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Insurtech startup omni:us raises Series A Funding to supercharge insurance with AI
Nickie Louise Posted On October 30, 2018


omni:us, an artificial intelligence startup that enables the insurance industry to transform radically and adapt to today’s customer expectations, has closed Series A funding round, bringing its total funding to date to $22.5 million. The round was led by Berlin-headquartered VC firm […]


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Brazilian fintech startup REBEL raises $4 million in Series A funding to invest in its technology platform, product development, and accelerate customer growth
Nickie Louise Posted On October 30, 2018


REBEL, a Brazilian fintech startup with a focus on online credit for the middle class, has $4 million a Series A funding round to further invest in its proprietary technology platform and product development, as well as to grow its customer […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Tuesday, October 30
Nickie Louise Posted On October 30, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Tuesday, October 30. Go-Jek secures commitment of US$1.2 billion. In a show of trust in Indonesian ride-hailing’s performance, Google, Tencent, and JD are doubling down their investments […]


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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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Biotech startup XtalPi closes $46 million in Series B-1 extension to boost growth and accelerate platform development
Nickie Louise Posted On October 29, 2018


Computation-driven biotech startup XtalPi continues to reinvent the pharmaceutical industry’s approach to drug research and development with its Intelligent Digital Drug Discovery and Development (ID4) platform. We covered the 4-year old startup back in January when it raised $15 million in Series B […]


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Blockchain startup Vezt launches world’s first music rights marketplace
Nickie Louise Posted On October 29, 2018


Vezt, the first blockchain-based mobile app where music fans can acquire rights in their favorite songs and recordings, has launched its Blockchain Music Royalty Sharing App in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Vezt is part of Digital Asset Monetary Network, […]


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20 Top Lawyers Were Beaten by Legal AI in a Controlled Study
Nickie Louise Posted On October 29, 2018


We wrote about LawGeex back in April when the Tel Aviv, Israel-based artificial intelligence and Software as a Service (SaaS) platform startup raised $12 million in funding to disrupt the $700 billion legal services market. The startup uses AI to remove the […]


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Singapore ride-hailing startup Grab raises $200 million from travel giant Booking Holdings
Nickie Louise Posted On October 29, 2018


Singapore-based ride-hailing Grab has raised $200 million funding from Booking Holdings, the parent company of Booking.com, Priceline.com, Agoda.com, Kayak.com, Cheapflights, Rentalcars.com, Momondo, and OpenTable. The two companies announced a strategic partnership today. The investment is part of a $3-billion ongoing funding round that […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Monday, October 29
Nickie Louise Posted On October 29, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Monday, October 29. British ad startup LoopMe raises $17 million as investors jump into AI. In the latest show of growing investors’ interest in the artificial […]


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IBM to acquire open source cloud company Red Hat for $34 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On October 28, 2018


IBM announced Sunday that its acquiring the world’s leading provider of open source cloud software Red Hat for $34 billion. The acquisition will completely changing the cloud landscape and make IBM the world’s number cloud provider. The two companies reached […]


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China’s ByteDance overtakes Uber to become world’s most valuable startup; now valued at $75 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On October 26, 2018


On September 28, we reported that China’s news-aggregation app Bytedance was seeking to raise $3 billion from SoftBank Group Corp. and private-equity firm KKR & Co at $75 billion valuation. This morning, Bytedance, the owner of popular karaoke video app TikTok […]


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LiDAR startup Innovusion raises $30 million in Series A funding led by Chinese automaker Nio ; starts shipping the world’s first Image-grade LiDAR system for autonomous vehicles
Nickie Louise Posted On October 26, 2018


With the autonomous vehicle market expected to reach US$80 billion by 2035, LiDAR — the sensor technology that allows self-driving cars to efficiently detect and measure the objects on the road around them — is essential for reliable, safe Level […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Friday, October 26
Nickie Louise Posted On October 26, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Friday, October 26. Innovusion raises $30 million in Series A Round and starts shipping the world’s first image-grade LiDAR system for autonomous vehicles. China’s NIO co-led a […]


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DataRobot raises $100 million in Series D funding to expand its product portfolio and support global operations
Nickie Louise Posted On October 25, 2018


DataRobot, a provider of an AI-driven enterprise automated machine learning platform that empowers users to develop and deploy machine learning and AI faster, has raised $100 million in Series D funding  to address the demand for its proven approach to automating data […]


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Bike Theft Might Become a Thing of the Past with The Boomerang V2
Nickie Louise Posted On October 25, 2018


According to the national bike registry, over 1.5 million bicycles are stolen every year, and the number does not seem to be decreasing. With concern for greener forms of transportation rising, bicycles have become an affordable alternative for many commuters. […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Thursday, October 25
Nickie Louise Posted On October 25, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Thursday, October 25. Tesla plans to roll out a ride-hailing service that will be in direct competition with Uber and Lyft. Tesla is taking on Uber […]


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AI chip startup Syntiant secures $25 million in Series B funding led by Microsoft’s M12
Nickie Louise Posted On October 24, 2018


The global artificial intelligence chip market continues with no sign of cooling down. According to a recent report published by Allied Market Research, the global artificial intelligence chip market is projected to reach $91.19 billion by 2025 from  $4.52 billion […]


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Blockchain-based e-commerce verification platform simplyBrand partners with COBINHOOD to stop online counterfeiting 
Nickie Louise Posted On October 24, 2018


Counterfeiting is a global menace and according to research, counterfeit-induced losses amounted to $323 billion in 2017. The rise of e-commerce has compounded the already huge problem. Customers are looking towards e-commerce platforms to offer authentic products, but many platforms […]


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Fintech startup Alpaca unveils world’s first commission free API stock broker for automated investing and trading; closed a $3 million Pre-Series A funding
Nickie Louise Posted On October 24, 2018


Just as technology transformed institutional trading on Wall Street, now retail investing is about to be disrupted and transformed by algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) that automate trading into process that can easily execute thousands of trades a day. Alpaca […]


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AI powered cybersecurity startup CYR3CON raises $1.5 million in Seed Round to predict and prevent future cyber attacks before they occur
Nickie Louise Posted On October 24, 2018


Every day we wake up to the news of yet another cyber attacks. With ubiquitous of hacking tools, hackers are getting more sophisticated and  it’s becoming increasingly difficult for organizations and government to stay ahead of the bad guys. Having […]


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