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Tech, Education, and Making a Difference in South Africa: Meet Justinus Adriaanse

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Carving through peaks and valleys At 23, Adriaanse joined and later served as CEO of Private Property, a real estate technology platform. Nelson Mandela’s 1999 retirement brought these injustices further to the forefront, unveiling the deep-rooted inequalities within South Africa’s education system and society as a whole.

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AHG Lab Secures $4M in Funding to Boost Philippine Startups

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Established in 2020, AHG Lab operates under the umbrella of the Alternative Housing Group, which functions as a real estate startup and prop-tech incubator in the Philippines. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? AHG Lab had previously secured $1.1

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Neighbor raises $53M for self-storage marketplace after 5x YoY revenue growth

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At a time when the commercial real estate world is struggling, self-storage is an asset class that continues to perform extremely well. Neighbor also partners with commercial real estate operators to turn their under-utilized or vacant retail, multifamily or office space into self-storage. Image Credits: Neighbor.

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The Future of Hospitality is Here

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Image courtesy of Mint House Real estate lies at the core of our everyday lives?—?it Yet, technology adoption within the real estate community as a means to fundamentally disrupt how physical assets behave and how transactions occur was lagging up until the last couple of years.

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The Unsurpassed Value of Surrounding Yourself with Like-minded Entrepreneurs

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We also asked how membership in EO’s global network provides value by empowering them to confide in their peers in the confidential space of EO Forum , which can help entrepreneurs move forward through challenges to achieve their full potential. The real danger lies in failing to evolve as clients evolve and define their “better world”.

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Truepic, which just raised $26M in a Microsoft-led round, aims to verify the authenticity of photos and videos

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Rather than trying to detect what is fake, Truepic says its patented “secure” camera technology proves what is real. And last year, Truepic says its revenues grew by over 300% thanks to “dramatic client growth” across the insurance, banking, automotive, peer-to-peer commerce, project management and international development industries.

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Indonesian investment platform FUNDtastic lands $7.7 million Series A

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FUNDtastic plans to add retail bonds, insurance and peer-to-peer lending to its current roster of mutual funds and gold investment options. Despite the market impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, retail investing is increasing in Indonesia , especially among people aged 18 to 30. million, allowing it to sell mutual fund products directly.