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Ning Powers Over 2.5 Million Social Networks - Here's Why You Should Still Use It
If you want to create an online community or social network, one of the biggest players in that space is Ning. Originally founded in 2004, Ning lets individuals or organizations quick...
Dec 02, 2023
Understanding Facebook's Identity Verification System
Over 3.5 billion people actively use Facebook monthly as of 2023, making it the undisputed most popular social media platform globally. At this immense scale, Facebook grapples with v...
Nov 29, 2023
Ben's Bites AI, An Underrated Gem for AI Updates
If you’re looking to stay on top of the latest happenings in AI, you can’t go wrong following well-known sites like TechCrunch, The Verge, and Wired. However, amongst the bigger tech ...
Nov 29, 2023
Exploring Top Alternatives for Purchasing Digital Music Beyond iTunes
iTunes pioneered the model of buying à la carte digital music downloads back in the early 2000s. However, over the past decade, several compelling alternatives have emerged offering g...
Nov 29, 2023
5 services for creating storyboards
Storyboarding is one of the key stages of any video production, but one that is often underestimated. It helps you get an idea of the future of your video even before you start shooti...
Nov 29, 2023Mysterious Traffic Cones Stump Robotaxis in San Francisco
San Francisco streets have become ground zero for a peculiar form of protest against robotaxis cruising neighborhoods as self-driving car companies ramp up testing.
Nov 27, 2023
PicClick, search eBay without the bloat
PicClick Offers Innovative Visual Approach to eBay Browsing and Shopping:
Nov 27, 2023
The Golden Age of Web 2.0, A Spotlight on Pioneer Richard MacManus
When Web 2.0 concepts started taking shape in the early 2000s, New Zealand native Richard MacManus quickly established himself as an authoritative voice tracking the phenomenon. He fo...
Nov 25, 2023
Venture Capital Bloggers You Should Follow
The Top 10 Venture Capital Bloggers You Should Be Reading
Nov 23, 2023
What happened to Oink.com?
Entrepreneur Kevin Rose recently announced that he would be shutting down Oink, one of the first projects to emerge from his new company Milk. Oink was a “rate everything” app where u...
Jan 07, 2023
Adding Themes to Gmail
Email can feel impersonal, with so many system-generated messages flooding our inboxes each day. While Gmail’s clean interface highlights key details like sender, subject line, and sn...
Nov 29, 2012
Funding
How startup funding works in Germany
Often good ideas fail not so much because of feasibility, but rather because they can be financed. Especially in economically difficult times, investors have to do a lot of convincing...
Sep 20, 2021Tonkean, the no-code workflow automation startup, raises $50 million
Tonkean, a software startup, nabbed $50 million in a series B round led by Accel. CEO Sagi Eliyahu says that the proceeds will be put toward scaling up the company’s hiring efforts ac...
Jun 24, 2021
Andreessen Horowitz Releases $2.2 Billion Crypto Startup Fund
Andreessen Horowitz has announced the creation of “Crypto Fund III,” which will be supported by an additional $2.2 billion in venture funds. The venture capital firm has put all of it...
Jun 24, 2021Your Guide to Procuring Venture Capital Funds
A business venture can be funded in a number of ways, including your own private capital, “blood money” (money borrowed from family and friends), a small business association loan or ...
May 24, 2020Preparing For Your First Angel Investor Meeting
Imagine you are invited to a meeting with a group of angels interested in the technology your startup is using. Especially if this is your first business venture, you’re probably feel...
Jan 05, 2020funding
How to Find Investors for My Project
For every entrepreneur, the success of his business is important. There will be times when your own efforts will no longer be enough and it will be time to move to another level. To a...
Jan 01, 2021In the Middle East, $704M was invested across 564 different startups in 2019
While the coronavirus had devastated startups every corner of the world, the Middle East surprisingly has a blostering startup scene.
Nov 21, 20202020, Emerging Ways For Young Entrepreneurs To Raise Money Through Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is a practice that is adopted for raising funds to run small projects or ventures by accumulating a small sum of money from huge sources. It can also be called the financ...
Oct 07, 2020Bill Gates is richer thanks to the investment in Vroom
Bill Gates is even richer thanks to the investment he made in a used car platform called Vroom, whose shares have gone up like crazy on the company’s first day of trading.
Jun 16, 2020
Where to find small business startup grants
If you’re looking for starting a business or you want your small business to get off the ground, then you know that you’ll need some money to start.
May 04, 2020Wayra invests 4.5 million euros in 39 startups in 2020
Wayra, Telefónica’s open innovation hub, invested a total of 4.5 million euros in 39 startups in Europe and Latin America in 2020. Of the total invested by Wayra globally, Spain inves...
Apr 20, 2020
saas
9 Popular Frameworks to Build a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Application
Building a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application requires selecting the right mix of programming libraries and frameworks to help accelerate development. Choosing libraries with ro...
Nov 28, 2023
Tips to Succeed as a SaaS Startup
Software as a Service (SaaS) is one of the hottest business models of internet-based businesses, and if done right, it can be quite profitable with little overhead. More than half of ...
Nov 25, 2020Outrider, which operates a SaaS platform for autonomous and semi-autonomous truck fleets, raises $65M
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Oct 28, 2020Common SaaS Startup Dilemma, Managing Growth
Software Startups often have a few really smart people and a great idea. The problems with a bad idea or poor funding or poor execution are easily solved – you go out of business. How...
Jun 05, 20207 Growth-Hacking Marketing Tactics For SaaS Startups
Now that your SaaS product is ready to go live, you’re excited to get your customers on-board and steal the show. But have you really thought about the growth-hacking marketing tactic...
May 11, 2020Startups
Gablok, a Belgium Startup That Lets Anyone Assemble Their Own Home
Are you considering building a new house but don’t want to break the bank? Have you heard of Gablok? This Belgium startup is revolutionizing the construction industry with their insul...
Dec 02, 2023
PhysicsX, a generative AI startup aiming to transform engineering across industries
PhysicsX, a generative AI startup aiming to transform engineering across industries, has raised €29 million in a Series A funding round. The round was led by General Catalyst and incl...
Nov 27, 2023
Oxford Quantum Circuits Raises $100M & Quantum Compute as a Service (QCaaS)
UK-based quantum computing company OQC recently closed a $100 million Series B funding round led by SBI Investment, Japan’s leading VC firm. The record round will support OQC’s launch...
Nov 27, 2023
ApplyKart, a mobile job network targeting Gen Z
Entrepreneur Bharati Babbar, who is located in Melbourne, AU, is the creator of ApplyKart. Her goal was to use an end-to-end recruiting system to connect job searchers with new compan...
Nov 12, 2023
Acústica Marina, Saving the Ocean with AI
Acústica Marina was conceived in Valdivia, Chile, and has grown the practice of merging hydroacoustic and AI technology to create R&D solutions that provide answers to global prob...
Nov 07, 2023
Who is Acquire.com and Microacquire.com? | Elon Musk wants $250k for Twitter handle @acquire
Acquire.com, which was rebranded from Microacquire.com, is a startup marketplace for founders looking to buy and sell businesses without borders. In 2022, the startup rebranded itself...
Nov 06, 2023
Startups to Watch in Panama
Panama, a country known for its remarkable natural biodiversity and rich cultural heritage, is also emerging as an ideal destination for tech startups. With its strategic location, ro...
Oct 29, 2023
Fence, a Spanish startup that automates debt operations with blockchain
Fence, a Spanish fintech firm, has raised €1.8 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Semantic.vc.
Oct 20, 2023
Wise, a fintech startup that partners with other companies so that they can offer business bank accounts to their own customers
Fintech startup Wise has raised a $12 million Series A spherical. the corporate provides business bank accounts with a noteworthy go-to-market strategy. Wise partners with alternative...
Sep 20, 2020social
French social app Yubo, with 40M+ users, announces a $47.5M Series C
Yubo announced on November 18 that it has closed a new Series C round of financing from historical investors (Idinvest, Iris Capital, Alven and Sweet Capital), as well as new investor...
Nov 18, 2020Fintech
Dealflow, a B2B invoicing software startup, raises $700,000
Dealflow, a Danish invoicing fintech company, has raised €660,000 ($700k) to become an independent financial assistant and streamline B2B invoicing for internet enterprises. The start...
Oct 20, 2023
50 Fintech Startups to keep an eye on this decade
Fintech is a booming industry as more of our finances are being intertwined with the internet. It’s a multi-billion dollar industry that’s receiving massive funding in not only in Sil...
Jan 02, 2021
startups
Paris Contract Software Tomorro Raises €11M To Streamline Workflows
Paris-based legaltech startup Tomorro has secured €11 million in fresh funding to accelerate development of its contract lifecycle management platform. The Series A round was led by F...
Dec 07, 2023
Indian AI Startup Sarvam Secures $41M to Build Local Generative Models
Bengaluru-based artificial intelligence startup Sarvam AI has emerged from stealth after 5 months, revealing $41 million in seed and Series A funding to construct a suite of generativ...
Dec 07, 2023
Email Software Startup ContactMonkey Lands $55M To Expand Internal Comms Platform
Toronto-based ContactMonkey, a platform for managing and tracking internal company communications via email and other channels, has raised $55 million in Series A funding to accelerat...
Dec 07, 2023
VAST Data Secures $118 Million in Funding, Nearly Triples Valuation to $9 Billion
Data platform startup VAST Data made waves this week with the announcement of $118 million in Series E funding. The round, led by Fidelity Management & Research Company with parti...
Dec 06, 2023
Liquid AI Scores $37.6M to Commercialize Cutting-Edge AI Models
Liquid AI, a startup building a new class of adaptable artificial intelligence models, has raised $37.6 million in seed funding to bring its technology to market. The round, led by to...
Dec 06, 2023
Sustainable Building Materials Startup Strong by Form Raises €4.8M
Strong by Form, a leading bio-composite tech company, recently closed a €4.8 million seed funding round to scale its revolutionary Woodflow material. Offering a sustainable alternativ...
Dec 05, 2023
Data Privacy Startup Mine Raises $30 Million in Series B Funding
Mine, an innovative data privacy and governance platform, announced today it has secured $30 million in Series B financing led by Battery Ventures. Significant additional investments ...
Dec 05, 2023
Eligo Bioscience Secures €27.7 Million to Advance Microbiome Gene-Editing Platform
Eligo Bioscience, a pioneer in gene-editing therapies targeting the human microbiome, has raised €27.7 million in a Series B funding round. The financing was led by Sanofi Ventures, w...
Dec 05, 2023
AssemblyAI Acquires $50M to Expand Its AI Speech Model Platform
AssemblyAI, a leading provider of customizable artificial intelligence (AI) speech models, has raised $50 million in a funding round led by Accel. The new capital will help AssemblyAI...
Dec 04, 2023
AI cloud startup CoreWeave skyrocketed to a $7 billion valuation
AI cloud startup CoreWeave skyrocketed to a $7 billion valuation thanks to backers like asset manager Fidelity seeing big potential in its graphics chip-powered servers for training i...
Dec 03, 2023
BioFluff Secures $2.5M to Scale Sustainable Luxury Materials
New York and Paris-based startup BioFluff has raised $2.5 million in seed funding to further develop and scale its plant-based alternatives to animal-derived fabrics. The round was le...
Nov 30, 2023
Kognitos, the AI-powered Business Automation Startup
Kognitos, an AI-powered business automation startup, announced Tuesday that it has raised $20 million in a funding round led by Khosla Ventures. This latest investment brings the comp...
Nov 30, 2023
Together AI Raises $102.5M to Grow Open-Source Generative AI Cloud Platform
Together AI, a startup offering a cloud platform for building and running open-source generative AI models, has raised $102.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by prestig...
Nov 29, 2023
FutureWorks Incubator, New York's Portal to the Future of Work
Tucked away in a sleek co-working space near Manhattan’s Flatiron District lies Future\Works, a one-of-a-kind incubator diversifying and propelling New York’s innovation economy. Laun...
Nov 25, 2023
Jerry, The AI-Powered Car Ownership Assistant
Finding the right car at fair prices while managing loans, insurance, and maintenance can frustrate drivers. Startup Jerry tackles these pains through AI-enabled tools simplifying eac...
Nov 23, 2023
Paypal acquires Japanese payment service Paidy for $2.7 billion
In an astonishing deal worth 300 billion Yen (US$2.7 billion), Paypal has now assimulated the Japanese ‘buy now, pay later’ provider Paidy. This comes at a time where Payal is seeking...
Sep 10, 2021Livelia, the furniture and decoration marketplace, opens with a pre-seed round of 115,000 euros
Livelia, a marketplace co-created by WedidVentures and Grupo Caballero that will break into the home category at the beginning of June, closes a pre-seed round of 115,000 euros for pr...
Apr 02, 2021
FOSS
7 Best Open Source Auto Clickers for Different Games and Business Applications on Multiple Platforms
Running a small business can be a challenging task, especially when you’re short on staff and time. In such cases, automating certain business processes can be a game-changer.
Oct 19, 2023
Web
Twilio, The Cloud Communications Platform
Founded in 2008 by Jeff Lawson, Evan Cooke, and John Wolthuis, Twilio is a cloud communications platform as a service (CPaaS) company based in San Francisco. The founders started Twil...
Nov 28, 2023
A Look Back at Why eBay Sold Skype
In 2005, eBay acquired Skype Technologies S.A., the internet telephony company, for a hefty $2.6 billion. Yet just four years later, eBay sold a majority stake in Skype to an investor...
Nov 28, 2023
AWS Unveils Amazon Q to Power Enterprise AI Assistants
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced Amazon Q, a new generative AI service designed to build customized enterprise assistants. The cloud leader says Amazon Q can have natural conve...
Nov 28, 2023
Revisiting Hulu Labs, Hulu’s Testing Ground for Experimental Features
Today, Hulu operates one of the largest streaming video on demand services with over 75 million subscribers accessing content across living room devices, mobile platforms, and web bro...
Nov 23, 2023
foss
Firefox for Android Getting Over 400 More Extensions
Mozilla is significantly expanding support for add-ons and extensions in the Android version of the Firefox browser, with over 400 new options becoming available starting December 14th.
Nov 29, 2023
What is MINIX and Why is It Included in the Intel Management Engine?
The Intel Management Engine has been a motherboard component that had remained under the radar in until recent years. Since 2008, it was available to most motherboards as a removable ...
Nov 29, 2023
ai
New AI Alliance Aims for Open-Source Models
While companies like OpenAI and Google are keeping their AI models proprietary and secretive, a new industry group believes artificial intelligence systems should be open-source. The ...
Dec 05, 2023
Mistral AI Secures $487 Million in Funding, Reaching $2 Billion Valuation
Mistral AI, an artificial intelligence startup building large language models to power conversational AI tools, has raised €450 million ($487 million) in a recent funding round. The f...
Dec 04, 2023
Amazon Unleashes Titan AI Models on Bedrock Cloud Platform
Introducing the Amazon Titan Image Generator Demo:
Nov 29, 2023
privacy
iMessage Comes to Android with Beeper Mini, including E2EE
A new app called Beeper Mini brings native iMessage support to Android, closely mimicking the experience iPhone users have. The app connects directly to Apple’s servers, without needi...
Dec 05, 2023
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