What’s going in the beverage market space? And why is everyone interested in the alcohol and wine business all of a sudden? Yesterday, we told you about Uber after the ride-sharing company made a foray its first into the alcohol […]
Happy weekend! We think this motivational video is a great way to start your week. The video is about how Elon went from a nervous breakdown to rockets blowing up, to building the world’s most valuable car company. Even as everyone […]
The Honest Company, a baby and beauty products startup co-founded by actress Jessica Alba, is reportedly seeking to raise $2 billion in an initial public offering (IPO), according to a report from Bloomberg BNN. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg said […]
Finding investors for your startup can be hard and very challenging. One of the traditional avenues for founders to raise funding for their startups is through venture capital firms. Venture capital (VC) is a type of private equity financing that is […]
Twitter announced Tuesday it has acquired Substack-competitor Revue and email newsletter startup, Revue. The acquisition is part of Twitter’s effort to attract users who want to make money from their followers. The terms and the amount of the transaction were […]
Wintermute, a London, England-based global crypto market maker focused on proprietary trading and an algorithmic liquidity provider for digital assets, today announced it has closed a $20 million Series B round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners (“Lightspeed”) with participation from Pantera Capital. […]
The emerging trends in the new normal are encouraging enterprises to adopt new paradigms in managing talent and human resources. For one, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its opinions on what constitutes compensable employee training time. Businesses are […]
2020 was a difficult year for everyone. The coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc around the world with millions of people lost their jobs and many companies went out of business. However, despite global uncertainty resulting from a number of ongoing events […]
OncoHost, a Binyamina, Israel-based clinical-stage biotechnology startup company developing personalized strategies to increase the success of cancer therapy, today announced it has closed an $8 million Series B funding round to match the right treatment to an individual cancer patient, increasing the effectiveness […]
As governments and organizations around the world look for new ways to combat climate change and reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, many other companies are also looking at technology for efficient farm production. As of 2019, agriculture generates an estimated 25% […]
Huuuge Games, a Berlin, Germany-based gaming startup and provider of a real-time social casual gaming platform, said it will go public in an initial public offering (IPO) on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The company expects to raise $150 million. The startup […]
China’s Tencent Music Entertainment Group said on Friday it acquired audiobook platform Lazy Audio (“Lanren tingshu”) owned by Shenzhen Lanren Online Technology, for $417 million (2.7 billion yuan). The transaction is expected to close the deal in the first half of 2021. […]
Alchemy to build API and developer platform, simplifying development on the Crypto.com Chain and easing integration for exchanges and wallets Taking another solid step towards Mainnet launch, Crypto.com today announced a new partnership with Alchemy to power the Crypto.com developer […]
Has there ever been a time when you’re craving ice cream only to out find out you have none left in the freezer and it’s too late to run the store? Now imagine a Keurig machine, but for ice cream! […]
Good morning! It’s been a while since we last featured the top tech news of the day. Back in March 2020, we decided to put a pause on daily briefing and focus more on news that affects everyone around the […]
Cockroach Labs, a New York-based software startup that develops a cloud-native SQL database, said Tuesday that it raised $160 million to accelerate its product development. The announcement follows other tech startups that have secured big funding during the coronavirus pandemic […]
CentralNic, a London, England company and global registry service provider, today announced it has acquired Canadian-based online brand protection startup SafeBrands for up to $4.4m (€3.6m). According to the transaction agreement, CentralNic will pay €3.0 million upfront and the rest is subject […]
Norwegian Block Exchange (NBX) is a cryptocurrency startup founded by Bjorn Kjos, who also founded Norwegian Airlines and Bank Norwegian. Just before entering 2021, NBX has received a $7.12 million (60 million NOK) investment to accelerate the growth of its […]
When we relaunched TechStartups three years ago, one of our goals was to help new and up-and-coming startups get their message across to thousands and millions of tech audiences around the world and be part of their success story. As part […]
Back in late 2018, IBM acquired open-source cloud company Red Hat in a $40 billion blockbuster deal. Then in October of last year, the 109-year old IBM announced it was splitting into two separate companies to focus on cloud computing. […]
