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Global Head of Emerging Technology & Intentional Innovation, Invesco |
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"Once you understand the client, it’s about how you digitally enable the solutions to ensure a seamless, frictionless end-to-end experience." |
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Dave Dowsett is the Global Head of Emerging Technology, AI, Scenario Planning and Intentional Innovation at Invesco, where he leads the development and execution of the emerging technology products and fintech engagements. In this recent interview, Dave shares with us his firm's approach to digital transformation, innovation and relationships with external ecosystems to help drive efficiency gains across all business domains during this uniquely challenging year. |
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DT TESTS MOBILE ANTENNA IN THE STRATOSPHERE
Deutsche Telekom has successfully tested an aerial base station in the earth's stratosphere. It aims to create a stratosphere network to bring mobile coverage to remote areas.
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DENA'S JOINT VENTURE AIMS TO DETECT CANCER EARLY
PFDeNA Inc, a joint venture between DeNA and Preferred Networks, is aiming to use deep learning technology to detect early-stage cancer from routine blood tests.
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SK HYNIX ACQUIRES INTEL'S NAND MEMORY BUSINESS
SK hynix has purchased Intel's flash memory business for $9 billion. The deal gives SK hynix control over a quarter of the market while allowing Intel to double down on 5G infrastructure technology.
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SOUTHWEST EXPANDS IN HOUSTON AND CHICAGO
Southwest is exanding service in Houston and Chicago, announcing it will begin servicing Bush Intercontinental Airport as well as O’Hare International next year.
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Founder & President, Operate |
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"For those corporates that are looking for an external team to help bring speed and efficiency to innovation (what I would argue is sometimes the antithesis of the corporate environment), this is where partnerships between a corporate and a venture studio are well worth it." |
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Carey Ransom is Founder and President of Operate, a venture studio that invests in and helps founders build high-growth software companies. After 20 years of starting, leading and growing multiple companies, Carey and his team now partner with founders to produce winning companies through their studio in Southern California. In this interview, Carey talk's about Operate's hands-on approach with its portfolio companies, as well as his perspective on the venture studio landscape in the context of today's climate and the future of corporate and venture studio engagement models. |
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MEET THE TEAM: ALEXIA FITE
Alexia Fite is an Analyst at Silicon Foundry. She holds a BA in Computer Science & Psychology from Yale University and spent a year and a half working at a New Haven-based family office. She talks to us about how her passion for tech and Gen Z perspective impacts her work and why influencer marketing is here to stay.
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SIF SERIES: NEXT-GEN PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
2020 is an inflection point for tackling critical global challenges. There are two options: go it together, or go it alone. From our perspective, the answer is clear - collaboration is the new competitive advantage, particularly at the intersection of public and private.
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Recording: Corporate Innovation with Startup Studios
Last month, Enhance Ventures and Kauffman Fellows, along with a panel of studio and corporate innovation experts (including Silicon Foundry's very own Steve Gotz), hosted an interactive virtual discussion to explore the growing startup studio trend and how startup studios can support the strategic objectives of corporations. Check out the full recording online here. |
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UNMET Arizona Fall 2020
October 12th – 25th
Co-hosted by Arizona Commerce Authority and Stout Street Capital, this is a virtual conference designed to meet the unmet need for venture capital investments in early-stage companies, specifically those located in underserved regions across North America. Register here |
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5th Mobility Investors Forum
October 29th-30th
The future of mobility has always meant creating or adapting to changes in technology, regulations, business models, and customer needs. But our journey to human-centered mobility requires navigating other disruptions such as the pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. Leadership in these times of change and uncertainty means having the foresight about the future and executing with confidence by seeing what others cannot see. MIF 2020 will gather leaders from the mobility industry to discuss economics, public-private partnerships, ethics and human values, sustainability and more. Register here |
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2020 MIT Sustainability Summit: Food For Thought
November 6th
Participants will have the opportunity to explore the food system as a whole and engage in discussions around food production, transportation, storage, consumption and disposal. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of what criteria they should apply when evaluating innovative, food-based solutions for environmental, social and economic sustainability. Register here |
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Operating Partners Technology Forum
December 1st-2nd
The Operating Partners Technology Forum will gather PE & VC professionals to uncover deep dive discussions, strategies and initiatives to achieve value creation through technology at this critical time for portfolio valuations. Register here |
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| America’s Big Banks Are Starting to Put Women in Charge
Economist |
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| Corporate VC Firms Buck 'Tourist' Reputation with Pandemic Dealmaking
Pitchbook |
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| Global Corporate Venture Capital in 2020
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| Online Associate Is the Retail Job of the Future
Bloomberg |
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| The Pandemic Plutocrats: How Covid Is Creating New Fintech Billionaires
Forbes |
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| Tech’s Influence Over Markets Eclipses Dot-Com Bubble Peak
WSJ |
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| The Case for Outsourcing Corporate Innovation
Inc.com |
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