Rumors continue to swirl around Alibaba acquisition of NetEase‘s cross-border retail platform unit, Kaola. After many weeks of media speculations, Alibaba may finally be buying Kaola this week for $2 billion, according to an exclusive report from 36kr.com, which first broke […]
Astrocast, an Internet of Things (IoT) startup and a provider of IoT Nanosatellite Network that offers a bidirectional and highly secure connection to any #IoT device on Earth, has closed $9.2 (€8.3 Million) Series A round of funding to accelerate production of […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Wednesday, September 4, 2019. YouTube agrees to pay $170 million to settle claims it violated child privacy laws. Back in April, we reported that Google’s YouTube was accused […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today announced it has authorized over $121 million in funding over the next decade to expand broadband to 36,579 unserved rural homes and businesses in 16 states, representing the fourth wave of support from last […]
Fyllo, a Chicago-based marketing startup and the world’s first MarTech platform for the cannabis industry, today launches with $16 million initial funding to expand its technology platforms and add personnel to meet operational needs. The round was led by a list of premier institutional […]
CrowdBureau Corporation, a fintech startup and index provider, has closed $1.1 million Series A equity funding to expand its series of benchmarks and launch a pilot program for its patent-pending regulatory technology product. The round, which values the company at $9.7 million, was led […]
Retail giant Amazon is developing clean room data technology that could improve measurement and data for ad campaigns to help its advertisers better understand the impact of their spend on consumer behavior. The technology will help shine more light on previously […]
Culture Amp, an Australian-based employee analytics platform that specializes in staff surveying and analytics, today announced it has raised $82 million in a Series E funding to accelerate global expansion and the development of innovative products and offerings that enable companies to […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, September 3, 2019. Chinese deepfake app Zao goes viral, but faces backlash over privacy concerns. Zao, a new Chinese app that lets users swap and superimpose […]
Zoomd, Israeli marketing technology exited startup stage and went public on the Toronto Stock Exchange Ventures, raising $7 million (C$9.3 million) at a share price of C$1.00 per share. Founded in 2012 by by Amit Bohensky, Chairman, Ofer Eitan, CEO, Omri […]
Bitcoin Bay, a Toronto-based blockchain startup, today announces a partnership with BitAngels, a digital currency investor network to expand the blockchain investment ecosystem. Bitcoin Bay will become BitAngels Toronto’s City Leader to host monthly or bi-monthly events focused on market […]
We’ve written several articles about Plug and Play, the largest global innovation platform and a Silicon Valley-based global innovation platform that connects startups to corporations, and invest in over 100 companies every year. Plug and Play is currently run two accelerator programs […]
OpenGov, a tech startup that provides complete enterprise cloud solutions for government, has raised a $51 Million Series D financing round to fuel its growth as the company continues to develop and go to market with best-in-class technology, including end-to-end budgeting, […]
The electric bike (ebike) is over saturated with over thousands of brands around the world. This makes it difficult to find the best ebike that meets your specific need. In recent times, many bicycle brands do not manufacture their own […]
Taylor & Hart, an e-commerce and jewelry startup that specializes in custom-made engagement rings, has closed $4.35 million (£3.6M) growth funding to fund global expansion. The round, which as led by consumer specialist investors Active Partners, will be used to continue its vision […]
Google announced today it has discovered flaws in iPhone that enabled hackers to put ‘monitoring implants’ in iPhones for years. The flaw, which was discovered by Google’s Project Zero Threat Analysis Group (TAG), revealed 14 security flaws in iPhones that […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Friday, August 30, 2019. Google discovers major iPhone security flaw that affected thousands. Google announced today it has discovered flaws in iPhone that enabled hackers to put […]
LucidWeb, a Belgian WebVR and WebAR startup based in Brussels, today announces the launch of VR content distribution platform at 76th Venice Film Festival 2019 and expand its offering by launching its premium virtual reality distribution platform. The LucidWeb Pro contributes […]
Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency lending platform that lets you earn interest on your crypto and instantly borrow against it, today unveiled compounding interest for its crypto holders. Beginning this fall, Celsius customers will have an array of new CEL utility options plus […]
Target in India, part of Target Corporation and one of North America’s largest discount retailers, today announced the launch of cohort seven of the Target Accelerator Program. Ten startups in areas such as supply chain, inventory placement, vendor management, ad technology, […]
