The global pesticide industry is $100 billion every year $26 billion is spent on 3 billion pounds of herbicide every year There are now 250 of known species of resistant weeds Genetically modified (GM) herbicide tolerant crops are designed to tolerate […]
Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Tuesday, May 22. Boeing-backed startup Zunum Aero to deliver its first electric plane to JetSuite. Boeing Horizon X-backed startup Zunum Aero plans to deliver its first […]
Adobe has acquired Magento Commerce for $1.68 billion. Adobe made the announcement today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Magento Commerce, a market-leading commerce platform, for $1.68 billion, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. Shares of rival […]
Tradeshift announced today the launch of Tradeshift Pay, an industry first cloud platform that brings supply chain payments, supply chain finance, and blockchain-based early payments together into one unified end-to-end solution. The company is partnering with HSBC, Santander and major banks […]
NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s Future Labs have selected seven startup companies to join its first Catalyst NYC cohort. The selective, six-month program makes the portfolio of benefits previously available only to Future Labs companies accessible to earlier-stage startups. The Future […]
How much data do we really create every day? We produce 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created each day at our current rate. What’s even mind boggling is that, 90% of the data in the world today has been created in […]
Last week, we reported about the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s launch of HoweyCoins.com, a fictitious ICO website that show how easy it is to scam investors and warn about initial coin offering (ICO) risks. The site is part of the initiative […]
With growing popularity of electric cars, there is a growing need for accessible fast-charging stations to support millions of electric cars on our roads. Chakratec is a manufacturer of a patented kinetic storage that matches the needs of EV Charging […]
Last week, we reported about how HSBC made history after it completed the world’s first trade-finance transaction with Cargill using blockchain. Now the investment and corporate banking arm of Russia largest bank, Sberbank and telecom giant MTS claimed to have […]
Facebook and Qualcomm today announced a new partnership to bring high-speed internet connectivity over 60GHz to the cities. The two tech giants announced Monday that at the foundation will be based on Facebook’s Terragraph technology; a millimeter-wave, multi-node wireless backhaul system. […]
Microsoft has acquired artificial intelligence startup Semantic Machines to boost its efforts in developing conversational AI, the tech giant made the announcement in a blog post on its website. Microsoft did not disclose any financial details of the acquisition. The Berkeley, […]
Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Monday, May 21. Microsoft buys conversational AI startup Semantic Machines to help bots sound more lifelike. Microsoft announced it has bought Semantic Machines, an artificial intelligence start-up, […]
Autonomous technology pioneer Roadstar.ai announced it has raised US$128 million in Series A funding. The round is led by Wu Capital and Shenzhen Capital Group with participation from Yunqi Partners, CMB International Capital, and Vision Plus Capital. In conjunction with […]
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BlockArray is a blockchain-based startup focused on providing vertically integrated solutions from the protocol layer to mobile applications for the supply chain and logistics industry. The company just announced it has partnered with First View Financial to enable businesses to run logistics […]
Cubeiq is a business intelligence company that provides its clients with consumer behavior and trend insights. Today, the company announced it has raised $27 million in Series B financing to support growth, product innovation and advancement of data privacy initiatives. The […]
Indee Labs is unlocking gene-modified cell therapy for the masses with scalable hardware for gene delivery. Today, Indee Labs announced it has received received $2.6 million in venture financing extending its seed-stage funding to more than US$5.4M (AU$7.1M). The funding will be […]
Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Friday, May 18. There have been at least 271 initial coin offerings with major red flags, according to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) investigation. Altogether those ICOs […]
PayPal is buying Swedish fintech startup iZettle for $2.2 billion ahead of IPO. The company announced Thursday that it has reached a deal to buy payments start-up iZettle for $2.2 billion — the biggest acquisition in its history. The news came just […]
H2 and Google for Entrepreneurs are joining forces. In a joint press release, the two companies announced a new global partnership to bring together the worldwide networks and resources of both H2 and Google for Entrepreneurs to support technology leaders […]
