NEW YORK, September 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — from the Columbia Business School Announcing the W. Edwards Deming Center for Quality, Productivity, and Competitiveness Timo SteinerCEO and co-founder of the Ocado Group, and Kathy WardenNorthrop Grumman Chairman, CEO and President will receive his 2022 Deming Cup for Operational Excellence Award at a ceremony in Those of … Read more
Download logo From September 12-16, 2022, the Boost Africa Technical Assistance Facility and the AfricaGrow Technical Assistance Facility will host 40 leading fund managers from selected African investment funds for an in-person program at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School. The program aims to create dialogue and expand expertise to fuel Africa’s exponential growth in Tech … Read more
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) and Beyond Next Ventures India Pvt Ltd (BNVI), Bangalore, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, to expand academia-industry collaboration. Japan Connect is a particular strength of IITH, and Innovation & Entrepreneurship is IITH’s core competency with over 200 patents and over 100 startups on campus. Investing in innovation has led to … Read more
Fintech startup Empower has raised $150 million in a new round of funding led by Blisce. Founded by a former partner of Sequoia Capital, Empower aims to provide fair access to credit. In six years, it has reached almost a million subscribers with a team of less than 60 people. Warren Hogarth once wrote investment … Read more
BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. September 2022– Building Ventures, an early-stage venture company that invests in entrepreneurs creating a better-built world, today announced the closing of its $95 million Fund II. The new capital will be used to invest in 18-20 seed-to-series A construction and real estate tech startups focused on improving every phase of the entire building … Read more
The delay comes at an awkward time for some organizations, many of whom are still trying to expand the program as the pandemic subsides. However, visitor numbers remain well below pre-pandemic times. The continued decline in ticket sales is a particular challenge for small nonprofits and independent arts groups, which are often cash-strapped. “We are … Read more
When faced with issues that bother her—environmental crises, mental health issues, violence in our society—Audrey Larson’s solution is to create. Invent. “The things that frustrate me, the things that annoy me about the world – I can solve them and be productive with them,” explains Larson ’25 (ENG), who will start her sophomore year studying … Read more
Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript and the C-Suite are the most popular programming languages in Romania and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. This is the finding of a study on the most popular programming languages in Eastern Europe conducted by Lemon.io, a Ukrainian start-up that acts as a job board for freelance programmers. Lemon.io’s analysis … Read more
September 6, 2022 Forsea Foods has focused on solving the seafood supply bottleneck, starting with eel meat With the advent of cell-cultured seafood making waves, a new player has landed. FoodTech startup Forsea Foods has announced that it has taken this novel concept closer to natural perfection through its patented organoid technology. Organoids, previously used … Read more
Seedstars Africa Ventures, the pan-African early-stage fund for start-ups, has appointed Bruce Nsereko-Lule as its new General Partner to help it raise more capital and provide much-needed technical support to founders across the continent. Seedstars Africa Ventures – part of Seedstars Group, an accelerator and VC active in over 30 emerging markets globally – is … Read more