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Startup Battlefield Africa by Techcrunch and Facebook

Bankelele

The Techcrunch Startup Battlefield Africa, supported by Facebook, was won by Lori, a logistics platform being developed to simplify the movement of cargo in Kenya. The post Startup Battlefield Africa by Techcrunch and Facebook appeared first on Bankelele.

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NuCypher and Sureify Earn Finalist Spots at Startup Battlefield, MetLife’s Collab

Fintech Labs Insights

.” Those words are worth keeping in mind as we give a tip of the hat to a pair of Finovate/FinDEVr alums that competed in the finals in a pair of startup competitions this week. Based out of San Francisco, California, and founded in 2015, NuCypher earned a finalist spot in TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2017’s Startup Battlefield.

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Oculus Buys The Eye Tribe For Its Eye-Tracking Tech

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Oculus and Facebook have reportedly inked a deal to acquire The Eye Tribe, a startup that created a $99 eye-tracking device developer kit, for an undisclosed sum. The Eye Tribe has raised $3 million in venture funding from Startup Bootcamp and received a $2.3 million grant from The Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation.

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UK?s National Health Service Gave Tech Giants Access To Millions of Britons? Health Records

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The tech firm got its start working for the Central Intelligence Agency CIA and the Pentagon, interpreting battlefield intelligence in Afghanistan and Iraq, Bloomberg reported. and Faculty, an artificial intelligence startup in London that is working on the NHS’s coronavirus response and was also given access to the data.

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Can A Startup Compete With Amazon For Online Book Sales?

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A startup with a plan to take on Amazon in the world of digital book sales might at first seem, well, a little crazy. But eCommerce startup Bookshop has decided to do exactly that – despite the fact that Amazon is the biggest force in book sales in the U.S.

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India’s Retail Battle Attracts Fresh Energy

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One of the biggest retail stories as we head into 2020 is how India is a battlefield of digital commerce, along with a hotbed of retail innovation. For its part, Facebook recently said it is going to buy a stake in Meesho, an Indian eCommerce startup that connects people reselling a variety of items with potential buyers on other platforms.

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MacGyver-izing Your Enterprise for Digital Transformation

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I intentionally make a distinction between the two because “digital disruption” means more just all-digital start-ups: seeing the success Fintechs and InsurTechs are enjoying, experts report that 85% of your long-standing traditional banking and insurance competitors are busy transforming themselves for the digital battlefield.