Agoracom Blog Home

Posts Tagged ‘tsx-v’

« Older Entries
Newer Entries »

SPONSOR: BetterU Education Corp. $BTRU.ca – #Edtech Startup Digital Gurukul Rolls Out Blockchain-Powered Diplomas $ARCL $CPLA $BPI $FC.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 12:21 PM on Wednesday, December 4th, 2019
SPONSOR:  BetterU Education Corp. aims to provide access to quality education from around the world. The company plans to bridge the prevailing gap in the education and job industry and enhance the lives of its prospective learners by developing an integrated ecosystem. Click here for more information.

Edtech Startup Digital Gurukul Rolls Out #Blockchain – Powered Diplomas

  • The startup has partnered with Germany-based Certif-ID
  • Receivers would not need additional devices to view the diploma
  • The company was in talks to raise $5 Mn for 10% stake

Indore-based Edtech startup, Digital Gurukul, has partnered with German tech networking company Certif-ID to roll out blockchain-powered certificates and Will allow employers to access the diplomas of applicants from any geographical locations.

By integrating blockchain with certificates and diplomas, Digital Gurukul is eliminating the need to send or physically present degrees. The people receiving these diplomas would not require any additional software or special equipment. The parties can simply view the diploma by scanning the QR code which is printed on the certificate.

All the students graduating from Digital Gurukul will not be provided with the blockchain-powered diploma to make the job and college hunting much simpler and seamless. The diploma will include information like educational qualifications, portfolio, projects and attendance. Dr. Raj Padhiyar, director of Digital Gurukul, said the adoption of Blockchain Technology is still in its infancy in the education industry. “But we believe it can help make the Indian education system more dependable and trustworthy,” he added.

Founded in 2014 by Padhiyar, Digital Gurukul has been awarded the “Asia’s Best Digital Marketing Institute”​. The company educates students regarding digital marketing and its various aspects. Digital Gurukul aims to have trained over 6K students by March 2020, which also includes some prominent names like Wittyfeed cofounder Parveen Singhal and Renaissance Indira Group of Institute’s founder chairman Swapnil Kothari.

In August 2019, Digital Gurukul announced that it was in talks with some investors to raise $5 Mn for a 10% stake. The company planned to use the funding to expand its operations to over 40 offline learning centres, invest in content and programmes and aid its international expansion.

The company’s official statement also added that it is planning to venture into the Middle East and Southeast Asian markets. The company, in its previous press release, also claimed that it has received over 120 franchisee requests across Asia. Digital Gurukul also has associations with reputed Indian institutes like IIM Indore, IIT Indore, NMIMS and Welingkar Institute, among others.

According to DataLabs by Inc42, Indian edtech startups received a funding of approximately $700 Mn in 2018, noting an 85% hike from the $375 Mn funding raised in 2017. Interestingly, of the $375 Mn raised, BYJU’s had raised $230 Mn in 2017.

The report also notes that only 7% of the 3,500 startups operating in the edtech space are funded, as of 2018. The Datalabs by Inc42 also highlights that 182 edtech startups generated funding of $1.34 Bn between 2014 to 2018. Of these, only 52 startups, making up for 28.5%, received more than $1 Mn in funding which amounts to $1.3 Bn. Meaning that the 52 startups comprised  99% of the total funding in the period.

Source: https://inc42.com/buzz/edtech-startups-digital-gurukul-rolls-out-blockchain-powered-diplomas/

Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in betterU Education Corp | Comments Off on SPONSOR: BetterU Education Corp. $BTRU.ca – #Edtech Startup Digital Gurukul Rolls Out Blockchain-Powered Diplomas $ARCL $CPLA $BPI $FC.ca

ThreeD Capital Inc. $IDK.ca – 5 #Crypto Projects That Crushed It in 2019 #Bitcoin #Ethereum $HIVE.ca $BLOC.ca $CODE.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 11:46 AM on Wednesday, December 4th, 2019

SPONSOR: ThreeD Capital Inc. (IDK:CSE) Led by legendary financier, Sheldon Inwentash, ThreeD is a Canadian-based venture capital firm that only invests in best of breed small-cap companies which are both defensible and mass scalable. More than just lip service, Inwentash has financed many of Canada’s biggest small-cap exits. Click Here For More Information.

5 Crypto Projects That Crushed It in 2019

  • Crypto startups that shrugged off bearish market conditions, community apathy and industry in-fighting, and focused on shipping clean code and great products.
  • There’s a lot of noise in the cryptosphere, but the following projects cut through it like a knife, delivering original solutions with genuine utility.

As 2019 nears its apex, it’s time to take a look back at the projects that crushed it this year. Crypto startups that shrugged off bearish market conditions, community apathy and industry in-fighting, and focused on shipping clean code and great products. There’s a lot of noise in the cryptosphere, but the following projects cut through it like a knife, delivering original solutions with genuine utility. Having killed it all year, you wouldn’t bet against this quintet doing it all over again in 2020.

  1. LiquidApps

EOS scaling project LiquidApps emerged out of nowhere to garner industry-wide plaudits as 2019 reached its crescendo. A lot of this was due to the success of its DAPP Network, which demonstrated that it’s possible to provision off-chain/sidechain scaling without compromising on decentralization. The DAPP Network’s vRAM enables EOS dApp developers to access cheap virtual storage, giving them the ability to scale their decentralized applications without being stung by prohibitive resource costs. That alone would be enough to sustain most crypto projects for a year, but LiquidApps accompanied this breakthrough with a tool for seamlessly onboarding new dApp users, another for linking blockchains into a single dApp, and an oracle service. Impressive stuff.

  1. Remme

Distributed Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) project Remme boasts one of the hardest working teams in crypto. After realizing that its PKI-enabled blockchain simply wouldn’t cut it on Hyperledger Sawtooth, the Remme team made the difficult decision to switch chains deep into the project, transitioning to the EOSIO codebase and rolling out its testnet. Rather than letting this throw them off their stride, Remme has charged ahead with its mainnet launch, taking time out to propose improvements to EOSIO where errors were encountered in the codebase, and fine-tuning the workings of its custom Block Producer program.

This year, Remme also succeeded in onboarding hundreds of enterprises to Keyhub, its all-in-one platform for managing SSL/TLS certificates. With its mainnet just weeks away, 2020 is shaping up to be a big year for the Ukrainian blockchain startup.

  1. Matic Network

It would be impossible to review 2019’s biggest breakout successes without including Matic. While the meteoric rise of its token in recent weeks, following its April IEO on Binance, has kept investors happy, that’s merely a symptom of its success in becoming the industry’s blockchain scaling solution of choice.

While Ethereum remains mired in ETH problems, Matic has emerged as a genuinely scalable and production-ready chain that can take the strain. Its adaptation of Plasma enables instant on-chain payments and transactions, making it suitable for everything from dApps to DEXs. Dozens of crypto projects have announced their migration to Matic Network including a number specializing in NFTs such as Battle Racers. In 2020, expect this trickle to transform into a torrent as crypto projects migrate en masse.

  1. Chainlink

If there’s any token, outside of exchange tokens, that investors wish they’d stacked up on in January, it’s LINK. Up 570% in 12 months, LINK will go down as one of 2019’s best buys. As with Matic, however, focusing on price misses out on the broader story. Much of Chainlink’s success comes down to mastering the other P – partnerships. This year, crypto and non-crypto businesses alike rushed to team up with Chainlink, utilizing the smart contract and oracle network for connecting off-chain data feeds and enabling tamper-proof inputs and outputs.

With names such as SWIFT, Google, Gartner, and IC3 all working with Chainlink, the project founded by Sergey Nazarov has become the first crypto startup to transcend the industry and embed itself in the broader business world.

  1. Synthetix

Warranting the accolade of most innovative defi project of 2019, Synthetix is a smart solution whose best is yet to come. Decentralized synthetic assets have long been the holy grail of many decentralized finance advocates, unlocking the ability to permissionlessly trade commodities, forex and cryptocurrency on DEXs. Synthetix is the first project to realize this goal through its pioneering use of ‘synths,’ tokens that provide exposure to assets such as gold, TESLA stock, and AAPL, without liquidity limitations. Up an incredible 1,715% to date, despite being absent from tier one exchanges, the SNX token looks like it has more room to grow – as does the Synthetix Network it powers.

Source: https://www.newsbtc.com/2019/12/03/5-crypto-projects-that-crushed-it-in-2019/

Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in All Recent Posts, Bitcoin, Blockchain stocks, Canadian Blockchain Stocks, Smallcap Blockchain stocks, ThreeD, ThreeD Capital | Comments Off on ThreeD Capital Inc. $IDK.ca – 5 #Crypto Projects That Crushed It in 2019 #Bitcoin #Ethereum $HIVE.ca $BLOC.ca $CODE.ca

PRIMO Nutraceuticals Inc. $PRMO.ca – Demand For Hemp, #CBD Oil Could Result In A Christmas Tree Shortage $CROP.ca $VP.ca NF.ca $MCOA

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 11:08 AM on Wednesday, December 4th, 2019

SPONSOR:  PRIMO NUTRACEUTICALS INC. (CSE: PRMO) (OTC: BUGVF) (FSE: 8BV) (DEU: 8BV) (MUN: 8BV) (STU: 8BV) provides strategic capital to the thriving cannabis cultivation sector through ownership and development of commercial real estate properties. The company also offers fully built out turnkey facilities equipped with state-of-the-art growing infrastructure to cannabis growers and processors. Click here for more info.

Demand For Hemp, CBD Oil Could Result In A Christmas Tree Shortage

  • The festive season has already begun! The US market is filled with Black Friday sales and it’s the merriest time of the year. 

By: Daniel Perry

But what’s interesting is the recent news that came from Texas about Christmas trees. Retailers are claiming Christmas trees might get sold out early in December as farmers are inclining towards cash-growing crops like hemp that is used to derive CBD oil- a potent and promising substance. 

Hemp has been trending in the US consumer market since December 2018 when the federal government legalized hemp. Companies have joined the CBD bandwagon offering numerous products ranging from CBD topicals, oils, creams, tincture, bath bombs, gummies, isolate, and what not! 

According to the retailers, the most healthy and big trees usually get sold out early in the festive season, right around Thanksgiving. With the shortage of Christmas trees this year, it is recommended for Texans to book their trees as soon as possible. 

With the inception of legal hemp farming, more and more farmers are exploring the CBD industry and investing their time in growing a cash crop with higher returns. Companies and big cooperation firms scout hemp for their CBD products from such farmers. Hemp is being considered as one of the most profitable crops of the year, as it is sold off at a much higher price as compared to other crops. 

The hemp industry has grown multifold over the past one year with CBD oil as one of its main products. Cannabidiol is a popular ingredient now available in skincare products with promises of increasing elasticity, promoting cell renewal and acting as an anti-aging compound. The cannabis-based beauty products are predicted to grab a piece of the $167 billion market.

Celebrities are touting CBD for its benefits, including Jennifer Aniston, Olivia Wilde, Busy Phillips, and the beauty mogul Kim Kardashian West. Even famous athletes such as Mike Tyson, David Wells, and KC Deane are endorsing CBD brands with products that promise faster recovery from accidents and a good healthy lifestyle overall. 

What Makes CBD So Popular?

CBD or cannabidiol is a hemp-derived substance that has anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and stress-relieving properties. Many people have touted CBD for its health benefits such as relieving stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, back pain, acute ache, muscle injuries, ligament ruptures, arthritis, etc. It is also a potent drug in alleviating the symptoms of life-threatening ailments like cancer, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s and Tourettes. 

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a cannabis-based medicine named Epidiolex, an oral solution that is used to treat two rare and severe forms of epilepsy- Dravet syndrome and Lennox Gastaut syndrome. These forms of epilepsy are most commonly found in children and experience numerous seizures that affect their overall growth. 

Cannabidiol is non-psychoactive in nature which means it does not produce any harmful mind-altering chemicals, like THC. THC or tetrahydro cannabidiol is the psychoactive component found in marijuana and its derivate plants that is responsible for the ‘high’ that people experience while smoking weed or hemp. It tends to produce a euphoric feeling which can dramatically affect mental health and might even cause permanent mental disorders. 

According to federal regulations, the maximum amount of THC per unit is 0.3%. This limit determines whether a cannabis-based product is safe for consumption or not. Any product containing higher than 0.3% per unit is marked as illegal and can be confiscated by enforcement officials. 

Recently, the FDA started sending out warning letters to companies that promote their cannabis-based products with medicinal promises or as an alternative to licensed medication. The FDA says that there’s a lot of research and background work that needs to be done in the field of cannabis, and promoting cannabis-based products without any relevant study or information is plainly misleading consumers. 

The agency warns customers to thoroughly read and be aware of the effects a cannabis-based product might have before they buy one. Also, it is recommended to buy only from licensed stores as their products are clinically tested, approved and safe for use.

Source: https://thecannabisradar.com/christmas-tree-shortage/7982/

Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in All Recent Posts, PRIMO Nutraceuticals Inc. | Comments Off on PRIMO Nutraceuticals Inc. $PRMO.ca – Demand For Hemp, #CBD Oil Could Result In A Christmas Tree Shortage $CROP.ca $VP.ca NF.ca $MCOA

INTERVIEW: PyroGenesis $PYR.ca Numbers Speak For Themselves; $29.5M Backlog + $13.5M Aircraft Carrier Contract Imminent $LMT $RTN $NOC $UTX $HPQ.ca $DDD.ca $SSYS $PRLB

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 10:28 AM on Wednesday, December 4th, 2019

“These results signal the beginning of the long-awaited breakout that we have been anticipating…’  These are the words of PyroGenesis CEO, Peter Pascali, and they are backed up by Q3 results that included a 91% increases in revenue and a 492% increase in signed contracts that are now in backlog to the tune of $29.5M, thanks to a monster contract win in October.  

If that wasn’t enough, after already having sold two plasma torch based systems to the US Navy for installation on two aircraft carries, the Company has already been advised by the US Navy that 2 more orders are coming for two more aircraft carriers to the tune of $13.5M.  

Even the Head of TSX Venture noticed the results on Linkedin recently:  

If you are just discovering PyroGenesis (PYR:TSXV) then grab your favourite drink and watch this powerful video …. or listen in via podcast when you want to tune out the world and learn about an incredible company.

Tags: , , , , , , ,
Posted in AGORACOM Via Satellite, Featured, PyroGenesis Canada Inc. | Comments Off on INTERVIEW: PyroGenesis $PYR.ca Numbers Speak For Themselves; $29.5M Backlog + $13.5M Aircraft Carrier Contract Imminent $LMT $RTN $NOC $UTX $HPQ.ca $DDD.ca $SSYS $PRLB

BetterU Education Corp. $BTRU.ca – Indian #Edtech stands to unlock immense growth $ARCL $CPLA $BPI $FC.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 11:33 AM on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019
SPONSOR:  BetterU Education Corp. aims to provide access to quality education from around the world. The company plans to bridge the prevailing gap in the education and job industry and enhance the lives of its prospective learners by developing an integrated ecosystem. Click here for more information.

Indian Edtech stands to unlock immense growth

  • Recent research suggests that the global Edtech market is expected to grow to USD 341 bn by 2025.
  • Armed with massive opportunities and ideas, global leaders in the Edtech sector recently came together at the 2019 Global Education Summit (GES) in Beijing.

Hans News Service

New Delhi: As the global education ecosystem continues to grow and evolve at a rapid pace, the space has witnessed an increase in the number of Ed-tech players. Recent research suggests that the global Edtech market is expected to grow to USD 341 bn by 2025. Armed with massive opportunities and ideas, global leaders in the Edtech sector recently came together at the 2019 Global Education Summit (GES) in Beijing. The summit revolved around exploring effective solutions from diverse perspectives, centered on the theme “Education for All”.

Representing India were top Edtech players, Gradeup, Toppr and Vedantu, who shared key insights on the test preparation and tutoring markets for competitive exams in the country. Also Read – Rajya Sabha passes bill to amend SPG Act, Amit Shah rejects charge of political vendetta, Congress stages walkout China, which is the leader in the Edtech space, has made significant strides by specifically focusing on student success and effective tools for measuring learning outcomes.

Chinese Edtech companies witness tremendous growth every year due to improvements in sales and recruitment process, teacher’s training and technological upgrades relevant to their offerings. By the end of 2019, the Chinese Edtech market is expected to reach 41 billion, growing at a rate of 20% annually. Also Read – Rajnath warns BJP MPs of Modi’s dissatisfaction with absenteeism in Parliament.

India, the Edtech market is expected to reach 1.96 billion by 2021, with test preparation being the fastest growing category with a CAGR of 64%. The current numbers are an indication that there is a lot to do and learn for Indian Edtech players from the Chinese. Sharing his insights, on the gap in Edtech markets in both countries, Shobhit Bhatnagar, Co-founder–CEO, Gradeup said, “With a focus on student outcomes, Chinese Live tutoring players have successfully been able to scale and innovate over the last 3 years. There is a lot that the Indian Edtech landscape can learn from this. This exchange has only reinforced Gradeup’s commitment towards further driving live online classes and strengthening our technology and product. We also plan to intensify our focus on Student Success in order to ensure greater efficacy of learning outcomes.”

The 2019 Global Education Summit saw the participation of over 200 representatives from the education, political and business sectors sharing their insights on the future-oriented development of education. The key focus was on facilitating greater inclusivity and equal access to education.  

The development of the Edtech market in India and the success of existing players will be largely driven by their focus on Live tutoring, with student success and learning outcomes at the very core. Shaping and realigning their delivery of Edtech content in a manner that is tailor-made and suited to the country’s continuously evolving educational landscape is the need of the hour. It will propel the growth of the sector in the future, and further boost the goal of democratized access to quality education for students pan-India. Gradeup is India’s largest exam preparation destination. It helps more than 15 million students prepare for various exams & score better. Established in 2015, it recently received $7 million in Series A funding from Times Internet and total funding amounts to $10 million.

Source: https://www.thehansindia.com/hans/young-hans/new-delhi-indian-edtech-stands-to-unlock-immense-growth–586588

Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in betterU Education Corp | Comments Off on BetterU Education Corp. $BTRU.ca – Indian #Edtech stands to unlock immense growth $ARCL $CPLA $BPI $FC.ca

CardioComm $EKG.ca Collaborates with ZANA Technologies GmbH to Integrate Mobile #ECG Management and Smartphone App Technologies #Mhealth $TLT.ca $OGI.ca $ACST.ca $IPA.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:55 AM on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019
  • Karlsruhe, Germany-based start-up ZANA Technologies GmbH entering into a business collaboration where CardioComm
  • ECG technologies to be tested within ZANA’s remote patient monitoring platform in 2020

Toronto, Ontario–(December 3, 2019) – CardioComm Solutions, Inc. (TSXV: EKG) (“CardioComm” or the “Company” or “CCS“), a global provider of consumer heart monitoring and electrocardiogram (“ECG“) acquisition and management software solutions, and Karlsruhe, Germany-based start-up ZANA Technologies GmbH (“ZANA“) confirm entering into a business collaboration where CardioComm’s GEMS™ ECG reviewing and HeartCheck™ ECG monitoring technologies are being evaluated to support ZANA’s novel, voice-directed, remote patient monitoring and patient management platform.

Through the use of deployable versions of the GEMS™ Mobile Smartphone, the GUAVA ECG viewer and GEMS™ ECG management software, ZANA will embed CardioComm’s ECG management technologies into its mobile app and patient engagement platform. ZANA users will be able to download one Smartphone app through which ECG recordings and clinical feedback will be provided using ZANA’s cloud-based patient engagement platform where CardioComm’s hospital ECG management software technologies will have been incorporated.

ZANA has decided to partner with CardioComm Solutions and its HeartCheck™ CardiBeat ECG device and GEMSTM software solutions to be evaluated by multiple medical centres throughout Europe in ZANA’s bid to become a preferred vendor for telemedicine solutions for monitoing a patient’s post-hospital discharge. ZANA’s disruptive patient enagement platform uses an intelligent, voice-/chat-based assistant with interactive and learning technologies that permit home-based, continuous health monitoring, designed to improve the health outcomes of its patients. As patient ECG monitoring requirements evolve, CardioComm will provide ZANA support in expanding the user’s access to other ECG monitoring methodologies that may be requested as part of any comprehensive physician-directed hospital discharge plan. This will include the use of 12 lead ECGs and long-term continuous ECG monitoring devices.

The companies will provide updates on the clinical testing results as they become available. To learn more about CardioComm’s products and for further updates regarding HeartCheck™ ECG device integrations, please visit the Company’s websites at www.cardiocommsolutions.com and www.theheartcheck.com.

About CardioComm Solutions

CardioComm Solutions’ patented and proprietary technology is used in products for recording, viewing, analyzing and storing electrocardiograms for diagnosis and management of cardiac patients. Products are sold worldwide through a combination of an external distribution network and a North American-based sales team. CardioComm Solutions has earned the ISO 13485:2016 MDSAP certification, is HIPAA compliant and holds clearances from the European Union (CE Mark), the USA (FDA) and Canada (Health Canada).

About ZANA

Zana Technologies GmbH is an award-winning digital health start-up based in Germany that offers cutting-edge conversational AI and wearables integration for remote health monitoring. The main product offering is an intelligent voice assistant that establishes a direct bridge between patients and doctors. The innovative remote care solution is designed to improve and lower costs of post-operative and chronic care. ZANA combines active conversation in natural language with real-time monitoring through connected devices, all from the comfort of a patient’s home through a Smartphone or smart home device. ZANA’s backend collects and presents the monitored patient’s data through an innovative dashboard system that updates doctors about their patient’s health continuously and securely.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Etienne Grima, Chief Executive Officer
1-877-977-9425 x227[email protected]
[email protected]

Forward-looking statements

This release may contain certain forward-looking statements and forward-looking information with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of CardioComm Solutions and certain of the plans and objectives of CardioComm Solutions with respect to these items. Such statements and information reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on information currently available to management. By their nature, forward-looking statements and forward-looking information involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future and there are many factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements and forward-looking information.

In evaluating these statements, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and forward-looking information. The Company does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements and forward-looking information contained in this release other than as required by applicable laws, including without limitation, Section 5.8(2) of National Instrument 51-102 (Continuous Disclosure Obligations).

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

To view the source version of this press release, please visit https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/50342

Tags: , , , , ,
Posted in CardioComm Solutions | Comments Off on CardioComm $EKG.ca Collaborates with ZANA Technologies GmbH to Integrate Mobile #ECG Management and Smartphone App Technologies #Mhealth $TLT.ca $OGI.ca $ACST.ca $IPA.ca

BetterU Education Corp. $BTRU.ca – Indian #EdTech startup #Credenc scores $2.5 million led by #Omidyar Network to grow its education loans platform $ARCL $CPLA $BPI $FC.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 11:25 AM on Monday, December 2nd, 2019
SPONSOR:  BetterU Education Corp. aims to provide access to quality education from around the world. The company plans to bridge the prevailing gap in the education and job industry and enhance the lives of its prospective learners by developing an integrated ecosystem. Click here for more information.

Indian EdTech startup Credenc scores $2.5 million led by Omidyar Network to grow its education loans platform

  • Commenting on the funding, Mayank Batheja, Co-founder, Credenc, said, “Currently only 5% of the ~$50 billion annual spend on college tuition fee is financed by organised lenders.
  • We believe this penetration should be at least 15%,” to which Avinash Kumar, Co-founder added, “Our target segment consists of the top 10,000 colleges in India, and we would like to ensure that we are available for the top 10% of students from these colleges.”

Getting student loans for higher education in developing countries is a daunting task. According to India-based EdTech startup Credenc, 30% of Indian students’ families sell assets to fund their education. 20% borrow from local money lenders at rates as high as 3% a month. Another 30% give up on a college education. Credenc is a new education technology startup on a mission to provide higher education loans to students in India.

The start-up has mapped 70,000 job roles across 50,000 companies in India and developed a deep understanding of employability in India, to change the status quo. After providing financial support, Credenc works with students and helps them with employability services, handholding applicants as they transition from student to professional life.

Today, Credenc announced it has raised $2.5 million(INR 17.8 crore) in seed funding to expand operations to 1,000 colleges across 50 cities over the next 2 years. Credenc also plans to hire across technology, credit and banking partnerships. The round was led by Omidyar Network India with participation from EMVC , Better Capital, and IIMK Alumni Fund. Over the next 5 years, the startup plans to loan up to $0.5 billion.

Founded in 2017 by Avinash Kumar and Mayank Batheja, the Delhi, India-based Credenc, works as the digital finance desk of 200+ management colleges across 17 Indian cities. To date, the startup has approved loans of about $15 million (INR 100+ crore). With more than 200 loan requests a day, Credenc undertakes a rigorous evaluation process using a proprietary AI model which tracks 15 million data points to predict the future income of students applying for loans. Industry-wide, approval for education loans can take up to 2 months, vis-a-vis Credenc which qualifies applications within a fraction of that time.

Commenting on the funding, Mayank Batheja, Co-founder, Credenc, said, “Currently only 5% of the ~$50 billion annual spend on college tuition fee is financed by organised lenders. We believe this penetration should be at least 15%,” to which Avinash Kumar, Co-founder added, “Our target segment consists of the top 10,000 colleges in India, and we would like to ensure that we are available for the top 10% of students from these colleges.”

The annual spend on college fees in India is US $50 billion or INR 3.5+ lakh crore, of which only 5% is financed by organised lenders. For the USA, this figure stands at more than 60%. Credenc intends to change the segment perception and reduce underwriting risk basis its future employability score, which will help this percentage go up to 15%, as it partners with more than 3,000 colleges in 100+ cities to build an INR 3,500+ crore loan book in the next 5 years.

“Credenc’ differentiated lending model provides financing to deserving students, which helps them access post-secondary education and get meaningful employment. Avinash and Mayank’s solution will help in creating a level playing field for students from the Next Half Billion population by making quality education more accessible. We see this partnership as an opportunity to demonstrate that a highly impactful and profitable business can be built in the large and untapped higher education financing space,” said Sarvesh Kanodia, Associate, Omidyar Network India.

Source: https://techstartups.com/2019/11/29/indian-edtech-startup-credenc-scores-2-5-million-led-omidyar-network-grow-education-loans-platform/

Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in All Recent Posts, betterU Education Corp | Comments Off on BetterU Education Corp. $BTRU.ca – Indian #EdTech startup #Credenc scores $2.5 million led by #Omidyar Network to grow its education loans platform $ARCL $CPLA $BPI $FC.ca

ThreeD Capital Inc. $IDK.ca – Why Germany’s Friendly #Crypto Bill Is a Big Deal #Bitcoin #Ethereum $HIVE.ca $BLOC.ca $CODE.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 10:46 AM on Monday, December 2nd, 2019

SPONSOR: ThreeD Capital Inc. (IDK:CSE) Led by legendary financier, Sheldon Inwentash, ThreeD is a Canadian-based venture capital firm that only invests in best of breed small-cap companies which are both defensible and mass scalable. More than just lip service, Inwentash has financed many of Canada’s biggest small-cap exits. Click Here For More Information.

Why Germany’s Friendly Crypto Bill Is a Big Deal

  • In November, Germany became the leader of the free world where government acceptance of cryptocurrency is concerned.

By: William M. Peaster

In November, Germany became the leader of the free world where government acceptance of cryptocurrency is concerned.

That’s because last week, a bill was pushed forward by the Bundesrat, the upper house of Germany’s legislature, that would allow German banks to directly sell and custody cryptocurrencies for their clients as of January 1st, 2020.

Next up the country’s 16 states will make a final decision on the bill, though domestic analysts don’t expect resistance to the legislation at the national level.

That means the way is paved for the bill to officially come into law, a development that would mark a watershed moment not only for Germany but also for cryptocurrencies in general.

Crypto Goes Mainstream in Heart of Europe

Germany is one of the largest economies in the world and the EU’s most influential state. To that end, the country often sets the tone economically and politically for many nations in Europe.

With its new crypto bill, Germany’s legislators are signaling to their constituents and to the international stage that cryptocurrencies are to be embraced, not rejected. This dynamic will make Germany attractive to crypto projects around the globe who are interested in having a base in a very pro-crypto country.

“Germany is well on its way to becoming a crypto heaven,” Sven Hildebrandt, the lead consultant at major consulting firm DLC, said last week. In extension, other European countries and beyond may follow in Germany’s stead in passing ensuing waves of pro-crypto legislation. If in one decade’s time more banks than not directly deal with cryptocurrencies, German banks will have been the trailblazers.

Moreover, it cannot be overstated just how much Germany’s new friendly crypto bill does to move in the direction of normalizing and legitimizing cryptocurrencies as another avenue of mainstream finance. If digital currencies do go on to become widely adopted global financial tools, one could look back on Germany’s legislation as one of the important dominoes that dropped along that way.

The passing of the crypto bill comes on the heels of the German government publishing a national blockchain strategy for the first time back in September. The strategy put the country on course toward becoming a hub for blockchain enterprises.

“Germany should be an attractive location for the development of blockchain applications and investments in their scaling,” two government ministries said in a joint announcement at the time.

Germany Is Epicenter for “Digital Euro” Movement

Just like the U.S. Federal Reserve and China’s central bank, Europe’s top financial officials have taken serious notice of the Facebook-backed Libra stablecoin project.

In response, some European leaders have called for tougher restrictions on cryptocurrencies in general, though others yet have argued the European Union should become a hub for crypto innovation.

In that latter camp is the Association of German Banks, a group of 200 private German banks that serve as finance industry lobbyists in the EU’s biggest economy. Weeks ago, the association argued that Europe’s major stakeholders to back the development of a digital euro that had smart contract capabilities, saying they would commit to supporting the effort:

“The German private banks will play their part in establishing a sustainable and innovative monetary system. For this purpose, a programmable account and crypto-based digital euro should be created and its interoperability with book money ensured. The condition for this is establishing a common pan-European payments platform for the programmable digital euro.”

The association’s plea for a digital euro came one month after German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz should create its own public cryptocurrency.

“We should not leave the field to China, Russia, the US or any private providers,” Scholz said.

Source: https://blockonomi.com/why-germanys-friendly-crypto-bill-is-a-big-deal/

Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in All Recent Posts, ThreeD, ThreeD Capital | Comments Off on ThreeD Capital Inc. $IDK.ca – Why Germany’s Friendly #Crypto Bill Is a Big Deal #Bitcoin #Ethereum $HIVE.ca $BLOC.ca $CODE.ca

betterU $BTRU.ca to announce their Enterprise SaaS Skills Platform at India’s Prestigious Leadership Summits #Edtech $ARCL $CPLA $BPI $FC.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:18 AM on Monday, December 2nd, 2019
  • Named as the Education Partner for the 17th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit taking place in New Delhi, India December 6-7.
  • betterU will be announcing the launch of its new B2B software-as-a-service (SaaS) Enterprise Skills Platform to an audience of over 800 senior politicians, bureaucrats, diplomats, business executives, thinkers, commentators and analysts

OTTAWA, Dec. 02, 2019 — betterU Education Corp. (TSX VENTURE: BTRU, Frankfurt: 5OGA) (the “Company” or “betterU“) is pleased to announce that it has been named as the Education Partner for the 17th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit taking place in New Delhi, India December 6-7. betterU will be announcing the launch of its new B2B software-as-a-service (SaaS) Enterprise Skills Platform to an audience of over 800 senior politicians, bureaucrats, diplomats, business executives, thinkers, commentators and analysts coming together to hold ‘Conversations for a Better Tomorrow’, which is a foundational theme of this year’s event.

betterU’s CEO, Brad Loiselle, will share the stage with 23 global leaders including: https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/6413f09f-7e08-4517-8530-b8fc2f74d8dd

Mr. Loiselle has been asked to share his thoughts on the challenges and opportunities of continual reskilling and upskilling in corporate competitiveness, and what emerging technology companies like betterU are doing to address continual change and disruption. Mr. Loiselle will demonstrate betterU’s breakthrough B2B SaaS Enterprise Skill Platform, which will be showcased throughout the event.  

https://www.hindustantimes.com/htls/hindustan-times-leadership-summit-2019/

The Company is also pleased to announce that its B2B SaaS Enterprise Skill Platform will be a global offering open to enterprise clients in both developed and developing economies. betterU if offering special promotions to companies with 50 to 50,000 employees who wish to immediately participate as beta customers in advance of full commercial launch in early 2020. betterU greatly appreciates the opportunity to contribute to the 17th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit and to build awareness for the Company’s breakthrough B2B SaaS Enterprise Skill Platform.

About betterU Education Corp.

betterU is an education-to-employment technology company offering an end-to-end skilling solution using artificial intelligence and skill automation designed for organizations who are seeking to skill, reskill or upskill their talent.

betterU has curated and collaborated with over 100 global organizations who has provided access to their content, technology and support the developed of skills assessments/reassessments, learning paths, and career development opportunities in betterU’s easy to use integrated platform. betterU’s eco-system includes full job / skill / employer / educational profile for essentially every country and every city with detailed job profiles (automation, skills, employers, etc) for 3,000 standardized jobs. They have also added taxonomy for 30,000+ skills with clustering and hierarchy and 30,000+ educational institutions and their individual programs mapped across Job / skill / talent profiles for millions of companies globally. The collaboration solution is the only way forward to solve mass skilling challenges for employers and employees globally.

We are helping India build better companies by developing better employees.

CONTACT INFORMATION

On behalf of the Board of Directors,
betterU Education Corp.
Brad Loiselle, CEO

CONTACT INFORMATION

Investor Relations
1-613-695-4100
Email: [email protected]

Speakers of Leadership Summit

Dec 6-7 Hindustan Times Leadership Summit. betterU is the Education Partner and CEO will be announcing new Enterprise Skill Platform

Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in betterU Education Corp | Comments Off on betterU $BTRU.ca to announce their Enterprise SaaS Skills Platform at India’s Prestigious Leadership Summits #Edtech $ARCL $CPLA $BPI $FC.ca

Empower Clinics $CBDT.ca – Study: #CBD – Rich #Cannabis Can Treat ‘Multiple Symptoms’ of Autism $WEED.ca $CGC $ACB $APH $CRON.ca $HEXO.ca $OGI.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 4:45 PM on Friday, November 29th, 2019

SPONSOR:

Why Empower Clinics

  • A leading owner/operator of physician staffed health and pain management clinics
  • Patient database of over 165,000 patients 
  • Platform generating $4MM USD in revenue annually (2019)
  • Proprietary technology platforms including Electronic Health Records portal and e-Commerce for CBD product distribution
  • Launching CBD extraction facility
  • First extraction system capacity = 6,000 Kg per year.

Study: CBD-Rich Cannabis Can Treat ‘Multiple Symptoms’ of Autism

By Chris Roberts

It’s pure coincidence that autism—a broad term used to describe a spectrum of behaviors our society has deemed “aberrant”—became known and more widely diagnosed at the same time medical cannabis use was normalized in the United States.

The timing alone meant it was probably inevitable that weed would be used to try and “treat” autism, which affects one out of every 68 children born in the country and has no known “cure,” but there’s also the handy and salient fact that, according to a heap of anecdotal evidence, CBD-rich cannabis oil seems to help.

A growing body of clinical research attesting to cannabis’s success in treating autism continues to expand. In one of the latest studies, published in the most recent issue of the journal Frontiers in Neurology, patients with autism receiving “CBD-enriched” cannabis oil showed vast improvements in social interaction and communication, as well as other neurological benefits.

The first cannabis-based pharmaceutical drugs allowed in the United States have been to treat children with severe epilepsy. The conditions in the brain that lead to epileptic seizures may also somehow be related to the conditions—the “etiological mechanisms,” in researcher-speak—that lead to non-epileptic autism.

The cannabinoid that appears to treat these conditions is CBD, or cannabidiol, which appears to have value as a “neuroprotectant,” an intervention that allows the brain to function “better,” as well as an anti-inflammatory agent. So there’s some logic, as well as science, behind the approach.

In this most recent study, researchers in Brazil monitored the progress of 18 patients with autism over a period of up to nine months. Each of the patients received a CBD-rich cannabis sativa extract with a CBD to THC ratio of 75 to 1. The patients received 4.6 milligrams of CBD per kilogram of body weight to 0.06 milligrams of THC—a not insignificant dose for someone weighing more than 100 pounds.

Three patients discontinued the treatment because of “adverse effects” during the first month, but of the 15 who continued, 14 showed “some level of improvement” in multiple categories of symptoms.

Nine of the patients—the ones who did not also have epilepsy as well as autism—showed “improvement equal to or above 30%” in at least one of the categories monitored, and four patients showed significant improvement in at least four categories, including social interaction and function, as well as the ability to sleep and stay focused.

It’s hard to say with certainty whether the CBD was doing the work or was merely one tool in a box doing its share of the work. But as the researchers noted, 10 of the 15 patients were on other medications prior to starting the study—and nine of the 10 still showed improvement after cutting out or reducing their other, non-cannabis medications.

“The results reported here are very promising,” the researchers wrote, “and indicate that CBD-enriched [cannabis] may ameliorate multiple [autism spectrum disorder] symptoms even in non-epileptic patients, with substantial increase in life quality for both … patients and caretakers.”

As it happens, the pharmaceutical industry seems well aware of this potential: GW Pharmaceuticals, which patented and markets Epidiolex, the drug for epileptic children, is also working on developing a cannabis-derived drug that would be used to treat autism, as CNN’s Sanjay Gupta reported in September.

But this enthusiasm is not yet shared by researchers and doctors whose job it is to treat the condition.

“To date, there is limited research, and no evidence, on the potential short-term, long-term or neurodevelopmental risks and benefits of medical marijuana or its related compounds in ASD,” the Autism Science Foundation says on its website.

They’re not entirely wrong—there does need to be more evidence and successful clinical trials, including standardized dosing, before experts can endorse such a treatment—but it also seems clear that many parents and caretakers are unwilling to wait and happy to try cannabis. That’s why a growing number of states where medical cannabis is legal, including Texas, allow patients with autism to access cannabis oil.

Source: https://observer.com/2019/11/cbd-cannabis-autism-symptoms-study/

Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in All Recent Posts, Empower Clinics Inc. | Comments Off on Empower Clinics $CBDT.ca – Study: #CBD – Rich #Cannabis Can Treat ‘Multiple Symptoms’ of Autism $WEED.ca $CGC $ACB $APH $CRON.ca $HEXO.ca $OGI.ca

« Older Entries
Newer Entries »