Cannabis is now legal in a number of U.S. states, but because it isn’t federally legal, this “legal” status only does so much for cannabis businesses. While dispensaries can sell cannabis products legally in many states, they don’t have access to the same banking facilities that any other retail business would. As a technology platform…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Tedooo, a Tel Aviv-based social network marketed towards the trade world, has raised $3 million in seed funding led by Stardom Ventures. The platform is designed to help boost and create global trade communities via partnerships between sellers and buyers. Tedooo’s current main focus is the handmade crafts and DIY industry in English-speaking countries. The…
Spotify announced today that it’s expanding its Blend playlist creation tool to include more artists, and will now also allow fans to purchase artist merch through the feature. The Blend tool allows two Spotify users to see where their musical tastes overlap by mixing together their favorite songs to find those they have in common….
Tortoise is partnering with hospitality giant Sodexo to bring a mobile smart store — which is basically a fancy vending machine with wheels — to Comic Con this year. One of Tortoise’s robots, laden with Sodexo’s carne asada burritos and 20-ounce bottles of Gatorade, will roam around the main Pavilion at the San Diego Convention…
Arrenda, a Mexico City-based fintech company, is offering digital financial services to the real estate market of Latin America and closed on $26.5 million in a pre-seed round of equity and debt. The funding round was a mix of $1.5 million in equity and $25 million in debt financing. Fasanara Capital led the investment and…
Receiving a medical diagnosis can be a difficult and scary experience. You may even be left with more questions than answers. For many, Patient Advocacy Groups, or Patient Organizations, can help answer those questions. These groups, typically non-profit organizations, promote the needs and priorities of local patient communities and represent a wide variety of disease…
Evidence has been found in code for Apple’s next big round of software updates – including for iOS on phones, iPadOS on tablets, macOS on Macs and, of course, tvOS on Apple TV 4K – that Apple will support the next-gen AV1 video format on its devices in the future. AV1 has one major advantage:…
China and India have stepped up purchases of Russian oil this year. VCG/Getty Images China’s purchases of Russian oil dropped 13% in June from May, according to new data. China imported 7.28 million tons of Russian crude in June, compared to 8.42 million tons in May. The fall raises questions about Russia’s pivot to Asia,…
Mick Mulvaney. Joshua Roberts/Reuters Mick Mulvaney said Trump is was probably the only “mainstream Republican” who could lose to Biden in 2024. Trump’s former chief of staff doubled down on comments that the GOP doesn’t need Trump. Mulvaney previously said Trump was damaged by the Jan. 6 committee findings. Former White House Chief of Staff…
Mike Novogratz, CEO of Galaxy Investment Partners, speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 Conference at Miami Beach Convention Center on April 8, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Marco Bello/Getty Images Billionaire investor Mike Novogratz said he was “darn wrong” about leverage risks in the crypto industry. “It turned into a full fledged credit crisis, with complete liquidation…