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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

There’s no denying the growth of healthtech globally over the past three years thanks to the pandemic. The event has accelerated the use of telemedicine, virtual care, and drug delivery, thus fuelling investor interest in the sector. Investment has also trickled down to Africa, with large checks going into growth-stage startups. Lagos- and Texas-based digital healthcare provider Reliance Health is the latest beneficiary and is doing so in grand style, raising $40 million.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

For many of us, our home is by far our biggest asset, and in the world of fintech, that’s led to a logical extension: when you need money, borrow against that biggest asset. Today, a London fintech called Selina , which provides flexible capital to consumers on five-year terms against up to 85% of the value of their homes — so-called Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) loans — is announcing $150 million in funding on the heels of making $100 million in loans out to homeowners.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register SatSure , an Indian business that is at the convergence of spacetech, artificial intelligence (AI), and software as a service (SaaS), has raised $5 million in a round led by Baring Private Equity India Pvt. Ltd, joining ADB Ventures as investor.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Vivek Narayanadas. Contributor. Vivek Narayanadas serves as General Counsel for MetaMap , which helps online services become borderless through user-centric, privacy-forward trust and safety workflows. From securing a loan to renting a car to getting a job, our lives increasingly depend on the digital world to enable trust-based interactions online.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Based out of the U.S., Sonder is a tech-driven hospitality company. It’s raised $529.6 million, and, in the post-pandemic world where the population has become far more movable due to remote working, similar businesses are raising funds to attend to the needs of this global, nomadic workforce. We first covered the NUMA Group (then called Cosi) back in 2019 when it raised €5 million for its “full-stack” hospitality alternative to boutique hotels, and then later on when it raised €20 m

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register India-based micro gold savings app Jar has raised US$32 million in its Series A funding round led by Tiger Global. The funding round was also joined by new investors Third Prime, Rocketship.vc, and Force Ventures along with existing investors WEH Ventures and Akram Ventures.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 has led a $300 million investment in ElasticRun as the Japanese conglomerate doubles down on its commerce bet in the world’s second largest internet market. Goldman Sachs and existing investor Prosus Ventures also participated in the Pune-headquartered startup’s Series E round, according to regulatory filings ElasticRun made on Monday.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Jakarta-based peer-to-peer(P2P) lending platform Julo has raised US$60 million in its Series B financing round from Japanese financial services firm Credit Saison. According to Julo’s filings with Singapore Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA), Credit Saison invested US$30 million in the startup’s B2 shares, and was issued options to acquire another US$30 million in ser

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Rating symptoms on a numerical scale seems easy, but it can be harder than it appears. How much did it hurt when you stubbed your toe? Was it a two out of 10? A four? How often do you wake up at night? Twice, three times? Regularly? Rarely? These imprecise, self-reported scales can be found throughout medicine, even relating to diseases where the stakes are higher than a bruised toenail.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Take action and don’t allow yourself to become overwhelmed in the sea of opportunity Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Retail investment apps in Southeast Asia attracted a lot of funding last year , and the trend looks set to continue with Vietnam-focused Infina announcing that it has added $4 million to its seed funding. Along with the $2 million it announced in June, this brings the round’s total to $6 million. Investors include Sequoia Capital India’s Surge program, Y Combinator, Saison Capital, Starling Ventures, Alpha JWC and AppWorks.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Bruce Dahlgren. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Bruce Dahlgren is CEO of MetricStream , a risk management (IRM) and governance, risk and compliance (GRC) company. Browsing travel options on Google Flights, you may have noticed that airlines have begun to incorporate carbon emissions data into their offerings to consumers. As a frequent flyer, all things — including price — being equal, I’ll always choose the more carbon-efficient flight.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Early in my career, I was taught that any team member was replaceable and that as long as you had sufficient time to find a suitable replacement, you would be fine. I have operated on that basis since then, imparted that wisdom to the founders and teams that I work with, and have always advocated for that approach to management. But I have learned that on any team there are always a few members who are extremely difficult to replace.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Gary Little. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Prior to becoming CEO of Foursquare, Gary was MD of Raine, leading the technology practice with a focus on advisory assignments and principal investments in consumer internet, enterprise software and emerging technology. In the current environment, businesses are now tasked with balancing the push toward recovery and developing the agility required to stay on top of reemerging COVID-19 obstacles.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Stellar Cyber, the leading security operations platform for MSSPs and the innovator of Open XDR, announced today that PAGO, a South Korean MDR provider and value-added reseller, has adopted its Open XDR Platform to enhance PAGO’s security-as-a-service program for enterprises throughout the country. Read more here. . The post [Stellar Cyber in Business Wire] PAGO chooses Stellar Cyber’s Open XDR security Platform to unify stand-alone tools, accelerate detection and response appeared first on OurC

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Dating app company Bumble, Inc. is making its first acquisition with today’s news that it’s adding the fast-growing French dating app Fruitz to its family of applications. Though Bumble, Inc. already has an international footprint as the parent company to Badoo, which is particularly popular in Europe, it sees the addition of Fruitz as a way to gain more traction with a younger, Gen Z audience.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Coffee is one of the most popular beverages worldwide. Almost. Read more.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Morai , which provides autonomous vehicle developers with automotive simulation tools to verify the safety and reliability of self-driving systems, announced today it has raised $20.8 million (25 billion KRW) in a Series B funding round as it wants to increase its global presence, specifically into the U.S., Germany, Japan and Singapore. . The fresh capital was led by Korea Investment Partners along with KB Investment and Korea Development Bank.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The Ben Franklin Job Link program is working with IST’s Career Solutions team to connect IST students with local organizations in need of IT support/projects. Talented IST students can: Review company website for content update. Update and review employee access to systems to ensure security. Collect, enter, and clean data on Excel. Provide data analytics.

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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

A “blue ocean” is every entrepreneur’s dream. One of the very first strategies learned in business school is the “Blue Ocean Strategy” – A “sea” that is competition-free, and an analogy for undiscovered markets. In the Alternative Protein industry, there is a blue ocean, literally – The field of sustainable alternative seafood. Read more here. The post [Plantish in Forbes] A “sea” of opportunities: It’s time to take advantage of the foodtech industry’s blue ocean appeared first on OurCrowd Blog

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Canadian startup Wyvern only just announced a $4.5 million seed round (which itself nearly doubled close to the wire thanks to new commitments) and entry into Y Combinator, and now it’s revealing that it has landed another $4 million in funding via Canada’s Sustainable Development Technology (SDTC) program. The SDTC program offers startups at seed, growth and scale-up stages funding for projects that can potentially move the needle on clean tech, through partnerships with agencies an

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

AEYE Health is reporting results from its pivotal FDA-clinical trial for the autonomous detection of more-than-mild diabetic retinopathy. Read more here. The post [AEYE Health in Ophthalmology Times] AEYE Health reports results of its AI algorithm for autonomous screening and detection of diabetic retinopathy appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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