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Microsoft Partners with Kind, a Legal Weed Startup
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Is Microsoft breaking the corporate ethic? Microsoft’s Plan with Kind Recently, Microsoft is taking a lot of interest in working with startups. Now, Microsoft teams up with Kind, a California-based legal weed financing startup. Founded in 2013, Kind can also be categorized as a tech startup. David Dinenberg is the

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Microsoft Acquires Wand Labs
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Boosting the Artificial Intelligence! Remember ‘AI’ or ‘Minority Report’, where the protagonists spoke with machines in real time? The technology that seemed far-fetched a decade ago is now at the forefronts of the new technological wave. The trend commonly known as chatbot trend is quickly making its way to various

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2016 Witnesses a Significant Example of Merger! Shaking hands Both the biggies don’t need any introduction.  The Tata Group and popular ride-sharing company Uber Technologies Inc freshly announced its new collaboration to offer driver partners on the Uber platform as well as a comprehensive vehicle purchase and ownership solution, amongst

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SBI Invests Rs.200 Crore into Fintech Startups
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SBI, A Bank to Bank on! Recently, in an event in Mumbai , SBI chairman, Arundhati Bhattacharya, announced a Rs 200 crore fund for fintech startups. These startups are a perfect amalgamation of financial and technological services. According to Arundhati Bhattacharya, SBI will offer up to 3 crore to each

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Voonik secures $20 million in Series B
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Well done, Voonik! About Voonik & its Series B round of funding Bangalore-based online fashion app, Voonik is a personal shopping app for women that allows the users to buy apparels from multiple stores, according to their body type, lifestyle and budget. Recently, Voonik raised $20 million (INR 133 Crore)

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Leonardo DiCaprio Invests in a Startup
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“The easiest way to make money is -create something of such value that everybody wants and go out and give and create value, the money comes automatically.” – Jordon Belfort, The Wolf of Wall Street Leonardo’s Soaring Titanic in Investment Leonardo DiCaprio, doesn’t need any introduction. The charming actor is

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Cloud Services Startup Joyent to be acquired by Samsung
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Joyent to become Joyful! Today’s world is the cautious about tremendous competition. Therefore, witnessing companies getting merged or getting acquired isn’t a something new.  Lately, US-based Joyent, a public and private cloud provider has become the face of acquisition. It is because Samsung Electronics had recently made an announcement of

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Indian Facebook Users Can Easily Combat Suicidal Thoughts. Find out how
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A great step taken by Facebook! Facebook to the Rescue The world-renowned social networking site, Facebook introduces tools and resources on its site for Indian users to combat suicidal thoughts. In India, suicide news is a very common. Since Facebook has reached and influenced the Indian masses, it is a

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Airbnb raises $1 billion in debt financing. Find out why..
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Good move by Airbnb! Airbnb’s investors & its funding Unlike other big startups like Uber and Lyft, Airbnb doesn’t have to pour out money to make money.  Freshly, Aribnb has raised $1 billion in debt financing from a bunch of major banks such as J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, Bank of America

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Zuckerberg’s Venture Invests in Global-tech Startup, Andela
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Chan Zuckerberg debuts in investment! Couple Dairies Founded in 2014, New York-based startup Andela trains software developers in Africa (Lagos, Nigeria, Nairobi and Kenya). The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, created by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, is leading a $24 million in Series B funding round of Andela. Investors

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