Video news startup Stringr raises $5.75M from Thomson Reuters and others
Stringr, a video-focused startup that says it can help news organizations adapt to the challenges of COVID-19, is announcing that it has raised $5.75 million in new funding. When I wrote about the the company at the end of 2015, it was creating a marketplace that connected news organizations with videographers who could provide them with news footage. Since then, co-founder and CEO Lindsay Stewart (a former TV news producer herself) told me the network has grown to more than
Upcoming Webinars in Singapore for start-ups, SMEs and entrepreneurs - June 2020
Singapore has such a dynamic ecosystem that sometimes the number of events offered can be overwhelming. With the sudden disruption of COVID-19, you may now find yourself overwhelmed with the plethora of Webinars. Here at FirstCOUNSEL, we're going to help you out by putting together a curated list of upcoming online events in Singapore for start-ups, SMEs and entrepreneurs: June 1 - Learn to use Teams - Microsoft Teams Hour Webinar - FREE ​ June 2-11 - Strategies for Future G
More than 2,000 Singapore SMEs, heartland retailers to benefit from new e-commerce solution
[SINGAPORE] A new mobile commerce solution will help more than 2,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) set up their own virtual store and have access to a wide network of customers. The initiative, which aims to help SMEs such as heartland merchants deal with challenges in the retail landscape amid the Covid-19 pandemic, was announced by Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Chee Hong Tat during a webinar on Monday. Jointly developed by Nanyang Polytechnic's
