Intel Capital, Khosla lead $27M investment into SiPhox Health’s at-home blood-testing tech
Six out of 10 Americans are living with a chronic disease, but access to convenient and low-cost health testing isn’t always available for patients, and bottlenecks still exist with current testing approaches. SiPhox Health wants to change that through more advanced blood testing using silicon photonic chip technology to put
Read moreBig Sky Capital debuts its $20M fund to invest in enterprise SaaS startups
Early-stage venture capital firm Big Sky Capital, operating in Miami, Kazakhstan and Singapore, today announced its Fund I with $20 million in capital commitments. Founded by Jahn Karsybaev and Adil Nurgozhin, who met while at the University of Montana — which inspired the firm’s name — after careers in corporate
Read moreTeam behind crypto privacy protocol Manta Network is now valued at $500M
Even amid the crypto winter, some web3 companies are racking up hefty valuations. P0x Labs, the team behind Manta Network, a privacy-preserving protocol running on the Polkadot blockchain, announced today that it has reached a $500 million valuation following a $25 million Series A funding round. Lead investors in the
Read moreCodeSee adds generative AI to explore code bases with natural language queries
CodeSee was founded in 2019 with the goal of helping programmers understand the entire code base inside a company. The idea was to provide visual maps, so you could see the connections between services and systems and how changes might affect the different links. Today, the company announced it was
Read moreNEC XON Systems Ensures Water Supply Stability in Collaboration with LWUA
NEC XON Systems, a provider of innovative energy solutions, has partnered with the Lebalelo Water User Association (LWUA) to introduce an emergency Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at the Clapham pump station in Limpopo. Ensuring Consistent Water Supply This collaboration aims to mitigate the risk of water reservoirs running dry
Read moreChina’s Scientists Receive the 2023 Global Energy Prize
The 2023 Global Energy Prize presented by the Global Energy Association recipients are Chinese scientists. The groundbreaking research conducted by the 2023 laureates makes a significant contribution to the advancement of off-grid energy supply and energy efficiency. Rae Kwon Chung, the Head of the International Award Committee (IAC), said, “The
Read morePreply, the language app known for its live tutors, closes out Series C at $120M and doubles down on AI
Language learning platform Preply made a name for itself for connecting students with a selection of some 35,000 tutors and group classes across some 50 languages. Now it’s looking to the future — an AI future. The company today announced that it has raised a further $70 million in funding
Read moreFeature-based code organization in frameworkless projects
Organizing front-end projects to minimize cross-cutting concernsPhoto by Ivan Torres on UnsplashFor the past couple of months, I’ve been working on two side projects. I was going through a little experimentation spree and played with various techniques, tools, and concepts. Finally, in the clear, I’ve decided to summarize my thoughts and
Read more3 Powerful Principles to Guide Businesses through Digital Transformation
The way we perceive business flourishing is undergoing a paradigm shift as digital identity and consumer consent redefine the dynamics of transactions. In South Africa, where an estimated 38 million people are above the age of 18, a significant proportion of the population possesses the ability to transact as adults.
Read moreBoss Money App Expands to Francophone Africa
In February 2023, IDT Corporation, a global provider of fintech, cloud communications, and traditional communications services, announced that it would be rebranding its Africa-based Leaf Wallet app to IDT’s flagship financial services brand, Boss Money. The Blockchain-based App The rebranded wallet will continue to use blockchain-based technology on the Stellar
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