Ant Financial, part of the Alibaba Group and formerly known as Alipay, will invest heavily in the future of Southeast Asia and India with the creation of a $1 billion fund dedicated…
Under the Hood of SoftBank’s $5 Billion Latin American Fund
SoftBank isn’t a company that shies from controversy. Its $9.5 billion rescue deal for WeWork caused major concern—especially given former CEO Adam Neumann’s $1.7bn payout, and operating losses totaling $1.25bn. So shaky…
PropTech Firm Entera Raises $7.5m Funding Round
U.S. property tech startup Entera has raised a $7.5 million funding round, as it bids to expand its data-driven real estate solutions enterprise. The round, led by Bullpen Capital and Craft Ventures,…
WeWork Begins Restructuring After IPO Debacle
WeWork executives have begun the daunting task of rebuilding the company, starting with 2,400 layoffs and possibly renegotiating founder and former CEO Adam Neumann’s $1.7 billion payoff. WeWork, which was temporarily renamed…
Bias and Artificial Intelligence: Ghosts in the Machine
With a gigantic bottleneck in tech talent, companies are turning to tech to speed up the recruitment process. But baked into hiring startups’ algorithms are biases and prejudices as old as time…
“AI Goes Beyond Algorithmic Brilliance” – OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved
Jon Medved, CEO of equity crowdfund OurCrowd, is one of Israel’s leading AI investors. But, the enigmatic, Hawaiian shirt-loving VC says, deep tech brings its own deep and unique issues for entrepreneurs.…
Emirati Startup Bayzat Wins $16m Funding
Dubai-based Bayzat, which offers e-insurance and HR solutions, has won a $16 million Series B funding round to expand its enterprise HR and payroll resources. The round was led by Steve Cohen’s…
Mapillary CEO and founder Solem: “It never really felt daunting…it just made sense”
Jan Erik Solem is CEO and founder of Mapillary, a Malmö-based street-level imagery platform that that uses computer vision to fix maps. Thus far the company has won almost $25 million in…
BGL Group CIO Stuart Walters: AI Will Change Insurance Forever. Rushing it Can be Fatal
BGL Group has spent 27 years becoming European insurance royalty. Now the Peterborough, UK-based fintech unicorn, with offices spread across the continent, the company’s CIO explains that BGL is perfectly positioned to…
London is Europe’s AI King – Will it Protect the Throne Past Brexit?
London is the perfect place to grow a deep-tech startup. But with Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union fast approaching, is there a danger its sprawling, frenetic capital may lose its belt…