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The corporate venture comeback: What startups considering CVC need to know

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In the past decade, the majority have reacted to and mirrored changes in the startup space, helping to raise the bar for CVC investments. At Wayra, we’ve adapted our strategy a number of times to ensure that we evolve as the startup ecosystem does.

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8 investors, founders and execs predict cybersecurity, fintech will take Belfast by storm

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.’s Tech Nation found in 2018 that about 26% of Belfast’s workforce was employed in tech, and it is among cities in the country with the highest growth potential for 2021. With that in mind, we reached out to founders, investors and executives in the city to get an inside look at the state of the current tech startup ecosystem.

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Israel’s startup ecosystem powers ahead, amid a year of change

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2020 was a record year for Israel’s security startup ecosystem. Israeli startups closed out December 2020 by raising $768 million in funding. In December 2018 that figure was $230 million, in 2019 it was just under $200 million. And in 2019, Bay Area investors put $1.4 billion into Israeli companies.