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Investors are betting on Indian wealthtech startups as a growing middle class looks to diversify its investments and startups challenge traditional financial advisers to cater to high-net-worth clients. Premji Invest is in final talks to lead a $30-40 million funding round for Deserve, an app that offers investment solutions to India’s wealthy, three sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The current talks value Deserve at about $170 million pre-money, more than double its previous funding round. Lightspeed Ventures is in advanced talks to lead a $20 million-plus investment round in digital asset management platform Centricity, two sources said. PeakXV…

Shunsaku Sagami, founder and CEO of Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed M&A Research Institute, has used AI to give his M&A business a competitive advantage, and now the 33-year-old wants to replicate that success overseas. An avid mahjong player, Sagami Shunsaku uses skills like risk assessment, careful observation and strategic thinking to beat his opponents, but this isn’t so different from his approach to business. Six years ago, the entrepreneur took a gamble by starting an M&A brokerage firm targeting small and medium-sized Japanese companies, many of which are run by elderly owners with no successors. Sagami is not the first to…

According to Moody’s, good data plays a key role in combating the rise in financial crime. Wael Jadara, head of sales for Asia Pacific at Moody’s, told Digital Nation that with the right amount of data “you can always know who’s doing what.” “Our role is to get more data, make that data richer, make that data more up to date, have more data sources and actually get a better picture of what’s going on out there,” Jadara said. “Crime isn’t going away. If anything, criminals are getting more sophisticated.” Jadara added that as criminals become more aggressive, “they are…

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The events of October 7th shocked Jewish communities around the world and caused many, including me, to reexamine our relationship with Israel. As one of Amazon’s first 100 employees and more recently as a Vice President at VMware, I have built a successful career in Seattle and Silicon Valley. “But as a Zionist Jew with deep, profound ties to Israel, I felt a duty to act. The decision to leave a stable corporate position and join Upwind was not an easy one; it raised eyebrows among friends and colleagues. But it felt necessary, and it was my way of…

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New York CNN — Radio host Andrea Lawfull Sanders has resigned from WURD radio after acknowledging that her post-debate interview with President Joe Biden included questions pre-selected by the Biden campaign, the station told CNN on Sunday. “The interview featured pre-determined questions prepared by the White House, which is counter to our practice of remaining an independent media outlet accountable to our listeners,” Sarah Lomax, president and CEO of the Philadelphia-based radio station, said in a statement posted on its website on Sunday. “As a result, Lawful Sanders and WURD Radio have agreed to end their relationship, effective immediately.” WURD…

For you, Pisces, today the energy is high, favorable for investments and business decisions. Good results are expected in relationships with singles where there is mutual understanding and attraction. Students will excel, professionals will be successful, and strong health will increase productivity. Commit to exercise and a balanced diet, explore financial opportunities, and exercise due caution before making any important commitments. Read more For you, Pisces, today is a day full of possibilities and enthusiasm. Your energy is high, making it a great day for making important decisions, especially regarding business and investments. Active involvement in these areas is likely…

Google researchers recently published the largest and most detailed map of the human brain to date. The map depicts just one cubic millimeter of brain tissue (half the size of a grain of rice), but with enough resolution to show individual neurons and their interconnections, and required 1.4 petabytes of data to encode.Though it’s only a small part of the brain, the map has led to some surprising discoveries. “For example, we found that some of the neurons form giant knots,” says Viren Jain, a research scientist at Google. “We don’t know why that is the case; no one has…

The takeaway: After putting its interests up for sale in March, Angel City FC is moving in to make more big-name acquisitions. As noted Wednesday, longtime Disney CEO Bob Iger and his wife, Willow Bay, dean of the University of Southern California’s journalism school, are reportedly buying a controlling interest in the NWSL club, which is currently valued at between $250 million and $300 million.More details: Initial reports from Puck and Semafor suggest Iger and Bay will invest at least $50 million, an amount that would replace Alexis Ohanian as the team’s controlling shareholder. Notably, Ohanian was reluctant to sell…