Part 1: The truths and myths of 5G deployment – a technical perspective
In this article series, we explore the opportunities and boundaries of 5G.
Read MoreGeekWire: Apple acquires Xnor.ai, edge AI spin-out from Paul Allen’s AI2
Read more →NGP Capital is a global venture capital firm with over $1.2 billion under management investing in the U.S., Europe, India and China. We back entrepreneurs building growth-stage technology companies within the Enterprise, Mobility and Mobile.
GeekWire: Apple acquires Xnor.ai, edge AI spin-out from Paul Allen’s AI2, for price in $200M range
The three-year-old startup’s secret sauce has to do with AI on the edge — machine learning and image recognition tools that can be executed on low-power devices rather than relying on the cloud. NGP Capital invested in Xnor.ai in 2018.
Zinier raises $90M to transform field service workforces with AI-driven automation
Zinier, the leader in intelligent field service automation, today announced that it has raised $90 million in Series C funding to transform field service workforces with AI-driven automation. New investor ICONIQ Capital led the round with new participation from Tiger Global Management, and return investors Accel, Founders Fund, NGP Capital, France-based Newfund Capital and Qualcomm Ventures LLC.
Meet Paul Asel, Managing Partner at NGP Capital
VatorNews: Asel has realized 20 successful investments, including five IPOs and four $1 billion-plus exits, of which UCWeb and Ganji were two of the largest technology acquisitions in China. Other successful exits include KongZhong, DQ Entertainment, Gridsum, Morpho, Madhouse, Whistle, CityMaps and Intermedia. Meet the man leading the global venture capital firm, NGP Capital.
Transportation Reimagined at World of Connections 2019
NGP Capital hosted its fifth annual World of Connections event in San Francisco gathering 375 entrepreneurs and executives from the US, Europe, and Asia to consider the ways in which technology enables us to reimagine the future.
Work Reimagined at World of Connections 2019
In our Work Reimagined track at World of Connections San Francisco, we had a jam-packed day of thought-provoking discussions. What can we expect for the future of work? Let’s take a look at what our speakers had to say.
Enterprise Reimagined at World of Connections 2019
NGP Capital hosted its fifth annual World of Connections conference with co-hosts Maersk and Wipro Ventures. Read the insights from the enterprise track!
Part 2: Exploring the business value of 5G
In this second article in our series on 5G, David Banjo, Head of 5G E2E Solution Architecture at Nokia, shares how 5G, particularly the capabilities included in 3GPP Release 16 and beyond, will begin to transform industries and the communication ecosystem.
Shadowfax announces $60Mn financing round led by Flipkart group and existing investors
Investment focused on driving strategic synergies to grow hyperlocal business Shadowfax to grow presence in 1000 cities and is on track to become the largest logistics player in India.
Questions — The lifeblood of survival
As an entrepreneur and leader, when you grow in stature, your organisation becomes larger, and you become more successful. Based on your success, you learn to trust your own judgement and reasoning — your experience tells you that, mostly, you are right. So, your own success and the exterior signs of this success create one of your biggest problems, one not too dissimilar to that of the famous people or royalty: Whom can you trust? Or, put slightly differently: Who will tell you their true thoughts or views?
McKinsey Quarterly: How lots of small M&A deals add up to big value
New research confirms that companies that regularly and systematically pursue moderately sized M&A deliver better shareholder returns than companies that don’t.
Startups with at least 1 female founder hire 2.5x more women
Kauffman Fellows: Supporting women in startups now will likely result in significantly more successful female entrepreneurs who will help pave the way for future generations of women to get involved, creating more jobs for all genders along the way.
Industrial automation startup HaiLa winner of the 2019 Nokia Open Innovation Challenge
Canadian startup company HaiLa, which offers technologies that can drastically reduce energy consumption for Internet of Things devices, has won the 2019 Nokia Open Innovation Challenge. The competition was organized by Nokia Bell Labs in partnership with NGP Capital.
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