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Public health meets private sector with Charity Dean’s new venture
Dr. Charity Dean in 2016, when she was Santa Barbara County’s physician health officer. (file photo) Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Charity Dean realized a harsh reality. She was then assistant director of the California Department of Public Health, and she knew the state and nation were literally in a do-or-die situation. “As a …
Horizon Technology Finance Corporation Leads $30 Million Venture Loan Facility for TemperPack
FARMINGTON, Conn., May 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: HRZN) (“Horizon”), a leading specialty finance company that provides capital in the form of secured loans to venture capital backed companies in the technology, life science, healthcare information and services, and sustainability industries, announced today it led a $30 million venture loan facility …
Datable Technology Announces Uplisting to OTCQB Venture Market
Bloomberg A $6 Trillion Family Office World Fights Post-Archegos Crackdown (Bloomberg) — The implosion of Archegos is giving thousands of secretive family offices the greatest challenge to their privacy in a decade. They won’t give it up without a fight.Some lawmakers, regulators and consumer advocates are pushing to expose the inner workings of family offices, …
Hero Group launches education technology venture Hero Vired: Details here
Diversified Hero Group on Tuesday launched a new education technology venture, Hero Vired, with the promoter Munjal family committing over USD 10 million (around Rs 75 crore) to offer learners overall professional development to make them industry-ready for employment. Hero Vired said it has partnered with top global universities, including …
Why this venture capitalist thinks LGBTQ+ and women’s health is the next big investment frontier
Women make the vast majority of healthcare decisions and on average spend 30% more than men on healthcare. And yet when it comes to funding next-generation digital health concepts, just 3% of fundings in the past decade have addressed the unique health and wellness needs of women. Seattle venture capitalist Julie Sandler sees those numbers, …
Geely and Concordium announce joint venture to provide blockchain technology- and service in China backed by Concordium’s blockchain technology
The Concordium Foundation (Concordium) and the Geely Holding Group (Geely) have signed a Joint Venture agreement. The joint venture will use Concordium’s Blockchain Technology to become a leading Blockchain Technology- and Service Provider in China. The Joint Venture will allow Geely and Concordium to offer businesses and customers access to new blockchain platform-based business models …
Entrepreneur’s education technology venture rides wave of COVID change
Veteran Michigan entrepreneur Ann Marie Sastry sees opportunity to tap into the rapidly changing world of education technology that’s sure to be retained post-pandemic. Sastry made news in 2015 when she sold her lithium-ion battery company Sakti3 Inc. to Dyson Ltd. as part of a $90 million deal, at which she continued working at for …
Hatcher+ Debuts World’s Most Advanced Venture as a Service Technology (VAAST(TM)) Platform
Scalable, cloud-based platform enables accelerators, venture studios, family offices, corporate VCs, and venture fund managers to automate operations, create multi-level deal origination partnerships, and access thousands of deals annually, worldwide Developed at a cost of US$10m, the Hatcher+ VAAST™ platform incorporates advanced AI-based predictive analytics, impact scoring, and business process automation — and supports 18 …
Globalive Technology Provides Additional Disclosure With Respect to the Previously Announced Reverse Takeover Transaction TSX Venture Exchange:LIVE
TORONTO, Jan. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Globalive Technology Inc. (TSX-V: LIVE) (the “Company”), a technology company based in Toronto, Ontario, provides the following supplemental disclosure to the joint management information circular (the “Circular”) dated December 21, 2020 for the special meetings of the shareholders of the Company (“GTI Shareholders”) and the shareholders of Yooma …
Horizon Technology Finance Provides $8 Million Venture Loan Facility to Clara Foods
FARMINGTON, Conn., Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: HRZN) (“Horizon”), a leading specialty finance company that provides capital in the form of secured loans to venture capital backed companies in the technology, life science, healthcare information and services, and sustainability industries, announced today it has provided an $8 million venture loan facility …
