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Contributed by Cindy Norcott , EO Durban, a motivational speaker, author, entrepreneur, business coach and philanthropist. She is the CEO of Pro Talent and Pro Appointment, as well as the founder and chair of The Robin Hood Foundation. In observance of International Women’s Day week, we’re sharing Cindy’s journey. She’s a woman entrepreneur whose second book, How Does She Do It?
100ms , the live video conferencing infrastructure startup based in India, has raised $20 million in Series A funding to power the next generation of live video apps, coming barely five months after they closed the seed round. This latest round was led by Falcon Edge’s Alpha Wave Incubation, with participation from Matrix Partners India and LocalGlobe, and existing investors Accel and Strive.vc.
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Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register India-based banking tech platform Zeta has secured US$30 million funding as a part of strategic investment from Mastercard and other investors, taking the company’s valuation to US$1.5 billion. The funding is in continuation of the US$240 million fundraise that Zeta secured in May 2021 from SoftBank Vision Fund 2.
This decade has seen the rise of a new generation of entrepreneurs creating opportunities and tackling some of the biggest challenges of our time. As entrepreneurship increasingly becomes a cornerstone of this emerging inclusive growth journey, the need for early-stage investment capital increases, demanding support for initiatives towards the access of capital for the ecosystem to thrive.
This decade has seen the rise of a new generation of entrepreneurs creating opportunities and tackling some of the biggest challenges of our time. As entrepreneurship increasingly becomes a cornerstone of this emerging inclusive growth journey, the need for early-stage investment capital increases, demanding support for initiatives towards the access of capital for the ecosystem to thrive.
Chipmaking giant Nvidia is investing $10 million in Uber spinout Serve Robotics, funds the startup will use to further expand its sidewalk delivery robot service outside Los Angeles and San Francisco. The investment – Nvidia’s first in the sidewalk delivery space – is part of a long-term collaboration that will see the two companies work together toward advancing their own wheelhouses of robotic technology. “Nvidia’s investment is rooted in a longtime partnership with Serve usi
Emma Allen is active in the Charlotte, NC chapter of EO Accelerator , which empowers first-stage entrepreneurs with the tools, community and accountability necessary to catapult their business to the next level. EO staff member Cydney Melton asked Emma about her experience. After experiencing insurance and financial services businesses take advantage of people she cared for, State Farm agent owner Emma Allen knew she would go into that industry to support her community.
Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register ARIA , an Indonesian agritech startup , has raised a pre-Seed funding from GK Plug and Play Indonesia, with participation of East Ventures and agriculture and logistics market leaders Triputra Group, WareSix, and Sahabat Group. ARIA is an agritech firm with a purpose to increase efficiency, productivity, and crop output via drones and IoT solutions, while providing preventive and predi
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AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.
Austin’s venture capital scene has been hot for years now, but a pair of local investment firms just closed on new funds aimed at injecting more capital into startups in Austin and elsewhere. One is S3 Ventures , a venture capital firm that’s been around since 2005, which raised $250 million for its Fund VII, touting itself as “the largest venture capital fund focused on Texas-based startups.
Your email newsletter is one of your most powerful marketing channels. Between sharing news, making announcements, and nurturing relationships with your customers, newsletters can be molded into just about anything. While other marketing tactics go out of vogue, it begs the question: why have newsletters stood the test of time? Well, newsletters keep subscribers informed about your business or product without being overly “salesy.
Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Singapore-based EdTech firm Cialfo has further raised US$20 million in its Series B extension round led by the US-based investment firm Tiger Global. This funding follows after January’s fundraise of US$40 million from Square Peg and SEEK Investments.
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Savings and investing app Acorns has raised $300 million in a Series F funding round that values the company at nearly $2 billion. The announcement of the raise comes about six weeks after the consumer fintech startup said it was shelving its plans for its $2.2 billion SPAC with Pioneer Merger Corp. in favor of an eventual traditional IPO. New York-based Acorns had last raised more than three years ago — a $105 million Series E round in January of 2019 at an $860 million valuation.
The pandemic has changed customer communication. In this new normal, more and more businesses are trying to adopt digital tools to communicate with their customers for quick, easy communication. And women-owned businesses are scoring higher than their male counterparts when it comes to using digital tools. According to Meta’s ongoing State of Small Business research program, 57% of women business owners employ digital tools to communicate with their customers compared to 50% of male busine
Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Indian AgriTech starup Otipy has recently raised US$32 million in Series B funding round led by WestBridge Capital along with participation from existing investors SIG and Omidyar Network India. Otipy that offers a community group buying platform for daily essentials and fresh produce will be using the fresh funding to expand to new regions in the country, strengthen its supply chain,
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OSSM’s Virtual Regional Center brings added educational opportunities and challenges to rural high school students. By Scott Meacham. I received a thoughtful question this week, prompted by my recent series of columns about the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics (OSSM). One of my favorite statistics about OSSM is that every student who graduates goes to college.
Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Regional insurtech firm Igloo announced that it has raised $19 million in Series B funding led by Cathay Innovation, a global venture capital firm, with participation from ACA and other existing investors including Openspace. This brings Igloo’s total fundraising to over $36 million.
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Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register NCS today announced its acquisition of Australia’s largest privately-owned IT services company, The Dialog Group (Dialog), to better support the Australian public sector and enterprise clients in addressing their rising digital transformation needs.
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