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Automakers Rev Up Venture Capital Engine With 38 Investments in 2017

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Automakers that want in on ridesharing, self-driving cars or innovative car financing options aren’t always developing their own technologies or starting their own ventures. As such, automakers are hitting the venture capital highway in droves. In other words, automakers are just starting to rev their investment engines. Ridesharing.

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JD.com Launches SEVEN FUN Experiential Store; Walmart To Put Focus On Supercenters

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As a lifestyle retailer, SEVEN FUN is innovating the retail landscape in China,” said Jonathan Wang, head of 7FRESH, JD.com, said in the post. to China, grocery retail innovators are designing their stores around experiences to make them destinations for shoppers. 1 through Christmas Eve in comparison to the same time last year.

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Insurance Tech Q2 2021

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Insurtech geographic diversity continues to grow as opportunities to leverage technology in insurance transcend borders: Overall, insurtech value propositions are resonating with more countries as entrepreneurs chase opportunities to innovate insurance in new regions. Willis Re is one of the world’s leading reinsurance advisors.

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Turning Industrial Procurement Into A Well-Oiled Machine

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“You have Barnes & Noble, Borders and regional bookstores. . “Innovation is not just about finding the breakthrough technologies, although that is important too. ” Neal agreed that today, the oil and gas sector has seen a boom in technological innovation on the front lines.

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For UK’s SME Lending, Looking Toward Tech For A Boost

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That’s the opinion of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which earlier this week said technology would be one of the underpinnings of getting lending to increase to SMEs, a group that would naturally benefit from improved access to capital. Simply put, most SME executives do not do much in the way of comparison shopping for loans.

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The Future According To SoftBank

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SoftBank’s capital firepower has helped it become the #2 unicorn investor in the world. Clearco provides growth capital for small businesses. Investments into e-commerce appear to be more regionally focused than other industries. The investor identifies a key player within each geographical location and floods them with capital.

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The Massive Opportunity For Insurance Tech In Indonesia

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This analysis focuses on where insurance innovation in the market is happening today and where it is headed next. To date, a number of tech startups operating in the realm of insurance have focused on financial comparison by providing online destinations to buy insurance products from licensed brokers. Insurance in Indonesia today.