MediaTek Allocates US$300m to Invest in New Business Opportunities
MediaTek announced the launch of MediaTek Ventures - a new strategic investment arm within the company. Headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, MediaTek Ventures will initially invest in startups in Greater China, Europe,...
AKT IP Ventures Launches Targeted $20 Million Fund to Incubate Emerging IP-Based Tech Companies
AKT IP Ventures recently announced the launch of a targeted $20 million incubation investment fund that will finance the creation and operation of IP-based businesses in the mobile, multi-touch, wearables, IoT, big...
RFID Journal Announces Winner of Startup Challenge
RFID Journal announced that Golden Environmental Mat Services (GEM Services) was selected as the winner of its first RFID Startup Challenge. This event took place at RFID Journal LIVE! 2015, the...
Z-Wave Alliance Launches IoT Competition to Reward Start-Ups for Their Innovation in the Smart...
The Z-Wave Alliance is announcing a brand new competition to support and incentivize innovation on the Z-Wave platform. The year-long Z-Wave Labs Program will accept applications from start-up companies and entrepreneurs looking to...
CIT Launches EMERGE! Accelerator Initiative
In partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T), the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) announced the creation of EMERGE! Accelerating Wearable Tech for First...
The Wearable And IoT Revolution Starts At Wearable World Congress
Wearable World, the organization leading the Wearable Tech innovation wave, announced its speaker list for Wearable World Congress, the preeminent face-to-face event for the Wearable Tech market taking place on May...
Intel Capital Launches $125M Fund to Invest in Women and Underrepresented Minority Entrepreneurs
Intel Capital, Intel Corporation's global investment organization, today announced the Intel Capital Diversity Fund, which will invest in technology startups run by women and underrepresented minorities. Also unveiled were the fund's...
LaunchHouse Aims to Bridge Gap Between Technology and Manufacturing Startups
This fall marks the emergence of LaunchHouse as the first hardware accelerator in the state of Ohio. A $200,000 grant from the Ohio Third Frontier ONEFund was awarded to LaunchHouse in...
MediaTek Labs Launches New Partner Program to Help Bring Wearables and IoT Devices to...
As part of its global developer initiative, MediaTek announced MediaTek Labs Partner Connect at this year's Mobile World Congress. The new supply chain partner program will help developers of Wearables and...
Disruptive Entrepreneurship Headlines TiEcon 2015
For the twenty-second year, Silicon Valley will once again host TiEcon 2015, the world's largest conference on entrepreneurship, convening here on May 15 and 16. Some 500 technology startups and those...
