weekly-highlights
Amazon ditches AI recruiting tool that didn’t like women
Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) machine-learning specialists uncovered a big problem: their new recruiting engine did not like women. The…
Enova Announces New Board Member Linda Johnson Rice
CHICAGO, Sept. 10, 2020 — Enova International (NYSE: ENVA), a leading financial technology and analytics company offering consumer and…
Bit.com Gaining Momentum Over BTC Options Market Share Since Initial Launch
SINGAPORE, Sept. 10, 2020 — Bit.com, the cryptocurrency derivative exchange owned by Matrixport.com, has officially debuted in early…
Orchard real estate platform raises $69 million Series C led by Revolution Growth
Orchard, the tech-forward residential real estate platform, has today announced the close of a $69 million…
New York Life Investments Launches Data Visualization Platform for Financial Advisors
NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2020 — New York Life Investments, in partnership with Visual Capitalist, today announced…
Farm Credit Announces Additional Patronage Distribution to Members
Local agricultural lender, MidAtlantic Farm Credit, distributed an additional patronage of $8.25 million in cash to…
Juniper Research: Video Games Market Value to Grow to Over $200 billion by 2023, Despite Declining Purchase Revenue
BASINGSTOKE, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new report from Juniper Research found that the video games industry will exceed $200 billion…
BIMA nabs $30M more for micro- health and life insurance aimed at emerging markets
The coronavirus global health pandemic — and the new emphasis on social distancing to slow down…
Why a startup with $10M in annual revenue took 18 months to get VC funding
Back in 2006, Joseph Heller went to China where he spent the next decade learning about the manufacturing…
ThoughtRiver nabs $10M to speed up deal-making with AI contract review
ThoughtRiver, a London-based legaltech startup that’s applying AI to speed up contract pre-screening, has announced a…