by Adre's IT | 27 May, 2023 | Adre's IT Blog, google cloud messaging, HashiCorp, Hypotenuse AI, pearson, real estate agents, Startups, sunlight, venture capital Firms
Shares of edtech company Chegg still haven’t recovered from their dive earlier this month. As you may recall, its stock fell off a cliff after the company reported its Q1 results. While Chegg beat analyst expectations for the first quarter of the year, it also...
by Adre's IT | 6 July, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, Asia, CNBC, Conversion Rate Optimization, corporate finance, Formation 8, Funding, google cloud messaging, LG Chem, maryland, paay, palantir technologies, TC, Tech in Africa, Venture Capital, Welight Capital, Wish
To compete with the myriad venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, iFly.vc has a unique vantage point. Its founder Han Shen has straddled the United States and China for several decades. He was the first hire on the investment team of Formation 8, the VC firm...
by Adre's IT | 14 May, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, Bradley Tusk, Education, Fundings & Exits, google cloud messaging, harvard, HashiCorp, Startups, Venture Capital, venture capital Firms
After years in the backwaters of venture capital, edtech had a booming 2020. Not only did its products become must-haves after schools around the globe went remote, but investors also poured capital into leading projects. There was even some exit activity, with...
by Adre's IT | 9 January, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, artificial intelligence, Automotive, clearview ai, cmu, Enterprise, euronext, google cloud messaging, Kirsten Korosec, Mike Butcher, online tutoring, paywalls, personal assistant, Pileus, playstation, Ron Miller, San Mateo, Startups, TC, United States, University of Minnesota, Venture Capital
This has been quite a week. Instead of walking backward through the last few days of chaos and uncertainty, here are three good things that happened: Google employee Sara Robinson combined her interest in machine learning and baking to create AI-generated hybrid...
by Adre's IT | 8 January, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, Education, google cloud messaging, harvard, Social Finance, TC
While starting a tutoring marketplace is easy, scaling is often where the troubles begin. Tutoring marketplaces require a base of tutors that have the bandwidth and empathy to work with students across different learning styles, goals and comprehension levels. The...
by Adre's IT | 13 November, 2020 | Adre's IT Blog, Fundings & Exits, google cloud messaging, harvard, jiomart, Startups, TC
Reports on November 9 that a COVID-19 vaccine looks incredibly effective moved the market. Software stocks sold off and long-suffering industries hammered by the pandemic saw their fortunes rise. It was odd to see airlines soaring and 2020 high-fliers like Zoom...
