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Rewired, a robotics focused venture studio that invests in growth-stage technology ventures, is looking to add new artificial intelligence and robotics investments to its portfolio. The portfolio currently encompasses innovations in machine learning, robotics, bionics, smart sensors, mapping and localisation in the UK and USA.
Backed by investors who believe that analysts are underestimating the prospects of AI, Rewired seeks to make investments of between USD5 million and USD30 million. Its status as a venture studio means that Rewired uniquely seeks to attain a substantial or majority position as an investor, and to then provide long term funding and expertise. The
GRO Capital has agreed to become the new majority shareholder and provide further capital into Queue-it, a virtual waiting room software application, to accelerate growth.
Kenyan health tech startup Afya Rekod is about to launch an AI and blockchain consumer-driven, health data platform in support of global efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic.
The platform will provide a portal for people across the world to store their health data in real time, with a special focus on Covid 19.
The system, which is built to help users store their own health data, access health information and connect to health service providers was initially set to launch at the end of July 2020.
“Afya Rekod is a medical data storage platform that allows patients to store
Covid-19 fallout continues to hit firms across the world, both in terms of supply and demand, and the predicted ensuing recession is likely to change how we live in the future. While the outbreak has unsettled lives and businesses across the world, delaying deal processes and fundraising, there are ‘new world’ sectors that will do well.
Seamless Impact, the latest version of Sudrania Fund Services’ flagship fund administration platform, has been tailored to the needs of the impact investment space…Read the full story at Hedgeweek…
New data reveals that 33 per cent of UK businesses say they lack the technology infrastructure to manage long-term remote working during the Covid-19 crisis.The poll, commissioned by Leonne International, a global private equity provider, was conducted by independent survey company Censuswide, which questioned 200 senior business decision-makers from large and medium sized companies on the business impact of the Covid-19 crisis. The polling was conducted between Wednesday, 18 March and Thursday, 19 March after the Chancellor’s announcement of a GBP330 billiopnn package to support businesses cope with the outbreak.
Due to the global outbreak, the measures that have
Over half of large and medium sized businesses (55 per cent) expect a substantial revenue drop this year due to the Coronavirus outbreak. The poll, commissioned by Leonne International, a global private equity provider, was conducted by independent survey company Censuswide, which quizzed 200 senior business decision-makers on the government’s response to the Covid-19 crisis.
The polling was conducted between Wednesday 18 March – Thursday 19 March after the Chancellor’s announcement of a GBP330 billion package to support businesses cope with the outbreak. Some 52 per cent agreed that the government was doing enough to help companies tackle the crisis, with
With the US presidential election campaign rapidly gathering pace, the issue of political contributions – and the potential for conflicts of interest – has become a major issue on fund managers’ compliance radars.
C5 Capital’s founder and managing partner, Andre Pienaar speaks with tangible passion when discussing the potential for investing in female entrepreneurs in the cybersecurity space. As one of the UK’s foremost cybersecurity VC investors, C5 Capital knows what to look for when assessing innovation in the sector. In Pienaar’s view “for the future success of the sector we have to diversify”.
“The cybersecurity sector is producing a significant number of dynamic female founders, which is a positive development,” he says. “They are building very successful businesses. This is an important theme of our latest fund, C5 Impact Partners LP: to
VNX Exchange, a Luxembourg asset backed token issuance platform, has launched a new offering – the syndication of an investment round into Middle East e-commerce platform, by a Luxembourg VC fund 2be.lu.This USD2.5 million offering on VNX, is a part of the USD7.5 million new funding round of Sprii. As a part of the round, Luxembourg-based VC fund 2be.lu, a long-standing investor of Sprii, subscribes to the convertible notes issued as a part of the new financing round and offers financial investors an opportunity to join the investment through VNX platform.
“We help lead investors to syndicate deals on the
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