I have a run of internal meetings starting in 15 minutes, so we have to be quick, but tech stocks are taking body blows yet again today. A selloff earlier in the week had us taking note. Today cements our raised eyebrows. And when we say tech shares are under attack, we are not only […]
Norrsken Foundation’s hub opens in Rwanda, to house 1,000 entrepreneurs by next year
In 2019, Swedish coworking space and investment fund Norrsken Foundation announced the launch of its first entrepreneurship hub outside the Scandinavian nation in Rwanda. The center, located in Kigali, has finally opened up to the region, though it is happening in two phases. The first, which took place yesterday, will welcome 250 entrepreneurs. The second phase […]
Fresh from a $10M round, Plan A launches SaaS tool for ESG reporting aimed at startups/VCs
With key ESG reporting regulations such as the EU Taxonomy and the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) covering more than 75 percent of European companies, across the EU and the UK, the regulatory environment is evolving fast. Non-financial data, such as carbon emissions, is catching up with financial reporting burdens. And it’s not just the […]
With $3B expected in 2021, Singapore is becoming a fintech capital
Despite its small size (less than 5 million total population), Singapore is quickly reaching investment levels of countries many times its size.
ThreeFlow raises $45 million to scale its employee benefits placement software
ThreeFlow, which provides software for insurance brokers selling employee benefits, announced today that it raised $45 million in Series B funding. New investor Accel led the round alongside existing investors Emergence Capital, Equal Ventures, and First Trust Capital Partners. The Chicago-based company, formerly known as WatchTower, raised $8 million for its Series A round in […]
指数関数的時代を生きる：技術のエクスポネンシャルな変化が人類を置き去りにしていく（後編）
人気ニュースレター「Exponential View」を発行する起業家アジーム・アズハールは最新刊『The Exponential Age（指数関数的時代）』［未邦訳］において、テクノロジーの指数関数的な変化と、社会のシステムや政治がそれに適応できずに生じるギャップについて語っている。そこには巨大なチャンスが生まれる一方で、変化に適応できない階層が社会に出現しているのだ。指数関数的な時代に生きることの意味を思索する短期連載後編。
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世界中にファン5000万人。VTuber「ホロライブ」が急成長する理由
発売中のForbes JAPAN2022年1月号の特集「日本の起業家ランキング2022」でTOP20に選出されたカバーの谷郷元昭。 同社が運営するVTuber事務所「ホロライブプロダクション」が世界中で急速にファンを増やし続ける理由とは。 アニメ調のキャラクター姿で動画を配信するVTuber（バーチャルユーチューバー）。新規参入が相次…
4 common DEIB mistakes startups can avoid
These four common mistakes are not just bad for underrepresented employees — they’re bad for all of your current and future employees, which means they’re bad for your startup.
エクスポネンシャルな時代：テクノロジーの指数関数的変化が社会を置き去りにしていく（前編）
テクノロジーの指数関数的な変化がますます加速する時代に、人類はこのエクスポネンシャルな変化を正しく認知できないという生物学的限界に直面している。人々の未来予測も社会制度やルールづくりもリニアな変化にしか対応できていない現実において、企業や経済、そして社会の基盤までもが引き裂かれていく「指数関数的時代」に突入したのだ。
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Airwallex raises $100M at a $5.5B valuation to expand its business banking and payments platform globally
E-commerce and other online businesses are becoming increasingly global in their operations and customer bases, and a startup called Airwallex — which has built a banking solution that addresses the opportunity to provide cross-border financial services — has been seeing a massive surge of activity. To capitalize further on that opportunity, today the company is […]