CIO

MARCH 20, 2025

In an exclusive interview with Abdul Ghaffar Setareh, Group Chief Risk Officer at Zain Group, he paints a stark picture of the regions cyber battleground: AI-powered ransomware, 300 Gbps DDoS attacks, and hackers exploiting supply chain loopholes to target critical infrastructure.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

If there’s one area that has thus far felt insulated from the global venture downturn, it’s infrastructure. Dock is the product of a unification of three brands — Conductor, Dock and Muxi — that were combined in August 2021 to offer “complete” financial services and end-to-end tech for the payment and digital sectors.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

But Lawless, who started the venture firm after serving in leadership positions in capital markets at Lehman Brothers and Barclays, had a vision that financial services infrastructure would be unbundled as companies moved critical operating infrastructure to the cloud. will remain the epicenter of innovation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

The year 2021 saw more and bigger deals closed in Africa, as tech startups across the continent raised close to $5 billion. Innovations around mobile money and digital payments have allowed for the processing of payments online and offline through USSD or STK commands, over apps or using NFC technology.

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CIO

JULY 2, 2024

CIOs face the daunting challenge of driving innovation while managing costs and ensuring practical implementation in a rapidly advancing digital landscape. This article presents essential strategies for CIOs to strike the optimal balance among innovation, value, cost, and practicality in tech investments.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 2, 2023

Fintech has fallen a long way from the highs of 2021, and while 2022 was largely about the reset of the funding environment, 2023 is going to be a year of recalibration for fintech companies. Larger companies are more likely to cut back on internal innovation efforts and technology investments that are not core to the business.

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Tenable

MARCH 14, 2025

1 - CISA: Hundreds of critical infrastructure orgs hit by Medusa ransomware Dont let the Medusa ransomware group turn your network into stone. government sent this week via an advisory to cybersecurity teams, especially those at critical infrastructure organizations. Thats the message the U.S.

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CIO

JANUARY 27, 2025

In a groundbreaking move, the UAE is set to redefine the healthcare landscape, blending cutting-edge technology with medical innovation. The UAE government has prioritized reforms in the healthcare sector, including investments in medical infrastructure, ensuring that the latest technologies can be implemented smoothly.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

billion in 2022 from 2021, it was still up 52% compared to 2020 and made up 18% of all funding globally, proving that investors still have faith in fintech’s future. Spoiler alert: B2B payments and infrastructure remain on fire and most investors expect to see more flat and down rounds this year. What do you feel might be overhyped?

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CIO

MAY 22, 2023

Too much regulation hampers innovation While consumer advocates are calling for strict rules to protect citizen rights, business representatives warn that overly strict regulation of technology could lead to more innovation slow down. Generative AI has immense potential to increase our productivity and make our lives better.

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CIO

JULY 10, 2023

For a decade, Edmunds, an online resource for automotive inventory and information, has been struggling to consolidate its data infrastructure. Now, with the infrastructure side of its data house in order, the California-based company is envisioning a bold new future with AI and machine learning (ML) at its core.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

I give credit to all the team members within my group, from help desk to infrastructure to the application and software engineers to all of Novanta team members, because you can’t do cybersecurity alone, it’s a team event. But you need to balance the innovation with the risk that comes along with it. It’s moving very rapidly.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2023

Marqeta has agreed to acquire two-year-old fintech infrastructure startup Power Finance for $223 million in cash, marking the first acquisition in the publicly-traded company’s 13-year history. Founded in early 2021 by Randy Fernando and Andrew Dust, New York-based Power Finance announced last September that it had raised $16.1

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

Jeremy Jonker, Jay Ganatra and Mario Ruiz left PayPal Ventures in May 2021 and had their first close last June and final close by October 2021. They left PayPal because they wanted to expand beyond just investing in payments-focused startups and “zero in and focus solely on infrastructure and commerce enablement.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

It is this missing connection that Emtech , a central bank digital infrastructure provider, is looking to fill through its digital regulatory platform, which aims to fast-track the reach of fintech products to market. We started 2021 with one central bank and we ended with five regulators signing up for pilots and onboarding.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

The funding comes just months after São Paulo-based Mercado Bitcoin’s Series A round (of an undisclosed amount) in January of 2021, which was co-led by G2D/GP Investments and Parallax Ventures, with participation from HS Investimentos , Gear Ventures, Évora and Genial. JPMorgan and DealMake. Image Credits: Mercado Bitcoin.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

John Flavin is founder and CEO of Portal Innovations, LLC. 2021 should be a banner year for biotech startups that make smart choices early. billion invested across 1,073 deals — the market for new innovations remains strong. John Flavin. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor. Kevin O’Connor. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2021

On Monday, the e-commerce startup announced $2 million in seed funding to continue developing its toolkit of products, integrations, services and managed infrastructure for brands to scale online. Shopistry Cloud is a managed infrastructure spearheading performance, data management and orchestration across services.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

As of October, climate-tech startups had raised over $32 billion in 2021 and, according to Dealroom and London & Co., VCs invested nearly $50 billion in climate-tech companies between 2020 and 2021. However, depending on whom you talk to, the climate finance gap currently sits at $2.5 trillion to 4.8 trillion to 4.8

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

per the 2020 report of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). With the latest funding, the company plans to continue to buy more houses, and launch its mortgage brokering service next year, aiming to increase sales five-fold compared to 2021. and the U.K., It also intends to expand its headcount. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Y Combinator’s summer batch of 2021 features 377 startups from 47 countries. Neobanks have taken the world by storm and Africa is the last frontier for this brand of fintech innovation. Ayoola Akinkunmi and Olusegun Owoade started Mecho Autotech in 2021 as an on-demand auto maintenance and repairs platform. Fingo (Kenya).

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CIO

DECEMBER 4, 2024

When Carlo Nizam joined EGA in 2021, he was tasked with leading the company’s digital transformation, a journey aimed at optimizing every aspect of the business. Sustainability is a core value at EGA, and the company is using digital innovation to reduce the environmental impact of its aluminium production.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Josys , spun off from its parent company Raksul last year, launched its automated management IT devices and SaaS application in September 2021 that reduces IT operation costs and enhances security systems. Josys , the Japanese B2B SaaS platform that streamlines and automates corporate IT operations, said today it has raised 4.4

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Crunchbase News

APRIL 30, 2025

It has already evolved from just a niche innovation to a fundamental pillar in the digital economy especially for startups. and Bain Capital , revenue from embedded finance platforms and infrastructure providers is expected to grow from $21 billion in 2021 to $51 billion in 2026. The numbers speak volumes. Transaction volume?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

Put simply, the startup’s APIs provide the infrastructure to connect consumers to their financial data for verification of income and employment, automating setup and updating of direct deposits, repaying financial obligations from their paycheck, optimizing tax withholdings and accessing earned but unpaid wages.

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Crunchbase News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The IT infrastructure company will use the fresh cash for M&A activities and entering new markets globally. Founded in 2021, Cyera has raised $760 million to date, per the company. The company locked up a $125 million Series D led by new investors Qatar Investment Authority and World Innovation Lab.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

” Uiflow aims to help solve this with an app design and engineering platform that works with existing infrastructure — specifically infrastructure from which data can be accessed via API. ’ Many companies are reducing or planning to reduce their headcount while keeping the rate of innovation to stay competitive.

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CIO

AUGUST 20, 2024

The cloud computing revolution brought with it many innovations, but also lessons about the pitfalls of rapidly adopting new technologies without a well-planned strategy. This balanced approach will help avoid past mistakes and build a robust foundation for future innovation. What works today might not be your ideal strategy tomorrow.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2022

While the 2021 venture cycle was still booming , every startup sector felt hot. Even more, the pendulum of relative power has swung back toward venture capitalists away from founders, startup prices are falling, and some ideas that ruled the roost in 2021 are in disarray. Every geography set records.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Tel Aviv-based Run:ai , a startup that makes it easier for developers and operations teams to manage and optimize their AI infrastructure, today announced that it has raised a $75 million Series C funding round led by Tiger Global Management and Insight Partners, which also led the company’s $30 million Series B round in 2021.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

“There’s an urgent need for a global air traffic management solution to enable safe and efficient drone and urban air mobility (UAM) operations, and Terra Drone aims to be the leading player building the digital infrastructure in the sky.” . million Series A in February 2021. . million in 2028 , from $142 million in 2021.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

18% of hiring managers state that finding qualified entry-level technology talent has become even more complex over the last year (an 8% increase from 2021). Hackathons have always brought out the best and the most innovative solutions for the most abstract problems. Let’s go down memory lane of our 7 most innovative hackathons!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

AI is transforming the world inside and outside of computers; genomic engineering and new scientific knowledge are transforming the world of cells; advanced manufacturing is transforming the world of machines; new business models, incentives and innovation are transforming how we receive our healthcare. These are a few of our frontiers.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

Thepeer , an African tech infrastructure startup connecting businesses’ wallets, has raised a $2.1 However, the problems Kosisochukwu Chike Ononye and Michael ‘Trojan’ Okoh wanted to solve when they first launched the company in August 2021 affected fintechs more than any other segment. What next for Thepeer?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

But, what we’ve seen in the early days of this innovation is a lot of point of care solutions…and a refragmentation of the patient experience.”. With hopes of providing a more holistic infrastructure to telehealth services, Wheel announced today the close of a $150 million Series C round co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Tiger Global.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2021

But for 2021, I believe startups in the United States should be demanding that legislators deliver a federal privacy law. Businesses should not view privacy and trust infrastructure requirements as burdensome. but it has set an agreed-upon standard of protection for citizens and elevated their trust in internet infrastructure.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Founded in : 2021. Founded in : 2021. Founded in : 2021. Founded in : 2021. What it says it does : Building an open-source webhooks infrastructure. Here we list the startups in alphabetical order, providing more details about each of them, as well as context around what they are building and why YC is backing them.

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