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Japan to Update Startup Visa Policy, Supports Foreign Talent

AsiaTechDaily

This move is expected to streamline the visa issuance procedure, making it more accessible for global talent and driving innovation in key industries. According to the report , the Ministry of Economy recently introduced guidelines outlining support measures to strengthen startups in Japan.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners Sparks Innovation with Six Strategic Investments!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

The funding provided by Ben Franklin is a catalyst for rapid growth and innovation. The company has the requisite experience and expertise in the sports medicine market to provide and support the electronic documentation that athletic trainers and their school need to be compliant with other medical providers. Gig and Take, Inc.

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Collabio lets you co-edit documents without the cloud

TechCrunch

Meet Collabio Spaces : An office suite app with a cloudless co-authoring twist that looks helpful if you need to collaborate on documents without having to worry about losing control of your data or the thread of changes. Current supported text formats are DOCX, ODT, XLSX and ODS. Image credit: XCDS/Collabio.

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Accessing Innovation: Corporate Executives In Unfamiliar Territory

Dream It

Because senior management may have a deep understanding of the sector and the specific needs of the corporate sponsor, it seems easy to assume that involving them in the selection process will help the corporate venture capitalist (CVC) pick the right startups to support? However, that’s not the case. I’ll explain.

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What Will Happen In 2024

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

That is good news for the innovation economy because healthy capital markets are a necessary support system. However, optimistic capital markets are necessary but not sufficient for a healthy innovation economy. We also need innovation. Innovation never waits for rules and regulations. But it eventually gets it.

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Why it matters having Matter support for your new smart home device

TechCrunch

That’s why for any company launching a smart home device this year, having Matter support will be helpful. It is also collaborating with silicon vendors on what will become a Matter System-on-a-Chip to support the frustration-free setup. The offering includes the Veea SmartHub mesh router for the home called STAX.

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Smile Identity expands African footprint with acquisition of Appruve to strengthen ID verification services

TechCrunch

Smile Identity , a KYC compliance and ID verification partner for many African fintechs and businesses, has acquired Inclusive Innovations, the parent company of Appruve , a Ghanaian developer of identity verification software. Other prominent use cases include AML checks, customer onboarding and fraud prevention.