Clockwise from top left: Henny Damian, Co-Founder and CEO of Joola; Stacie Whisonant, co-founder of PYT Funds; Will Rush, Co-Founder and CEO of Stack; and Luke Moberly, Bumper CEO. Four Seattle startups have won a spot in a financial technology incubator run by banking firm BECU and CoMotion, the University of Washington’s innovation arm. The … Read more
Zero Motorcycles has been around for over a decade and has consistently improved its e-bike fleet during that time. With the new FXE, the Northern Californian company has transformed the thoroughly entertaining FXS Supermoto into a slightly more futuristic look with a new, easier-to-analyze display. The FXE might not be a great choice for the … Read more
One fairly extensive leak set out what Samsung has planned for its upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event. Other leaks pointed to foldable phones, a couple of Wear OS smartwatches, and new earbuds, but now we can see more of the new products, what they’re called, and what color options we could get. Daily digital news Evan … Read more
Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity and its mothership (left) are modeled after the SpaceShipOne launch system (right) built with the help of Seattle billionaire Paul Allen. (Photos by Virgin Galactic and Michael Pereckas) The suborbital spaceships built by Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Spaceline may look completely different, but financially … Read more
CO2 tracking is the new hottest thing in technology, and we’ve previously covered more general startups that do this for companies on a large scale, like Plan A Earth from Berlin. But there is clearly an opportunity to go deep into a vertical sector and tailor solutions to it. That’s the plan from Vaayu, a … Read more
Microsoft is buying RiskIQ, a cybersecurity company best known for working with organizations like Facebook and the US Postal Service to find out where and how they are vulnerable to online attacks. The company didn’t disclose the terms of the deal, but according to Bloomberg, Microsoft agreed to pay about $ 500 million. Outside of … Read more
British online giant Asos took over Topshop and related brands in February and given millennial-oriented brands a new home, as this graphic on its website shows. Nordstrom has just taken a minority stake in the brands as part of a deal with Asos. Nordstrom has acquired a minority stake in fashion brands Topshop, Topman, Miss … Read more
Swallowtail co-founders Ash Fogelberg and Nick Frandsen Based in Sydney and Auckland, Dovetail is a full service venture studio that works closely with founders who have a great idea but may not have a technical background. Dovetail helps them build businesses from the ground up and prepare them for growth and more funding. The success … Read more
It might take a while to resume the TED face-to-face talks in serious form, but you are in the process of figuring out some kind of alternative. The Verge notes that TED has reached an agreement to offer Clubhouse exclusive drop-in audio chat. The first, the weekly series Thank Your Ass Off, will be released … Read more
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, VSS Unity, launches its hybrid rocket engine to fly into space. (Virgin Galactic via YouTube) Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson took his company’s SpaceShipTwo rocket to the skies over New Mexico today and did something no billionaire has done before. Accompanied by five crew members, Branson became the first billionaire … Read more