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Winery-direct-to-consumer startup Winestyr raises $3 million to give users exclusive access to the best small-production wines in America

Nickie Louise Posted On December 18, 2018

There are thousands of wineries in the United States and most of their wines never make it to store shelves, restaurants, or your glass. Winestyr is a Chicago-based winery-direct-to-consumer startup on a mission to bring exclusive access to creative wineries and […]

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Singapore startup Umitron secures US$2 million in project funding to deliver IoT and AI technology to drive growth of sustainable aquaculture in Lake Titicaca, Peru

Nickie Louise Posted On December 14, 2018

Back in September we wrote about Umitron, a tech startup that develops computerized sustainable aquaculture model by using technology such as IoT, satellite remote sensing and AI, when the company raised US$2.7 million in funding. Now, the Singapore/Japan-based startup, in cooperation with […]

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Top startup news for today, Thursday, December 13

Nickie Louise Posted On December 13, 2018

Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Thursday, December 13. Bowery, an indoor farming startup, raises $90 million more,led by GV, Google’s venture capital arm. Bowery, a New York-based agritech startup, has raised $90 […]

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FreeWire raises $15 million to support the commercialization of charging and mobile on-site power technologies for electric vehicles

Nickie Louise Posted On December 4, 2018

FreeWire Technologies (FireWire), an electric car charging startup company that offers simple electrification of applications for formerly fossil fuel dependent industries, has closed $15 million in Series A funding led by BP Ventures, with participation from Volvo Cars Tech Fund, Stanley Ventures, […]

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HealthTECH startup YouThisMe launches a new remote patient monitoring platform to assist and help seniors

Nickie Louise Posted On December 3, 2018

YouThisMe, a mobile health technology startup, has launched a new remote patient monitoring platform designed for use with multiple patients in clinical and non-hospital medical settings that serve seniors. The new Multi-Patient software platform called UTM:RPM, allows physicians, physician assistants, nurses and […]

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Top startup news for today, Wednesday, November 21

Nickie Louise Posted On November 21, 2018

Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Wednesday, November 21. Apple reportedly buys privacy-minded AI startup Silk Labs. In another sign of its growing push and ambition into artificial intelligence, Apple is expanding its […]

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Understory secures $7.5 million to power global expansion of weather sensor network and boost presence in the international agriculture market

Nickie Louise Posted On November 20, 2018

Understory, a Madison, Wisconsin-based weather infrastructure and analytics startup company with real-time tools to collect weather data that power business decisions, has raised $7.5 million in additional funding to expand it international presence in the agriculture market with ground-truth, actionable weather data. […]

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Applied AI startup Knowtions secures $5 million Series A funding to help health Insurers adopt artificial intelligence

Nickie Louise Posted On November 13, 2018

There is a growing market to help property and casualty insurance businesses adopt AI, but health insurance is being left behind. Health insurance is at the intersection of two complicated fields, facing both difficulties in working with health data and […]

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Blockchain-powered location network startup XYO Network launches the public beta of its app for Android

Nickie Louise Posted On October 31, 2018

With advances in technology, self-driving vehicles, package-delivering drones and smart cities are gaining mainstream adoption. However, none of these technologies will be possible unless we solve the biggest shortcoming of location data today: trust. The technologies of tomorrow will require location […]

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Healthtech startup Carrot, backed by $25M from Johnson & Johnson Innovation, wants to commercialize its digital health solution to help people quit smoking

Nickie Louise Posted On October 29, 2018

Did you know smoking is the leading cause of preventable illness and death worldwide? Smoking kills 500,000 people in the U.S. each year and more than six million globally. Smokers cost their employers more than $7,000 annually, per person, in excess […]

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Connected Car and InsurTech platform startup Jooycar raises $3 million investment from HCS Capital for international expansion to the U.S. and Latin America

Nickie Louise Posted On October 16, 2018

Jooycar, the leading Connected Car and Insurtech platform in Latin America has closed a $3 million investment HCS Capital Partners, a Miami-based private equity and operating firm. The investment will help Jooycar for its ambitious international expansion to the U.S. and across […]

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Precision medicine startup DeepLens exits stealth mode with $3.2 million seed funding to globally deploy its flagship pathology product

Nickie Louise Posted On October 15, 2018

Deep Lens, a cloud-based digital pathology startup that helps patients, pathologists and physicians work together to accelerate and optimize treatment, has emerged from the stealth mode with with $3.2 million seed financing. The new funding will be used for product development […]

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FemTech market leader Flo Health raises $12 million in funding to accelerate growth and product improvement

Nickie Louise Posted On October 12, 2018

Flo Health, a FemTech startup and an AI-powered women’s health platform. today announced that it has completed a Series A Extension round. This brings Flo’s total Series A funding to $12 million, with a $200 million valuation. The newly raised funds will […]

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Biotech startup RWDC closes $13 million Series A2 to accelerate the development of PHA biodegradable biopolymers as alternative to plastics

Nickie Louise Posted On October 10, 2018

RWDC Industries Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based biotech startup, closed a $13 million Series A2 funding to expand RWDC’s PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate) production capacity in Athens, Georgia (USA), to 2,000 tonnes per year, making the company among the world’s largest PHA producers by […]

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Wool Cross X: The All-terrain, Temperature Regulating Shoe for the Outdoor Adventurer is Here

Nickie Louise Posted On October 10, 2018

If you’re an outdoor adventurer, you may have trouble finding the right pair of shoes since many activities require something different such as hiking versus running. New on Kickstarter is the Wool Cross X – the first ever all-terrain multi-sport […]

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