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Asia Broadband Launches Marketing Campaign for Second Gold-Backed NFT Collection the “Golden Rascals” on Solana Blockchain

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

This airdrop reveals the Golden Rascal’s unique brand and project utilities to some of the most influential NFT collectors on the Solana blockchain.

Key Points: 
  • This airdrop reveals the Golden Rascal’s unique brand and project utilities to some of the most influential NFT collectors on the Solana blockchain.
  • The team will conduct 2 special 10 game MEGA-BINGO Nights as apart of its marketing campaign to potential new collectors on February 22 and February 29.
  • These collaborative events with other NFT projects create a synergy that allows our holders to have fun and our team to onboard new holders.
  • A year ago, at this time, AABB offered the public their Golden Baboons Mining Club digital collectibles at .03 ETHEREUM (Approx.

PUMA Brings Two Geniuses Together: Magnus Carlsen and Pep Guardiola

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Global sports company PUMA, together with Manchester City Football Club and Chess.com, launches an exclusive talk between two geniuses: Pep Guardiola from the football world and Magnus Carlsen from the chess world.

Key Points: 
  • Global sports company PUMA, together with Manchester City Football Club and Chess.com, launches an exclusive talk between two geniuses: Pep Guardiola from the football world and Magnus Carlsen from the chess world.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231212412086/en/
    Magnus Carlsen and Pep Guardiola shared unforgettable moments from their careers and elaborated on strategies and tactics in both sports.
  • It turned out that I was better at chess, so I continued to do that”, said Magnus Carlsen, Five-time World Chess Champion.
  • Pep and Magnus analyzed specific goals and moves, emphasizing the importance of patience, strategy, and adapting to the opponent's actions.

Duolingo’s Mascot, Duo the Owl, Joins Chess.com to Capture Your Pawns in 12 Languages

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

To celebrate, Duolingo’s delightful characters are joining the game as playable multilingual bots.

Key Points: 
  • To celebrate, Duolingo’s delightful characters are joining the game as playable multilingual bots.
  • Beginning today, Chess.com players will see familiar faces as their automated opponents: the Duolingo World characters.
  • But Duo won’t make it easy… and when players interact with Duo during the game, his aggressive personality might also come out to play.
  • Additionally, Duolingo learners can join a chess-themed November monthly challenge and earn a one-month Diamond Membership on Chess.com.

Flashpoint Announces New Joint Venture Fund Targeting $150 Million to Invest in Direct Secondaries

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Flashpoint announces its partnership with renowned growth investor, Roman Ivaniuk through the establishment of a joint venture fund to invest in direct secondary opportunities in growth stage companies in Europe.

Key Points: 
  • Flashpoint announces its partnership with renowned growth investor, Roman Ivaniuk through the establishment of a joint venture fund to invest in direct secondary opportunities in growth stage companies in Europe.
  • This is the second Flashpoint fund investing in direct secondaries: the predecessor, Flashpoint Secondary Fund I (“FSF I”), was launched in 2020 and was anchored by the Scheinberg family office.
  • Flashpoint manages five funds: 3 VC funds, 1 Growth Debt Fund, and 1 Direct Secondaries Fund.
  • Michael Szalontay, General Partner at Flashpoint, said: “We are delighted to announce our partnership with Roman Ivaniuk on this innovative joint venture fund.

Flashpoint Venture Capital continues ambitious growth in the US

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Flashpoint Venture Capital, international tech investment manager with over $400 million AUM focused on US tech companies originating out of Israel and Europe, continues to expand its footprint in the United States.

Key Points: 
  • Flashpoint Venture Capital, international tech investment manager with over $400 million AUM focused on US tech companies originating out of Israel and Europe, continues to expand its footprint in the United States.
  • Flashpoint is growing its local portfolio, thus solidifying its commitment to innovation and driving economic growth.
  • The cornerstone of Flashpoint’s investment strategy is to provide capital to European and Israeli founders with ambitions to go global.
  • Flashpoint Venture Capital's commitment to excellence and investment in groundbreaking companies is well-aligned with its global strategy to identify and back disruptive technologies, fostering economic growth and innovation in emerging markets.

Opera partners with Chess.com to create custom chess browser

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

OSLO, Norway, Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Opera – a leading web innovator – is partnering with Chess.com to put chess right inside the browser.

Key Points: 
  • OSLO, Norway, Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Opera – a leading web innovator – is partnering with Chess.com to put chess right inside the browser.
  • With custom builds for both desktop and mobile products, the collaboration will ensure chess fans can stay engaged with their community wherever they happen to be.
  • Opera's flagship mobile browser, Opera for Android, meanwhile, also comes with a custom build for chess lovers that includes a cache of chess-themed customizations.
  • Opera One is furthermore the first browser to come with an integrated browser AI, Aria.

Magnus Carlsen and Christian Pulisic Talk About Similarities in Football and Chess

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Thursday, July 13, 2023

Global Sports company PUMA announces a collaboration between five-time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and professional football player Christian Pulisic.

Key Points: 
  • Global Sports company PUMA announces a collaboration between five-time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and professional football player Christian Pulisic.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230713204362/en/
    Global Sports company PUMA brought together five-time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and professional football player Christian Pulisic, as the two sport icons met on a football pitch to have a conversation about the differences and similarities between chess and football.
  • As the next step in the chess world, PUMA has partnered with Chess.com and Christian Pulisic once again to launch a Christian Pulisic chess bot.
  • The Pulisic chess bot is an AI bot modeled after professional football player and global PUMA ambassador, Christian Pulisic.

Jellop Leads Crowdfunding Industry At CES 2023 In Las Vegas

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Friday, January 6, 2023

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Following years of attendance at Eureka Park at CES, Jellop has prepared their largest convention presence yet. Since 2015, Jellop has worked with over three thousand clients raising over one billion USD in funding.

Key Points: 
  • LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Following years of attendance at Eureka Park at CES, Jellop has prepared their largest convention presence yet.
  • For this edition of CES, Jellop has designed a Crowdfunding Island located at the front of Eureka Park, encouraging passersby to learn more about the benefits and inner workings of the industry.
  • Among the successful startups at the Crowdfunding Island, will be:
    AirBolt - $852K raised in over 2 campaigns.
  • Jellop's Crowdfunding Island will be staffed throughout the conference at booth #60101, the second booth from Eureka Park's entrance.

Chess.com strengthens its community experience with unitQ

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Thursday, November 17, 2022

BURLINGAME, Calif., Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- unitQ, the leading AI platform empowering organizations to take a user-centric, data-driven approach to enhance the customer experience, announced today that Chess.com has chosen unitQ to bolster the No. 1 chess platform's mission of helping people enjoy their lives through the game of chess.

Key Points: 
  • BURLINGAME, Calif., Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- unitQ , the leading AI platform empowering organizations to take a user-centric, data-driven approach to enhance the customer experience, announced today that Chess.com has chosen unitQ to bolster the No.
  • "We believe in fun, smiles, laughter, and in creating enjoyable experiences for everyone and unitQ is helping us do just that."
  • "It's incredible to watch as customer-centric apps like Chess.com turn to unitQ to deliver the best possible experience for chess fans," said Christian Wiklund, unitQ Co-Founder and CEO.
  • unitQ is arming organizations with real-time actionable insights to improve product, reduce churn, boost star ratings and build exceptional customer experiences.

Flashpoint Venture Capital Launches an Office in New York to Support Its US Activity

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Monday, October 10, 2022

Flashpoints New York office will be managed by Tony Fedorov , Partner at Flashpoint, who has been managing Flashpoints operations in Israel.

Key Points: 
  • Flashpoints New York office will be managed by Tony Fedorov , Partner at Flashpoint, who has been managing Flashpoints operations in Israel.
  • Alex Konoplyasty, General Partner at Flashpoint commented: The opening of our New York office is a very natural step in our growth plans.
  • This latest investment office opening in New York increases Flashpoint presence to 7 cities, complementing existing offices in London, Warsaw, Budapest, Riga, Tel-Aviv and Nicosia.
  • Flashpoint manages six venture funds: four VC funds, a Venture Debt Fund, and a Secondary Fund.