Pitch Deck Teardown: DeckMatch’s $1M seed deck
I recently wrote about DeckMatch’s $1 million seed round. Given that the tool evaluates pitch decks, it’s only fair that I offered to evaluate its pitch deck, too. The founders saw the irony in that and offered its pitch deck as a sacrifice to the teardown gods. We’re looking
Read moreSearching for a TweetDeck alternative is a frustrating task
We knew this was coming. Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) finally made XPro (formerly TweetDeck) a subscriber-only product. It was a great tool for journalists, researchers and social media consultants to keep track of different timelines, lists, trends and keywords at the same time. The sad part is that it’s
Read moreFintech Forward: Bidvest Opts for AI Fraud Detecting Capabilities
In an interview with Bidvest’s Chief Information Officer Nomonde White-Ndlovu, the bank groups initiative in driving digital transformation was explored in greater depth. Nomonde reveals Bidvest’s aim to integrate state-of-art technologies to enhance the customer experience through improving security for digital onboarding and simplify the overall banking experience. The interview
Read moreCycling into the Future: Technology’s Role in Achieving Optimal Results
Sports celebrate hard work, persistence, perseverance, and skill, while technology plays a pivotal role in elevating athletes beyond human limits through innovation and evolving sports engineering. This rings especially true in professional cycling, where split-second tactics, teamwork, technique, and speed decide victories. Dell Technologies proudly renews its partnership with Q36.5
Read moreIt’s official: LK-99 isn’t a room-temperature superconductor
If there was any hope remaining that LK-99 might be a room-temperature superconductor, it’s pretty much dead now. In fact, it’s worse than that. Pure samples of the substance show that it is an insulator — the opposite of a superconductor. The glimmers of hope that kept the story in
Read moreThe Overflow #191: Between product and engineering
Welcome to ISSUE #191 of The Overflow! This newsletter is by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams. This week: I/O-heavy operations on the edge, the earliest programs called AI, and happiness is a developer community called Laravel. From the blog Speeding up the
Read moreLow interest rates and loneliness: the origins of the pandemic crypto boom
Glauber Contessoto, also known as “Pro,” records a video about Dogecoin. | Image: This Is Not Financial Advice This Is Not Financial Advice and Easy Money attempt to explain the extremely online financial mania. Their very divergent takes show how difficult it is to fully understand. Finance is often taught
Read moreNew Research Into South Africa’s SME Tech Landscape
Nearly two-thirds (63%) of South African small and medium enterprises (SMEs) effectively utilize technology, but a notable technology effectiveness gap exists between male and female business owners. This insight is derived from The South African SME Tech Index 2023, which gauges technology efficiency through research conducted by World Wide Worx
Read morePeak XV ramps up dealmaking following Sequoia split
Peak XV Partners has signed over 10 term sheets and executed three exits in the 10 weeks since it announced a split with Sequoia, according to minutes shared by an attendee to a closed-door gathering between the venture firm and its portfolio founders Friday. The accelerated dealmaking comes at a
Read moreKaspersky Bolsters INTERPOL’s Africa Cyber Surge II with Vital Threat Intelligence
Kaspersky played a crucial role in supporting INTERPOL’s Africa Cyber Surge II operation, aiding investigators in identifying compromised infrastructure and apprehending cybercrime suspects. The collaborative effort yielded remarkable outcomes, including 14 arrests and the discovery of network infrastructure linked to over $40 million in losses. Strengthening Cybercrime Departments and Partnerships
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