Entrepreneurship stories
Slash raises USD $100 million at USD $1.4 billion valuation
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gaming
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fintech
Slash lands USD $100 million Series C at USD $1.4 billion valuation as Ribbit backs its rapid expansion into broader business finance.
Convelio secures Series C to expand New York storage
3 days ago
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digital transformation
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cx
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martech
Convelio wins Series C backing and a Phillips mandate as the fine art logistics group prepares a New York warehouse and AI-driven growth.
Why Legal Services demand is about to grow, not shrink
5 days ago
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digital transformation
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partner programmes
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risk & compliance
AI in legal services is unlikely to shrink demand, with clients seeking more senior expertise and using efficiency gains to unlock latent work.
QuSecure appoints Tom Lounibos as strategic advisor
Last week
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digital transformation
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encryption
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quantum computing
QuSecure names Silicon Valley veteran Tom Lounibos as strategic advisor amid rising demand for post-quantum cryptography and enterprise migration services.
OpenAI warns of AI shock & calls for public debate
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risk & compliance
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open source
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ai
OpenAI urges governments to prepare for AI-driven disruption as Sam Altman says rapid progress could transform work, tax and cyber security within years.
LSI wins degree-awarding powers for AI-led teaching
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edutech
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devops
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e-learning
London School of Innovation becomes first AI-native UK university to gain Degree Awarding Powers, after regulator backs its tutor-led model.
Meliora buys Backchat Media to expand into New Zealand
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saas
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digital transformation
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partner programmes
Meliora acquires Auckland-based Backchat Media, gaining a New Zealand foothold and bolstering its APAC digital strategy and content offering.
Entrepreneurs turn to AI for efficiency, not new markets
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robots
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manufacturing
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data analytics
Entrepreneurs increasingly see AI as a tool for efficiency and cost-cutting, not a springboard to new markets or sustainability goals.
Google backs 14 Canadian AI startups in new cohort
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agricultural technology
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data protection
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smart cities
Google has picked 14 Canadian AI startups for its latest accelerator cohort, spanning healthcare, finance, industry and agriculture.
'He/Him Salary' & hidden barriers still hold women back
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'He/Him Salary', hidden networks and biased hiring still block women's careers and pay, business leaders warn ahead of International Women's Day.
From optics to outcomes: What real progress for women in tech looks like
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fintech
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risk & compliance
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healthtech
Women in tech win visibility but little venture capital; real progress demands funding that follows performance, not familiar faces.
International Women's Day 2026: Death by a thousand qualifications
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fintech
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hcm
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risk & compliance
On International Women's Day 2026, women in fintech expose an “authority gap” where progress on paper masks bias in daily decisions.
Pet tech leader on women in innovation & GPS safety
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martech
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iot
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omnichannel
On IWD 2026, women like Weenect's Bénédicte de Villemeur Vieille are redefining pet tech with GPS innovation and human‑centred leadership.
Fintech must match tech progress with true inclusion
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digital transformation
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crypto
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fintech
Women in fintech say inclusion tech is advancing faster than culture, warning against hollow celebration while pushing for real structural change.
International Women's Day: The Australian entrepreneur proving you don't have to scale fast to succeed
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cx
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martech
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e-commerce
Ahead of IWD 2026, Craft Club's Nakisah Williams champions slow, sustainable growth over blitzscaling as a new model of female leadership.
International Women's Day - women, confidence, and the credit gap
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fintech
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cx
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martech
Ahead of International Women's Day, new research exposes how shattered confidence, bias and complexity fuel a stubborn credit gap for women.
Style, substance, and strategy: Drawing similarities between pageantry and PR
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partner programmes
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clean technologies
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marketing
From runway to boardroom, Australia's pageant stage doubles as a high-stakes PR lab for purpose-driven personal branding in 2026.
Start training for a job that doesn't exist yet
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data analytics
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data science
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management
On International Women's Day, a data leader urges young women to train for unseen careers, valuing curiosity and pivots over rigid plans.
Beyond the 2%: Turning a gender problem into a founder-alignment problem
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partner programmes
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opinion
As women still secure just 2% of VC funds, one founder argues the real hurdle is misaligned investor expectations, not founder ambition.
You have to give to gain: Why I view mentorship as a force multiplier
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leadership
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flexible work
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engineering
On International Women's Day, a telecom leader argues that mentorship lets women give to gain, multiplying influence across STEM.