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On Funding?—?Shots on Goal

Both Sides of the Table

On Funding?—?Shots on Goal Being great as a startup technology investor of course requires a lot of things to come together: You need to have strong insights into where technology markets are heading and where value in the future will be created and sustained You need be perfect with your market timing. Being too early is the same as being wrong. Being too late and you back an “also ran” You also need to be right about the team.

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Vietnamese investment app Infina lands $2M seed round

TechCrunch

The pandemic has spurred interest in saving and investment apps around the world , especially ones geared toward newer investors. In Southeast Asia, startups in this space that have raised funding over the past few months include Ajaib , Bibit and Stashaway —and that’s just a (very) partial list. Now Infina , which calls itself the “Robinhood of Vietnam,” is announcing an oversubscribed $2 million seed round.

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Oklahoma’s path of innovation built upon hereditary DNA

Innovation 2 Enterprise

By Scott Meacham. Oklahoma’s path of innovation is built upon the hereditary DNA of past entrepreneurs. Of the nearly 3 billion base pairs in the human genome, about 99 percent of them are the same in every human being — however, it is the sequence of these DNA pairs that makes each of us who we are genetically. It’s like that with entrepreneurial DNA — every state has it.

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PayMaya owner Voyager Innovation raises $167M from KKR, Tencent and IFC, to launch digital bank in the Philippines

TechCrunch

Voyager Innovations , the Manila-based owner of PayMaya , one of the Philippines’ most popular payment and financial services apps, announced today it has raised $167 million in new funding to launch more financial services, including a digital bank. The raise includes $121 million in new funding, and $46 million from previously committed funds. Voyager announced in April 2020 that it had secured up to $120 million in investment commitments from PLDT, KKR, Tencent, the International Finance Grou

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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[Sixgill in PR Web] The Evolution of Vision AI and The Company Seeing It Into The Future

OurCrowd

Plainsight, previously Sixgill LLC, today introduced its new name, brand and position as a proven leader in faster, easier vision AI for enterprise customers across vertical markets. The evolution of the Plainsight brand is another milestone in the company’s history of growth and innovation, marking its position as the leader in vision AI solutions with its streamlined platform, partnerships with leading global technology partners, and successful deployments with the most sought-after startups a

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[OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved in Glocalist] Exclusive: E-Interview with ’Jon’ Medved, CEO of ’OurCrowd’ (Jerusalem)

OurCrowd

Glocalist: Thank you for your time for a digital e-interview. ‘OurCrowd’ was founded in Jerusalem in 2013 and today represents one of the most successful crowdfunding platforms for equity worldwide. Can you explain to our readers in Europe what OurCrowd does exactly, milestones of your success and maybe a little bit about the vision, the spirit of the founding of ‘OurCrowd’?

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[Zoomcar in Mangalorean] Affordability & Fast-Speed- Making Commuting Easier- How Rapido Bike Taxis Are Changing, The Way We Commute

OurCrowd

Dependency on online bike service has drawn serious attention within just a few years. The main reason as a driving factor could be the burden of transport fare. And to deal with both bugly fare and huge traffic especially during rush hours, these bike services have arrived as a great saviour. That helps you to reach the destination with minimum time and at a minimal cost.

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[Sight Diagnostics in The Times of Israel] Israeli startup wins IBM top prize to Zzapp out malaria by mapping water sources

OurCrowd

ZzappMalaria, a Jerusalem-based startup whose mobile app aims to help identify potential sources of malaria, has won a first prize of $3 million in the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE competition. The firm was also selected as the “Most Inspiring Team” in the People’s Choice Award. Read more here. The post [Sight Diagnostics in The Times of Israel] Israeli startup wins IBM top prize to Zzapp out malaria by mapping water sources appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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