While special education spending tops $100B annually, chronic staffing shortages leave millions of students waiting months for legally required services. Parallel Learning just closed a $20M Series B with data showing 98% of students met or exceeded IEP goals through their virtual platform—a stark contrast to traditional models struggling with compliance and burnout. With districts legally required to provide services regardless of budget uncertainty, delve into why this model addresses... Read more ›
0
A busy day in NYC funding with ten companies raising funding, representing over $300M in new cash. Read more ›
0
Zoom fatigue is real; so much so that researchers at the Virtual Human Interaction Lab out of Stanford (yes, this is a real institute) have come up with Zoom Exhaustion and Fatigue Scale. A growing number of startups have entered the space with creative twists on how to make video chatting more engaging. Kumospace has built an immersive video chat platform that focuses on spatiality that traditional video chatting platforms... Read more ›
4
College seniors finishing up their last semesters in 2020 expected to graduate going into the most robust market in history. Instead, the pandemic hit, causing an unprecedented disruptive effect on the job market and on corporations seeking talent. RippleMatch is a virtual-first early-recruitment platform that lets employers connect with college students and recent graduates that they may not have otherwise. As the pandemic also exposed the lack of diversity in... Read more ›
2
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 4/21/2021 featuring funding details for Kumospace, Digital Asset, and much more. Read more ›
0
20-50% of help desk calls are in reference to password resets. 80% of cybersecurity attacks are focused on passwords. 92% of businesses believe passwordless authentication is the future of business. HYPR makes a passwordless future a reality with its multi-factor authentication platform that provides industry-leading security without the hassle of remembering passwords. The company focuses on delivering a better user experience with the convenience of smartphones combined with the security... Read more ›
2
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 4/20/2021 featuring funding details for HYPR, MANTL, and much more. Read more ›
0
According to the NIH, 71% of college students reported that stress and anxiety had increased due to COVID. Some of the most common stressors identified were concern over personal and familial health, difficulty concentrating, disruptive sleeping patterns, and decreased social interactions. However, only 5% of these respondents reported using mental health counseling services. Mantra Health is a digital mental health platform that partners with universities and colleges to make mental... Read more ›
9
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 4/19/2021 featuring funding details for Level, Optimal Dynamics, and much more. Read more ›
3
$418M+ invested in NYC startups in the past week. NYC Tech News for the week ending 4/17 featuring news for Tomorrow Health, Vericred, and much, much more... Read more ›
1
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 4/19/21 featuring funding details for Degreed, EcoCart, and twenty-two other rounds that you must know about. Read more ›
1
The latest news from venture capital firms in NYC for the first half of April 2021 featuring must-know news including news for Collaborative Fund and much more Read more ›
2
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 4/16/2021 featuring funding details for NBTV, Casa Blanca, and much more. Read more ›
0
Like the internet in the 1990s or social media in the early 2000s, NFTs will go down in history as one of the most significant things to happen in modern technology and culture at large. Big statement — I know — so let me tell you why I’m so excited. Read more ›
3
The pandemic has increased the adoption of digital technologies for a number of industries. But this adoption isn’t necessarily symmetric for all industries, especially mom and pop independent pizzerias that have traditionally shied away from technology. Slice empowers these businesses by enabling them to harness the power of technology at a time when these restaurants need it the most. At its core, the company features an end-to-end ordering and marketing... Read more ›
3
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 4/15/2021 featuring funding details for Tomorrow Health, Creatively, and much more. Read more ›
2
Here are the latest NYC tech hirings, promotions, appointments for NYC companies covering 4/1/21 to 4/15/21. Read more ›
0
The most effective treatment for cancer relies on early detection as this is before cancer has spread and is easiest to remove. The prognosis becomes bleaker when cancer has metastasized, referred to as Stage 4, and becomes difficult to control and cure. Therapies have traditionally been focused on treating primary cancer locations but these therapies are ineffective when cancer hasn’t been contained. Volastra Therapeutics is focused on developing cutting-edge therapies... Read more ›
0
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 4/14/2021 featuring funding details for Slice, Andium, and much more. Read more ›
0
Why can't I find anyone to work at my startup that is as committed as I am as a Founder? I've created comp structures and upside, and yet I still feel like I'm the last person standing when it comes to really being committed to this thing. Is it me or is this just the way things at startups go? Read more ›
2
Every entrepreneur tries to maximize his startup growth by building and selling more product and services for the widest geographic area that he or she can support. This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships […] Read more ›
0
Most popular sources
The Verge
|
23% 20 |
Business Insider
|
20% 10 |
Slashdot
|
10% 6 |
Tom's Hardware
|
10% 11 |
Gizmodo
|
5% 2 |
| View sources » | |
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
23.12.2025 18:09
Last update: 18:00 EDT.
News rating updated: 01:02.
What is Times42?
Times42 brings you the most popular news from tech news portals in real-time chart.
Read about us in FAQ section.