Some cities around the globe have carved out such a special place in the minds of people in the startup world that they are effortlessly associated with the best business launch experience. European cities like London, Paris, Berlin, and Barcelona are usually mentioned in the same breath as San Francisco or New York when discussing…
It’s not always easy to take a leap of faith into the unknown. But it’s that jump that sets us off on an endless journey toward exploring new opportunities, pushing back the boundaries of where the mind can go, and setting a trend that could outlive us. Amir Bozorgzadeh, the CEO and co-founder of Virtuleap,…
We met with Jean-François Gagné, the CEO at Element AI, a global AI software provider that aims to solve real-world problems. Jean-François Gagné has made a name for itself in the field of artificial intelligence. Element AI is not Gagné’s first enterprise. He launched his first company at 20, selling it years later to create…
NAIROBI, Kenya (ViaNews) – M-Shule is the first adaptive mobile learning platform in Africa. M-Shule means ‘Mobile School’ in English. The organization, based in Nairobi (Kenya), has won several top awards and gained recognition in the last two years for its drive to improve the level of education especially for primary school learners who come…
London (ViaNews) – At the Lendit Conference in London, we met with Claus Christensen, CEO at Know Your Customer Limited. This Hong Kong-headquartered multinational company provides digital solutions to quickly identify companies and individuals for the KYC (know your client) onboarding processes. Know Your Customer Limited technological solution verifies original source documentation in record time….
Lisbon (ViaNews) – Erkki Markus is the founder and CEO at Estonian startup Smaily. They focus on allowing their clients to create beautiful email newsletters. They describe themselves as “intentionally simple” with the “best drag and drop [newsletter] editor on the planet.” We met with Markus, at Web Summit, the largest tech conference in Europe….
Emerging technology is a word very much thrown around these days. It is especially as most of the business sector look to not only cut their expenditure but also to improve the quality of their offering. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a leading emerging technology whose significance is growing by the day. A lot of companies…
LISBON (ViaNews) – Right at the heart of the Web Summit, we met with Lucas Roitman and Nicolas Klein, Designer & Visionary and Networking leaders respectively, for Adia Robotics. Adia Robotics is a UK-based startup on its way to disrupt the drone industry. They are on a mission to make drones “smarter”, using artificial intelligence,…
LISBON (ViaNews) – Startup Lisboa launched an early-stage business incubator for local commerce, tourism, and tech companies in February 2012. It was part of an ecosystem of hubs and incubators of Portugal’s new governmental focus on funding tech as job creation and economic growth motors. An agile sustainable global circular economy approach Headquartered downtown in…
Right at the heart of the Money Conf in Madrid we met with Mr. Thorsten Terweiden, the Deputy Head of Fintech for InvestHK. InvestHK is the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government department responsible for foreign direct investment. They have set up a dedicated Fintech team in Hong Kong with correspondents in London (Mr. Thorsten…
