Paidy, a Japanese fintech startup that enables consumers to shop online without using a credit card, has raised a $55 million Series C. The company made the announcement today. The round was led by Japanese trade conglomerate Itochu Corporation, with […]
Good morning! Here are some of the major highlights and top tech startup news stories for today, Friday, July 13. Google cofounder Larry Page backed another ‘flying car’ startup called BlackFly. Last month we reported that Google cofounder Larry Page has […]
Glasswing Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in the next generation of AI startups, announced it has raised its first fund. At $112 million, it is the largest AI-focused debut fund on the East Coast. With its first fund, Glasswing […]
Gone are the days of simply relying on newspaper, radio or TV ads to get your message across to potential customers. Today, marketing technology is transforming the way brands work with social influencers using artificial intelligence. One startup that is […]
Back in December 2017, we wrote an article about a research study led by Stanford University on the maturity and the state of artificial intelligence (AI). In the article, the researcher argued that, “artificial intelligence is dumber than a 5-year-old […]
Good morning! Here are some of the major highlights and top tech startup news stories for today, Thursday, July 12. Blockchain startup Dirt Protocol raises $3 million to become the Wikipedia of data. Dirt Protocol, a new startup for a […]
The BuildCoin Foundation, a nonprofit organization building a new foundation for global economic and human social advancement, has partnered with OpenCrowd, a design and technology services firm focused on the development of blockchain solutions, to jointly develop the BuildCoin Foundation’s new blockchain […]
Broadcom, a leading semiconductor device supplier to the wired, wireless, enterprise storage, and industrial end markets, is acquiring software company CA Technologies for more than $18 billion. The all-cash transaction represents an equity value of approximately $18.9 billion, and an enterprise value […]
Sirin Labs, the company that ended 2017 with the fourth largest crowdsale in history by raising $157.8 million, is unveiling the final design of the Finney, the first-ever dual-screen blockchain smartphone. Two years ago, Sirin Labs launched the ultra-secure, ultra-expensive ($14,800) […]
Aurora Labs, the developer of a self-healing platform for connected vehicle software, has raised $8.4 million A round of financing to expand its international presence beyond its new German offices and advance R&D activity. The latest round was led by Fraser McCombs Capital […]
Good morning! Here are some of the major highlights and top tech startup news stories for today, Wednesday, July 11. Tesla now ditches reservations, opens up Model 3 car sales to all customers in North America. You no longer need […]
Enterprise machine learning platform, DataRobot, has acquired Nexosis to bolster its lead in enabling the AI-driven enterprise. The terms of the acquisition remain confidential. Nexosis provides a machine learning API for developers. Its API allows for developers to quickly and easily […]
Montreal, Canada-based startup, Chronogolf has raised $2 million in third funding round to accelerate global expansion of it POS software. In 2018, the company generated record sales and was successful in expanding into the US, Canada, and Europe. To date, the […]
Fuel Games, a Sidney, Australia-based blockchain eSport startup, has raised $2.4 million to create games and build their software platform, Apollo, which will allow game studios to integrate their titles with blockchain technology at scale. The round was led by Continue […]
Cell-Ed, a mobile learning solution for low-skilled workers, has raised a $1.5 million seed round to increase Cell-Ed’s workforce-related content and credentialing pathways, as well as to enhance advanced mobile technology and provide even greater learner personalization and reach. The latest […]
Blink Identity, a frictionless, user first identity in motion startup, has raised $1.5 million in a seed round for secure facial recognition at scale. The latest round was led by Sinai Ventures with participation from Live Nation and Techstars and other live […]
Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Monday, July 9. Jordanian cloud-based Point-of-sale platform POSRocket raised $1.5 million led by Egypt’s Algebra Ventures. POSRocket has raised $1.5 million in funding. The latest round was led […]
One of the hottest and highly sought-after domain names in the world, Crypto.com, has been sold to Crypto Visa card company Monaco for millions of dollars. TechCrunch first broke the news. The Hong Kong-based company raised $25 million in crypto […]
Bittrex, a US-based blockchain platform that provides real-time trading and industry-leading security, and invest.com, today announced a partnership agreement to open a digital trading platform. The platform will start with customers in the European Union. The new trading platform will […]
Live.me, the mobile app developer behind popular live broadcasting app LiveMe, today launches Fluxr, a mobile gaming and esports live streaming platform that aims to enhance gamer experiences with mobile-first features and on-and-offline gaming events. Inspired by the success of LiveMe’s […]
