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Get to know Gillian Tee and the super achievers behind Women in Tech 2016 Event with Speaker Spotlight Series  Gillian Tee is one of the 15 high-profile speakers presenting at Women in Tech 2016. She is a Singaporean born software engineer and a successful Silicon Valley / New York based start-up founder. Gillian is the...

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No company in its right mind wants to remain at the bottom Building a startup is an enormously daunting — and sometimes foolhardy — endeavour. Consider this scenario: If a startup is tackling a maturing sector, it has the luxury of having its business model already validated by first movers, but, it would then have...

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In its quest to make a social impact by helping women get orgasm, the startup expands its portfolio with a new offering Vibease is known for its amazing product that all couples in long-distance relationships need — a remote control vibrator that comes bundled with an app to enable video chat. The startup has now decided to expand its market to single...

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Brands use ViSenze to turn images into engagement, and publishers use ViSenze to generate monetisation opportunities from their visual media assets ViSenze, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) company that develops visual technology for e-commerce and digital businesses, has closed a US$10.5 million in Series B round of funding led by Rakuten Ventures, the venture capital arm...

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 We’re hearing from our sources Unilever has been in serious talks with the Honest Company, and may very well win the bid for the e-commerce startup, though our sources stressed that the deal is in early stages.
As usual, the deal is fluid and the final details could change (or not happen at all), and the exact price in the conversation could not be learned, though one source said the… Read More

 Boston-based Rize Inc has developed a new type of 3D printing which eliminates the need for lengthy post-printing clean-up processes. Its printers are able to imbue plastics with features they didn’t usually have. For example, it will be easier to remove 3D printed products from the build surface and it’s possible to inject dyes into the product. Read More