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4 keys to international expansion

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Levin joined Heartcore Capital in 2019 from Global Founders Capital, the billion-dollar VC arm of Rocket Internet, where he was responsible for investments in Canva, Heyjobs, Instarem, Anyfin and others. For background, Rocket Internet has helped launch some very successful businesses internationally, including HelloFresh ($12.9

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WebMD acquires French medical news and information platform Jim.fr

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Founded in 1979 as the Journal International de Médecine (JIM) by a hospital intern called Dr. Gilles Haroche, Paris-based Jim.fr WebMD itself was acquired by KKR’s Internet Brands for $2.8 essentially bolsters WebMD’s existing reach and competencies for that market. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Humans and AI: AI, Marketing, and Behavioral Economics

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In this time of social distancing, we order supplies on the internet and have them delivered to our homes. In 1992, the Journal of Human Evolution published “ Neocortex size as a constraint on group size in primates ,” which measured the correlation between neocortical volume and typical social group size in primates and human communities.

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How to obtain FDA buy-in and unlock more funding for your health tech startup

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market and its reputation for a rigorous framework around approvals will make it easier to expand down the road. Recently, the Journal of Medical Internet Research analyzed over 224 venture-backed digital health startups that have raised more than $2 million in funding. The large U.S. How to prove clinical efficacy.

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Amazon to Enter the Smartphone Market

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We have recently written about the release of Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN ) Fire TV – the world’s largest Internet retailer is continuing to develop hardware, providing users with more devices to access its troves of music, shows, games, and movies. To read more please log in.

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New media venture in India helping readers discern signal from noise

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Everybody talks about this total addressable market, right? So some of them would be paying because it’s good journalism, some of them would be paying because they give exactly the amount of news which they want, some of them would be paying for the depth of content.

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How VCs and founders see 2021 differently

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Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. tapped the equity crowdfunding market, a noodle or two on the a16z media game, Talkspace’s SPAC, VC and founder predictions for 2021, and where’s the right place to found a company. Click here if you want it in your inbox every Saturday morning.

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