The Big Ones One of the big shifts in 2020 was the surge in educational technology providers, with China leading the way. That was before…

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The Big Ones Ant Group may not have been able to successfully go public but China’s other hugely valuable VC-backed private company, ByteDance, is reportedly…

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In this week’s episode of the Leadership Series podcast, we talk to Larry Loev, chief executive of Ariel Scientific Innovations, about leading a tech transfer…

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The Big Ones 2020 has been a year when, for obvious reasons, innovative drug development has taken a leap forward. Tempus combines artificial intelligence and…

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In this week’s podcast episode of the Leadership Series, we talk to Mike Zimmerman, partner at Main Sequence Ventures, about improving commercialisation activities in Australia,…

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The Big Ones Electronics and appliance retailer Suning has spun off its online retail platform and e-commerce services activities into a newly formed business called…

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Thierry Heles talks to Kelly Sexton, Associate Vice President for Research – Technology Transfer and Innovation Partnerships at University of Michigan. In this role, she…

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The Big Ones Digital payment technology and services provider Stripe last raised money in October 2019, closing $850m from investors including Alphabet unit GV at…

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Amparo de San José Riestra, director, IESE Business School Angel Network, moderates a discussion between Shiva Dustdar and Lara Koole on how to include women…

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The Big Ones Distributed database software provider PingCap has secured $270m in series D funding from backers including Bertelsmann Asia Investments that will support research…

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