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Cities are betting big on smart streetlights — 23% will be connected by 2030
This article was originally published by Sarah Wray on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, ...
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Nigeria desperately needs scientific investment to tackle COVID-19
Nigeria, like other African countries, wasn’t spared from the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. To overcome this challenge, ...
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Grayscale's Bitcoin portfolio is up 90% in 2020, now worth $4.5B
GBTC offers itself to non-tech savvy investors who might be interested in owning Bitcoin without actually, like, holding ...
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Olympus throws in the towel and exits the camera business
Olympus, the famed camera manufacturer, has given up and sold its business to an investment fund. It's a sad day for picture ...
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This $350M 'quant fund' played the stock market using real-time data — then 2020 happened
Billionaire Philippe Laffont launched Coatue's quant fund just over one year ago, but now its on a growing list that've failed ...
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A look at the $17 billion stock portfolio of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has made big Wall Street bets on US tech — pouring hundreds of millions of dollars ...
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Runa Capital has $157M to spend — and will now also back deep tech and quantum startups
If you're looking to raise some cash for your tech startup you may be in luck because Runa Capital has closed a $157 million ...
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Partech raises $100M to back startups supporting new post-coronavirus reality
Partech has raised a $100 million Seed fund to invest in post-COVID19 trends in health, work, commerce, finance, mobility, ...
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Index Ventures launches $2B fund to back tech startups worldwide
Index Ventures, arguably one of the most prominent venture capital funds around, has announced the closure of a $2 billion ...
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Blossom Capital launches $5M angel program to invest in 20 European startups
Blossom Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund, is launching a €4.6 million ($5 million) angel program targeting ...
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This collaboration app startup is now worth $2B after its latest funding raise
Notion raised the funds from Index Ventures, a technology-focused venture capital firm that's made successful exits from ...
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Jack Dorsey still Twitter's CEO thanks to billion-dollar hedge fund deal
Jack Dorsey will continue to serve as Twitter's CEO after the social media giant signed major deals with two influential ...
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Skype co-founder raises €757M fund to back European tech startups
Skype's co-founder Niklas Zennstrom has raised €757 million ($820 million) for his VC fund Atomico to continue backing ...
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What’s venture capital and why does it matter for startups?
The term 'venture capital' is often thrown about in the tech startup world, but do you know what it means and how it works? ...
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Moonday Mornings: Bitmain might lay off half its staff ahead of Bitcoin halving
It's Hard Fork's wrap-up of the weekend's top Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain headlines you can't afford to miss. ...
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Bitcoin fraudsters target head of $230B fund in latest Facebook scam
The CEO of Singapore's Temesek has been used to peddle Bitcoin scams on Facebook, the latest incarnation of a long-running ...
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Racehorse fund owned by accused OneCoin money launderer enters voluntary liquidation
Amer Abdulaziz, the founder of racehorse investment firm Phoenix Thoroughbreds, is denying allegations that he stole $100 ...
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OneCoin’s 'lawyer' allegedly earned $50M for laundering $400M
The lawyer that allegedly laundered funds on behalf of cryptocurrency scam OneCoin reportedly earned $50 million for doing ...
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Bank of Ireland staff asked to testify in $300M OneCoin fraud case
As the multi-billion dollar OneCoin cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme continues to tumble, news of witnesses set to testify are ...
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Coinbase quietly kills its loss-making cryptocurrency investment packages
Further to shutting down its cryptocurrency index fund late last year, Coinbase has seemingly closed its "Bundle" now too. ...
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UK regulator wants crypto-derivatives ban to protect ‘ill-suited’ retail investors
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has proposed a ban on cryptocurrency-related investment products to protect retail investors. ...
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Bitcoin pyramid scheme leaves Kenyans out of pocket after exit scam
A long-running Bitcoin pyramid scheme has pulled its inevitable exit scam, leaving a number of investors severely out-of-pocket. ...
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Public pensions back new $40M blockchain fund raised by Morgan Creek
The pension funds of the Fairfax County police and its employees are now invested in blockchain, thanks to a new $40M digital ...
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Bill Gates and the EU announce a €100M investment fund to combat climate change
Bill Gates has signed an agreement with the EU, on behalf of his billionaire investment coaltion, to launch a joint €100M ...
