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Business Analytics tools & use cases

Apiumhub

More data is available to businesses than ever, which is why business analytics is a growing field. Airlines may rely on business analytics to determine ticket prices, for example, while hospitals use data to optimize the flow of patients or schedule surgeries. What is Business Analytics?

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Online university Nexford will use $8M to plug affordability and relevance gaps in education

TechCrunch

-based online university platform Nexford University has raised $8 million in a Series A round co-led by New Markets Venture Partners and Learn Capital, two prominent edtech venture capital firms in the U.S. New Markets Venture Partners general partner Jason Palmer and Learn Capital managing partner Greg Mauro will join Nexford’s board. .

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Nigerian restaurant management platform Orda gets $1.1M, wants to be the Toast of Africa

TechCrunch

The market, dominated by incumbents like Toast and upcoming players such as MarginEdge and Brazil’s Zak , has its value pegged at over $70 billion globally and is expected to reach $116 billion in the next four years. But a few startups are paying attention to the market, positioning themselves to become top players when it matures.

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Want to Drive Industry Breakthroughs or Speed Up Innovation? Start by Optimising Your HPC and AI Workloads

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fast becoming the cornerstone of business analytics, allowing companies to generate value from the ever-growing datasets generated by today’s business processes. billion market in 2024.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Musk’s Twitter bid, European cannabis survey, borrowing against NFTs

TechCrunch

The United States is the world’s largest cannabis market, but as more European countries consider legalizing recreational use, investors are looking for opportunities in production, distribution and retail. 8 cannabis investors share their outlook on the European market in H1 2022. Much like the U.S., Much like the U.S.,

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Target Global leads $150M round for Amazon Marketplace consolidator Branded

TechCrunch

And in a market where reviews (for what they are worth ) are one of the key levers in convincing shoppers to buy one similar-looking product (sometimes the exact same product, in fact) over another, Branded says that its sellers have amassed a whopping 700,000 reviews. SellerX raises $118M to buy up and grow Amazon marketplace businesses.

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SaaS software: 7 industries in which it has made an immense impact

Openxcell

SaaS: Everything you need to know Traditionally, companies invested optimum capital in on-premise infrastructure to streamline business analytics, CRM, and automation. In recent years, it has been possible to operate the whole business offsite using SaaS or Software-as-a-Service. Yet another example is Freshworks.