Most Popular Startups Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Startups Topic Page over the last year.
#1 Safepoint’s Florida Startup, Manatee Insurance Exchange, Gets COA, Financial Ratings
Feb 7 2024 // Florida regulators have approved another reciprocal property insurance company and it has received ratings from two financial rating firms. Manatee Insurance Exchange, a spinoff from Tampa-based Safepoint Insurance Co.,...
#2 A New Approach: Florida Agents Association Makes Big Investment in Startup Insurer
Apr 4 2024 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents, the largest agent group in the state, has taken the unprecedented step of investing in a startup insurance carrier, a move designed to help keep agents in the game and bring...
#3 Mubadala Proposal to Sell Insurtech Startup Wefox Opposed by Founders
Jun 14 2024 // Mubadala Investment Co. has proposed selling troubled insurance tech startup Wefox Holding AG to UK insurance broker Ardonagh Group Ltd. in a deal opposed by the German firm’s founders. The Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth...
#4 Assumable Mortgages Could Save Buyers Thousands in Interest, Startup Says
Sep 20 2023 // A New York startup company said it is now offering a platform that will make it easier for homebuyers to assume a mortgage from the seller, potentially saving buyers significantly over current interest rates. Roam, as...
#5 Insurtech Startup QuoteWell Comes Out of Stealth With $15M in Series A Funding
Oct 25 2023 // Tech-enabled commercial insurance wholesale brokerage QuoteWell announced its public launch to serve independent retail agents. Founded in 2021, the insurtech said it “helps agents who are often overlooked and given...
#6 EV Startup Fisker Files for Bankruptcy, Aims to Sell Assets
Jun 18 2024 // Fisker filed for bankruptcy protection late on Monday, as the U.S. electric-vehicle maker looks to salvage its operations by selling assets and restructuring its debt after burning through cash in an attempt to ramp up...
#7 A New Approach: Florida Agents’ Association Makes Big Investment in Startup Insurer
Jun 3 2024 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents, the largest agent group in the state, this spring took the unprecedented step of investing in a startup insurance carrier, a move designed to help keep agents in the game and...
#8 SEC Charges AI-Based Startup With ‘Old School Fraud Using New School Buzzwords’
Jun 14 2024 // The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week charged Ilit Raz, CEO and founder of the failed artificial intelligence recruitment startup Joonko, with defrauding investors of at least $21 million. According to the...
#9 Cyber Startup Wiz Raises $1B in Private Funds, Valued at $12B
May 8 2024 // U.S.-Israeli cloud cybersecurity startup Wiz said on Tuesday it raised $1 billion in a private funding round that values the four-year old company at $12 billion. Wiz, which has raised $1.9 billion since its founding in...
#10 New Jersey to Launch Innovation Hub for Fintech and Insurtech Startups
May 8 2024 // New Jersey is creating a strategic innovation center for financial (fintech) and insurance (insurtech) technology startups in a partnership with Silicon Valley-based innovation platform Plug and Play. The new innovation...
#11 Artificial Intelligence Startup Helps Insurers Spot Cognitive Decline in Older Drivers
Oct 17 2023 // Mind Foundry Ltd., an artificial intelligence startup vying to help insurers decide which drivers should be covered, has raised $22 million in funding, the latest sign of growing demand to deploy AI in critical sectors...
#12 Andreessen Horowitz Backs British Insurance Startup in $73M Funding Round
Jan 11 2024 // U.S. venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has backed London-based insurance startup Hyperexponential in a $73 million funding round, the insurance software company said on Thursday. Founded in 2017, Hyperexponential...
#13 Startup AiDash Raises $50M for Tech Using AI, Satellites to Spot Wildfire Risk
Jan 26 2024 // A California startup using artificial intelligence (AI) and satellites to spot fire and weather risks on power lines, AiDash, reported it had raised $50 million in new funding, reflecting Silicon Valley efforts to create...
#14 North Korean Hackers Stalk Crypto Startups Scrimping on Security
Mar 25 2024 // It’s every cryptocurrency project’s nightmare: Well-resourced hackers — perhaps backed by a rogue state like North Korea — strike out of nowhere, dismantling cyber defenses and making off with millions of...
#15 Facial Recognition Startup Clearview AI Settles Privacy Suit for $50M
Jun 24 2024 // CHICAGO (AP) — Facial recognition startup Clearview AI reached a settlement Friday in an Illinois lawsuit alleging its massive photographic collection of faces violated the subjects’ privacy rights, a deal that...
#16 Vesttoo Creditors Say Bankrupt Israeli Insurance Startup Should Liquidate
Oct 24 2023 // Vesttoo Ltd. creditors are seeking to take control of the bankrupt Israeli startup’s court proceedings, arguing the company should liquidate following revelations that its former executives helped create fraudulent...
#17 Bill Gates-Backed Florida Startup Aims to Turn Oil-Drilling Gas into Useful Methanol
Oct 3 2023 // (Bloomberg) — Semi trailer-sized machines could provide a unique solution to a major source of the fossil fuel industry’s methane problem. Rather than flaring or venting the planet-warming gas into the...
#18 Startup Climeworks Battles Big Oil for the $1 Trillion Future of Carbon Capture
Oct 19 2023 // Most everyone who’s committed their career to solving the climate crisis comes to the field because they have something they want to save. It’s the mountains for Christoph Gebald, whose startup, Climeworks AG,...
#19 Cyber Startup Wiz Is Weighing Potential Bid for SentinelOne
Aug 28 2023 // Closely held cloud cybersecurity company Wiz Inc. is considering a potential bid for SentinelOne Inc. in what would represent a rare move by a startup to buy a large listed company. Wiz spokesperson Tamar Harel said on...
#20 Israeli Cyber Security Startup Apex Gets Initial Investment From OpenAI’s Altman
May 3 2024 // Israeli cyber security startup Apex, which focuses on protecting the rapid use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, said on Thursday it received an undisclosed investment from OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman. In all,...
