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The Basque startup Poween devised a smart kit to achieve 30% energy savings in homes

The Basque startup Poween devised a smart kit to achieve 30% energy savings in homes The initiative, which has received support from the SPRI Group, leads to cheaper water, electricity and heating consumption. The product, within the Internet of Things sector, controls the consumption through the mobile. Poween is a…

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Don’t let this happen to you!: Why Is JetBlue Founder David Neeleman Being Sued?

Canadian startup carrier Canada Jetlines has filed a lawsuit against David Neeleman and two of his companies after alleging that Neeleman and his companies derailed Jetlines’ financial plans when they poached Jetlines’ CEO Lukas Johnson. In the lawsuit, Jetlines is seeking $27 million USD in damages as they believe that…

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Gorgias raises $14M to help e-commerce companies deliver faster (and more lucrative) customer service

Gorgias, a startup offering artificial intelligence tools for customer service and support, is announcing that it has raised $14 million in Series A funding. Co-founder and CEO Romain Lapeyre told me that the startup is taking advantage of a broader shift as brands are looking to sell directly to consumers,…

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Real estate startup aims to take stress out of buying and selling homes

Long-time entrepreneur Amit Haller was frustrated with the traditional process of buying and selling houses and thought the real estate market was ripe for disruption. So in 2016, he and Ami Avrahami co-founded Reali. Today, the San Mateo-based company helps customers across California with everything from finding the right home…

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French startup ThrustMe found fast route to orbit through China’s Spacety

French propulsion startup ThrustMe unexpectedly made it into orbit early this month with its innovative propulsion system placed aboard a Chinese cubesat. Dianfeng, or Xiaoxiang-1 (08), a six-unit cubesat developed by privately owned Spacety, was a secondary payload on the launch of the Gaofen-7 civilian Earth observation satellite Nov. 2,…

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