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Sheroes: Our new architects for the brave new world post Covid-19

Theodora LauApril 29, 2020

By Theodora Lau and Bradley Leimer Sheroes. A blend of “She” and “Heroes”. Just like Hope. A word that conjures up our internal strength, perseverance,...

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Why we cannot go back to the old normal, We need equality now

Theodora LauApril 15, 2020

By Theodora Lau and Bradley Leimer If there was ever a desire and a need for normalcy, it would seem to be now. But that’s actually not what we need. Not ...

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Zombie Startups: Coronavirus didn’t make you vulnerable, it just exposed your vulnerabilities

Henry Joseph-GrantApril 6, 2020

Towards the end of last week a VC from a fund that's invested in a similar company to mine, reached out and asked for a quick call "to trade notes", curious and presuming he would be just fishing for intel, I agreed to have a call and during the call...

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A FinTech 2019 Thanksgiving – With Added Gravy

Theodora LauNovember 26, 2019

By Theodora Lau and Bradley Leimer The end of the year always seems to bring on moments of reflection, a time to think about the year just past, to be thankf...

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Digital Transformation 2.0 in India: With Hope and Caution

Theodora LauAugust 29, 2019

Digital Transformation 2.0 in India: With Hope and Caution In the past decade, Fintech startups have matured from novelty to niche and moved toward becoming co...

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Tech Women: Mind The Gap

Theodora LauMarch 19, 2019

As revealed in last year’s gender pay gap report mandated by the U.K. government, women earned on average 59 percent less than men at HSBC, Britain’s biggest bank. Fast forward one year, HSBC’s gender pay gap appeared to have expanded to 61 percent. ...

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Overstretched and overlooked: Musings of an impact investor

Theodora LauFebruary 12, 2019

We are living in interesting times. On one hand, we have a youth-obsessed society where a prominent tech founder proclaimed “young people are just smarter”. On ...

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Russian Steelmaker’s VC wins Global Corporate Venturing Award

Melanie BoylanJanuary 31, 2019

31 January 2019, Moscow – PAO Severstal, one of the world's leading vertically integrated steel and mining companies, announces that its venture capital divisio...

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Nuritas Announces Formation of Scientific Advisory Board

Irish Tech NewsOctober 9, 2018

Nuritas, a biotechnology company, has announced the formation of its scientific advisory board (SAB) with four key appointments: Justin Siegel, Ph.D., David Chernoff, M.D., J Bruce German, Ph.D. and Luke O’Neill, Ph.D. “We are delighted to have at...

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