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Insurtech giant Equisoft lands $125M investment, eyes acquisitions

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Montreal-based Equisoft , an insurance and investment software developer, today announced that it raised $125 million in venture equity. It’s a large amount made more significant by the fact that the investment climate for insurtech vendors is growing increasingly challenging. billion in Q3 to $1.01 billion in Q4. $70

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Rakuten and Beyond Next invest $1.4M seed funding in farm-to-table startup Secai Marche

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Why Alibaba rival Pinduoduo is investing in agritech. Both Sugiyama and Hayakawa ended up at consulting firm Deloitte, researching how to create a more efficient supply chain for Japanese agricultural exports to Singaporean F&B businesses. billion) by 2025, and 5 trillion JPY (about $46.1 billion JPY (about $8.5

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Pangyo Techno Valley: Korea’s Prime Innovation Cluster Bolstered by Local Governmental Support

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Among these, the Gyeonggi Center for Creative Economy & Innovation stands out with its Pangyo Startup Zone, designed to back startups through investment, networking, and dedicated spaces. These businesses benefit from office spaces, mentorship, and IR consulting to help them expand globally.

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Pangyo Techno Valley: Pioneering Global Urban Air Mobility Solutions

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This center provides office space, management consulting, prototype production support, certification and intellectual property application support, as well as investment attraction assistance. Furthermore, NCsoft invested KRW 1.5 billion in 2014 and KRW 4.8

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India’s HealthPlix raises $22M to accelerate growth and enhance healthcare delivery

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HealthPlix , an Indian startup offering its in-house platform for doctors to help record patient data digitally, has raised $22 million in fresh investment to broaden its reach in the country and allow more doctors to utilize its software to offer improved care to their patients. In India, roughly 300,000 doctors practice medicine regularly.

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Allocate banks $5M to open up venture capital fund access

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The world of venture capital investing is a relatively small one, and relationship-based to boot. The company, founded by Samir Kaji and Hana Yang in February 2021, is developing an approach to venture capital fund investing that provides a way for investors of any size to participate. Enter Allocate.

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WoodSpoon’s food delivery service cooks up support for home chefs with $14M round

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billion in 2025, according to consultancy firm Research and Markets. Chris Brigleb, head of corporate development at Restaurant Brands International, said technology is a big focus for his company, which spent a lot of time looking around for potential investments beyond the traditional quick-serve restaurant space.

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