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Singapore’s VC firm Monk’s Hill makes the final close of fund II at US$100M Singapore-based VC firm Monk’s Hill Ventures (MHV) said that it has made the final close of its second fund at US$100 million. Temasek, the anchor investor in the first fund, besides several unnamed US-based and international endowments, foundations, and family offices, […]

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Convert Group, a startup based in Athens that offers a SaaS to help FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) brands understand how they are performing across e-commerce, has raised €1.2 million in seed funding. The investment comes from Uni.fund, which is backed by the EquiFund investment platform (an initiative created by cooperation between the Hellenic Republic and […]

ChatableApps, a U.K. startup commercialising the work of auditory neural signal processing researcher Dr. Andy Simpson, has quietly picked up seed money from Mark Cuban. The company has built a smartphone app that provides hearing assistance by removing background noise in near real-time. Alongside Simpson, the company’s co-founders are Brendan O’Driscoll, Aidan Sliney and George […]

Silicon Valley-based VC firm Sequoia Capital has warned its portfolio companies of the alarming situation as COVID-19 is spreading globally. In a Medium article, titled “Coronavirus: The Black Swan of 2020“, the VC firm also provided guidance on how to ensure the health of their business while dealing with potential business consequences of the spreading […]

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Business AI-powered healthtech Biofourmis’s remote monitoring platform supports Hong Kong in fighting COVID-19 Leveraging its wearable and Artificial Intelligence, Singapore-grown personalised digital therapeutics platform Biofourmis will deploy its remote monitoring platform to accelerate disease surveillance and interventions in Hong Kong. It will remotely monitor coronavirus infected and suspected patients using its Biovitals Sentinel platform, a […]

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What’s in a brand? It’s fundamentally so intangible but yet might just be the single most vital thing that draws loyalty and success for a business. According to Steve Forbes, “Your brand is the single most important investment you can make in your business”. What does that mean for startups and how can founders start […]

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