Tag: Innovation

(Innovation/Technology) Techlash continues to batter technology sector (Brookings)

Darrell M. West In our Brookings Press book, Turning Point: Policymaking in the Era of Artificial Intelligence published last year, John Allen and I note the backlash...
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(Innovation/Technology/Big Tech) Podcast: Issie Lapowsky on congressional oversight of Big Tech (Brookings)

Quinta Jurecic, Evelyn Douek, and Issie Lapowsky Last week, the CEOs of major tech companies appeared before Congress to testify for the first time since the Jan....
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(Innovation, Technology, HearHere) Want to take a road trip with Kevin Costner? Investors are betting you will (TechCrunch)

Connie Loizos Woody Sears has long been interested in storytelling. Following the debut in 2007 of the first iPhone, he founded a storytelling app called...
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(Innovation/Technology/Sustainably Diverse Portfolios) Three ways VC firms can construct sustainably diverse portfolios (TechCrunch)

Leslie Feinzaig Venture capital has a diversity problem: Data show that Black and Latinx founders received just 2.6% of overall funding in 2020. Women-founded teams received nearly 30%...
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(Innovation/Technology/dLocal) Uruguayan payments startup dLocal quadruples valuation to $5B with $150M raise (TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo Cross-border payments startup dLocal has raised $150 million at a $5 billion valuation, less than seven months after securing $200 million at a $1.2...
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(Innovation/Technology/Apple) Apple expands Apple Arcade with classic App Store games (TechCrunch)

Romain Dillet Apple has announced an expansion for its subscription gaming service Apple Arcade. In addition to exclusive game releases, the company is adding two new categories —...
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(Innovation/Technology/Backflip) Backflip offers an easier way to turn used electronics into cold, hard cash (TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber Mike Barile spent two years and racked up nearly $20,000 in credit card debt to bring his first startup, Backflip, to life. https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/02/backflip-offers-an-easier-way-to-turn-used-electronics-into-cold-hard-cash/
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(Urban Mobility/Innovation/Technology/Data) Data-driven transformation toward resilient and sustainable urban mobility (WBCSD)

Thomas Deloison Digitalization has re-shaped mobility in the last decade. Many services have emerged, allowing people to locate, track, share, pay, rent and use different...
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(Innovation/Technology) Smart toys: Your child’s best friend or a creepy surveillance tool? (WEF)

Seth Bergeson, Kay Firth-Butterfield The market for smart toys is rapidly expanding and could grow to $18 billion by 2023 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/smart-toys-your-child-s-best-friend-or-a-creepy-surveillance-tool/
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(Innovation/Technology) Collabio lets you co-edit documents without the cloud (TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas Meet Collabio Spaces: An office suite app with a cloudless co-authoring twist that looks helpful if you need to collaborate on documents without having...
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(Innovation/Technology) Pair Eyewear raises $12M to bring more personality to your glasses (TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha Pair Eyewear has raised a $12 million Series A to help glasses-wearing kids and adults turn those glasses into what co-CEO Sophia Edelstein called...
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(Innovation/Technology) Collaborative iOS app Craft Docs secures $8M, led by Creandum and a ‘Skyscanner Mafia’ (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher Launched in only November last year, the Craft Docs app — which was built from the ground up as an iOS app for collaborative documents...
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(Innovation/Technology/TechCrunch) Airtel Africa receives $100M for its mobile money business from Mastercard (TechCrunch)

Tage Kene-Okafor Two weeks ago, TPG’s Rise Fund invested $200 million in Airtel Mobile Commerce BV (AMC BV) — the mobile money business of London-listed telecom Airtel Africa. After...
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(Innovation/Technology) Bilibili ups the ante in games with $123 million investment in TapTap (TechCrunch)

Rita Liao Competition in China’s gaming industry is getting stiffer in recent times as tech giants sniff out potential buyouts and investments to beef up...
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(Innovation/Technology) LINE Ventures merges with YJ Capital, launches $271M fund (TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu LINE completed its merger with Yahoo! Japan owner Z Holdings last month, and now the two firm’s venture capital arms have also combined. Z Holdings...
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(Innovation/Technology/Defense) Biden’s infrastructure plan includes billions to develop emerging tech the military needs (Defense News)

Andrew Eversden  President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan released Wednesday calls for $180 billion in new research and development spending on emerging technologies expected to define...
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