The student loan debt is at a record $1.5 trillion with no sign of slowing. Politicians are busy fighting each other with no concrete solutions to the problem. Enter Climb Credit, a student lender startup that is addressing the student loan […]
SoundCommerce, an operations data platform startup for consumer brands and retailers, has closed $6.5 million in seed round to accelerate hiring, platform development and customer engagement. The round was led by Silicon Valley’s Defy Partners with participation from Voyager Capital of […]
About three weeks ago, we wrote in our top stories that Apple was reportedly looking to buy robotaxi start-up Drive.ai. Now, Apple now confirmed to Axios that it has acquired the struggling startup. The amount of deal was not disclosed. At […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. App-only bank startup Monzo now valued at £2 billion after £113 million funding. London-based app-only bank startup Monzo has raised $144 million (£113m) in funding. […]
A little over a year ago, we wrote about Venture For America founder, Andrew Yang, when he announced he was running for president in 2020 and wants to give everyone $1,000 a month in free cash. Now, he’s back with a very […]
Vulcan Cyber, an Israeli cybersecurity startup that helps enterprises quickly detect and fix vulnerabilities in their software stack and code, announced today it has raised $10 million in Series A funding to continue its mission to help enterprises close the cybersecurity vulnerability […]
Car IQ, a payment platform for cars that enables autonomous validation and payment startup, has closed $5 million Series A funding to accelerate growth of autonomous payment gateway for vehicles. The round was led by Quest Venture Partners with participation from […]
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. China’s biggest startups are leaving Oracle and IBM for Made in China technology. Most technology companies in the Western world have the ambitions […]
Yesterday, major media outlets carried the news about Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs announcement of master plan for the urban city of the future. Sidewalk Labs is not the only technology company aiming to transform the way we live. Israeli startup Venn is one […]
Aura, a fintech startup that provides affordable, credit-building loans to America’s working families, has raised a $10 million investment funding to scale and provide more loans to more borrowers. The latest round was led by Prudential Financial. To date, Aura has raised a […]
KoinWorks, Indonesia’s largest peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, has raised $12.2 million (IDR 170 billion) Series B funding to expand the KoinWorks team and partnerships, and further develop systems and technology to provide financial inclusion throughout Indonesia with its popular one […]
Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Monday, June 24, 2019. Bitcoin soars above $11,000 for the first time in 15 months, now up 170% for the year. Bitcoin rally rages on with no signs of […]
Assure, a provider of fund administration and transaction services for the private investment marketplace, announced today that it has acquired mentorship-driven seed accelerator BoomStartup to offer a comprehensive platform to founders, companies, investors and deal organizers with a full suite of […]
Following 18 months of work and consultation with more than 21,000 Toronto residents, Sidewalk Labs today made public its Master Innovation & Development Plan (MIDP), a proposal to create the neighborhood of the future—with higher levels of sustainability, affordability, and […]
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Global Business Forum (GBF) has selected a total of 10 startups from Africa and the UAE have been selected to participate in its mentorship programm aims to foster cross-border cooperation and help participants expand their […]
Last year, carbon dioxide emissions rose to 2.4 million pounds per second. All the world’s nations combined pumped nearly 38.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the air from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil, according […]
Xanadu, a photonic quantum computing startup that integrates and designs quantum silicon photonic chips, has closed $32 million in Series A financing to accelerate its progress toward the release of its photonic-based quantum cloud computing platform, which will include next […]
Blend, a Silicon Valley technology platform startup that delivers speed and efficiency to the consumer lending ecosystem, has raised $130 million in Series E funding to continue growing its team of nearly 400 employees to help financial institutions deepen their relationships with […]
These days, our lives are so dependent on smart technology that it’s almost impossible to live without them. We depend on our smart phones for communications with friends and families. We use mobile apps to make reservations at our favorite […]
The Southeast Asia is home to a massive youth and millennial population of over 213 million. Southeast Asia also has a large unbanked and underserved population of over 438 million, according to a Fintech report from KPMG. To bring financial inclusion […]
