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$50M Accelerates Big Data Startup Towards IPO

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Big Data management firm MapR is looking to go public, but before it does, the company announced a big funding round. 9) said MapR Technologies raised $50 million from several big-name backers. Reports on Tuesday (Aug. American Express, Qualcomm and other major corporations already use MapR services.

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Logistics Outshines Blockchain In B2B Venture Capital This Week

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The hot topics in B2B venture capital these days are often cutting-edge technologies like blockchain and data analytics. Indeed, these spaces secured significant funding in this week’s B2B venture capital roundup. Data Nerds. But a lesser-discussed market grabbed the largest investment of the week: logistics. Blockchain.

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Google's Former CEO Schmidt Invests In New $111 Million EU Tech Fund

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is among the backers of a new $111 million European early-stage venture capital fund, according to CNBC. 30) by London-based venture capital firm Firstminute Capital , CNBC reported. The new fund's main investor is RIT Capital Partners.

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VCs And SPACs Raise $1B+ To Invest In Cloud, AI And More Despite Pandemic

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Despite wide-ranging economic uncertainties and a challenging investment environment, venture capital (VC) firms and special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are actively raising or seeking fresh funds for investment in the payments space. Kibo added, “We love global companies with very capital efficient structures.”.

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Capital optimization for desk restructuring under FRTB

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review of the capital requirements for market risk regulations, namely the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB). It becomes effective in 2022, but banks should now, more than ever, implement the proposed changes in order to meet the deadline for reporting their Pillar I capital under the new methodologies.

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What The Next Industrial Revolution Means For Money Management

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Considering the rise of digital currency, electronic payments, the Internet of Things and Big Data, that revolution may already be upon us. For suppliers and manufacturers, automation and digitization of processes, IoT-connected equipment and the data sourced from those connected machines are already changing the game.

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Quantum computing finds a home in risk management

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But what has this got to do with risk management I hear you ask? The old days of historical VaR and even Monte-Carlo VaR pale into insignificance when we look at CVA sensitivity calculations for the FRTB CVA capital charge. Quantum computing is real, even if still in the infancy stage. It doesn’t just stop there.