We lead this week with news that Circuit, an Austin-based company building an AI platform for manufacturing and service organizations, has raised USD 30mn from individual investors. A wave of retirements combined with increased complexity in the ways manufacturing and service teams operates means that institutional knowledge is often in the heads of individuals who […]
Take2 has raised USD 14mn for its Series A round led by Human Capital. Other investors participating in the round are Bertelsmann Healthcare Investments, Reach Capital, SemperVirens VC and Honeystone Ventures. With healthcare hiring at breaking point, one in three new jobs in the U.S. is in the sector, healthcare turnover exceeds 50% and vacancy […]
World Economic Forum members participating in the organisation’s Global Risks Perception Survey (GRPS) were asked to identify risks which will become critical threats to the world. The results were published in the institution’s Global Risks Report 2021. And, in order of severity, the following themes were singled-out as threats that could occur within the next […]