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Early-stage African VC firm, Microtraction reports portfolio boom despite the weight of COVID-19

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In a review of the year published last week, the firm noted that 21 companies in its portfolio have raised more than $33 million in funding. ” Badamosi, who returned to Nigeria from the UK in 2015, worked as the general manager for Starta Africa, an online community for African tech entrepreneurs.

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Gen Z social app Yubo rolls out age ‘estimating’ technology to better identify minors using its service

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Yubo , a social livestreaming app popular with a Gen Z audience, announced today it’s becoming one of the first major social platforms to adopt a new age verification technique that uses live image capture technology to identify minors using its app, in order to keep them separated from adult users.

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Vyrill, winner of the TC Early Stage Pitch-Off, helps brands discover and leverage user-generated video reviews

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Vyrill helps brands discover and leverage video reviews created by authentic customers and users. The judges were impressed with Vyrill’s novel approach and innovative technology around discovering and filtering relevant videos. Bam and co-founder and CTO Dr. Barbara Rosario started the company in 2015 and raised a $2.1

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Fed Tech News Roundup 10 July 2015

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The following are some of the hot topics in the federal technology ecosystem (from FedTechTicker.com and TopTechTicker.com ): World Wide Technology Named Federal Partner of the Year and Software. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--World Wide Technology, Inc. WWT) today announced that it has received the Federal Partner. That's great for.

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Zocdoc founder returns with Shadow, an app that finds lost dogs

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and millions of those end up in shelters where they aren’t always reunited with their owners, due to their lack of identification or a microchip. technology to help dog owners, in particular. technology to match the photograph of the missing dogs to possible matches from nearby shelters or the web. It then uses A.I.

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National Cyber Security Hall of Fame Announces 2015 Inductees

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14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Hall of Fame has released the names of five innovators who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at its award ceremony on Thursday, October 29 , at the Four Seasons Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. Editor's note: I was so excited to read of this year's inductees. BALTIMORE , Sept.

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Fed News Roundup 13 July 2015

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WT Contractor Confidence Index takes a dip Washington Technology (Today) - Lower scores on several key questions have pushed the Washington Technology Contractor Confidence Index down slightly in its first follow up since the launch in March with the index number. Here's how you make the most of it.