Tag: innovation
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Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Venture Fund opens for application by venture capital funds
HONG KONG, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) — China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) has launched an Innovation and Technology Venture Fund (ITVF) of 2 billion Hong Kong dollars (256 million U.S. dollars) to encourage venture capital funds’ investment in local innovation and technology start-ups. The fund is open for application from venture capital funds until…
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The Brazil+China Challenge: Pushing Development Toward the Frontiers of Innovation
CHINA POWER Image Credit: Flickr / Narendra Modi As BRICS gets underway, the 2017 Brazil+China challenge comes to an end. Organized by the Asian branch of BRASA, a global network of overseas Brazilian students, the two-day forum brought together an unprecedented number of politicians, CEOs and intellectuals from both countries to discuss one key question:…
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Ontario government creates $25.8 million cleantech innovation fund
The Ontario provincial government is starting a $25.8-million fund to support the creation and commercialization of green technologies. The Low Carbon Innovation Fund will support technologies in areas such as alternative energy generation and conservation; new biofuels, bioplastics, and bioproducts; transportation; and carbon capture and usage. According to the government, the initiative is funded by…
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How innovation can solve society’s problem
An innovative commons model can be exemplified by something as high tech as a new app…or something as traditional as alpine cheese-making. When you think of innovation, you also may think of patents and profits. But two Swiss researchers argue that we should be focusing more on people and places. Excellence in innovation is as…
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Salesforce: CRM is smaller than the market for ERP ?
The COO and CFO of cloud computing giant Salesforce talk about their growth and profitability, and how they’re helping industries do “digital transformation,” and refute a claim by Oracle’s Larry Ellison that their market for “CRM” is smaller than the market for “ERP.” Analysts noted the outlook for Salesforce’s “billings” came in a little below…
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Innovation: get details about Innovate UK funding competitions
Innovate UK runs the following funding competitions. Each competition has a different application process and eligibility criteria. Catalysts Overview You can get £150,000 to £10 million from Innovate UK to run a research and development project. You can use this funding to test and develop an innovative idea and make it successful. Your project can…
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Innovation Produces More Revenue, And These 4 Factors Create More Innovation
Innovation is an important element for any business fighting to stay relevant. Business-to-business (B2B) companies in particular need to push hard to offer the best product for their customers. As business customers determine what products and services to buy, they are persuaded less by marketing and more by the performance and specifications of what they…
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UK Plots Post-Brexit Tech Investment Fund
Start-up Funding UK will provide funding for startups to boost British tech firms seeking to expand to the world stage following Brexit. The British government is proposing a new venture capital fund in order to help nurture innovative firms based in this country. Called the National Investment Fund, the government says it will help…
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Finep tem fundos para investir em startups em SC. Inscreva-se!
Startups e empresas de tecnologia têm uma nova oportunidade para obter financiamento não reembolsável direto da Finep. O programa Finep Startup, que tem como objetivo estimular o mercado de seed capital (capital semente) e o desenvolvimento de empresas inovadoras, pretende disponibilizar um total de R$ 400 milhões nos próximos quatro anos a ser investido em…
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Canada’s innovation Budget 2017
Justin Trudeau’s government has talked a good game on innovation and skills development, but this year’s budget looks like more of the same In some ways, Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s second budget is a vanilla-flavoured budget—generally acceptable and unlikely to offend most people. The government stays the course of Budget 2016, expanding on areas like…
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