Venture Capital

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How to Staff a New Corporate Venture Capital Effort
Forbes - Scott Lenet
The number of new corporate venture capital (“CVC”) units continues to rise. According to CB Insights Global CVC Report, 264 new corporate venture funds invested in 2018, a 35% increase over the prior
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San Francisco, CA
New Private Plane Service BlackBird Advertising One-Way Flights for Less Than $50
thepointsguy.com - J. Scott Clark
There’s a new private plane service on the market and it wants you to rethink how you get from Point A to B. BlackBird gives you the option to create …
Profit
Hiring more female leaders is good for profits. Here’s the evidence
weforum.org - Emma Charlton
What’s the economic benefit of diversity? While the moral and societal benefits of widening participation in the workplace are widely accepted, …
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China
How Luckin Coffee Is Burning Through Cash To Overtake Starbucks In China
Forbes - Yue Wang
Founded in October 2017 by Chinese entrepreneur Jenny Qian Zhiya, Luckin Coffee has come a long way in a short time to challenge Starbucks’ dominance of the coffee beverage market in China. Luckin is first
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Technology
Amazon pilots seed, angel investment program for high-risk startups
ZDNet - Charlie Osborne
The program could result in more early-stage firms and investors joining the AWS ecosystem. Amazon is piloting a new program designed to bring private …
Nashville, TN
Top of the List: Nashville's biggest venture capital and private equity firms
bizjournals.com - Carol Smith
By Carol Smith – Research Director, Nashville Business Journal Mar 18, 2019, 7:15am CDT What are the largest venture capital and private equity firms …
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Israeli Technology
Migraine Treatment Startup Theranica Raises $35 Million
calcalistech.com - Adi Pick
Theranica develops electrical nerve stimulation (ENS) technology for controlling migraines
Engadget
Lyft
Lyft could go public as soon as next week
Engadget - Saqib Shah
It aims to raise more than $2 billion with its IPO. Lyft could commence trading shares under the "LYFT" ticker symbol as soon as next week, per The Wall Street Journal. Seven years after Lyft was founded,
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Investing
An Entire MBA in 1 Course
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Course Overview / Promo Video Introduction / Promo (4:25) Introduction & Class #1: Launching a New Company (Course learning outcomes + qualities of top entrepreneurs, how to analyze trends + size market
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Technology (India)
Binny Bansal may move to Singapore, says report
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After his exit from India's biggest e-tailer Flipkart, co-founder Binny Bansal may now shift to Singapore, Business Standard reported, citing multiple …
Cannabis Industry
Hoban Law Group - Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference
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Company Overview Hoban Law Group Hoban Law Group is the nation’s premier full service cannabis business law firm, serving clients across the country …
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Business (India)
Adani Port to buy back NCDs worth ₹1,400 crore
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The board of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone on Monday approved buyback of 14,000 non-convertible debentures (NCDs) aggregating to ₹1,400 crore
Meet HBJ's 2019 Women in Business
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Think Greater Hartford is short on strong women business leaders? Think again. This year's Women in Business awards received a record-breaking number …
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Women in Tech
Ontario construction software firm Bridgit raises $6.2-million
The Globe and Mail - Josh O’Kane
Images are unavailable offline. The company now known as Bridgit Inc. began with what founders Mallorie Brodie and Lauren Lake call “crane hunting” – scouring London, Ont., for construction sites, looking
San Francisco, CA
Lyft opens up its IPO road show, offers 30 million shares
kron4.com - Associated Press
Video NEW YORK (AP) - Lyft officially kicked off the road show for its initial public offering with 30 million shares expected to sell for between $62 …
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Startups
Lyft's imminent IPO could value the company at $23B
TechCrunch - Kate Clark
Ridehailing firm Lyft will make its Nasdaq debut as early as next week at a valuation of up to $23 billion, The Wall Street Journal reports. The business will reportedly price its shares at between $62
Amsterdam
Amsterdam startup funding news, 15 March 2019
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24Sessions The Amsterdam-based startup 24Sessions, which supplies technology for video calling, has raised €1 million from the venture capital firm …
Profit
20VC: Slow Ventures’ Sam Lessin on How VC Forces Certain Companies To Exist and Makes It Difficult To Finance Others, Why
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20VC: Slow Ventures’ Sam Lessin on How VC Forces Certain Companies To Exist and Makes It Difficult To Finance Others, Why Cities Won’t Let Scooter …
Chief Marketing Officers
EP-24: From professional wakeboarder to Chief Marketing Officer of Diebold Nixdorf, a $4.5 Billion global financial technology
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Devon Watson spent summers as a professional wake-boarder. Enjoying the sun and jumping wakes while getting a great tan. After Devon graduated from …
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CIOs' Top Trends Include Innovation At Scale, Driving Revenue, Customer Centricity
Forbes - Peter High
A few weeks ago, I co-hosted a meeting with Gamiel Gran of the venture capital firm, Mayfield Fund. It was held in New York, and it included a dozen leading area CIOs. The executives offered thoughts topics
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Administrative Law
Tookitaki raises $7.5m series A round
techinasia.com - Terence Lee
Tookitaki, a regulatory technology startup that aims to enable financial institutions to develop sustainable compliance programs through artificial …
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Israeli Technology
Data Recovery Company Zerto Mulls New York IPO
calcalistech.com - Golan Hazani
Zerto develops disaster recovery and business continuity software for virtualized infrastructure and cloud environments
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Startups
Investing in random group of startups secures better returns than firms backed by Dragons' Den stars
cityam.com - Jessica Clark
Investing in a random group of fast-growing firms could secure better returns than the companies backed by Dragons' entrepreneurs, according to the …
Reuters
Singapore
The Eureka Seekers
Reuters - Reuters Editorial
Meet the startup innovators venturing onto the global stage When Anthony Chow, a 26-year-old Singaporean graduated from Stanford in 2013, he went straight into the workforce, landing himself a role as
Tech in Asia
Startups
Rising SE Asian startups this week
techinasia.com - Katrina Balmaceda Uy
Which are the startups that are on the path to becoming the next big thing? In this regular post, we give you an overview of the companies that have …
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Business (India)
Tosshead receives ₹20 crore
thehindubusinessline.com
Event equipment and event packages booking start-up Tosshead has raised about ₹20 crore ($3 million) from some US-based NRIs. The company now offers
Entrepreneur
South-east Asia
Insurtech Startup Saphron Bags $1 Million Seed Funding From Sage, Talino Labs
Entrepreneur - Nidhi Singh
The company is making the delivery of insurance radically accessible to make financial inclusion a reality in Southeast Asia Insurtech is a new emerging sector. And many startups are boosting the sector
News (China)
Volkswagen may push for controlling stake in Chinese joint ventures
chinadaily.com.cn - 李齐
Volkswagen AG said it is considering raising its equities in its Chinese joint ventures, in a move that will make it likely to become the second …
Business Technology
Veeam’s business soars in APAC, acquisitions on the cards
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TechTarget Veeam expects to grow its business in Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) by about 40% this year, buoyed by high-growth markets such as China, …
Tech in Asia
Microsoft venture arm leads GO1's $25m funding round
techinasia.com - Jack Ellis
Australian professional development platform GO1 has raised over US$25 million in series B funding, it announced today. Microsoft venture fund M12 led …