TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2020

IntellectoKids , a developer of educational apps for children aged 3 to 7 years, has raised $3 million in a Series A financing led by U.S.-based The platform offers parents of preschool children “gamified” educational content and structured lessons available on mobile devices.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Avena, a 2017 YLAI Fellow, also offers advice for future entrepreneurs. Avena noticed the large-scale unemployment throughout Dominica, and her concerns were confirmed by the Central Development Bank in 2017 when Dominica was listed as one of the Caribbean countries with the highest unemployment rates.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 5, 2017

.” While pursuing an MBA at the Gordon Institute of Business Science in Sandton, South Africa, Stacey saw an opportunity to leverage her business acumen in South Africa’s educational sector. In 2017, the SPARK network comprises 11 schools and nearly 3,000 students. Read more about Stacey and Ryan’s endeavor.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

And it was one such summer in 2017 that he had the concept of GOMYCODE. His new job was to open a subsidiary for a French open source tech startup and that required hiring developers on the ground. Amine was struggling to find higher web developers,” CEO Yahya Bouhlel told TechCrunch in an interview. “So

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2018

The Middle East consists of developing nations and, sadly, we are consumers of innovation and create very little of it ourselves. We hardly invent any new technologies and don’t invest enough in research and development,” Suhail says. “I Add to that, the dozens of courses I’ve attended and home education programs I’ve listened to.

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Source Link

MARCH 30, 2022

In 2017, we shared 3 ways to empower your entrepreneurial community. On the podcast Breaking Down Barriers , Dell Gines, senior community development advisor for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, explained: “You can’t say you’re an ecosystem builder if you’re not an inclusive ecosystem builder. Make your ecosystem inclusive.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Cocos Technologies, a China-based game engine provider that has been around since 2010, just announced it has picked up $50 million in a Series B funding round in a bid to work on development and move beyond games. It’s also making forays into non-game scenarios like online education and autonomous driving. and Russia.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 12, 2023

As a software engineering student, he set on a mission to transform South Korea’s education environment. The country’s education system predominantly relied on one-way knowledge transfer, and Ahn believed that information technology could alter this landscape. Jaewoo Ahn and Jungho Choi lead the development team.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 28, 2024

Startup 302’s mission to support founders from underrepresented backgrounds is such an important one, and this year’s finalists not only further enhance the wellspring of innovation developing in Delaware but offer technologies and solutions that truly will make the world a better place.” Morgan Chase & Co. ,

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Register Located in Pangyo Techno Valley, Korea Biopark collaborates with several global R&D companies and supports their research and development projects. Pangyo Techno Valley is a hub for research and development representing Industry 4.0 technologies.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 26, 2023

Dr. Springer became an entrepreneur when he cofounded IPI in 2017 with his fellow Harvard Medical School Professor Andrew Kruse, using the proceeds of his investment in vaccine maker Moderna. This area has been overshadowed by the development of therapeutic antibodies that lead to highly profitable blockbuster drugs.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Today, he claims, SwipeRx has transformed and digitized the pharmacy industry and become a one-stop platform for pharmacists to perform all their daily tasks, from education to purchasing to inventory financing in Southeast Asia. million in Series A funding in 2017 — has the kind of momentum that investors like.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 23, 2024

I’m pleased by Phase Sensitive Innovations’ work to recruit employees from our institutions of higher education. The expansion also will free up space in the original building that will be used to expand research and development operations.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Startup SG Tech Grant Startup SG Tech, a key initiative for technological firms in Singapore, underwent enhancements in 2017 to facilitate better cash flow for successful applicants. Startup SG Equity Scheme Launched in 2017, the Startup SG Equity scheme operates through two interlinked modalities.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

WeMade Demo Zone (Image credit: WeMade) Game companies of all sizes, including indie, small, and large game developers within Pangyo Techno Valley , will participate in the domestic game festival. Following 2022, WeMade (CEO Jang Hyun-guk), the developer of MIR 4 and MIR M, has been selected as the main sponsor for this year as well.

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

For example, voice-powered ecommerce reached approximately $2 billion in 2017 and Gartner predicts that about 30% of web browsing will happen via voice (and without a screen) by 2020. Insurers, pharma companies, CROs, and academic medical centers have developed applications with Orbita.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

The startup, filled with education enthusiasts and mission-driven employees, became “very college pizza vibes,” Gina Gotthilf, former VP of Marketing at Duolingo, described. By 2017, Duolingo would boast having 200 million users, which was double von Ahn’s goal when he first launched to the public on the TechCrunch Disrupt stage.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

marking its highest level since 2017. The problem of housing affordability and supply is largely a political problem, and those policies (that prevent developers from building multi-family properties) are largely popular.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 30, 2020

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into law in 2017 by POTUS and out of that law came the Opportunity Zones legislation and initiative. They often have a high crime rate and lack of quality education, as well. So the spirit of this initiative is economic development as well as community development & social impact.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Piyush’s background is in elementary education. So, he has three areas of focus for giving: education, children and mothers. In fact, as the keynote speaker at the University of Oklahoma graduation in 2017, Piyush paid off one of the graduate’s student debts. Acknowledge how giving benefits you.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and forced educational institutions to go virtual, many were scrambling to develop online or blended curriculums. It was a space that, for some odd reason, was largely being left out of the education conversation.”. It was occupied by our friends and by our family members,” Sophinos said. “It

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 11, 2022

It naturally also will allow us to invest in continuous product development so we can deliver even more personalized and practical support to our community of students, counselors and universities. Our full focus remains on evolving in a way that positively impacts our students, schools, and ultimately, society, with speed and at scale.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2021

On the latter, students need repetition to develop close relationships with a course and a group. Its changing revenue profile helped Outschool generate more than $100 million in bookings in 2020, compared to $6 million in 2019 and just $500,000 in 2017. But, Nathoo views the platform as more of a supplement to traditional education.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 3, 2023

Sebastian led Innovation Management in 3 verticals before becoming a corporate intrapreneur in the automotive industry in 2017, where he created numerous in-house startups, going through ideation to scale-up stages. There’s nothing worse than ivory tower developments. I had the pleasure of interviewing Sebastian Spitzer.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 27, 2023

South Korea is considered a gateway to Asia due to its strategic location and well-developed infrastructure. South Korea also has a relatively open and business-friendly environment, with a highly educated and skilled workforce.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 3, 2017

However, recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have created shockwaves through the legal world. However, as AI develops, there are several disruptions that threaten to minimize the role of humans in the legal world. Computers allowed lawyers to produce, store, and edit legal documents more easily.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And while the Australian agency was recommended to TechCrunch via our our survey to identify software development partners for startups , it could just have well have come through our survey to recommend growth marketers, which you can answer here. MacRae: The vision for Appetiser was never to be an app development company.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 29, 2019

In 2017, my wife and I had recently become empty-nesters, and I was itching to get into something new. The combination of networking and educational opportunities that a peer group provides ensures members have access to top-level development. From left to right, Haig Berberian, Brannon Poe and John Laverne. “In

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The startup will use the proceeds to invest in product development and continue its vertical and geographical expansion, CEO and founder of Verbit Tom Livne said, adding that it will also double down its acquisition strategy. . Verbit was founded in 2017 by Livne, who previously had a career in law.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Insurance products had reached less than 3% of the population as of 2017, according to rating agency ICRA. ICRA estimated that of those Indians who had purchased an insurance product, they were spending less than $50 on it in 2017. “Continuous education is a very important aspect of being a successful financial entrepreneur.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The startup was founded in 2021 by Eliza Kosoy, a PhD student at UC Berkeley, who is focused on the intersection of child development and artificial intelligence. Kosoy originally coming up with the idea for the dolls in 2017 while she was working at MIT in an AI lab that was mostly made up of men.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

Rutter , a remote-first company, is developing a unified e-commerce API that enables companies to connect with data across any platform. Founders Eric Yu and Peter Zhou met in school and started working on Rutter, which Zhou called “Plaid for commerce,” in 2017 before going through the summer 2019 Y Combinator cohort.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 14, 2022

Line Didelot: ANKAA Project is a non-profit organisation that stands for equitable pathways to education and employment. Our approach is holistic and we offer educational programs for vulnerable communities (refugees, migrants, asylum-seekers, people out of employment) in Athens. Impact Hub: Thank you very much for joining us, Line!

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Chile’s Buk , which has developed a human resources management platform for Latin American companies, announced today that it has raised $50 million in a Series A funding round that values the company at $417 million. Buk says it also offers a “friendly” programming language that has many facilities “to quickly develop functionalities.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 22, 2018

I’ve made monthly peer-mentoring sessions of 10 to 12 other entrepreneurs an integral part of my ongoing education. For example, an active mentor of WIFIPLUG, another startup at the 2017 Ameren Accelerator, found ways for the founders to demonstrate their products in front of Ameren employees—gaining both pre-orders and product evangelists.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2021

The new funding will be used on expanding StashAway’s product and engineering teams to continue feature and product development. Ferrario said that StashAway’s core market is people aged 30 to 45, who are earning enough money to save or invest, but also have obligations like saving for retirement or their childrens’ education.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The second was analytics company Drastin, which got acquired by Splunk in 2017 , and the third was the AI-driven educational platform SelectQ, which Thinker acquired this April. If you really want dashboards, you can build those, and developers can use the company’s APIs to use their data elsewhere, too.

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