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Es gibt 36 Beiträge mit dem Schlagwort Investments.
This Is Why All Companies Need An AI Strategy Today
The following is a guest post by Rita C. Waite, a Growth Strategy & Investments Manager at Juniper Networks. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fundamentally changing how businesses operate across all sectors, including manufacturing, healthcare, IT, and transportation. Artikel lesen
Top Artificial Intelligence Influencers to Follow in 2018
1.Elon Musk: Elon Reeve Musk FRS is a South African-born American business magnate, investor and engineer. He is the founder, CEO, and lead designer of SpaceX; co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; and co-founder and CEO of Neuralink He was ranked the No. Artikel lesen
Alphabet Is Sitting on About $11 Billion in Startup Investments
Google shared a result from its years of prodigious startup investing for the first time on Monday: The holdings are worth about $11 billion, based on company estimates. A new accounting rule prompted Google parent Alphabet Inc. Artikel lesen
FinTech Podcast #151 – Investments / Robo / Algos
In der 151. Ausgabe des FinTech Podcast diskutieren André und Rafael mit Ralf Heim von www.Fincite.de über smarte Geld-Anlage, Robo’s und Algo’s. Aus aktuellem Anlass auch ein paar Worte zum Thema savedroid. Artikel lesen
An Average Record Quarter – German FinTech VC Q1 2018
SoftBank’s $100 billion mega-fund made it much harder for young tech startups to raise finance — here’s why
There’s been a drop-off in global early-stage startup funding over the past year, according to a report from Delta Partners.That’s partly down to the rise of corporate venture funds, which are putting more money into “big bets” such as Uber and office sharing company WeWork. Artikel lesen
Five Steps to help your organisation implement Machine Learning technologies
Machine learning technology is able to analyse and improve performance without direct human intervention, so it’s no wonder that it’s high on the investment roadmap for many CIOs In fact five hundred CIOs were recently polled for the annual Global CIO Point of View Survey and nearly 90% are usi Artikel lesen
The big picture in fintech
It seems that 2017 was a great year for fintech in general with a record $16.6 billion of VC-backed financing and 1128 deals according to CB Insights “Fintech Trends to Watch in 2018” report. Artikel lesen
How Trump Consultants Exploited the Facebook Data of Millions
LONDON — As the upstart voter-profiling company Cambridge Analytica prepared to wade into the 2014 American midterm elections, it had a problem. The firm had secured a $15 million investment from Robert Mercer, the wealthy Republican donor, and wooed his political adviser, Stephen K. Artikel lesen
The maker of Schlage locks creates $50 million fund for IoT
Allegion, the $2.4 billion company that makes Schlage branded locks, has created a $50 million fund to invest in the internet of things. This is Allegion’s first foray into corporate investing as a formal fund, although it has made investments prior to the fund’s creation. Artikel lesen
Internet of Things Investments Becoming More Substantial
The internet of things (IoT) sector has seen vibrant funding and exit activity over the past few years. Artikel lesen
The Pulse of Fintech – Q4 2017
Given the significant interest in fintech globally, and its ongoing evolution in terms of market drivers, technologies and potential use-cases, KPMG brings you the pulse of fintech investment globally. Artikel lesen
2017 VC Investment Landscape
Innovate Finance’s 2017 VC FinTech investment landscape provides investors, startups and the wider FinTech ecosystem the data to understand trends and capital flows as the FinTech market evolves. Artikel lesen
5 Reasons to Invest in an InsurTech Start-up
Investing in a start-up can feel like an investment in the future. This is especially true if the start-up is an InsurTech, with the combination of insurance and technology promising innovation and fancy new technologies at the same time. Artikel lesen
How to sell small businesses on the internet of things
It’s no secret that the industrial IoT is where folks are hoping to make the big bucks. Investments in platforms, security, middleware, and even esoteric analytics software will continue to make headlines in 2018. Artikel lesen
10 Charts That Will Change Your Perspective On Artificial Intelligence’s Growth
There has been a 14X increase in the number of active AI startups since 2000. Investment into AI start-ups by venture capitalists has increased 6X since 2000. The share of jobs requiring AI skills has grown 4.5X since 2013. Artikel lesen
Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy
Does a robot manage your money? For many of us, the answer is yes. Online and algorithmic investment and financial advice is easy to come by these days, usually under the moniker of “robo-advisor. Artikel lesen
How Coinbase could disrupt traditional brokerages and dominate the investment market
The last few months and weeks in the crypto world have been intense to say the least. Words like “bubble” and “mania” are used all the time. Over the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, Coinbase — the leading exchange among newcomers to the crypto-world — reportedly opened over 100,000 accounts. Artikel lesen
From VR to A.I., smart cities poised to dominate the conversation at CES 2018
The Consumer Technology Association and financial firm Deloitte have made a major investment at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CTA) to highlight smart cities technology and encourage attendees to explore the solutions presented by this emerging sector. Artikel lesen
What are the next big things that angels will take a flutter on in 2018?
Angel investors get ready to take a punt on the big trends in tech. Angel investment in Ireland is forecast to increase 17pc in 2018 with angel investors increasingly focused on big trends in medtech, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, internet of things and virtual reality. Artikel lesen
IoT, Digitalisation and SDN/NFV technologies likely to rule Indian IT in 2018
The year 2017 was an eventful year for the Indian Information Technology (IT) sector. Focus on digitalization and automation lead to an increased investment by the enterprises. Cloud, mobile, big data, artificial intelligence (AI) opened up new opportunities for the industry. Artikel lesen
A VC perspective: what happened to the Internet of Things?
IoT is more than smart homes and connected appliances; it could soon expand to include manufacturing floors, healthcare, transportation, and energy grids. Industry experts and excited consumers have pegged Internet of Things (IoT) as the next Industrial Revolution. Artikel lesen
2017 Year in Review: The top VC rounds & investors in AI
Where VC’s Will Invest in 2018: Blockchain, AI, Voice, Pets
Venture capital isn’t a monolith, but startup investors are compared to lemmings for a reason. Once a trend gets hot, every firm needs to make a play, or come up with a good excuse for missing out. Artikel lesen
IOTA: Bosch investiert hohe Summe in Berliner Kryptowährung
Nun also doch: Nachdem Bosch auf eine entsprechende t3n-Anfrage kürzlich noch verhalten reagierte, hat der Konzern am Dienstag überraschend ein Investment in das Berliner Krypto-Startup IOTA verkündet. Wie Wired. Artikel lesen
Insurtech jobs increasing 22 times faster than the rest of the UK market
There’s no denying it – insurtech has been big news this year. In the UK, the sector saw record investment levels, pulling in £218 million in just the first half of 2017 – more than double the amount invested in the whole of Europe combined, according to Accenture figures. Artikel lesen
Why startups think they’re too small to be hacked
CHENNAI/BENGALURU: By the end of 2012, Sanjiv Singhal and his two co-founders had everything in place to launch their mutual funds startup Scripbox, but decided to hold off for a month until they were sure they were safe from every kind of cyber attack. Artikel lesen
Can Predictive Data Revolutionize Capital Markets?
For investors around the world, the information age presents a double-edged sword. On one hand, all this data can be harnessed to make intelligent and timely investment decisions. Artikel lesen
There’s an implosion of early-stage VC funding, and no one’s talking about it
Amid record amounts of capital raised by VCs worldwide, and a sharp rise in the number of private “unicorns” valued at $1 billion-plus, there has been a quiet, barely noticed implosion in early-stage VC activity worldwide. The chart below is dramatic, and accurate. Artikel lesen