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Sesamm bags $37M to give corporates ESG insights using natural language processing

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Image Credits: Sesamm Founded out of Paris in 2014, Sesamm has amassed a fairly impressive roster of clients from across the financial realm specifically, including U.S. Companies can access Sesamm’s flagship product, TextReveal , via several conduits, including an API that brings Sesamm’s NLP engine into their own systems.

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FlexID gets Algorand funding to offer self-sovereign IDs to Africa’s unbanked

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One of the startups working toward this vision is Zimbabwe’s FlexID, which is building a blockchain-based identity system for those excluded from the banking system due to their lack of identity documents. In Zimbabwe, for instance, only 30% of the adult population had access to any financial services as of 2014.

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Resilience, an introduction.

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In 2014 VUCA was introduced as purpose for resilience. In 2014 the term VUCA was introduced into business management to describe the continuous uncertainty businesses are part of [ Bennett-2014 ]. An organization or an IT system is in difficulties when an event results in a decrease of its value output. See figure 1.

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We’re all becoming software CIOs — a role Red Hat CIO Jim Palermo knows well

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In 2014, I interviewed Gerri Martin-Flickinger, then CIO of Adobe, on this topic. With the evolution from a billings-based to a revenue-based model, we’re changing most of our backend systems, including ERP, CRM, and compensation systems to accommodate,” says Palermo.

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South African payments gateway Ozow raises $48M Series B led by Tencent

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Unlike other African countries, South Africa also has a functioning credit system with the prevalent use of credit cards. Founder and CEO Thomas Pays started Ozow in 2014 to drive financial inclusion through open banking. Faster deals, less diligence: The African startup market mirrors its larger rivals.

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Taiwanese startup WritePath’s AI tech speeds up financial disclosure translation

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TechCrunch first covered WritePath back in 2014 when it was an essay editing service for college applicants, technical writers and academic researchers. Chen said one of WritePath’s advantages is that its technology, including Warren and corpora management system T-Booster, maintains consistency in corporate language and terminology.

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12 famous ERP disasters, dustups and disappointments

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In November 2021 it turned on a new ERP system intended to support international growth with improved operational visibility and financial reporting capabilities. The company was forced to develop new processes to keep information flowing around the business, and hire a third-party consultant to sort out the ERP system at a cost of $3.8