Startup Beat owner Espacio Media Inucbator partners with English-language Colombian news source
Medellín-based media incubator Espacio announces its partnership with The Bogotá Post and its acquisition of the newspaper’s digital...
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Uber to stop driverless car program in Arizona following fatal accident
Just two months after a tragic accident involving an autonomous car that left a pedestrian dead in Arizona, Uber has announced it will stop its...
Free-cocktail startup Hooch raises $5 million ahead of blockchain rollout
Hooch, a startup that offers users free drinks every day at partner watering holes for a basic subscription, has raised $5 million in seed...
The beauty of technology and art combined
Art: "The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing...
Hushme wearable means your most private calls are safe, even in public
Ever taken your mobile to the toilet to take a private call? Hidden behind some pot plants? No longer, as Ukrainian company Hushme have created the...
How startup technology is changing the game across these sports
With advances in analytics and injury-prevention technology, there are plenty of ways that evolving tech is creeping into the sport's world to give...
New marketing-based AI app can track consumers reactions to ads and brands
Truthify, an emotion AI company from Atlanta, Georgia, launched a video messaging app Thursday that will allow marketing agencies and ad companies to...
HarassMap aims to cut out sexual harassment from the roots
Harassmap is a non-profit organisation that is hoping to eradicate sexual harassment from Egypt by changing how society perceives the issue. The...
‘They’re just people,’ Interview with Baillie Aaron whose startup is trying to give people in prison a brighter future
“One of the biggest shocks [of going into prison] is the feeling of when a door slams, the clang of the door slamming, the key being turned and the...
State-Of-The-Art Construction Company Teams Up With Major Concrete Supplier In Revolutionary Bid To Slash Carbon Footprint
State-of-the-art construction solution company Giatec, which is working to revolutionize the concrete industry with mobile technology, has teamed up...
Interview with a philanthropist looking to make global companies more socially responsible
Laura Giadorou Koch, a philanthropist and chairwoman for the YPO Social Impact Networks, recently spoke to Startup Beat on the conclusion of the...
A Seattle startup gives a cash-free way of giving back to the homeless
When passing by the outstretched hand of a homeless person in any city, it's sometimes unlikely you'll ever be able to see that person again. Though...
