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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Milis Bio

Austin Startup

But don’t lose sight of the fact that we’re already in the midst of a deadly global epidemic. From September 2017 to September 2018, Milis Bio participated in the University College Cork IGNITE Incubator program, and they won Bank of Ireland/IGNITE Business of the Year for 2018. At least 2.8

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

With a portfolio that includes food, tech, and services, the fund is industry-agnostic and focused on the overlooked and underrepresented with high-margin business models. —– UP Fund is a rolling venture fund launched in Q4 2020, and part of global SaaS accelerator Upekkha, based in India. 20% initial ownership.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Radiobotics

Austin Startup

Founded in Copenhagen, Denmark, in September 2017, Radiobotics recently received approval to sell its products across Europe. This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries.

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Swipe debit card, get stock; In defense of the IPO; New models for SMB lending, and more

Ben's Blog

And that’s to say nothing of consumer-friendly features offered by some of the newer entrants, such as overdraft protection. Source: S&P Global So why the large gap in feature sets? The biggest challenge is that most banks are reliant on third-party technology vendors, such as FIS, FiServ, and Jack Henry.

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The Humanity of Our AI Future

thebarefootvc

In 2017, as a VC, I’m still fascinated by the topic of melding human interactions and feedback mechanisms with the latest advances in technology. Bradford Cross, a partner at Data Collective, just published a great blog post on this, along with other machine learning predictions for 2017.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Data companies more focused on later-stage companies include Avention , Bureau Van Dijk , BizQualify, Dow Jones , FactSet , Genesis , S&P Global Market Intelligence , DueDil , Core 2 Group , D&B Hoovers , InsideView , LexisNexis , Pitchbook , Preqin , PrivCo , SourceScrub , Refinitiv , and Unquote. the Untouched Vertical.

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The Humanity of Our AI Future

thebarefootvc

In 2017, as a VC, I’m still fascinated by the topic of melding human interactions and feedback mechanisms with the latest advances in technology. Bradford Cross, a partner at Data Collective, just published a great blog post on this, along with other machine learning predictions for 2017.