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LINE Ventures merges with YJ Capital, launches $271M fund

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DNX Ventures launches $315 million fund for US and Japanese B2B startups. In Japan, Z Venture Capital will focus on data and AI technologies in sectors like healthcare, cybersecurity and B2B, investing in all stages of startups from seed to late-stage. SIP Global Partners announces first close of its $150M fund to bring U.S.

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Startup studio eFounders reaches portfolio valuation of $2 billion

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In practical terms, it means the company is building B2B SaaS startups with a focus on productivity and workflows. When we started in 2011, there was an existing model that was Rocket Internet. You can imagine another studio for blockchain startups, another one for AI startups, etc. “We

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Machine Learning In Internet Of Things (IoT) – The next big IT revolution in the making

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From human genome mapping to Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI),Machine Learning, Blockchain, Mobile digital Platforms (Digital Streets, towns and villages),Social Networks and Business, Virtual reality and so much more. What is IoT or Internet of Things? These objects thus become ‘intelligent’ to a small extent.

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Agreena, a regenerative farming carbon market, raises $4.7M seed from Giant Ventures

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& blockchain-focused) and U.K./France-based We also believe Agreena can become the dominant internet marketplace for facilitating online B2B commerce within farming, a nut which no one has yet cracked.”. The startup has some competition in the space. The voluntary carbon market for agriculture includes U.S.

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Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A

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Last week, Paystand — a blockchain-enabled B2B payments startup — announced it had acquired Mexican fintech Yaydoo — creating a new unicorn in the resulting new entity. has a legacy, centralized financial infrastructure that needs to be disrupted and re-imagined by fintechs with blockchain technology. and Mexico. and Mexico.

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The Missing Link: Blockchain for Digital Supply Chains

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Where we used to define digital twins solely in the context of machines in the Internet of Things (IoT) , we can now establish digital versions of human workflow procedures, entire teams, complete departments, and whole companies. The foundational fabric: blockchain. A decentralized tamper-resistant store.

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Daily Crunch: Former employee says Patreon has laid off its entire security team

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We like a startup with a fun name : Cryptocurrency is a hot market in Africa, and Tage writes about one blockchain payments startup, called Bitmama, that raised $2 million in pre-seed funding to show what it can do in new markets. Startups and VC. Use DORA metrics to support the next generation of remote-work models.

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