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Technology Association of Georgia Announces First 100+ Speakers to Fintech South 2021 Lineup
May 5, 2021 GMT
ATLANTA (BUSINESS WIRE) May 5, 2021
Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) announces the first 100+ speakers for Fintech South, the southeast’s largest event dedicated to financial innovation. A global exchange of insights and trends fueling tomorrow’s financial tech industry, the virtual conference will return June 22 – 24, 2021. The world-class speaker roster showcases startup founders, corporate CEOs and C-level executives, venture investors, financial regulators, retailers, top analysts and journalists – all leaders from the most important organizations in the fintech ecosystem in Georgia and around the world.
Language learning startup Toucan raises $4 5M
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Language learning startup Toucan raises $4.5M
Toucan, a startup that helps users learn a new language while they browse the web, is announcing that it has raised an additional $4.5 million in seed funding.
As I wrote last fall, the Santa Monica, Calif.-based startup has built a Chrome extension that scans the text of whatever website you’re reading and translates select words into whichever language you’re trying to learn. That means you’re expanding your vocabulary without having to make time to study or otherwise change your behavior.
Toucan currently supports seven languages Spanish, Korean, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese. Co-founder and CEO Taylor Nieman said the company now has around 60,000 monthly active users, all acquired organically.
Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman William Sweet entered the National Football League as an undrafted rookie out of the University of North Carolina, earning a roster spot on the Arizona Cardinals in 2019. Before he ever played in a regular-season game, he found himself out for the year with a ligament injury.
The injury gave him time to realize that, even as a man in his early 20s, a lucrative pro sports career can end at any moment. So he started investing in real estate. Courtesy of William Sweet Dallas Cowboys tackle William Sweet during a recent visit to NASA.
“That s when my eyes opened up,” said Sweet, 23, who made his NFL debut with the Dallas Cowboys last year. “I wanted it to last forever. How can I make this last forever? Business was my way out.”
Master P, ex-NBA star Baron Davis in talks to buy Reebok for $2.4B
Their purchase could reenergize Reebok in the sneaker and streetwear markets as a major Black-owned brand.
Baron Davis are negotiating to buy Reebok from its parent company, Adidas, for $2.4 billion.
The deal would make the legendary shoe giant the first Black-owned major sneaker brand.
Master P (left) and Baron Davis are reportedly in negotiations to buy Reebok from Adidas, which would make the shoe giant the first major Black-owned sneaker brand. (Photos by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images and Andrew Toth/Getty Images for MACRO)
Adidas acquired Reebok in 2005 for $3.8 billion, however, its value has decreased significantly in the decade and a half since that deal, and Adidas is looking to offload the brand.
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