World-leading accelerator Techstars will educate, mentor and provide global networking opportunities to Japanese startups through an immersive 10-week experience BOULDER, Colorado, Jan 27, 2021 – Techstars, the rapidly-growing global investment and accelerator network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, today announced a new program supporting 50 Japan-based startups in partnership with the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), the Japan Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Taking place from February to April, the 10-week “Startup City Acceleration Program” will provide local startup businesses with guidance and hands-on mentorship, while also helping them progress toward overseas expansion by…
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Joen will lead AppsFlyer’s sales strategy in SEAPAC (Southeast Asia-Pacific) and scale the sales team across the region; an important high-growth region for Marketing Technology and AppsFlyer global With over 20 years of strategic technology sales experience, Joen has a proven track record of success in the industry, and has managed to exceed targeted sales growth in his previous positions Today, AppsFlyer (https://www.appsflyer.com/), the global attribution, and marketing analytics leader, has appointed Joen van Driel as the company’s new Vice President for Sales for Southeast Asia-Pacific (SEAPAC). This appointment builds on AppsFlyer’s focus on Southeast Asia, India, Japan, and Korea; a high-growth…
Captiva Verde Land Corp. (CSE: PWR), is excited to announce that Solargram Farms Corporation (“Solargram”), a holder of a Canadian Federal Health Canada License to cultivate, test, harvest and sell cannabis, has now additionally been approved for a Canadian Federal Health Canada Sales and Processing License. Health Canada Sales and Processing License Approval Immediately following the large outdoor Solargram harvest on October 30, 2020, Solargram, with its cannabis consultant Deloitte, submitted its sales and processing license application to Health Canada for review. The processing and sales licensing application is a rigorous, multi-phased acceptance process that enables Solargram to monetize selling…
Stock Up Express (www.stockupexpress.com) Receives More Than 1,000,000 Annual Online Visitors, Consisting of a Diverse Group of Customers Tauriga Sciences, Inc. (“Tauriga” or the “Company”), a revenue generating, diversified life sciences company, with a proprietary line of CBD & CBG infused Supplement chewing gums (Flavors: Pomegranate, Blood Orange, Peach-Lemon, Pear Bellini, Mint, Black Currant) as well as an ongoing Pharmaceutical Development initiative, today announced that it has entered into a distribution agreement (the “Agreement”) with Stock Up Express, a division of a leading total services distributor that generates more than $3 Billion in annual sales. Stock Up Express is based…
McDonald’s Japan Implements Adra Matcher, Balancer and Task Manager Trintech, a leading global provider of integrated Record to Report software solutions for the office of finance, today announced that McDonald’s Japan has chosen and gone live with its Adra Suite to simplify and automate its reconciliation and financial close processes. By combining effective finance processes with Adra, McDonald’s Japan will see increased ROI, improved accuracy, and greater visibility across their entire financial close process. “Prior to implementing Adra, our reconciliation process was labor intensive with manual efforts,” said Toru Kobayashi, Manager, Financial Shared Service of McDonald’s Japan. “Since the implementation,…
Materials inspired by the colour changes in a peacock’s feather could lead to anti-counterfeit and sensing applications. Melanin-like compounds can be precisely designed and arranged to colour materials using a mechanism similar to that found in a peacock’s feathers. Chemist Michinari Kohri of Chiba University in Japan reviewed the latest research on these ‘melanin-mimetic materials’ and their potential applications for the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. Melanin is a dark pigment that gives hair and skin its colour. It is also essential for the bright colours we see in some organisms. When light interacts with the structures of…
Pacific Green Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: PGTK) is pleased to announce wholly-owned subsidiary Pacific Green Technologies (Shanghai) Co. Ltd has signed a framework agreement (the Agreement) with SINOPEC Star Co., Ltd. (SINOPEC Star), a subsidiary of SINOPEC, the world’s largest oil refining, gas and petrochemical conglomerate headquartered in Beijing, to provide design, development engineering and consulting services. The Agreement provides for Pacific Green to work alongside SINOPEC Star on a portfolio of projects in the areas of Onshore and Offshore Wind Power, Photovoltaic Power and Comprehensive Energy Utilization, as SINOPEC seeks to expand its renewable energy portfolio. The Agreement is effective…
Greenbriar Capital Corp. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a unique industry leading marketing partnership with Ridge Utilities Ltd. (“Ridge”). The partnership will see Greenbriar support the development of micro-generation capacity for numerous commercial and agricultural sites across southern Alberta, while Ridge Utilities will provide retail customers with access to preferential energy pricing through its “Solar Club”. Greenbriar will design, finance, build, own and operate the multiple micro-generation facilities and maintain and manage the operation for at least 20 years. Greenbriar and its stakeholders will finance up to the first CDN $120 Million of new solar facilities…
VPower Group International Holdings Limited (“VPower Group”, stock code: 1608.HK) has announced a positive profit alert that the net profit of the company for the year ended 31 December 2020 is expected to increase by more than 70% as compared with that of HK$283.6 million for the year of 2019. The expected increase is mainly attributable to the growth of both the power system integration (SI) business and the Investment, Building and Operating (IBO) business, and the significant contribution from VPower Group’s joint venture, CNTIC VPower Group Holdings Limited (“CNTIC VPower”). VPower Group’s potential should be on investors’ watch. CNTIC…
Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB), a leading Bank in the Arab Gulf region, has announced Verofax as winner of the ‘BisB Innovation Challenge’, a Fintech Competition run as part of the Bank’s partnership with ‘FinHub 973: CBB (Central Bank of Bahrain) Digital Lab’, the Kingdom’s open application programming interface (API) innovation platform. Verofax, a mature and enterprise-ready service provider, was selected after rigorous screening to ensure a solution with the requisite level of feasibility and security to maintain the confidentiality and security of customers’ financial data. Verofax, founded by Wassim Merheby, and technology partner Turnkey Lender proposed a unique approach in…