Cybersecurity Startup Protexxa Closes $10M Series A, Largest Round Secured by a Black Woman Founder in Canada
The company’s AI platform helps organizations and their employees find and fix critical cybersecurity gaps TORONTO, July 23, 2024 /CNW/ – Protexxa, one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity companies in the country, has announced the successful close of its second funding round. Founded by global information technology and cybersecurity executive, Claudette McGowan, the company’s AI-powered platform, […]
Chinese EV startups are spending more on research than Tesla is
Nio’s second factory in the city of Hefei has around 2,000 human workers and 756 robots. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng BEIJING – U.S.-listed Chinese electric car companies are spending more on research as a ratio to sales than Tesla, according to CNBC analysis of the four automakers’ first-quarter earnings. It’s a strategy for survival in […]
Unlocking the Potential of Google My Business: A Friendly Guide
Unlocking the Potential of Google My Business: A Friendly Guide- In today’s digital age, having an online presence is more crucial than ever. For small businesses, local shops, and service providers, standing out in the vast ocean of the internet can be challenging. That’s where Google My Business (GMB) comes into play. This powerful tool […]
Software Firm Vanta Has Raised New Funding At $2.5 Billion Valuation
Ohio-born Christina Cacioppo, cofounder and CEO of Vanta, has led the software startup to a more than $2 billion valuation. She’s one of America’s richest self-made women. Katie Thompson Christina Cacioppo built her software startup Vanta around Midwestern values like thriftiness and not having a big ego–buying its coffee from Costco in bulk and not […]
Business Cards: The Evolution and Importance in Modern Networking 2024
Business Cards: The Evolution-Despite the proliferation of digital alternatives, business cards have maintained their relevance for several reasons. Firstly, they offer a personal touch that digital communications often lack. Handing someone your business card creates a tangible connection, a moment of direct interaction that can be more memorable than a quick exchange of email addresses […]
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New ‘Butter’ Made From Carbon Dioxide Tastes Like the Real Dairy Product, Startup Says
A new butter alternative uses synthetic fat to create taste of dairy butter without the need for cows. Peter Cade via Getty Images Humans have been craving fatty foods for some four million years—a desire that could explain why most consumers continue to prefer animal products to vegan alternatives, putting high expectations on the flavor of […]
Ex-TV host Carlos Watson convicted in trial over collapse of startup Ozy Media
NEW YORK (AP) — Former TV personality Carlos Watson was convicted Tuesday in a federal financial conspiracy case about Ozy Media, an ambitious startup that collapsed after another executive impersonated a YouTube executive to hype the company’s success. Brooklyn federal prosecutors announced on the social platform X that a jury found Watson guilty of all […]
Meet Briefly Bio, The British Startup Aiming To Get Scientists Sharing
Briefly Bio aims to help scientists move their research forward more quickly Briefly Bio Scientific advances are built on collaboration: when breakthroughs are achieved, those responsible almost always acknowledge they are “standing on the shoulders of giants”. Yet with experimentation in fields such as biology and drug development becoming ever more complex, the principle of […]
Butter made from CO2, not cows, tastes like ‘the real thing’, claims startup | Food science
Butter made from air instead of cows? A California-based startup claims to have worked out a complex process that eliminates the need for the animals while making its dairy-free alternative taste just as good. Savor, backed by the Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, has been experimenting with creating dairy-free alternatives to ice-cream, cheese, and milk by […]
Carlos Watson convicted in trial over collapse of startup Ozy Media
NEW YORK (AP) – Former TV personality Carlos Watson was convicted Tuesday in a federal financial conspiracy case about Ozy Media, an ambitious startup that collapsed after another executive impersonated a YouTube executive to hype the company’s success. Watson, 53, had been free on bail but was taken into custody to await sentencing, […]