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Mark Cuban & Anthropocene Ventures Back Climate-Tech Startup, Kind Designs

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Friday, November 17, 2023

Renowned entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban, alongside early stage climate tech VC firm Anthropocene Ventures , has joined Kind Designs’ seed round.

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  • Renowned entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban, alongside early stage climate tech VC firm Anthropocene Ventures , has joined Kind Designs’ seed round.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231117385833/en/
    Founder and CEO, Anya Freeman, with robot and team at Kind Designs' warehouse in Miami, FL.
  • Mark Cuban and Anthropocene Ventures join an impressive list of supporters within Kind Design’s $5M seed round.
  • For more information on Kind Designs and to get an estimate for your commercial or residential seawall project, visit www.kinddesigns.com .

Fortune Travels Deep Inside Elon's Universe In Special Digital Edition of Unauthorized Stories

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Monday, November 20, 2023

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Fortune published Inside Elon's Universe: a special digital edition of unauthorized and revealing investigative stories about the companies, management style, and influence of the world's richest man, arguably the most visionary and controversial CEO in business today.

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  • There's no shortage of controversy surrounding the world's richest man—and his companies are poised to shape our lives for decades to come.
  • Fortune's standalone digital edition delves into how Musk runs his empire—and illuminates how the idiosyncratic billionaire has adopted a set of management principles that aren't taught in any business school.
  • NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Fortune published Inside Elon's Universe: a special digital edition of unauthorized and revealing investigative stories about the companies, management style, and influence of the world's richest man, arguably the most visionary and controversial CEO in business today.
  • Inside the death of Twitter and birth of X: An oral history of the first year inside Elon Musk's takeover.

New Research: Immigrants Have Started More Than Half of America's Billion-Dollar Startup Companies

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

 ARLINGTON, Va., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Immigrants have started more than half (319 of 582, or 55%) of America's startup companies valued at $1 billion or more, according to a new study from the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), a nonpartisan research organization. Moreover, nearly two-thirds (64%) of U.S. billion-dollar companies (unicorns) were founded or cofounded by immigrants or the children of immigrants. Almost 80% of America's unicorn companies (privately-held, billion-dollar companies) have an immigrant founder or an immigrant in a key leadership role, such as CEO or vice president of engineering.

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  • Moreover, nearly two-thirds (64%) of U.S. billion-dollar companies (unicorns) were founded or cofounded by immigrants or the children of immigrants.
  • Almost 80% of America's unicorn companies (privately-held, billion-dollar companies) have an immigrant founder or an immigrant in a key leadership role, such as CEO or vice president of engineering.
  • The research finds that the privately held U.S. billion-dollar startup companies with immigrant founders have created an average of 859 jobs per company.
  • One-quarter (143 of 582, or 25%)of billion-dollar startup companies in the U.S. have a founder who first came to America as an international student.

AEG and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Ink Partnership for the Inaugural Soccer Champions Tour’s Las Vegas Matches Featuring Real Madrid CF, FC Barcelona, Juventus, and Club Deportivo Guadalajara

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Thursday, July 14, 2022

Participating clubs include current La Liga and UEFA Champions League winner Real Madrid CF, La Liga powerhouse FC Barcelona, Serie A's Juventus, and Liga MX's Club Amrica and Club Deportivo Guadalajara.

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  • Participating clubs include current La Liga and UEFA Champions League winner Real Madrid CF, La Liga powerhouse FC Barcelona, Serie A's Juventus, and Liga MX's Club Amrica and Club Deportivo Guadalajara.
  • On Friday, July 22 Juventus will take on Club Deportivo Guadalajara and on Saturday, July 23 Real Madrid CF will face off against FC Barcelona.
  • This new partnership supports the tour and underscores both partners commitment to the growth of world-class sports across the city.
  • The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) is charged with marketing Southern Nevada as a tourism and convention destination worldwide and with operating the 4.6 million-square-foot Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC).

RESORTS WORLD LAS VEGAS AND THE BORING COMPANY OFFICIALLY OPEN PROPERTY'S PASSENGER STATION, PROVIDING DIRECT ACCESS TO THE LAS VEGAS CONVENTION CENTER

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Thursday, June 30, 2022

LAS VEGAS, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Resorts World Las Vegas unveiled its Las Vegas Convention Center Loop passenger station, providing direct underground access to the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC)inan enjoyable, efficient and environmentally friendly way inminutes inall-electric Teslas.Resorts WorldLas Vegasis now also poised to connect to the expanded Vegas Loop system when development efforts move forward on the proposedinnovative transportation system.

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  • LAS VEGAS, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Resorts World Las Vegas unveiled its Las Vegas Convention Center Loop passenger station, providing direct underground access to the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC)inan enjoyable, efficient and environmentally friendly way inminutes inall-electric Teslas.Resorts WorldLas Vegasis now also poised to connect to the expanded Vegas Loop system when development efforts move forward on the proposedinnovative transportation system.
  • The Vegas Loop will be constructed in phases that include the Resorts World Las Vegas passenger station, the LVCC Loop and future service extensions along the Strip and Downtown Las Vegas.
  • "Today marks a monumental moment not only for our resort, but for Las Vegas," said Scott Sibella, president of Resorts World Las Vegas.
  • Resorts World Las Vegas strives to transform the way people experience Las Vegas, and this offering does just that.

Sana Closes $60 Million Series B Growth Round as Demand for Modern Small Business Health Insurance Soars

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Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Sana , a health care company that provides health benefits to small businesses at affordable prices, today announced the closing of a $60 million Series B funding round, co-led by original investors Trust Ventures and Gigafund.

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  • Sana , a health care company that provides health benefits to small businesses at affordable prices, today announced the closing of a $60 million Series B funding round, co-led by original investors Trust Ventures and Gigafund.
  • The Series B close follows Sanas $20 million Series A Extension funding round close in October 2021.
  • Trust Ventures and Gigafund have been investors since our seed round, said Will Young, Sana co-founder and CEO.
  • Health insurance is a critical way employers can support their employees, but small business health care has been stagnant for decades, said Salen Churi, Trust Ventures general partner.

Yahoo Appoints Six New Members to Board of Directors

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Monday, June 13, 2022

Aryeh Bourkoff - Founder and CEO of LionTree, an independent global investment and merchant bank focused on technology, media, and the digital economy.

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  • Aryeh Bourkoff - Founder and CEO of LionTree, an independent global investment and merchant bank focused on technology, media, and the digital economy.
  • LionTree has advised on some of the largest and most transformational transactions across media and technology, and is an investor in Yahoo.
  • The intersection of media, tech, product, and content is more relevant than ever and this board represents the best minds in those categories.
  • I look forward to working alongside this impressive board to help guide Yahoo into this exciting next phase of growth.

Alpha Blue Ocean Announces the Launch of WiSeSat by WiSeKey on the Space X’s Transporter 3 mission

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Friday, January 14, 2022

The NFT will be captured by the WISeSat satellite station in La Linea in south of Spain and minted on WISe.ART NFT Marketplace.

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  • The NFT will be captured by the WISeSat satellite station in La Linea in south of Spain and minted on WISe.ART NFT Marketplace.
  • Pierre Vannineuse founder and CIO of Alpha Blue Ocean said Alpha Blue Ocean would like to praise this technological hardware and software achievement by WISeKey's teams.
  • It will allow the NFT ecosystem to evolve towards a truly global constellation by generating the first NFT from space!
  • Created in 2017, Alpha Blue Ocean is a pioneer and leading stakeholder in alternative finance in Europe, particularly in the life science and technology sector.

Tectona Releases AI-Generated NFT Collection In Major Metaverse Move

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Thursday, December 16, 2021

Led by Israel's leading blockchain and fintech entrepreneurs, Tectona is Israel's first and only public company to mint NFTs.

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  • Led by Israel's leading blockchain and fintech entrepreneurs, Tectona is Israel's first and only public company to mint NFTs.
  • The company announced that it will launch its user-generated NFT collection under its brand in the Metaverse, 'The Bored Company.'
  • For its first collection, the Bored Company will be selling user-generated, inter-universal artworks, created out of this world, known as MegaArts.
  • Yariv Gilat, well-known fintech entrepreneur and chairman of Tectona, says that the company's entrance into the NFT space "will allow any person to create art that reflects their unique taste.

Worldwide Hyperloop Technology Industry to 2026 - Government Initiatives to Promote Environment-Friendly Products Present Opportunities

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Thursday, November 4, 2021

Ltd., HARDT B.V., Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Hyperloop UC, Nevomo, SpaceX, The Boring Company, TransPod Inc., Virgin Hyperloop, and Zeleros.

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  • Ltd., HARDT B.V., Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Hyperloop UC, Nevomo, SpaceX, The Boring Company, TransPod Inc., Virgin Hyperloop, and Zeleros.
  • What are the inhibiting factors and impact of COVID-19 shaping the Global Hyperloop Technology Market during the forecast period?
  • What is the market share of the leading vendors in the Global Hyperloop Technology Market?
  • What modes and strategic moves are considered suitable for entering the Global Hyperloop Technology Market?