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We sometimes review stories of failed startups. Now comes news of TechShop,  a chain of membership-based, open-access, do-it-yourself (DIY) workshops and fabrication studios shutting down. TechShop Trusteed posted on their blog: “As of Nov 15th, 2017, TechShop is closed.This document serves as a brief company history.” CEO Dan Woods added: […]

TechShop DIY Incubators shut shop


Startup News roundup for Week ending 13th November News you can use New Report: Smart Cities will thrive with National Policy Support – New technologies have created the opportunity to build smart cities capable of collecting and analyzing vast quantities of data to automate processes, improve service quality, and make […]

Digital Startup news roundup – Week ending 13th November


Daniel Roth, Editor in Chief of LinkedIn recently published a review of some of the most iconic ‘startups’ of our time (link). He introduces the topic stating “Some of the most fascinating businesses today are startups. Sensing a chance to transform (or take over) a market, founders are channeling their […]

LinkedIn Startups: The 50 industry disruptors you need to know ...



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WASHINGTON—New technologies have created the opportunity to build smart cities capable of collecting and analyzing vast quantities of data to automate processes, improve service quality, and make better decisions. With most of the world’s population now living in urban areas, these transformations stand to significantly improve many people’s quality of […]

New Report: Smart Cities will thrive with National Policy Support


As we approach the end of 2017, we are likely to see a lot of articles on the number of startups added in each region and country.The chairman of Indian trade association NASSCOM Raman Roy was recently quoted saying “About 1,000 tech start-ups were registered this year (2017), taking their […]

India Adds 1,000 Tech Start-Ups in 2017: NASSCOM


According to a recent article in reCode, The U.S. government plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital funds overseas as part of an expanded federal program to do good around the world through what’s known as “impact investing.” The program, unveiled Wednesday at a conference by […]

The U.S. government is investing about $200 million in overseas ...



Startup News roundup for Week ending 29nd October News you can use Where are startups are hiring the most? Its all outside Silicon Valley – A recent Linkedin Premium report highlights how startups outside of Silicon Valley, Bay Area are hiring the most people. Dubai’s GINCO, TechStars establish start-up accelerator […]

Digital Startup news roundup – Week ending 5th November


Newest Dreamit Startups Plan to Reshape Healthcare Dreamit Health’s ninth cohort is underway with seven startups taking on major healthcare challenges, from using big data analytics to find abnormalities in health conditions to addressing opioid addiction to virtual reality to ease chronic pain. Managing Director and serial entrepreneur Adam Dakin is kicking off the […]

Startup events and opportunities in November, December 2017


There seems to be a trend of startups focused on high-end products shutting shop. Last week we saw news of Teforia, Iot enabled $1,000 tea-maker shutting down.  This was similar to another startup making high-end juicer, Juicero, running out of juice. Now comes news of Doppler Labs, a maker of […]

Failed Startup: Doppler Labs shuts down



As we approach the end of 2017, trends in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning continue to capture our attention. Last week there were reports of “Tech Giants Paying Huge Salaries for Scarce A.I. Talent” (link) Earlier in the year, White House released a new report on the ways that artificial […]

Eric Schmidt : America needs to ‘get its act together’ ...