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U.S. rejoins fight against climate change at high level summit

This file photo taken on August 17, 2019 shows an iceberg calving with a mass of ice breaking away from the Apusiajik glacier on the southeastern shore of Greenland. /CFP The United States wil

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Sano Genetics, a startup helping with Long Covid research, raises £2.5M in seed funding

Sano Genetics, a startup with a broad mission to support personalised medicine research by increasing participation in clinical trials, has raised £2.5 million in seed funding.The round is led by Epis

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In what ways has the pandemic reshaped sporting events?

28:50 The Tokyo Olympic Games, postponed for a year due to COVID-19, are scheduled to begin this July. Organizers insist no matter what happens with the virus between now and then, the

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How and when to build marketing teams at deep tech companies

Deep tech startups develop cutting-edge innovations with the power to truly revolutionize society. The founding team members at these companies often come from deeply technical backgrounds, which powe

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Hong Kong markets come out of 2020 stronger than ever: HKEX head

Laura Cha Shih May-lung, chairperson of the HKEX. /CFP Hong Kong's capital markets remained resilient despite challenges last year and in many ways came out of 2020 stronger than ever, Laura C

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Holders Bayern knocked out of German Cup by second tier Kiel

Players of Bayern Munich and Holstein Kiel in action during their German Cup match in Kiel, Germany, January 13, 2021. /CFP Holders Bayern Munich twice gave up a one-goal lead before crashing

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Lumiata raises $14 million for its service to predict healthcare outcomes

Healthcare systems are always looking out for ways to save money and a startup called Lumiata has just raised $14 million to continue building out its service that aims to help them do it. The company

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Accel Partners heads down to Georgia to invest in DecisionLink, leading an $18.5 million round

DecisionLink, an Atlanta-based company that provides software for cost-benefit analyses of business services from a customer’s perspective, has managed to woo one of Silicon Valley’s top v

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Holders Bayern knocked out of German Cup by second tier Kiel

Players of Bayern Munich and Holstein Kiel in action during their German Cup match in Kiel, Germany, January 13, 2021. /CFP Holders Bayern Munich twice gave up a one-goal lead before crashing

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Sony reveals more details on its secretive Vision-S sedan

Sony’s Vision-S prototype sedan, one of the biggest surprises at CES last year, didn’t fade away after the tech trade show ended.The Vision-S is back in a series of new videos released by

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DPRK leader vows to advance social construction, external relations

Kim Jong Un, the top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), vowed to further improve the country's social system and foreign relations at the ongoing Party congress, the official

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Connecting employer healthcare plans to surgical centers of excellence nets Carrum Health $40 million

Six years after launching its service linking employer-sponsored insurance plans with surgical centers of excellence, the Carrum Health has raised $40 million in a new round of financing to capitalize

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Report: SoFi nears deal to go public in merger with Chamath Palihapitiya’s newest SPAC

Consumer financial services startup SoFi is closing in on a deal to go public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company, Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp V, the latest blank check

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Lacework lands $525M investment as revenue grows 300%

As the pandemic took hold in 2020, companies accelerated their move to cloud services. Lacework, the cloud security startup, was in the right place at the right time as customers looked for ways to s

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Affirm targets up to $38 per share in IPO, pushing its valuation above $9B

Today Affirm, a fintech startup that offers payment options to e-commerce customers, released a new S-1/A filing. The new document follows a late-December filing of a similar nature, though that updat

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Venmo adds a check cashing feature, waives fees for stimulus checks

Venmo this morning announced it will begin to offer a new check cashing service, “Cash a Check,” in the Venmo mobile app. The feature, which is being rolled out to select users starting to

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2021 Political Calendar: Back on track in a post-pandemic world?

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that plans always fall victim to events. But as 2020 ends, things seem to be getting back on track with the efforts of the whole world.With 2021 just around the co