MioTech gets $7M to build artificial intelligence based tools for wealth managers in Asia

MioTech, a financial tech startup with offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai, has raised $7 million in Series A funding to develop artificial intelligence based software for investment managers. The round was led...

Lilium, a German company building an electric ‘air taxi,’ makes key hires from Gett,...

Left to right: VP of Production Dirk Gebser, Head of Recruitment Meggy Sailer, CCO Dr. Remo Gerber and co-founder CEO Daniel Wiegand Lilium is almost as ambitious as European startups come. The Munich-based company...

Premium Fridays: Japan gives its workers a break – to go shopping

Optional scheme allows employees clock off early, with government hoping the move will boost consumer spendingIt is supposed to be a rare opportunity for Japans harried workers to clock off early and go home...

Proof that a 6-hour workday could be the right move for your company

Modern office lobby with business people working in background.Image: MASKOT/Getty Images For about a year, nurses at the Svartedalens retirement home have worked six-hour days on an eight-hour salary. They're part of an experiment...

Vidrovr raises $1.25M to bring smarter video search to publishers

As video becomes increasingly important to the media business (to the point where it’s become a cliché), a startup called Vidrovr aims to help publishers find the most relevant videos to go along...

Tech’s Latest Innovation Looks A Lot Like a Social Club

Last weekend, 150 of tech’s most gifted engineers traveled to an Arizona resort to spend three days at an event that, despite having never happened before, is called Reunion. The group ranged from the...