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McLaren Strategic Ventures Sajan Pillai Discusses the Top Five Trends for Advancing Global Technology in 2022 

The Startup Magazine

Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats. of the global population. a leading provider of procurement intelligence, the global business intelligence market is estimated to reach $30.9

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When And How To Pick Your Next Launch Country

Cracking the Code

(This post was originally published on TechCrunch and has been enriched with a few quotes from the Blablacar founders) International expansion is a challenge any globally ambitious company will face — some sooner than others. For example, in my experience, what works in France tends to also work well in Italy and Spain, but the U.K.

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Cracking the Code

Among them was a small company of two people in Italy called PostoInAuto (at the time, BlaBlaCar had only launched in France and Spain). While it’s not possible to find strong acquisitions opportunities in every country (the launches in India and Turkey have been organic), it remains a key element of its fast global rollout.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, is acquiring Provigent, an Israeli company which develops system-on-a-chip products that enable wireless system vendors to deliver broadband wireless backhaul systems to network operators. Broadcom, which has a market cap of $21.7

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

billion in 2007, as investors worldwide tightened their belts in the wake of the global financial crisis. The most noteworthy M&A deals of 2009 were Siemens’ $418 million acquisition of Solel; Medtronic’s acquisition of Ventor, estimated at $325 million; and IBM’s $225 million acquisition of Guardium.

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Transformify Launches Sustainable Remote Jobs Initiative to Tackle Unemployment Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Transformify

(ii) be able to create temporary remote jobs for those living in the areas around the world that suffered the most like Bergamo and the red zone in Italy, Madrid in Spain, etc. Communication & Engagement.

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Far from Silicon Valley: From Startup to IPO?

Growthink Blog

With entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, attorneys, and investment bankers from over 18 countries represented - from places as far afield as Switzerland, Singapore, and Spain (and Santa Monica and Silicon Valley!) - it was a truly international gathering. How concentrated is this phenomenon?