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Pioneer Raises $2.9M to Help Climate Tech Entrepreneurs Unlock Billions in Federal, State and Local Funding and Incentives

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Thursday, November 9, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pioneer , the AI-powered service for climate tech companies pursuing government incentives, today announced the close of $2.9M in seed funding led by Blue Bear Capital.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pioneer , the AI-powered service for climate tech companies pursuing government incentives, today announced the close of $2.9M in seed funding led by Blue Bear Capital.
  • Founded in 2022, Pioneer combines large language models (LLMs) with process execution expertise to help climate tech companies win more non-dilutive funding more efficiently, from the vast ecosystem of government and non-governmental funding.
  • "For thousands of climate tech companies, access to non-dilutive funding can make or break their growth trajectory," said Mitko Simeonov, CEO, Pioneer.
  • "Our seed round will enable us to speed up development and serve more entrepreneurs looking to rapidly deploy and scale key climate solutions."

American Brain Tumor Association Announces $1.3 Million in New Funding to Accelerate Adult and Pediatric Brain Tumor Research

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023
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CHICAGO, Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA) today announced the funding of $1.37 million towards 23 new research grants to advance brain tumor science and treatments, across all brain tumor types and ages. Dedicated to advancing the field of neuro-oncology and accelerating the discovery of life-saving treatments, the ABTA is proud to have invested more than $35 million, to approximately 700 researchers and 800 projects, to date.

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  • CHICAGO, Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA) today announced the funding of $1.37 million towards 23 new research grants to advance brain tumor science and treatments, across all brain tumor types and ages.
  • ABTA's high-risk, high-reward research grants have contributed to significant breakthroughs in treating brain tumors.
  • This year's slate of research projects investigates biomarkers, DNA damage and repair mechanisms, gene therapies, and more, across adult and pediatric primary brain tumors and metastatic brain cancers.
  • Research Collaboration Grants are two-year, $200,000 grants awarded for multi-investigator and multi-institutional brain tumor collaborative research projects.

Infor Ranked Highest in Four Use Cases in 2023 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises Report

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Infor®, the industry cloud company, today announced that Gartner® Inc., in its 2023 Critical Capabilities for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises, a companion report to the Gartner Magic Quadrant™, ranked Infor highest in four use cases – including the ERP for Upper Midsize Enterprises Use Case (tied for highest score), the ERP for Process Manufacturing Use Case, the ERP for Discrete Manufacturing Use Case and the Project/Asset-Intensive Manufacturing Use Case.  

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  • Download a complimentary copy of the 2023 Critical Capabilities for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises.
  • In September, Infor also was positioned as a Leader in 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises.
  • "We are honored to rank highest in four use cases evaluated in the Gartner Critical Capabilities for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises 2023," said Soma Somasundaram, Infor president & CTO.
  • Gartner, Critical Capabilities for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises, Dixie John, Robert Anderson, Greg Leiter, Tomas Kienast, David Penny, 31 October 2023.

SINGING WATER VINEYARDS HOSTS 14TH ANNUAL FREEDOM DAY TO HONOR VETERANS

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Thursday, November 2, 2023
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COMFORT, Texas, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Singing Water Vineyards, the esteemed Texas Hill Country Winery, is set to host its 14th Annual Freedom Day, an event dedicated to honoring veterans and their service to the nation.

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  • COMFORT, Texas, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Singing Water Vineyards, the esteemed Texas Hill Country Winery, is set to host its 14th Annual Freedom Day, an event dedicated to honoring veterans and their service to the nation.
  • The event will commence at 3:00 PM on Saturday 11/11 with a heartfelt presentation marking the donation of 10% of annual sales from the winery's renowned Freedom Red Wine Blend.
  • Andrew Ivankovich, the CEO of Singing Water Vineyards, expressed his enthusiasm for the event, stating, "This is a cherished tradition for us, where we come together to pay tribute to our Real American Heroes – our Veterans.
  • We look forward to raising funds for our upcoming cohort this summer, continuing our collaboration with Singing Water."

Revv emerges from stealth to diagnose advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) for automotive repair shops

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Monday, October 23, 2023
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Revv’s platform leverages AI to help mechanics and service technicians easily diagnose hard-to-identify issues with a car's advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), boosting shop revenue and ensuring safety for drivers.

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  • Revv’s platform leverages AI to help mechanics and service technicians easily diagnose hard-to-identify issues with a car's advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), boosting shop revenue and ensuring safety for drivers.
  • Yet according to Revv’s data, 60% of repair estimates by auto repair shops don’t include ADAS repairs, meaning essential fixes aren’t being made.
  • This makes it a potential safety hazard for customers and a missed revenue-generating opportunity for shops.
  • Streamlined workflows: RevvADAS integrates with shops’ existing systems to easily identify necessary ADAS calibrations from repair estimates.

TodayPay Launches Innovative Payment Solution

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Monday, October 23, 2023
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LAS VEGAS, Oct. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TodayPay Inc. emerged from stealth mode today at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas, to unveil the world's first faster payment technology solution helping merchants offer their customers instant refunds in multiple payment choices. TodayPay is a technology company pioneering a new category in payments called Refunds as a Service™ – an entire suite of alternative refund solutions for merchants to Refund Now Pay Later™ and offer Better Refund™ choices for consumers. 

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  • LAS VEGAS, Oct. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TodayPay Inc. emerged from stealth mode today at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas, to unveil the world's first faster payment technology solution helping merchants offer their customers instant refunds in multiple payment choices.
  • "I built TodayPay because I've seen firsthand how the speed of a payment can change somebody's life," said Balkin.
  • TodayPay decouples the refund, which is a payment solution, from the return, which is a logistics problem.
  • – Matias Lancewicki, Founder & CEO Ezri
    "TodayPay is revolutionizing the refunds industry and GrailPay is honored to power the bank payment and financing infrastructure for TodayPay.

Historic Mansion in Comfort, Texas Opens Its Doors For Mystery Event Benefiting Veterans

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Thursday, October 19, 2023
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For one exclusive evening, the doors of the historic Worth Mansion in Comfort, Texas, will swing open to host "Murder at the Mansion," a captivating murder mystery dinner organized in support of the Kauai Veteran's Council.

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  • For one exclusive evening, the doors of the historic Worth Mansion in Comfort, Texas, will swing open to host "Murder at the Mansion," a captivating murder mystery dinner organized in support of the Kauai Veteran's Council.
  • The event aims to raise funds for the Kauai Community College's STRIVE program, providing free tuition to veterans aspiring to launch their own businesses.
  • The mansion is known for its 32 white columns that surround the main house on top of Sky Line Drive.
  • Singing Water Vineyards and the Kauai Veteran's Council extend their heartfelt gratitude to the Stasis Foundation for generously allowing the use of the Mansion for this charitable dinner.

Infor Announces New Platform Technology Innovations & Enhancements to Industry-Specific CloudSuites

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Thursday, October 12, 2023
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NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Infor®, the industry cloud company, today announced a series of new platform technology innovations and enhancements to its industry-specific CloudSuites, which are designed to help organizations operate more quickly, efficiently and dynamically than ever before.

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  • These innovations are part of Infor's new bi-annual cycle for major product releases.
  • Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage supports 3,600 users across more than 100 production plants in 37 countries.
  • The new products and technology in the Infor October release deliver to customers:
    a digitally enabled open platform that enables ease of integration, and
    hyper-productive workflows that improve time to value.
  • * Editor's note: The October release includes Infor platform technology innovations and enhancements to Infor CloudSuites across the company's core/focus industries in discrete manufacturing, process manufacturing & distribution, and services.

Infor Positioned, for the Third Consecutive Time, as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises

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Friday, October 6, 2023
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NEW YORK, Oct. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Infor®, the industry cloud company, today announced that Gartner® Inc. has positioned Infor, for the third consecutive time, as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises.  

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  • NEW YORK, Oct. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Infor®, the industry cloud company, today announced that Gartner® Inc. has positioned Infor, for the third consecutive time, as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises.
  • Download a complimentary copy of the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises.
  • In its 2023 Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises, Gartner notes that, "Product-centric organizations are adopting cloud ERP applications with superior process automation and analytic capabilities.
  • Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises, Greg Leiter, Dixie John, Robert Anderson, David Penny, Tomas Kienast, October 4, 2023.

Projects launch to map brain connections in mouse and macaque

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
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SEATTLE, Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A complete map of all the connections in an entire mammalian brain may be in sight. Allen Institute researchers have just launched three new projects to construct large, detailed maps of neuronal connections in sections of the mouse and macaque brains, with an eye toward creating full wiring diagrams of these animals' brains in the future. These projects are funded by the National Institutes of Health's Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative.

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  • SEATTLE, Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A complete map of all the connections in an entire mammalian brain may be in sight.
  • These projects are funded by the National Institutes of Health's Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative .
  • The goal will be to use this pipeline to image an entire hemisphere of a mouse brain at 120 nanometer resolution and the cortical basal ganglia thalamic loop (up to 10 mm3) in very fine detail to better understand how the mouse brain functions.
  • "We can actually map the whole macaque brain in a few years instead of 100 years.