CHAPEL HILL – KindHeart, a surgery simulation startup, has raised $569,000 in debt, according to a recent SEC filing. This is addition to $38,962 raised in debt in January 2018. Fourteen investors contributed to the round The filing indicated the use of proceeds would go towards “the payments of salary…
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Why are we all trapped in enterprise chat apps if we talk 6X faster than we type, and our brain processes visual info 60,000X faster than text? Thanks to Instagram, we’re not as camera-shy anymore. And everyone’s trying to remain in flow instead of being distracted by multi-tasking. That’s why…
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Long-time entrepreneur Amit Haller was frustrated with the traditional process of buying and selling houses and thought the real estate market was ripe for disruption. So in 2016, he and Ami Avrahami co-founded Reali. Today, the San Mateo-based company helps customers across California with everything from finding the right home…
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French propulsion startup ThrustMe unexpectedly made it into orbit early this month with its innovative propulsion system placed aboard a Chinese cubesat. Dianfeng, or Xiaoxiang-1 (08), a six-unit cubesat developed by privately owned Spacety, was a secondary payload on the launch of the Gaofen-7 civilian Earth observation satellite Nov. 2,…
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After a tough 17-months, in which Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle) lost, not only its outstanding CEO, Nazrin Hassan in a tragic incident in June 2018 but also was in a state of flux over its own future, with a new government relooking the structure and relevance of various development…
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As regional governments become increasingly aware of the social and economic threat posed by climate change, population growth and resource over-consumption, there is growing appreciation that improved energy efficiency, reduced use of non-renewable resources and environmental sustainability can only be achieved by successfully developing and harnessing new environmental technology –…
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Controversial Silicon Valley tycoon Peter Thiel has secured his largest contract to date with the British government for his secretive data mining company Palantir, after building a team of hundreds in the capital. The most valuable public deal The Ministry of Defence has spent £26m on Palantir this year, marking…
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Ambareen Musa said women are unlikely to scale businesses due to family responsibilities. Female entrepreneurs are “scared” to ask for funding and are less likely to scale their businesses, according to the CEO and founder of Dubai-based price comparison website Souqalmal. Speaking at the Arabian Business Startup Forum, Ambareen Musa…
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Recently, when Elliott Adams, author of “The Startup Mixtape: The Guide to Building and Launching a High-Growth Technology Startup” signed up for i2E’s Venture Assessment Program (VAP), it was a great opportunity for us to gain perspective from an industry pro. Elliott’s book is based on his broad experience in…
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Recently, when Elliott Adams, author of “The Startup Mixtape: The Guide to Building and Launching a High-Growth Technology Startup” signed up for i2E’s Venture Assessment Program (VAP), it was a great opportunity for us to gain perspective from an industry pro. Elliott’s book is based on his broad experience in…
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