Climate change ideology is speed bump in Trump’s $142B R&D budget proposal: House hearing
President Trump's FY 2021 R&D Budget proposal would see $142.2 billion go towards investing in industries of the future. However,...
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National AI Research Institutes launches with $200M in grants for societal benefit
The National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes is launching today to fund $200 million in grants over the coming years, which...
DARPA unveils new incubators for cognitive dissonance detection, quantum bio-computing and more
DARPA rolls out four new incubators dealing with Cognitive Dissonance Detection, Quantum Bio-Computing, Hardware Trojan Identification, and Rethink Physics Modeling....
3 lessons learned about raising venture capital in China
China is a trade superpower and its investors are wooing new foreign startups. Yet, the mix of language, cultural, and...
Women entrepreneurs in STEM still find themselves cash strapped
While women continue to surge ahead in the field of business, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) still remains a...
What the devil is angel tax and how is it building economies?
There is a reason investors investing in startups are called ‘angels’. The capital and the support that they empower startups...
Interactive learning platform for developers Educative raises $2.3M
Seattle-based interactive learning platform for software developers, Educative, today announces it has raised $2.3 million in seed funding from Trilogy Equity...
Gender-diverse fintech company Beanworks closes $7.7M Series B
Beanworks, a Canadian fintech and SaaS company, closes a $7.7 million Series B round, citing a culture of gender diversity...
Developer tools startup Hasura raises $1.6M to bring Kubernetes to app developers
San Francisco and Bangalore-based developer tools startup Hasura announces that it has raised a $1.6 million seed round investment from Nexus Venture...
‘Hardcore’ Machine Learning PaaS secures $1.8M to help scale business infrastructures
By providing a hardcore Machine Learning (ML) Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Finnish startup Valohai raises $1.8 million to help companies scale their...
Why does Israeli spy agency Mossad invest in startups via Libertad Ventures?
The Mossad spy agency of Israel is expected to make another open call to invest in startups through its VC...
Sino-Latin America Accelerator launches to bolster LatAm, China entrepreneurship
Here's a relationship you don't read too much about; China and Latin America are quickly becoming strong business partners with...
Is SoftBank single-handedly hyperfunding the next tech bubble?
With a confirmed $93 billion invested into SoftBank's Vision Fund, the Japanese investment firm has the potential to single-handedly hyperfund...
Multilingual bots allow African SMEs to simplify funding across language barriers
Venture Capital funding in Africa more than doubled between 2015 and 2016, and to simplify the funding process, multilingual bots...
3 Eccentric Kickstarter campaigns that are thinking outside the box
Racism is rampant across the USA and UK. North Korea is on the verge of triggering a nuclear apocalypse; and...
Neobanks are becoming more attractive to tech-savvy millennials
Neobanks are succeeding where traditional banks are failing in attracting millennials to use their services via simplified mobile apps. Neobank Acorns has...
Pitch Perfect: Startup Funding Process Just Got Streamlined
A platform for startups to find interested investors and manage funding has streamlined the investment process. Raising funding is a...
Ottawa tech scene still booming with $1M raised by membership management platform
As the demand for tech talent continues to rise in Ottawa, a membership management platform raises $1 million to expand...
Anti-Tinder dating app Once lands $5.6M for ‘revolutionary concepts’
Dating app Once receives $5.6 million in funding for its revolutionary concepts in the online dating market. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goiHi0vN0GQ While most...
Pitch your Irish start-up idea on Twitter and win €10,000
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Usually start-up pitches are weeks if not months in the making, but not this one. Entrepreneur turned investor Niall Harbison is inviting start-ups to pitch their ideas in 140 characters or less for the chance to secure vital initial funding.
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