Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Thursday, January 16, 2020. Tesla plans to open China design and research center. Tesla continues to make waves in China. Tesla’s first factory outside the United States is in the […]
Born in the cloud and made for the cloud, Epsagon, a cloud analytics startups that specializes in automated tracing for cloud microservices, today announced it has raised $16 million Series A funding led by new investor U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), with […]
Yesterday, we reported about Apple acquisition of Xnor.ai, an edge AI startup spin-out from Paul Allen’s research lab, for $200 million. Today, the AI2 Incubator, created by the Allen Institute for AI (AI2), announced it has raised $10 million pre-seed fund for AI […]
Would you like to turn your energy resources into revenue? Renewable energy startup Leap might be able to help you. Leap is a marketplace for universal distributed energy resources to participate in the energy market. Leap allows every connected device to help balance […]
Every year, we compile a list of startups with a valuation of $1 billion or more, otherwise known as unicorn startup companies. A unicorn is a privately held startup company with a current valuation of US$1 billion or more. As of August […]
Security Compass, a software security startup that provides organizations with the knowledge, training, and technology to make software secure, announced today it has secured growth equity funding from FTV Capital. The total amount of the investment was not disclosed. The new investment […]
Alior Bank, BNP Paribas and PKO Bank Polski, banks representing approx. 30 percent assets of the Polish banking sector, have together invested $4.48 million (PLN 17 million) in Autenti, a Polish fintech startup that provides a platform for electronic agreement signing […]
KKR, leading global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate and credit, today announced that has closed its $2.2 billion Next Generation Technology Growth Fund II. The fund, called “NGT II” or the […]
Venture capital investments in the digital heath startups slowed in 2018 to $8.9 billion. According to a report Mercom Capital Group, LLC, a global communications and research firm, global venture capital (VC) funding in digital health, including private equity and corporate […]
Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Wednesday, January 15, 2020. Amazon pledges $1 billion to small businesses in India. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced a $1 billion investment in India, even as the e-Commerce giant faces […]
Do you need a certified, insured bartenders for your corporate or private events? Host may be able to help you. Host is the first application-based platform connecting corporations with certified and insured bartenders. Whether it’s a corporate happy hour, wedding, social […]
Many startup employees find themselves wealthy “on paper” but lack sufficient liquidity, knowledge, and confidence to take full advantage of their equity. Often companies do not provide their employees with the tools to evaluate their financial options or take advantage […]
Verifying credentials is an essential safety component of the health care system. Health care organizations must establish the qualifications of their licensed medical professionals by assessing their background and legitimacy to provide care. CredSimple is a New York-based startup and an NCQA […]
In in an attempt to gain access to new technology, Comcast announced yesterday the launch SportsTech, a global accelerator for early stage sports technology startups. According to the announcement, the SportsTech will feature an unprecedented partnership of three of Comcast NBCUniversal’s […]
Financial giant Visa announced yesterday that it has acquired fintech startup Plaid for $5.3 billion. Founded by Duke University alum, Plaid makes it easy for people to securely connect their financial accounts to the apps they use to manage their financial lives. Plaid […]
With just 30% of the population holding a bank account & even less people being included in credit bureaus according to World Bank data, there is a massive gap between Vietnamese in need of financing & banks and lenders currently able […]
Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Tuesday, January 14, 2020. Israeli agritech startup CropX buys CropMetrics. CropX, an Israelu global soil sensing and agricultural analytics startup, has acquired CropMetrics, a Lincoln, Nebraska-based provider of cloud-based, precision-irrigation […]
Gillware Digital Forensics, a Madison, Wisconsin-based cyber incident response and proactive cybersecurity consulting startup, today announced its rebranding as Tetra Defense. The startup also said it closed $3 million series A investment round to aggressively expand its team, sales and marketing efforts, […]
Effective Software, a Dublin-based startup and provider of web-based safety software solutions and training and assessment platforms, announced today it has rebranded under the company name Engage EHS to reflect the value it is driving for its customers in addressing changing […]
Obvious Ventures, a new venture fund founded by Twitter co-founder and early Beyond Meat investor, just raised $271,828,182 for its third fund (OV3), bringing its total size to about $585 million. The firm made the announcement on Medium today. So, […]
