5 ways for Chief Innovation Officers to foster a culture of innovation and identify opportunities
Startups are here to stay. With access to endless data and more funding, start-ups will survive and therefore disrupt. Hence, the emergence of an innovation race amongst corporates. Everyone – from banks, industrials and even consumer goods companies – are obsessed with innovating. Innovation Labs, accelerators, transformation teams are mushrooming, but are often disconnected with the […]
FUTURE OF CROWDFUNDING: ICO IN ASIA AND INDIEGOGO'S STRATEGIC MOVE
The Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) are token sales and have great similarities with Initial Public Offerings (IPO) for listed companies, except that ICOs are not subject to the same regulations as securities everywhere on the globe. Cryptocurrency ventures will issue a certain percentage of the tokens that represent the value of the underlying assets, accepting […]
Urban mobility: a tale of Ofo, Mobike, and deep investor pockets
Ofo is a leader in station-free bikes from China. Users can get a passcode directly from the app to unlock the bike, ride wherever they’re headed and lock the bike again. Now present in China, USA, UK and Singapore, the Chinese startup has recently announced a US$700m Series E funding led by Alibaba to extend […]
Fintech for financial inclusion: a 2 billion people market to tap in
From 13th to 17th of November, Singapore was thrown under the spotlight as the city-state hosted its second Fintech Festival. Bringing more than 7,000 people in 2016, this year’s edition has brought more than 25,000 people to the EXPO Convention Center in Singapore. Corporates, startups, experts, regulators and investors were invited to share and build […]
