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- Oct- 2021 -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…
- 13 October
Energize Ventures raises $330M in Fund II
Energize Ventures is an early and growth-stage venture fund. It has announced the closing of its second fund with total capital commitments of $330 million. Fund II will be used to help scale and commercialize software across renewable energy, mobility,…
- 13 October
International Day for Failure: a global discourse “Failures and Rechallenge”
Marking the “International Day for Failure” on October 13, experts and officials from related fields will join together to discuss failure and rechallenge. On this occasion, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS, Minister Jeon Hae-cheol) and the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS, Minister…
- 12 October
Top 5 startups in Poland
Despite European countires like Germany or Holland steal the spotlight to their neighbors, sometimes this cliché is disproved. When it comes to innovation, sometimes we have to recognize that the spotlight can shine somewhere else. Poland has had a massive…
- 11 October
Geely’s Volvo cars filing for IPO
China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Owns the Swedish carmaker Volvo Cars. It said on Monday that Geely’s Volvo cars is filing for IPO and will list on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange. This transaction is expected to raise up to $2.9 billion…
- 10 October
Top 5 cool augmented reality applications
We have already seen how augmented reality (AR) can impact our lives in the near future. However, a few of us know that it is not a future thing. Some AR applications are already up and running in the world.…
- 9 October
Keenon gets $200 million in round D
Keenon is a Chinese server robot maker. It recently announced that it received $200 million in Series D funding. This round was led by returning investor SoftBank. Furthermore, according to Keenon, this is the largest funding ever in the service…
- 8 October
XTransfer becomes a unicorn after $138M Series D
XTransfer is a Chinese cross-border financial and risk management services provider. It recently announced that it raised $138 million in Series D. Since this round, the fintech firm has become a unicorn. An unlisted startup valued at$1 billion or more…
- 7 October
ByteDance to launch domestic music streaming app
Chinese media 36Kr reported that the Chinese tech giant ByteDance is developing domestic music streaming app for the Chinese market. It further stated that the company plans to launch the app later this year. Why it matters Major tech heavyweights dominate most…
- 6 October
Deeproute.ai gets $200M investment from Alibaba
Deeproute.ai is a Chinese self-driving car startup. It recently announced that it had raised more than $300 million in a Series B led by Alibaba. The investment is perhaps Alibaba’s most significant move in autonomous driving. Deeproute.ai develops software for…
- 1 October
5 Impact Startups at Web Summit 2021
The Web Summit stands for its dedication to achieving United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Therefore this year they’re celebrating impact startups.
- Sep- 2021 -30 September
Web Summit 2021 is coming in person this November
The Web Summit is Europe’s biggest tech conference. It will return as an in-person event in Lisbon this November. Organizers also confirmed the same on Wednesday. The event was held online last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. How is…
- 29 September
Global Startup Grand Festival: Try Everything 2021
A quick resume of the article :The City of Seoul held On/Offline Global Startup Grand Festival, Try Everything 2021, this SeptemberMore than 200 startup ecosystem experts and unicorns from 15 countries, including the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom…
- 28 September
Korean Government Actively Supports ICT SMEs for Overseas Market Entry
The Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea and the Korea Association for ICT Promotion held the World Online ICT Show (WOW) 2021 Business Meeting. The goal is to support overseas market entry of Korean small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in ICT…
- 27 September
Top 5 websites to learn coding in 2021
We are well aware that the job market will change dramatically due to the internet. This means that people will have to adapt. This does not only imply having a digital portfolio, but possessing a whole set of skills which…
- 26 September
The Billionaire space race for 2022
Richard Branson and his Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin officially opened the era of space travel. Although Musk made the first revelations to the public on space tourism, his two billionaires "colleagues" took action first. The…
- 25 September
Why are we so afraid of the future?
After we overcome the fear for the virus we are going to have to face an old enemy, the fear of the future. Climate change, economic depression, civil unrest, war, you name it. These are all possible answers to the…
- 24 September
Is green energy the solution for the environment?
I will start with a shoking yet true sentence, nucler energy is "greener" than renewable energy. But how? Mnay people don't know how to conceptualize their beliefs. They feel like we have the "bad vs good" standard when it comes…
- 23 September
Affinity raised funds worth $80M to help close deals
A customer relationship intelligence company, Affinity has raised funds worth $80 million. Relationships ultimately close deals, but long-term relationships come with a lot of baggage, i.e. email interactions, documents, and meetings. All of these interactions are referred to by the…