Springbig today announced that it acquired Canada-based BudTender, a customer experience platform for cannabis retailers. The acquisition adds 200 clients to Springbig, which brings the total amount o
China officially rolled out the much-awaited Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) on Monday as a part of its efforts to meet the carbon neutrality pledge by 2060.The scheme will cover 2,267 power plants,
Run:AI, a Tel Aviv-based company that helps businesses orchestrate and optimize their AI compute infrastructure, today announced that it has raised a $30 million Series B round. The new round was led
Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes announced on Thursday the cancellation of this year's carnival due to the COVID-19 pandemic."I have never hidden my passion for Carnival and the clear vision I ha
The Golden Bauhinia sculpture in front of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. /CFPCarrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Telecom company Orange is making some changes to its venture capital arm. Orange Ventures is becoming a separate legal entity and Orange itself is allocating $430 million (€350 million).With this new
Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Friday that China and Tanzania have reached four important consensuses on further deepening bilateral relations. Visi
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on the international community to make 2021 "a year of healing" in his video message for the new year
Japanese startup Astroscale has shipped its ELSA-d spacecraft to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazahkstan, where it will be integrated with a Soyuz rocket for a launch scheduled for March of next year.
QA, a startup developing tech for the music industry co-founded by industry insiders Troy Carter (Lady Gaga’s first manager) and Suzy Ryoo (Carter’s longtime collaborator), has launched a
Only a few months after announcing its $15 million Series A round, Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity firm Hunters today announced that it has received additional growth funding from Snowflake Ventures. Wit
German fintech Solactive, a technology-enabled provider of indices and index solutions to the global financial services industry, has taken a $60.4m / €50 million minority investment from growth inves
FILE PHOTO: Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, speaks during an interview in New York, May 10, 2018. /VCG Photo Persons living with disabilities are among the worst
Lightspeed POS just announced the acquisition of Upserve, expanding Lightspeed’s presence in the restaurant industry.The company already offers cloud-based point-of-sale software for restaurants
A photo showing mosquitoes under experiment. /Getty Images Gaps in life-saving interventions are undermining efforts to curb malaria, amid fears that the coronavirus pandemic could set back th
Canada-based Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, the world's leading circus show producer, announced on Tuesday the successful closing of a sale transaction with its secured lenders and its emer
Data platform Splunk continues to make acquisitions as it works to build out its recently launched observability platform. After acquiring Plumbr and Rigor last month, the company today announced that