Artificial Intelligence (AI) startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary, recent events, and a deep dive into machine learning application startups. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our research platform for technology startups!
A report providing an overview of the Transportation Technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
Video Technology startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary, recent events, and a deep dive into Video Consumption startups. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our research platform for technology startups!
Insurance Technology (insurtech) startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary, recent events, and a deep dive into health insurance startups. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our startup research platform!
Financial Technology (fintech) startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary, recent events, and a deep dive into consumer lending startups. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our research platform for technology startups!
Blockchain Technology startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary, recent events, and a deep dive into Blockchain Innovation startups. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our research platform for technology startups!
Marketing technology (martech) startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary, recent events, and a deep dive into Marketing Platform startups. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our research platform for technology startups!
A report providing an overview of the 3D Printing startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
Artificial Intelligence (AI) startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary, recent events, and a deep dive into Deep Learning Platform startups. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our research platform for technology startups!
A report providing an overview of the Transportation Technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
Video Technology startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary, recent events, and a deep dive into Video Consumption startups. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our research platform for technology startups!
Insurance Technology (insurtech) startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary, recent events, and a deep dive into health insurance startups. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our startup research platform!
Financial Technology (fintech) startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary, recent events, and a deep dive into consumer lending startups. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our research platform for technology startups!
Blockchain Technology startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary, recent events, and a deep dive into Blockchain Innovation startups. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our research platform for technology startups!
Marketing technology (martech) startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary, recent events, and a deep dive into Marketing Platform startups. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our research platform for technology startups!
A report providing an overview of the 3D Printing startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
Artificial Intelligence (AI) startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary, recent events, and a deep dive into Deep Learning Platform startups. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our research platform for technology startups!
A report providing an overview of the Security Technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
A report providing an overview of the Virtual Reality (VR) technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
Blockchain Tech Q3 2017 Highlights by Venture ScannerNathan Pacer
A report providing an overview of the Blockchain Technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
A report providing an overview of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
A report providing an overview of the Virtual Reality (VR) startup landscape, graphical trends and insights, and recent funding and exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
A report providing an overview of the Blockchain Technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
A report providing an overview of the Retail Technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding and exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
Tech Startup Highlights from Venture ScannerNathan Pacer
Highlights prepared for the Money 20/20 conference providing an overview of technology startups in the financial, blockchain, and insurance landscape. Includes sector overviews, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
Venture Scanner Health Tech Report Q3 2017Nathan Pacer
A report providing an overview of the Health Technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
Venture Scanner Internet of Things Report Q3 2017Nathan Pacer
A report providing an overview of the Internet of Things (IoT) startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
Insurance Technology startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary, recent events, and a deep dive into Automotive Insurance. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our research platform for technology startups!
A report providing an overview of the Marketing Technology startup landscape, graphical trends and insights, and recent funding and exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
Venture Scanner Future of TV report Q2 2017Nathan Pacer
A report providing an overview of the Future of TV startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
A report providing an overview of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) startup landscape, graphical trends and insights, and recent funding and exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
Venture Scanner Real Estate Tech Report Q1 2017Nathan Pacer
A report providing an overview of the Real Estate Technology startup landscape, graphical trends and insights, and recent funding and exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
Retail Tech Q3 2017 Highlights by Venture ScannerNathan Pacer
A deck providing highlights of the Blockchain Technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
Venture Scanner 3D Printing Tech Report Q1 2017Nathan Pacer
A report providing an overview of the 3D Printing Technology startup landscape, graphical trends and insights, and recent funding and exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
A report providing an overview of the Internet of Things (IoT) startup landscape, graphical trends and insights, and recent funding and exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
Blockchain Technology startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary, recent events, and a deep dive into Digital Asset Mining startups. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our research platform for technology startups!
A report providing an overview of the Financial Technology (fintech) startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
Health Technology startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary, recent events, and a deep dive into Last Mile Logistics. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our research platform for technology startups!
A report providing an overview of the Security Technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
A report providing an overview of the Virtual Reality (VR) technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
Blockchain Tech Q3 2017 Highlights by Venture ScannerNathan Pacer
A report providing an overview of the Blockchain Technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
A report providing an overview of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
A report providing an overview of the Virtual Reality (VR) startup landscape, graphical trends and insights, and recent funding and exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
A report providing an overview of the Blockchain Technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
A report providing an overview of the Retail Technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding and exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
Tech Startup Highlights from Venture ScannerNathan Pacer
Highlights prepared for the Money 20/20 conference providing an overview of technology startups in the financial, blockchain, and insurance landscape. Includes sector overviews, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
Venture Scanner Health Tech Report Q3 2017Nathan Pacer
A report providing an overview of the Health Technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
Venture Scanner Internet of Things Report Q3 2017Nathan Pacer
A report providing an overview of the Internet of Things (IoT) startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
Insurance Technology startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary, recent events, and a deep dive into Automotive Insurance. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our research platform for technology startups!
A report providing an overview of the Marketing Technology startup landscape, graphical trends and insights, and recent funding and exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
Venture Scanner Future of TV report Q2 2017Nathan Pacer
A report providing an overview of the Future of TV startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
A report providing an overview of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) startup landscape, graphical trends and insights, and recent funding and exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
Venture Scanner Real Estate Tech Report Q1 2017Nathan Pacer
A report providing an overview of the Real Estate Technology startup landscape, graphical trends and insights, and recent funding and exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
Retail Tech Q3 2017 Highlights by Venture ScannerNathan Pacer
A deck providing highlights of the Blockchain Technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
Venture Scanner 3D Printing Tech Report Q1 2017Nathan Pacer
A report providing an overview of the 3D Printing Technology startup landscape, graphical trends and insights, and recent funding and exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
A report providing an overview of the Internet of Things (IoT) startup landscape, graphical trends and insights, and recent funding and exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
Blockchain Technology startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary, recent events, and a deep dive into Digital Asset Mining startups. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our research platform for technology startups!
A report providing an overview of the Financial Technology (fintech) startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
Health Technology startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary, recent events, and a deep dive into Last Mile Logistics. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our research platform for technology startups!
A report providing an overview of the Financial Technology startup landscape, graphical trends and insights, and recent funding and exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
Tech M&A Monthly: 15 Ways to Find BuyersCorum Group
The more qualified buyers you can bring to the table, the better your chances for an optimal sale of your company. But how do you build the ideal buyers list, with the right combination of "A list and B list" buyers? What about Private Equity, non-tech buyers, or international firms? Join the November edition of Tech M&A Monthly for a look at how Corum Group builds buyers lists--our dealmakers will walk through 15 things you need to be able to do in order to identify potential acquirers for your company.
A report providing an overview of the Retail Technology startup landscape, graphical trends and insights, and recent funding and exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!
A Foundation for Fast Digital Innovation
Creating a differentiated digital experience is critical to most businesses today. And it must be built, not bought. While APIs are the foundation of digital innovation, it takes more than just developing an API to innovate faster.
Come learn what it takes, including the API-led technologies and other components of a cloud-native digital platform, and a few tricks you need to consider that will help you focus on what's important to innovate fast.
By the end of this session you will understand;
How a digital platform enables fast innovation
The different technology components, capabilities, and processes companies use to build a cloud-native digital platform
Some of the best practices that other companies have used to improve API design, and reuse, and deliver faster
BootstrapLabs - Tracxn Report - artificial intelligence for the Applied Arti...BootstrapLabs
This report covers companies that provide the infrastructure for creating Artificial Intelligence. These Infrastructure companies include those working on Machine Learning, Deep Learning based platforms, libraries. Some of theses companies also provide platforms for Natural Language Processing and Visual Recognition. In the Applications section, the report covers companies leveraging AI techniques to build applications tailored for end use in Enterprise, Industry & Consumer sectors.
Over $1B has been invested in AI-Infrastructure startups since 2010 with ¬$340M being invested in 2015. Over $7.5B has been invested in AI-Applications startups since 2010 with $2.3B being invested in 2015.
A report providing an overview of the Insurance Technology (insurtech) startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
Retail Technology startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary with a deep dive on recent events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our dynamic research reports!
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
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The Venture Scanner researchplatform
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VC funding into artificial intelligence grew significantly in 2017
Overall artificial intelligence funding grew at a CAGR of 85% from 2012-2017,
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Private Equity $117,000,000 Nov 7, 2017
Series C $100,000,000 Oct 20, 2017
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The top 5 artificial intelligence funding events accounted for 40% of quarterly funding
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There were 10 artificial intelligence exits this past quarter, all of
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15. Category Discovery – Deep Learning/Machine Learning Applications
Every quarter a newcategory will receivea deep dive,providing comparisonsto other
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The machine learning applications category accounts for 35% of funding in
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Venture Investing in Artificial Intelligence
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1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017
Funding($B)
Seed A B C D Late Stage
20. 20
Funding within machine learning applications is moderately concentrated
Machine Learning Applications Companies with Large Funding Amounts
Company LatestRound Amount Location
Private Equity $3,100,000,000 China
Undisclosed $1,000,000,000 Pittsburgh,USA
Series D $359,000,000 Cambridge, USA
Undisclosed $267,250,000 Los Angeles, USA
Series E $251,200,024 Provo, USA
The top 5 machine learning applications companies by total funding account for
38% of overall category funding
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