Uber Turns Passive Data Into Active Earnings
Rumblings about monetizing passive data have been part of the tech sector conversation for years.[...]
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Three Startups That Raised Millions by Targeting Millennials
Savvy startups targeting millenials have recently achieved highly successful funding rounds, thanks to their early success.
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Postmates, On-Demand Delivery App, Now Worth $600M
San Francisco-based delivery app Postmates secures $140 million in funding.
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Platitudes and PowerPoint Make VCs say “No”
If you want VCs to turn you down, here’s what you do: Sell hard, appear desperate, compare yourself to Uber.
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There’s a $30 Billion Opportunity in Indian Healthcare Tech
Current funding doesn’t match need, due to perceived low returns and lack of glamour in investing in service-based startups.
Features,Funding,Startups
Tsinghua Beats MIT, Harvard in Startup Ecosystem Funding
‘China’s MIT’ ahead of Harvard and UCLA among the world’s top schools for surrounding tech ecosystem investment.
Funding,Startups
VC Funding Doesn’t Reflect Talent in Toronto and KW: Minister
While Silicon Valley snaps up Ontario engineering graduates, little money is coming the other way.
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Where to After Peak Silicon Valley?
According to a report by the Silicon Valley Competitiveness and Innovation Project, for the first time since 2011, net domestic migration in Silicon Valley was negative.
Focus,Funding,IBM,Technology
IBM Partners with MaRS Fintech Hub
The tech giant joins a network of other MaRS FinTech Cluster partners including CIBC, Manulife and payment processor Moneris, in providing startups with support including product feedback and business advisory services.
Funding,In Brief,Technology
Tech Sector Sidesteps “Great Reckoning” for Startups
Citing Evernote, Zirx, and Bannerman as examples, The New York Times explains how tech startups have largely responded to alarm bells set off by investors.
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Tech Stocks Approach Bubble-Era Valuations
The stand-out performance of tech sector stocks reflects the broader reality of the industry’s dominance in a post-industrial world.
Funding,IBM,Technology
AI and Big Data: The Next Frontier of Fintech
AI-powered data analytics not only captures vast amounts of data in real-time, but also helps users understand how different data points relate to each other, providing insights that might otherwise be lost.
Focus,Funding,Technology
NYC Tech Catches Up to the Hype
New York is in the process of catching up to the hype. That doesn’t make for splashy headlines, and takes a long time, but the reality of the NYC tech ecosystem coming of age is actually happening right now.
Funding,Technology
Artificial Intelligence Funding Latest Silicon Valley Gold Rush
After five years, Silicon Valley might be becoming less frivolous following a funding shift away from social media to deep learning.
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500 Startups’ Dave McClure Advises Founders at Startupfest
The sobering words from Dave McClure, a respected voice among VCs worldwide, helped bring perspective to Startupfest attendees on the challenges facing founders aiming for Twilio-like success.
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Shopify Leaders Praise Canada’s Startup Environments
Canada is the best place for a startup to knuckle down and work on a product that they believe in, as long as complacency doesn’t set in, Shopify’s Tobias Lütke says at Montreal’s StartupFest.
Features,Funding,Startups
If Banks Aren’t Absorbing Fintech Startup Products, They’re Investing in Them
Banks are getting the picture, learning the tools of the fintech trade by partnering with and investing in fintech startups and incubators
Focus,Funding,Highlighted,Startups,Technology
Fintech a Massive Market Opportunity For Startups
The $14 trillion global wealth transfer and early fintech adoption by millennials are key drivers of this $22 billion+ market
Focus,Funding,Technology
Tech Startup Ecosystems Missing Out On Diversity
It’s unfortunate the lack of women in progressive and disruptive industries, like the startup tech world, is still a topic for discussion in 2016. Yet, here we are.
Funding,Highlighted,In Brief,Startups
Tech’s Gender Problem Means Money Lost
Female entrepreneurs generate 20 percent greater revenue than their male counterparts, while receiving 50 percent less VC funding.
Funding,In Brief
Startups Need to Change Their Cultures in Cockroach Era
Unlike mythical unicorns, cockroaches don’t require palatial offices, onsite chefs, and playgrounds consisting of pool tables and arcade games.
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