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Go1 snaps up speed reading app Blinkist to expand in enterprise learning

TechCrunch: M&A

First, it is snapping up Blinkist , a startup out of Berlin that had built a platform to discover and read abbreviated versions of longer non-fiction books — “Blinks” that typically take no more than 15 minutes to read or listen to. Blinkist’s last valuation was $160 million in 2018 , when it raised $18.8

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12 Concepts We Can Learn About Buying VS. Building a Business on How2Exit's Interview W/ Walker Deibel

How2Exit

Walker Diebold, bestselling author of “Buy Then Build: How to Acquisitions Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game,” experienced the stock market firsthand as a stockbroker and learned valuable lessons from his experiences. In 2018, Walker released his book “By Then Build” which was inspired by this idea.

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12 of the most exciting tech companies in Manchester

Growth Business

Last year, its tech start-ups raised a record £532m and it has seen steady venture capital investment since 2018. The start-up has developed a free app containing a user’s health records and DNA genetic reports, from which you can book GP appointments and order NHS prescriptions. in equity funding. #10

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12 of the most exciting tech companies in Bristol

Growth Business

In May 2023, engineering firm Dyson also announced plans to build a £100 million R&D hub in the city to be home to hundreds of software and AI engineers. 3 – Graphcore University of Bristol spinout Graphcore has raised the most in equity funding of all Bristol’s tech startups and is one the UK’s unicorns. million to date. #7

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Key Considerations for Firms Impacted by Future Phases of the Uncleared Margin Rules

Accenture Capital Markets

Develop a scalable trade-eligibility model that not only meets your regulatory requirements, but also supports your firm’s booking model strategy. It would also be wise to assess the potential effects of the impact from the funding of initial margin. Build appropriate monitoring, detection, controls and resolution processes in advance.

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Eyes on a new prize: How outsourced trading has taken off and why the attention is now turning to larger managers

The TRADE

For some asset managers and hedge funds, the seemingly impossible notion of all traders not physically sitting together on a centralised desk and communicating face-to-face was all but wiped away overnight as the hybrid working setup was forcibly tested and passed with flying colours. Outsourced trading is no longer a taboo topic.

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Goldman Sachs on equities execution: Tacking with the wind

The TRADE

We’ve seen the growth in hedge funds, we’ve seen the emergence of quant and systematic.” The bank made a renewed push into the emerging markets space in 2018 in the midst of the retreat of several other banking players from the space and the inclusion of Saudi Arabia on the MSCI index in 2019. “We