Categoria: venture capital
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Salesforce Backs $100 Million Venture Capital Fund in Canada
Salesforce.com Inc., the largest maker of online customer-management software, is investing $100 million in Canadian technology through a venture fund to support tech start-ups. The Salesforce Ventures unit set up the Canada Trailblazer Fund to help cloud-computing startups in the country, the San Francisco-based company said Thursday in a statement. First-round funding recipients include…
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Launching Today…The Institute For Block Chain Innovation
You can always tell when a new technology vertical starts to mature and to organize itself as an industry. In 2018, the block chain industry began that transition. In January, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, many of the official sessions and off-site events were about bitcoin, crypto currency and block chain. It…
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Sacramento opens applications for $1 million in innovation grants
In its continued pursuit of becoming the nation’s next Silicon Valley, the City of Sacramento has announced it is searching for applicants for $1 million in innovation grants. Open for applications for the second consecutive year — starting April 9 — through an annual economic development program called the Rapid Acceleration, Innovation and Leadership in…
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VentureEU: €2.1 billion to boost venture capital investment in Europe’s innovative start-ups
The European Commission and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have launched a Pan-European Venture Capital Funds-of-Funds programme (VentureEU) to boost investment in innovative start-up and scale-up companies across Europe. Europe boasts a wealth of talent, world-class researchers and skilled entrepreneurs, but it can do better at turning that excellence into success stories. Access to risk…
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SenseTime Raises US$600 Million in Series C Funding
BEIJING, April 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — SenseTime (the “Company”), China’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) company, has successfully raised US$600 million in its Series C round of funding. Alibaba Group is taking the lead role for this round of funding and other participants include Temasek and Suning. As the Company set a record by raising US$410…
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Aporte em empresas nascentes por fundos de venture dispara
Startups de tecnologia, internet, serviços financeiros e de seguros são alvos de interesse e de diversificação de investidores anjos, capital semente e do mercado de capitais Mercado brasileiro desenvolve seu ecossistema de sobrevivência O aporte em empresas nascentes (startups) disparou no primeiro trimestre de 2018, em comparação com iguais períodos de 2016 e 2017. O…
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