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| 28.02.2026 | Riyadh Valley Company launches KSU venture fund with SparkLabs | Riyadh Valley Company Launches King Saud University Venture Fund in Partnership with SparkLabs Riyadh Valley Company—the investment arm of King Saud University—announced its contribution to establishing the King Saud University Venture Fund... |
| 27.02.2026 | SparkLabs launches $20m King Saud University venture fund | - |
| 25.02.2026 | Riyadh Valley Company & SparkLabs Launch $20 Million King Saud University Venture Fund | SparkLabs Saudi Arabia has launched SparkLabs KSU Fund I, a $20 million venture capital fund focused on backing high-potential local and global founders building and scaling from Saudi Arabia. The fund received an anchor investment from Riy... |
| 06.12.2024 | The New Wave of Sports Management: 100x Sports and the Future of Athlete Representation | In the ever-evolving landscape of professional sports, a new player has emerged, shaking up the traditional agency model. 100x Sports, a fresh sports agency based in Dallas, is backed by notable Silicon Valley investors, including Steve Che... |
| 05.12.2024 | 100x Sports, Next Gen Sports Agency, Launches Backed by Silicon Valley Investors | company logo
Steve Chen, Co-founder of YouTube, along with venture capital firm, SparkLabs Group, backs Nick Van Exel and others creating a new approach to pro athlete representation
DALLAS, Dec. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- 100x Sports, a... |
| 19.10.2024 | Cyberport Venture Capital Forum 2024: Gathering Visionaries Worldwide to Explore New Frontiers in Venture Capital | Taking Place on 24 – 25 October the Forum Brings Together Leading Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs to Discuss Global Venture Capital Trends and Challenges, and Explore the Future Path of Hong Kong as the International Innovation and Te... |
| 03.09.2024 | $50 Million SparkLabs AIM AI Fund Launches to Invest in Global AI Startups | SparkLabs AI logo
The fund will invest in AIM-X's startup accelerator companies along with other seed and Series A AI startups
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SparkLabs AIM AI Fund launches with $50 million that wi... |
| 25.06.2024 | Saudi Arabia's AI.M Accelerator to be Led by SparkLabs Group | NTDP logo
Artificial Intelligence Mission (AI.M) is a national initiative that aspires to stimulate a comprehensive system of innovation in the field of artificial intelligence
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, June 25, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Artif... |
| 18.09.2023 | SparkLabs Saudi Arabia Launches Accelerator Program | Saudi Landscape
SparkLabs Group with the support of The National Technology Development Program (NTDP) will begin its startup accelerator program on November 1st, 2023.
Led by Ivan Grlic, Co-founder and Managing Partner, and Bodin Scepanovi... |
| 03.03.2023 | NTDP and SparkLabs Group Partner to Strengthen Saudi Arabia’s Startup Ecosystem | “We are looking forward to helping to build Saudi Arabia’s startup ecosystem, collaborate with existing investors and engage with entrepreneurs who want to change the world." - Ivan Grlic, Managing Partner at SparkLabs Saudi Arabia
RIY... |
| 02.11.2022 | Meet Seoul-based accelerator SparkLabs’ 19th batch of startups | SparkLabs Korea, a Seoul-based seed to early-stage accelerator, held a demo Day on Thursday for its 19th cohort of companies. The latest demo day marks its tenth year after SparkLabs launched its accelerator program in December 2012. The ac... |
| 29.07.2022 | Baron Davis, Ray Crockett, and Nick Van Exel Launch a New Investor Club for Professional Athletes | "Last year, when the markets were up, the valuations got crazy. This year valuations are slowly coming back down to earth, so we are excited about investing during today’s market conditions in the startup world.” - Nick Van Exel
PALO A... |
| 27.06.2021 | Daewoo E&C Vina, SparkLabs, and Bespin Global Partner to Build a Smart City Platform in Vietnam | Daewoo Starlake City “Startups with innovative technologies have played a prominent role in the creation of representative smart cities such as Singapore, Dubai, New York, and London,” said Eugene Kim, General Partner at SparkLabs Korea.
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| 09.02.2021 | 'Fuel the Future' Startup Challenge Launches to Encourage Clean Energy Innovation Across the Globe | “Clean energy will power the world within the next 30 years. The faster we can build and move toward this future, the better off we'll all be. I'm really looking forward to being a part of something pushing this agenda forward," explai... |
| 13.01.2021 | 2021 tech will be about cloud and the workplace shift | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Happy New Year! 2020 is finally over, and it’s ti... |
| 13.01.2021 | 2021 tech will be about cloud and the workplace shift | Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream.
Happy New Year! 2020 is finally over, and it’s time to make some big predictions for 2021 — and to look back on how w... |
| 24.11.2020 | Ignore the social media echo chambers | Bernard Moon Contributor
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| 28.02.2020 | SparkLabs to pour USD 100,000 in IoT startups via new accelerator | SparkLabs Group, a network of startup accelerators and VC funds, has launched SparkLabs Connex, a new program focused on Internet of Things (IoT), smart cities, and proptech.
Connex aims to support startups working with key market drivers a... |
| 27.02.2020 | SparkLabs Group launches Connex, an accelerator program for smart city technology | SparkLabs Group announced today that it has launched SparkLabs Connex, the latest program in its network of startup accelerators and venture funds. Focused on real estate technology (proptech) and the Internet of Things, SparkLabs Connex wi... |
| 11.01.2020 | 2020: Our meatless, cashless, city-less future | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 11.01.2020 | 2020: Our meatless, cashless, city-less future | Happy New Year! 2019 has come and gone like Kylo Ren’s reign in The Rise of Skywalker, and so it’s time for my (13th!) annual prediction piece for VentureBeat. But first, a quick look at the scorecard for my 2019 predictions:
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| 08.08.2019 | Cultivated data is the next Gold Rush | Bernard Moon Contributor
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| 04.06.2019 | Dilution: The good, the bad and the ugly | Bernard Moon Contributor
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| 27.03.2019 | SparkLabs Group launches its first university accelerator program at Arizona State University | SparkLabs Group, the network of accelerators and venture funds that has now worked with more than 200 startups around the world, wants to foster the next generation of entrepreneurs with a new program for universities. Called SparkLabs Fron... |
| 06.02.2019 | Global investor SparkLabs launches a consultancy business for corporates | Global investor SparkLabs is adding another business line after it announced a new consultancy division that’s aimed at working with Fortune 500 companies and other global corporates keen to deepen their position in tech.
Best known for its... |
| 05.01.2019 | 2019: The year face recognition goes big and voice ads stall | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Happy New Year! Unlike the holiday fruitcake we’v... |
| 05.01.2019 | 2019: The year face recognition goes big and voice ads stall | Happy New Year! Unlike the holiday fruitcake we’ve all been avoiding the past couple of weeks, 2018 was far from stale. The year was riddled with controversies, excitement, and disappointments — from Facebook selling it’s soul … err, our so... |
| 17.11.2018 | SparkLabs Taipei closes initial $4.25M for its first fund, adds Jeremy Lin as an advisor | SparkLabs Taipei, part of SparkLabs Group, the global network of accelerator programs and funds that works with emerging startup ecosystems, has raised $4.25 million in an initial close led by CTBC Group, along with individual investors, fo... |
| 12.10.2018 | SparkLabs launches DC accelerator for cybersecurity and blockchain startups | It’s cybersecurity month at Technical.ly and this new accelerator program is here to heat up the discussion.
SparkLabs Group is launching a new global accelerator program for startups focused on cybersecurity and blockchain in Washington, D... |
| 19.09.2018 | SparkLabs launches accelerator in D.C. for cybersecurity and blockchain startups | SparkLabs Group operates a network of accelerators and venture capital funds, and today it is adding to them with the creation of a new global accelerator program focused on cybersecurity and blockchain-related startups in Washington, D.C.
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| 19.09.2018 | SparkLabs launches accelerator in D.C. for cybersecurity and blockchain startups | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
SparkLabs Group operates a network of accelerator... |
| 14.07.2018 | Why South Korea is ‘crypto crazy’ and what that means for the rest of the world | South Korea is truly crypto crazy. While the country has less than 1 percent of the world’s population, estimates indicate it is responsible for 30 percent of all cryptocurrency trading in the world. Steve Lim, CSO of South Korean crypto ex... |
| 14.07.2018 | Why South Korea is ‘crypto crazy’ and what that means for the rest of the world | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
South Korea is truly crypto crazy. While the coun... |
| 07.01.2018 | 5 predictions for 2018: Blockchain bounty hunters and more | I’ve been posting annual predictions on VentureBeat every year for the past 10 years, and I’m embarassed to say that I missed the mark badly on a couple of my predictions for last year. With the Internet of Things heating up and autonomous ... |
| 07.01.2018 | 5 predictions for 2018: Blockchain bounty hunters and more | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
I’ve been posting annual predictions on VentureBe... |
| 08.12.2017 | Sameer Chishty Joins SparkLabs FinTech as a Venture Partner | Sameer Chishty has joined SparkLabs Global as Venture Partner for their new FinTech accelerator.
Chishty is Founder and Chairman of Streeton Partners, a Hong Kong based merchant bank which within the past 3 years has invested in over $250 m... |
| 02.12.2017 | Top 10 startup ecosystems in the world 2017: China rising | When I ranked last year’s top 10 startup ecosystems, they didn’t show much movement from the year before. But this year’s analysis has shown tectonic shifts in the world’s innovation landscape.
A new entrant has joined us this year, Shangha... |
| 02.12.2017 | Top 10 startup ecosystems in the world 2017: China rising | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
When I ranked last year’s top 10 startup ecosyste... |
| 19.10.2017 | SparkLabs Group Launches $100M Blockchain Focused Fund | SparkLabs Group, a network of accelerators and venture capital funds, has launched a new $100m early-stage fund.
Led by Joyce Kim, founder and former Executive Director at Stellar.org and venture capitalist at Freestyle Capital, SparkChain ... |
| 19.10.2017 | SparkLabs launches SparkChain Capital, a $100 million fund for blockchain and cryptocurrency startups | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Blockchain is one of the biggest tech buzzwords in recent times, with markets including music, travel, and car-sharing slowly succumbin... |
| 19.10.2017 | SparkLabs launches SparkChain Capital, a $100 million fund for blockchain and cryptocurrency startups | Blockchain is one of the biggest tech buzzwords in recent times, with markets including music, travel, and car-sharing slowly succumbing to blockchain’s allure. Then there are cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ethereum, which are now pre... |
| 14.09.2017 | SparkLabs Group launches an agricultural tech accelerator called Cultiv8 in Australia | SparkLabs Group, which claims to be the largest startup accelerator group in Asia, is stepping into agricultural tech with a new program created in partnership with the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries. Called SparkLabs Cult... |
| 05.06.2016 | Fintech is playing the long game | Bernard Moon Contributor
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| 29.03.2016 | What’s trending in the IoT space | Bernard Moon Contributor
Bernard Moon is co-founder and partner at SparkLabs Group, a graduate of Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs and is an alumni of the Coro Fellowship.
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| 03.11.2012 | Qik Founder’s Story: Taking Mobile Video Out Of The Garage And Putting It Into The Hands Of Skype | Bernard Moon Contributor
Bernard Moon is co-founder and partner at SparkLabs Group, a graduate of Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs and is an alumni of the Coro Fellowship.
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| 21.07.2012 | The Ribbit Rollercoaster: A Founder’s Story From Concept To $105M Exit | Bernard Moon Contributor
Bernard Moon is co-founder and partner at SparkLabs Group, a graduate of Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs and is an alumni of the Coro Fellowship.
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