 2020. Twitter CEO Dorsey keeps his job after company strikes investment deal with Elliott Management, Silver Lake. Last month, we reported that Elliot Management was buying […]
Banzai, a Seattle, Washington-based cloud software-as-a-service provider of Event Marketing Automation solutions for enterprise marketers, today announced that it has raised $7 million to double its headcount and to expand its product and service offerings in the Event Marketing Automation category. […]
This is part of our series on how you can prepare and prevent coronavirus. This article is compilation of series of tweets by Professor Palli Thordarson at School of Chemistry UNSW. Special thanks to Professor Palli Thordarson for the sharing this information. Why […]
With coronavirus death toll in the U.S. rising to 19, people are rushing to stock up on basic products such as hand soap, sanitizers, tissue papers, and many more. It got so bad that some stores are now limiting purchases of these […]
