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Sugar raises $2.5M in seed funding to connect apartment residents

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As people began quarantining due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dicko saw an opportunity to help make it easier for people living in apartments and residential communities to “engage with one another in a safe and efficient way.” Sugar’s product has two components. million in seed funding. .

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Regard serves as a ‘medical co-pilot’ for busy physicians

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Legacy healthcare software systems are often complicated and cumbersome for providers to use, leading to less time with patients. That’s why Regard (formerly HealthTensor) developed a platform to help diagnose common medical conditions, like heart failure, COVID-19 and anxiety and depression.

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Investors say Eindhoven poised to become Netherlands’ No. 2 tech hub

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Our survey respondents consider the city strong in areas like photonics, robotics, medical devices, materials science, deep tech, automotive tech, sustainability tech, medtech, Big Data, hardware and precision engineering. Lithography makes a major contribution to that, as well as medical devices and production technologies.

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Passive collaboration is essential to remote work’s long-term success

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Mohak Shroff is head of engineering at LinkedIn. He leads the engineering teams responsible for building, scaling and protecting LinkedIn. The project required new hardware, software and telecommunications solutions, and took about 24 months to implement. Contributor. Active versus passive collaboration. The whiteboard.

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5 top investors in Dutch startups discuss trends, hopes and 2020 opportunities

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In 2020, the venture industry continued to invest in startups, despite the COVID-19 crisis. The average salary for a software engineer is around €54,000. During COVID-19, the Dutch government has also announced support packages such as tax deferrals, temporary employment bridging schemes and other initiatives.

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BukuKas raises $10 million led by Sequoia Capital India to build a “end-to-end software stack” for Indonesian SMEs

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The backbone of Indonesia’s economy are small- to medium-sized businesses, which account for 60% of its gross domestic product. Many still rely on manual bookkeeping, but the impact of COVID-19 has driven small businesses to digitize more of their operations. Eventually, it wants to launch a SME-focused digital bank.

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Interview with Paola Annis, Green Software Expert

Apiumhub

At Apiumhub , we recently launched an interview series where we engage with green software experts and visionaries to raise awareness about the topic and share some insightful tips. Our first initiative is an interview with Paola Annis, one of the founding members of the Green Software Foundation.