We covered N26 back in May when the Peter Thiel-backed digital bank startup raised $100 million funding to prepare for the economic uncertainty from the coronavirus pandemic. N26 currently offers its services in 22 European countries and the United States. N26 has […]
According to a 2019 survey conducted by FDIC, 5.4 percent of U.S. households (approximately 7.1 million households) were unbanked. Another data tells a different story. In a piece published in Forbes, 88 million Americans are either unbanked or underbanked. To address […]
In 2018, the global haircare market is estimated to be worth about $90 billion, according to the latest data from research firm Statista. Haircare is one of the least appealing verticals for technology startups. However, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for […]
According to a survey conducted by Invesp, acquiring a new customer can cost five times more than retaining an existing customer. The survey also finds that increasing customer retention by 5% can increase profits from 25-95%. A customer loyalty program is one […]
Almost a billion people suffer from mental health problems worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. ATAI Life Sciences is a biotechnology startup founded in 2018 in response to the clear and growing unmet needs of mental health patients worldwide. ATAI […]
Morse Micro is an Australian semiconductor company and creator of the Wi-Fi HaLow chip; an ultra-low-power, long-range and secure Wi-Fi chip specifically designed for IoT environments. Its team includes original inventors of Wi-Fi and designers of the world’s first Wi-Fi […]
We first covered Relativity Space back in 2018 after the Los Angeles-based orbital launch startup raised $35 million in funding. A lot has changed since then. Relativity Space (Relativity) is disrupting 60 years of aerospace tradition by creating an entirely new process […]
Jaan Tallinn is an Estonian computer programmer famous for co-founding Skype, a popular telecommunication platform that offers free video chat and voice calls to internet-connected devices. Skype was co-founded in 2002 by Jaan Tallinn, Janus Friis, Niklas Zennström. Microsoft later bought Skype […]
We live in a digital world where people of all ages are actively sharing life events with their friends, families, and colleagues through social networks. Some of these events lead to buying a home, saving for college, and even planning for […]
Middle mile is an important part of the logistics supply chain that enables businesses to move goods from the port to the warehouse or distribution center. Unlike the “last-mile” logistics that places products at consumer doorsteps, “middle-mile” logistics get goods from a […]
On Thursday, we wrote about Lanistar after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a financial regulatory body in the United Kingdom, issued a consumer scam warning that the London-based fintech startup has been providing financial services without approval from the U.K. government. […]
Data visualization, a graphical representation of information and data using visual elements like charts, graphs, and maps, makes complex concepts deceptively simple. However, data visualizations can be very difficult especially when you’re dealing with complex data sets. There are a dozen visualization tools […]
With more than 12.6 million Americans still out of work, a growing number of employers and training providers are turning to emerge virtual reality technologies to provide hands-on, skills-based training for high-demand jobs. Enter TRANSFR VR, a New York-based immersive […]
At the end of 2013, there were 43 unicorns, private startup companies valued at $1B+. By October 2015, there were 141. In August 2019, we compiled a list of the world’s unicorn startups. As of August 2019, there were 360 unicorns in […]
Earlier this week, Orbia, a global company in the chemical and petrochemical industry, announced the launch of Orbia Ventures, a corporate venture capital (CVC) fund enabling Orbia to collaborate with startups that aspire to advance life around the world. Through this fund, […]
ClosedLoop.ai, an Austin, Texas-based healthtech startup that uses AI to identify at-risk patients and recommend the best interventions for each individual, today announced it has closed $11 million Series A to help healthcare organizations improve clinical and financial outcomes. The […]
A month ago, we wrote about Arrival when the London-based electric vehicle startup raised $118 million from BlackRock to provide zero-emission mobility solutions for cities. Now Arrival is one of the latest tech startups to join the “SPAC” craze. Yesterday, Arrival […]
Back in May, we covered Medable when the Silicon Valley-based healthtech startup Medable raised $25M funding to drive global adoption of decentralized clinical trials. Medable is transforming clinical research and predictive medicine by creating a platform powered by patient-generated data, Today, […]
AI21 Labs is a Tel Aviv, Israel-based tech startup that is bringing AI into the 21st century by developing AI systems with an unprecedented capacity to understand and generate natural language. Today, AI21 Labs announced it has raised $34.5M in […]
Lanistar is a U.K-based fintech startup that provides a customer-centric alternative to traditional banking. Lanistar claims to offer the “world’s most secure card” that uses “polymorphic technology to enable card users to add up to eight bank cards onto the Lanistar card. […]
