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Pittsburgh’s AI expertise may give rise to an already growing startup market

TechCrunch

Having local expertise in the category every VC wants to invest in right now doesn’t hurt, either. And while the data is not consistently trending up and to the right — there was a huge outlier deal (Uber Advanced Technologies) in 2019 that spiked the yearly investment total to $1.3 You can give it a listen here.).

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Brazil’s Black Silicon Valley could be an epicenter of innovation in Latin America

TechCrunch

Over the last five years, Brazil has witnessed a startup boom. The main startups hubs in the country have traditionally been São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, but now a new wave of cities are building their own thriving local startup ecosystems, including Recife with Porto Digital hub and Florianópolis with Acate.

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K-Startup Grand Challenge 2022 is accepting applications from global startups till May 31

AsiaTechDaily

The spending per buyer in e-commerce is forecasted to go from $2,600 in 2019 to $4,300 in 2024. Furthermore, the government plans to find 200 promising startups through 2022 and 1,000 promising startups, and 700 pre-unicorn startups by 2025. Bigbang Angels is a Korean early-stage VC with Singapore headquarters.

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8 founders, leaders highlight fintech and deep tech as Bristol’s top sectors

TechCrunch

The country is quickly catching up to China on the tech investment front, with VC investments reaching a record of $15 billion in 2020, according to TechNation. The city also has the most fintech startups per head in the U.K. outside London, according to Whitecap’s 2019-2020 Ecosystem Report. city for tech investment.

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