Innovation

Venture Capital Funding for Big Data #tueinfographic

Original post by IDG $3 billion is the amount of venture capital (VC) funding that has flowed into information management, access, and analysis software vendors since the beginning of the slow economic recovery in 2009 and through August of 2013. Does this level of VC funding denote irrational exuberance or a wave of unprecedented innovation? […]

Berlin start-ups: Cool and commerce coming together?

Original post by Stephen Evans via BBC In a new series Innovation Cultures takes an on-the-ground look at tech scenes around the world that hope in some way to emulate the successes of Silicon Valley. First up is Berlin, where Stephen Evans asks whether the cutting-edge, low-rent city is finally attracting serious investment. When new businesses […]