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- Nov- 2021 -8 November
ITS 2021 – Our top 3 K-Innovative Startups
The 26th of last month we were lucky to be part of the 7 global medias attending the Innovative Talent Show (ITS) happening in Korea. Being the largest technological innovation exhibition in Korea, it was presenting SMEs that are innovative…
- 8 November
ITS 2021: A Hybrid exhibition for K-Innovative Startups
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) announced the 22nd Innovative Technology Show (ITS 2021) as being the largest technological innovation exhibition in Korea specialized for SMEs, it was held online and offline for three days from Oct. 26th to 28th.…
- 4 November
Space Perspective raises $40M Series A
Blue Origin, SpaceX, and Virgin Galactic have ushered in a new era of space tourism has been successfully ushered in. But the two-year-old startup Space Perspective is planning to take people to space using rockets and spaceplanes.
- 3 November
Reliable Robotics bagged $100M Series C funding
The pilot is the most important and expensive aspect of running a cargo operation. A pilot is needed to take off as well as land. The rest of the time is pretty much instruments. Therefore, Reliable Robotics has come up…
- 2 November
NFX-backed Pepper Bio Emerges from stealth
Pepper Bio is a seed-stage company based in Boston. Recently it has emerged from stealth. The startup has been building a computational platform. Going by the words of co-founder and chief scientific officer Samantha Dale Strasser, the company believes it…
- 1 November
Pagos raises $10M to offer API-driven payment intelligence
Pagos is a payment intelligence infrastructure startup. Former Braintree and PayPal execs founded this startup earlier this year. It has raised $10 million in seed funding. The remote-first Pagos is building a data platform and API-driven micro-services. As per the reports, it…
- Oct- 2021 -31 October
Bosch China estimates auto chip shortage to last through 2022
Head of Bosch China, Chen Yudong said that a global chip shortage will continue to hurt Chinese automakers in 2022. Why is it in focus? The Chinese automakers are hit hard with the ongoing global chip shortage. The country’s auto…
- 30 October
Top 5 startups in Latvia
You might think that a country with less than 2 million people has little to offer in terms of innovation. Well, think again. Despite being small, Latvia has proven to be fertile ground for startups. Recently, the country managed to…
- 29 October
SBI Holdings makes hostile $1.1bn move on Shinsei
SBI Holdings is a Japanese online financial conglomerate. It has launched a potentially hostile $1.1bn stakebuilding exercise in Shinsei Bank. Twenty-one years ago, Shinsei Bank’s stunning private equity rescue by JC Flowers reshaped the Japanese lending landscape. What does SBI…
- 28 October
Top 5 startups in the United Kingdom
2020 was tough for everyone and everyone feared it would affect 2021 too. Countries like England had to endure multiple threats. The UK had to cope with the changes coming from Brexit as well as the challenges of the pandemic.…
- 27 October
Pakistani edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed
Pakistani ed-tech startup-Maqsad was founded this year. It was founded with a goal to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students. Its founders Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in London in order to found this…
- 26 October
[Entrepreneurship to Save the Earth] Picopico paper box fixing device “Butigo”
Since 2020, as the strings and tapes disappeared from the self-packing corners of large markets, the lower part of the paper box opens and cause the items in the box to spill. Is there a way to resolve this? Maybe…
- 25 October
[Earth-protecting Entrepreneurship] Alfred cat litter with coffee grounds “Cassava Black”
As of 2018, the annual consumption of coffee by adults in Korea is 353 cups per person, showing how much Koreans love coffee. But, on the other hand, 1,150 tons of coffee grounds are created per year. When coffee is…
- 21 October
Aurora Propulsion Technologies closes €1.7M seed
Aurora Propulsion Technologies is one of a handful of startups that have emerged in the past few years to help simplify the problem of spacecraft propulsion. Why is it important? Recently we have seen that more spacecrafts are being sent…
- 20 October
Meituan got fined $534 million for antitrust violations
Friday headlines revealed that Chinese food delivery giant Meituan got fined by the country’s top antitrust regulator. A hefty RMB 3.4 billion ($534 million) was fined on Chinese food delivery giant Meituan for antitrust practices. Reason behind Meituan getting fined…
- 19 October
Flippa raises $11M in Series A Round
Flippa is an online marketplace to buy and sell online businesses and digital assets. It announced its first venture-backed round. This was an $11 million Series A. Flippa sees over 600,000 monthly searches from investors looking to connect with business…
- 18 October
Top 5 startups in Portugual
Despite its small size and population Portugual is capable of big projects. You know how they say, big things start with small steps. The odds are in favor of Portugual as the country. Indeed, the country is doing a lot…
- 15 October
Ola Electric raises funds worth $200 million
Ola Electric raises funds over $200 million in a new financing round. It is at a valuation of $3 billion. This figure is up from $1 billion two years ago, as it looks to scale its electric vehicle manufacturing business in…
- 14 October
Goldrabbit Kickstart customized modular coding robot MAUNZI!
The customized modular coding robot MAUNZI developed by Korea’s robot startup Goldrabbit will be launched for funding through the US crowdfunding Kickstarter.MAUNZI stimulates children’s imagination through a wide range of motion implementation methods and infinite expandability. Thanks to this, it…
