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Bain & Company Acquires Startup Development Studio Rainmaking APAC

AsiaTechDaily

Register Bain & Company, a prominent global management consulting firm, has revealed its plans to acquire the Asia-Pacific division of Rainmaking, a renowned venture-building and startup development studio. program, a SGD 20 million initiative introduced by the Singapore Economic Development Board.

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Sanzhar Kettebekov’s Vision: Empowering Trade with AI in the Volatile Food Market

Jason Malki

He has 25 years’ experience in AI and related technologies, and over 10 years at the C-level of driving large projects in various areas for economic development. What motivated you to launch your startup? Our team has risen to this challenge by returning to economic and trade fundamentals to disrupt traditional models.

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A Meeting of Unreasonable Minds

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Promoting Disruption. The first-ever FALAK UTS launched in May 2017 as a two-day summit on innovation and disruption. All of the costs of the event were covered by our sponsors, the main ones being TAMKEEN (The Bahrain Labour Fund) and the Bahrain Economic Development Board. Suhail is also a member of EO Bahrain.

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Google’s third bet from its Africa Investment Fund is in logistics company Lori Systems

TechCrunch

This undisclosed investment is Google’s third from the $50 million Africa Investment Fund targeted at the continent’s early- and growth-stage startups, which the company CEO Sundar Pichai announced last October. The TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa winner in 2017 is currently present in Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria.

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STEM funding boosts state’s economy

Innovation 2 Enterprise

We are a state that seems ready to seize the moment and leverage the quality of life and business-friendly advantages here to add innovation and technology-based economic development to Oklahoma’s list of “greats.”. Conversely, a rising tide of technology-based economic development will lift all our boats.

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Celebrating 2021 Accomplishments and Looking Ahead to New Opportunities

Angel Capital Association

For every level of experience, ACA’s peer groups, events, and education courses offer unprecedented opportunities for angels to preview and connect in real time with companies, other investors, and economic development partners. We are also actively pursuing several grants with partners like TechTown in Detroit.

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

TechCrunch

In Latin America, the business of trolling threatens Twitter’s disruptive power. In doing so, they’re participating in an economic revival that could change the destiny of the depressed Atlantic region. Business writer Gordon Pitts pinpoints 2011 as the game-changing year for the Atlantic startup scene.