TREND REPORTS
Volta’s Ad-Supported Electric Vehicle Charging Service Raises $35M
[Investing]
2018/08/05 09:06
As increasing numbers of electric vehicles are expected to hit the streets, thanks to new models from big automakers soon hitting the market, charging networks like Volta Charging are raising new cash to meet the expected demand. The company today said it raised $35 million from investors led by the Invenergy Future Fund, the technology investment arm of renewable energy project developer Inven...
Naked Labs Raises $14M Led by Founders Fund for its 3D Body Scanning Mirror
[Investing]
2018/08/05 09:05
Naked Labs believes that body shape is a more important thing to measure and they’ve begun shipping their body-scanning mirror that builds a 3D model of users and alerts them where progress is being made and where there’s potential for more work to be done.The startup also announced today that it has raised a $14 million Series A led by Founders Fund. Also participating were NEA, Lumia Capita...
Python is Becoming the World’s Most Popular Coding Language
[Tech]
2018/08/05 09:04
But its rivals are unlikely to disappear.“I CERTAINLY didn’t set out to create a language that was intended for mass consumption,” says Guido van Rossum, a Dutch computer scientist who devised Python, a programming language, in 1989. But nearly three decades on, his invention has overtaken almost all of its rivals and brought coding to the fingertips of people who were once baffled by it. In...
Spinnova Wants Your Next T-shirt to be Made from Wood
[Tech]
2018/08/05 09:03
Spinnova has found a way to spin any cellulose–wood, potato peels, even old T-shirts–into new, strong fiber. This startup wants your next T-shirt to be made from wood.In a new pilot factory in Jyväskylä, Finland–a city surrounded by forests and known in part for its lumber and paper industries–a startup will soon begin to turn wood pulp into something new: a type of fabric that could even...
The End of the Global Housing Boom
[Investing]
2018/08/02 09:36
After a years-long surge in global capitals, property prices are starting to head lower. From Sydney to Toronto, here’s a look at what’s ahead. From London to Sydney and Beijing to New York, house prices in some of the world’s most sought-after cities are heading south.Tax changes to damp demand, values out of kilter with affordability and tougher lending standards have combined to undermine...
This No-Brand Startup, Brandless Won $240M to Fight Amazon on Price and Quality
[Investing]
2018/08/02 09:35
Brandless sells about 300 home-goods staples, mostly for $3 each.It’s tough to wow Masayoshi Son with a bargain, but during a meeting this spring, Brandless left the SoftBank Group chief executive officer a bit flabbergasted. Yes, the startup’s founders assured the billionaire, every product he picked up from the table, from the extra-virgin olive oil to the carbon-steel eyelash curler, was j...
(PDF) KPMG - The Pulse of Fintech 2018
[Investing]
2018/08/02 09:35
Given the significant interest in fintech globally, and its ongoing evolution in terms of market drivers, technologies and potential use-cases, KPMG brings you the pulse of fintech investment globally. In this publication, we highlight key fintech deals, issues and challenges seen around the world, in addition to key trends and insights related to fintech in key regions, including the Americas,...
Turing's Multi-Screen Smartphone Promises to Revolutionize the Market by 2020 - Hubblephone
[Design]
2018/08/02 09:35
Turing is back with another smartphone and strong ambitions to revolutionize the market. the hubblephone is a futuristic device with an advanced vision system, boasting multiple screens and the ability to lip-read its users requests.You might remember the company’s promises to build a smartphone with end-to-end encryption and a durable ‘liquidmorphium’ body back in 2016. unfortunately the th...
Essenlix Wants to Make Blood Testing as Easy as Snapping a Photo with an iPhone
[Tech]
2018/08/02 09:35
One new startup called Essenlix uses an iPhone and an attached device to run tests like a complete blood count, used to measure red and white blood cells in the body.The device, not yet approved, could bring blood-testing technology to more people who might not have access to a full lab.The story might sound familiar: An entrepreneur out of a prestigious US university has developed a new blood-...
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