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The Future of Hospitality is Here

Revolution

In fact, according to the 2018 year-end report by CREtech , funding for “proptech” startups has surged with over $20 billion invested across early and late stage venture rounds in the last two years?—?quickly The connective thread here is the use of technology. It is about building and recreating communities.

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Tile secures $40 million to take on Apple AirTag with new products

TechCrunch

The company has been a longtime leader in the lost item finder space, offering consumers small devices they can attach to items — like handbags, luggage, bikes, wallets, keys, and more — which can then be tracked using the Tile smartphone app for iOS or Android. “We felt this was the right mix of capital choice for us.”

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Founded by Google’s former head of ads, Neeva brings its ad-free search engine to Europe

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market in June last year , later going on to add a free “basic” tier to the mix with certain restrictions in place. He left in 2018 to join esteemed venture capital (VC) firm Greylock Partners, a role he continues in today, albeit in a reduced capacity. France and Germany. Neeva search engine. Tripadvisor.

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Spryker raises $130M at a $500M+ valuation to provide B2Bs with agile e-commerce tools

TechCrunch

It plans to use the funding to expand its own technology tools, as well as grow internationally. Spryker’s argument is that by being a newer company (founded in 2018) it has a more up-to-date stack that puts it ahead of older startups and more incumbent players like SAP and Oracle.

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Big Tech is now worth so much we’ve forgotten to be shocked by the numbers

TechCrunch

That became $4 trillion in mid-2018. He’s neutral-to-positive, saying that his firm does not “think all the companies in the market will work but still thinks ‘insurtechs’ will take market share from incumbents over the next decade.” That’s around $8.4 trillion for the five companies. Fair enough. A long, weird week.

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Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A

TechCrunch

Looking ahead, KPMG’s view on the prospects for financial services M&A over the next six to 12 months is mixed. Wiseasy is a brand you might not have heard of, but it’s a popular Android-based payment terminal maker used in restaurants, hotels, retail outlets and schools across the Asia-Pacific region.

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“Customer First” Healthcare

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Most frequently people use this phrase in association with personal technology devices (heart-monitors, exercise accessories, sleep monitors, etc) that allow consumers to take direct control of their health information. The subject of the “consumerization of healthcare” has been around for many years. If you were a U.S.

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