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Lucas GC Limited (NASDAQ: LGCL) Successfully Listed on NASDAQ With Appealing Valuation of the "AI+PaaS" Theme

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Lucas' achievements are rarely seen among the recently listed companies on NASDAQ.

Key Points: 
  • Lucas' achievements are rarely seen among the recently listed companies on NASDAQ.
  • 51Job which is 30% owned by Recruit Holding of Japan, is the second largest shareholder of Lucas which demonstrates its endorsement of Lucas' business model and roadmaps.
  • For other strategic investors, the involvement of domestic AI unicorn BeagleData serves as a notable validation of the Company's AI technology.
  • Haier Group's investment brings forth a range of enhancements to the company's corporate governance and extends multidimensional industry resource supports to Lucas.

Fast Forward Releases Decade of Impact Report and Progress in New AI Category

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Fast Forward, which brings the tech and nonprofit communities together to deploy tech to solve humanity's biggest challenges, today released its tenth annual impact report. The report covers key 2023 milestones and shares insights into how Fast Forward has shaped the tech nonprofit sector and ushered in AI-powered nonprofits.

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  • Over the last decade, Fast Forward has shaped the tech nonprofit sector; plus a new category known as 'AI for humanity' emerges
    SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Fast Forward , which brings the tech and nonprofit communities together to deploy tech to solve humanity's biggest challenges, today released its tenth annual impact report.
  • The report covers key 2023 milestones and shares insights into how Fast Forward has shaped the tech nonprofit sector and ushered in AI-powered nonprofits.
  • The trend highlights the growing interest in AI and serves as a bridge to Fast Forward's next endeavor: ' AI for Humanity .'
  • To drive this movement, Fast Forward is poised to expand its team by 25%, including the addition of a new role– Director of AI Programs .

Global Alts 2024: The Largest Cap Intro Event is Set to Make Waves

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- iConnections Global Alts 2024 is poised to redefine the landscape of capital introduction events with its ambitious agenda and an unprecedented lineup of speakers and networking opportunities. This highly anticipated event, scheduled from January 29th to February 1st, promises to be the largest gathering for alternative investment professionals, showcasing cutting-edge insights and fostering invaluable connections.

Key Points: 
  • Global Alts 2024, the largest cap intro event, is set to redefine the industry with an exceptional lineup of speakers and networking opportunities.
  • This highly anticipated event, scheduled from January 29th to February 1st, promises to be the largest gathering for alternative investment professionals, showcasing cutting-edge insights and fostering invaluable connections.
  • Global Alts 2024 will set a new standard for capital introductions with projected 15,000+ one-on-one cap intro meetings.
  • Global Alts 2024 is already generating considerable excitement within the industry, and attendance is expected to reach record numbers.

Lucas GC Limited (LGCL), an AI+PaaS Platform Achieved 171% Growth in 1H 2023 and Four Consecutive Profitable Years, Planned to IPO on NASDAQ

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Monday, November 20, 2023

This provides excellent market opportunities for technology-driven human capital management service enterprises like Lucas GC Limited ("Lucas") .

Key Points: 
  • This provides excellent market opportunities for technology-driven human capital management service enterprises like Lucas GC Limited ("Lucas") .
  • Lucas has been working in GPT-related fields for over 3 years and has obtained 6 GPT-related patents.
  • In order to maintain the leading position in technology, Lucas intends to deplore 40% of IPO proceeds in technology infrastructure and research and development.
  • It is believed that with Lucas seizing market development opportunities and further delivering on performance, the future development prospects are highly promising.

Secretary Buttigieg, Mitch Landrieu Join Economic Thought Leaders to Discuss a People-Centered Economy

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Friday, November 3, 2023

Just as today’s jobs report highlights a resilient workforce - upending previous economic opinions that pointed to a recession - Bold New Consensus presented a range of economic ideas to highlight how we can reconsider prevailing economic theories and continue charting a different path for our economic future.

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  • Just as today’s jobs report highlights a resilient workforce - upending previous economic opinions that pointed to a recession - Bold New Consensus presented a range of economic ideas to highlight how we can reconsider prevailing economic theories and continue charting a different path for our economic future.
  • Let’s be bold.”
    “At some point, people will realize we’ve transformed the state of the United States economy forever,” said White House Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator, Mitch Landrieu.
  • These communities proposed these changes to us, so their ideas, their plans, and their voices are being heard.
  • Economic Security Project advocates for ideas that build economic power for all Americans.

Leading Think Tank Releases Report on Importance of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture (BECCS) to Achieve Global Climate Goals

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) has released a new report focused on actionable pathways for deploying bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) at scale.

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  • The report was released at an event Tuesday afternoon in Washington D.C. co-hosted by the EFI Foundation and Resources for the Future .
  • "Leading projections for keeping global temperature rise to below two degrees rely on significant BECCS deployment," said Moniz.
  • "Over the past two years, Drax has been progressing a Global BECCS program , with a primary focus in North America.
  • The EFI report, which was sponsored by the Hewlett Foundation, Battelle, Drax and Enviva, can be viewed here .

BerlinRosen Holdings Strengthens Technology Communications Capabilities with Investment in Inkhouse

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Monday, May 22, 2023

O2 Investment Partners ( www.o2investment.com ), through BerlinRosen Holdings (“BerlinRosen”), has made an investment in and partnered with Inkhouse ( www.inkhouse.com ) and its Founder and CEO Beth Monaghan.

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  • O2 Investment Partners ( www.o2investment.com ), through BerlinRosen Holdings (“BerlinRosen”), has made an investment in and partnered with Inkhouse ( www.inkhouse.com ) and its Founder and CEO Beth Monaghan.
  • Inkhouse, an industry-leading strategic communications agency, bolsters BerlinRosen Holdings’ network, marking the group’s fifth major investment in 10 months, as they continue to build a platform to provide clients with unparalleled global full-service communications and marketing services.
  • Founded in 2007, Inkhouse is a strategic communications firm with more than 140 team members.
  • With the addition of Inkhouse, BerlinRosen Holdings' combined resources and expertise will serve clients in even more dynamic and differentiated ways.

Sustainable Capital Advisors Launches Climate-Friendly Investment Information Platform

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Thursday, November 3, 2022

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Sustainable Capital Advisors (SCA), a financial consulting firm serving the sustainable infrastructure industry, announces its climate-friendly investment platform is now available at AskSustainable.com. In 2021, the Hewlett Foundation granted SCA funds to implement the platform.

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  • "AskSustainable" is designed to bring transparency, reduce informational barriers, and drive participation in the climate-friendly investment marketplace
    WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Sustainable Capital Advisors (SCA), a financial consulting firm serving the sustainable infrastructure industry, announces its climate-friendly investment platform is now available at AskSustainable.com .
  • By providing comprehensive and actionable climate-friendly financial information to investors, AskSustainable.com seeks to mobilize capital from all investors, retail and institutional, to accelerate the deployment of climate-friendly solutions.
  • "Most of today's climate friendly finance outreach/engagement has focused on engaging banks and asset managers to redirect investment capital from grey to green," said Trenton Allen, CEO, Sustainable Capital Advisors.
  • Sustainable Capital Advisors (SCA) is a financial advisory firm serving the sustainable infrastructure industry.

Hewlett Foundation Announces 10 New Commissions for Innovative Works in Media Arts

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced today the final 10 recipients of its Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions. This year's commissions, in Media Arts, will support leading artists in partnership with an array of Bay Area cultural institutions and nonprofit organizations. The commissioned artists will develop major new works that incorporate elements of many artistic disciplines, including dance, music, and theater, with cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, genetic engineering, and robotics.

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  • MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced today the final 10 recipients of its Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions.
  • This year's commissions, in Media Arts, will support leading artists in partnership with an array of Bay Area cultural institutions and nonprofit organizations.
  • Previous rounds of the Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions supported the creation and premiere of new works in the disciplines of music composition, dance, theater, and folk and traditional arts.
  • For more information on the Hewlett 50 Commissions and the Hewlett Foundation's Performing Arts Program, please visit hewlett.org .

Ford Foundation Invests in Global South University Centers to Advance New Economic Thinking

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

NEW YORK, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Ford Foundation announced a $13 million commitment that will strengthen economic research centers in the Global South to advance more equitable growth policies and reimagine economic systems. The centers are housed at universities in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, to give local communities an opportunity to help shape the policies and economic systems that directly impact their lives.

Key Points: 
  • This announcement marks the next step in a major philanthropic effort to build a global network of institutions focused on challenging neoliberalism and traditional economic thinking.
  • The grants announced today will complement an existing network of university centers announced by the Hewlett Foundation and Omidyar Network earlier this year.
  • Those investments established centers at Harvard Kennedy School, Howard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Johns Hopkins University, and Columbia University.
  • It is time for markets to serve the interests of all people," said Martn Abreg, Ford Foundation Vice President for International Programs.