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A $710 Million Crowdfinanced Company: An Alternative to Venture Capital
Last week the UC Berkeley case study on Sanovas Inc., the San Rafael California Life Science accelerator was presented at the JP Morgan Chase OneMed conference to a packed audience of over 120 investors. I presented the case study, which is the first in a series to be released by UC Berkeley looking at innovative firms and models in crowdfunding.
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- Investing
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If Cash Is King in Africa, Mobile Money Is Heir Apparent
For most African businesses and the populace at large, cash is king, owing to the continent’s developing electronic funds transfer systems and the slow uptake of technology-based remittance and payments platforms. But experts believe that the growing integration of telecommunications and banking in most African countries, as well as the continued revamping of platforms enabling electronic funds transfers, is helping mobile money to catch up to cash in terms of popularity.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Stop Marketing, Start Elevating
The next five years will throw a lot of cold water on marketers, waking them up to a burning challenge. At the heart of it is a global tech-fuelled surge of power from brands to people, and today it is sweeping through a younger, assertive hooked-up India.
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- Technology
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International Health Activists Criticise President Obama’s Attempts to Undermine India’s IPR
US President Barack Obama’s comments during the India-US CEO Forum in New Delhi on Monday January 26 with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have drawn harsh criticism from international health activists. The activists have called upon Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stand strong against US pressure to change its pro-public health patent laws.
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- Health Care
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UK University Ranking Reveals Global Health Neglect
The United Kingdom’s top medical research universities spend just two per cent of their health research budgets on work related to health in developing countries, according to a study launched last week.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- research
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Viewpoint: Entrepreneurial Dream mEntrepreneurial Dream Made Easy in Pakistan
When 40-year-old Salma Bai wanted to set up her own tea shop in Faisalabad, her main worry was obtaining the capital that was required to start an entrepreneurial venture.
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- South Asia
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- microfinance
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Mental Health Is a Global Issue – Here’s How Neuroscience Can Cross International Boundaries
Neuroscience holds the key to understanding the brain – and to developing more effective treatments for people with mental health disorders.
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- Health Care
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Innovative Biometric Payment Technology for Ebola Response Workers Launched
The Government of Sierra Leone through the National Ebola Response Centre (NERC) has this week launched a national exercise to implement the revised Hazard Policy aimed at re-classifying Ebola Response Workers (ERWs) based on real risks and further ensuring fiduciary sustainability and compliance.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa