May business events guide
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Journalist
As part of our Boost My Business initiative we ve put together a guide to some of the business events happening this month.
Dogpatch Lab’s First Fridays for Start-Ups is on 7th May and includes networking, mentoring and has two informative sessions -
10 reasons why you should join an accelerator and
Closing $56m Investment in 3 months. You can find more information here.
Enterprise Ireland have some informative masterclasses this month
including
Masterclass in Sales Pipeline Management on May 18th and
Virtual Selling Masterclass on May 25th. For more information on EI events click here.
Knowledge Transfer Ireland’s May webinar will focus on connected health, wellbeing and ageing.
India attracted $2.7 billion in fintech investment in 2020: KPMG
February 25, 2021
‘Payments remained the hottest area of investment, followed by insurtech and wealthtech’
India attracted $2.7 billion in fintech investment in 2020, the second-highest amount ever after 2019’s record $3.5 billion, according to the Pulse of Fintech H2’20, a bi-annual report on global fintech investment trends published by KPMG.
While the majority of fintech investment was seen early on in the year, merchant platform Pine Labs and Razorpay each raised $100 million in H2 2020.
“Payments remained the hottest area of investment, followed by insurtech and wealthtech,” says the report.
Fintech investors also adjusted their strategies in the second half of the year, shifting focus more to profitability. Investors moved away from both early-stage companies and lending-based businesses and towards later-stage companies, according to the report.
Astia launches venture fund investing in women-led startups
Mastercard is lead investor in $100m fund
Less than 2% of venture capital was invested into women CEOs in 2020, according to Astia research
A $100m early-stage venture fund which will invest globally in high-growth companies that have at least one woman in an executive equity-holding position has been launched by Silicon Valley-headquartered Astia.
The Astia fund has been led by an investment from Mastercard, with additional investors including Priya Mathur, past president of the board of CalPERS; Jim O Neill, former chief economist and former chairman of asset management at Goldman Sachs, Farvatn Venture, Portola Creek Capital and Tides Foundation; and several members of Toniic, a global network of impact investors.
Daniels Corporate Advisory (Stock Symbol: DCAC) Rapidly Develops Early Stage Companies This first phase of leveraged for growth is without the use of dilutive convertible financing. It has the potential to start adding 40 additional heavy rental cabs the DCAC fleet by January 2021.
BriefingWire.com, 12/23/2020 - Clients Incubated as Subsidiaries, Fast Track to Earnings.
Ability to Secure Growth Capital for Client LBO Strategies.
DCAC Receives Shares in Client Company as it Goes Public.
Trucking Subsidiary Currently Profitable and Growing Revenues.
Recent Internal Loans Allowing for Significant Expansion of Truck Fleet.
Daniels Corporate Advisory Company, Inc. (OTC: DCAC) is a corporate strategy firm servicing the needs of early-stage public and private companies. From aiding in securing growth capital for down payments to implement LBO strategies for a client, to the placement of senior-level team members, DCAC aims to pr