article thumbnail

Upstage’s Private AI Models Attract $19 Million Investment from SK Networks

AsiaTechDaily

South Korea’s SK Networks Co. has made a strategic investment of 250 billion won ($19.02 Upstage’s AI technology stands out in the ssLLM market by emphasizing information security and domain-specific expertise, unlike traditional large language models.

article thumbnail

Women’s social network Peanut launches microfund StartHER to invest in pre-seed stage startups

TechCrunch

Peanut , the maker of a social networking app for women, is entering into the investing space with today’s launch of a microfund called StartHER. “The assumption that founders should have networks able to invest in their businesses creates an unfair starting line for most groups.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Eagle Eye Networks and Brivo Announce $192M Investment – One of the Largest Ever in Cloud Physical Security

American Entrepreneurship

LTD , one of the largest security integration companies in the world, according to Forbes Global 2000 , has made a primary equity investment of $192 million in the two companies, $100M in Eagle Eye Networks and $92M in Brivo. Eagle Eye Networks and Brivo are independent companies majority owned by Dean Drako.

article thumbnail

WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Information Regarding Angel Investing (Episode 284)

StartupNation

Marcia Dawood: One of the things that angels bring is a lot of mentorship and expertise, and they bring their network. And the best way to do that is to get angels involved who have more of a, uh, a broader network that they can access. So in a lot of cases, these early companies, they need customers. They need more than just money.

article thumbnail

HubSpot co-founder Shah backs Peerlist for a new take on professional networking

TechCrunch

With more than 875 million users across more than 200 countries, LinkedIn is a household name in the world of professional networking. Users need to sign up if they want to message a user or get their contact information. As it scales, Peerlist has attracted some investment from many industry insiders.

article thumbnail

Just starting out angel investing? Avoid these 7 mistakes.

TechCrunch

One survey finds that while about half of angel investors rate the potential for returns as their top motivator for investing, about a third also rank solving some of the world’s biggest challenges as another. Like most investors, I don’t write huge checks, so I lean on my network to assemble other investors around the deal.

article thumbnail

“Born2Global Center”, a Business Support Organization for Global Expansion of Startups, Is Transformed into the “Global Digital Innovation Network Foundation.”

AsiaTechDaily

Register The Ministry of Science and ICT changed the name of K-ICT Born2Global Center, a public institution under the Association for the Advancement of Information and Communications (KAIT), to ‘Global Digital Innovation Network (hereinafter GDIN)’, and held the “GDIN Opening Ceremony” at Pangyo Startup Campus on September 7.