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Singapore-based career platform Glints gets $22.5M in Series C funding Glints, the Singapore-based career platform, announced today it has raised $22.5 million in Series C funding led by Japanese human resources management firm PERSOL Holdings. The new capital will be used on Glints’ expansion in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Taiwan and hiring for its product and engineering teams. Glints co-founder and chief executive officer Oswald Yeo said this is the largest funding round to date for a talent platform in Southeast Asia, and brings the startup’s total raised to $33 million. Other p...

Robotic pizza machine to offer 'face-to-pay,' app ordering Piestro, offering consumers the ability to pay with their face or on an app at a pizzeria, recently launched its second crowdfunding campaign and has the backing of robotic foodservice pioneers. Consumers will be able to order on a touchscreen and watch the machine in action. Prototype image provided by Piestro. How fast can you order, pay for and pick up an artisan pizza? In three minutes or less — with the help of technologies like facial recognition and robotics that are revolutionizing convenience services and commercial foodser...

socaltech.com Santa Monica-based Piestro, a startup which is taking aim at automating the process of making pizzas, using robot technology, said this week that it has partnered with PopID, a developer of facial recognition payments technology. According to the companies, the partnership will let consumers pay with their face at Piestro's planned automated pizzeria locations. Piestro has developed a robot that makes pizza, which it is in the midst of developing. Piestro is backed by Wavemaker Partners, and is also in the midst of crowdfunding its efforts through StartEngine. Piestro's CEO is...

Press release content from News Direct Corporation. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Clearbanc and Pencil partner to help ecommerce businesses grow using creative AI March 17, 2021 GMT --News Direct-- Creative AI company Pencil has partnered with the world’s largest e-commerce investor Clearbanc to provide their customers with the latest innovation in online video advertising, Machine Generated Creative (MGC). These ads can be created in minutes and consistently double return on ad spend for brands. It is anticipated that companies using the Pencil platform will be able ...

Share this article Share this article LONDON, March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, National Women's Day, The Financial Technology Report announced that Julia Markiewicz, Co-Founder and COO of Silent Eight, has been named among The Top 25 Women Leaders in Financial Technology of Europe for 2021. Europe has seen impressive growth within the financial technology sector over the past year, with the companies represented on this year's list at the forefront. Silent Eight is no exception; with a second funding round in October 2020 that included investors from its Series A the year prior, suc...