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Akros Technologies, an AI-powered asset management platform, raises funding from Z Holdings

TechCrunch

The investment and finance industry is no exception. In Deloitte’s 2019 report , the firm reveals that AI is transforming the financial ecosystem to reduce costs and make operations more efficient by providing automated insights and alternative data, analysis and risk management. Akros just raised $2.3

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From Dorm Room to Dominating the Finance and Tech World: A Deep Dive with Michael Mills, CEO of…

Jason Malki

We believe that the research and data analysis methods used by other funds are fundamentally flawed. Thus, our inaugural step was to devise a unique research process, which led to a distinctive data-analytics technique. Beyond his entrepreneurial pursuits, he is an avid reader and a dedicated family man.

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With open banking on the horizon, the fintech-SME love story is just beginning

TechCrunch

Since open banking requires that banks make valuable data available via APIs, it is leading to a revolution in the way that small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs) are funded — one in which data, and not hard capital, is the most important factor driving fintech success. Open banking and data freedom.

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Do VC Platforms Make Sense?

Both Sides of the Table

While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth.

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Neko, Daniel Ek’s next play, is another spin on preventative healthcare

TechCrunch

He has also put some money where his mouth is — investing in Swedish telehealth platform, Kry , for example. But dabbling as an investor evidently has not stopped him from wanting to get hands-on too — as one of two co-founders for Neko Health (the other being Hjalmar Nilsonne, whose prior startup focused on energy data analysis).

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With $21M in funding, Code Ocean aims to help researchers replicate data-heavy science

TechCrunch

Every branch of science is increasingly reliant on big data sets and analysis, which means a growing confusion of formats and platforms — more than inconvenient, this can hinder the process of peer review and replication of research. Certainly there’s an air of “Too many options? Try this one!”

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How to Invest in Web3: A Beginner’s Roadmap

Angel Capital Association

builds upon the principles of the semantic web, linking decentralized data to create more meaningful and valuable connections between information on the web. More than just a platform for cryptocurrencies, it’s a groundbreaking approach for data storage and management. It’s a leap from the early days of Web 1.0’s applications.