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The perfect smart home controller
AVA Inc offers a smart home remote that can be integrated with any ecosystem with native applications. The product is the first remote to be certified by Google.

Why your startup should hire an on-demand CFO
An on-demand CFO will offer benefits far beyond simply filling in the gaps.

Evulpo – your personal tutor on your smartphone
Serpentine Ventures has been highly impressed by the Evulpo team and their approach on how to become a globally relevant edtech platform. Check out the story of the three co-founders, what their next company goals are and why we invested.

Using Artificial Intelligence to authenticate art pieces – how does that work?
Art Recognition has developed an all-in-one tool to authenticate art. We asked founder Dr. Carina Popovici how the startup helps art collectors and museums with their proprietary AI system and what the biggest current challenges are.

#1 Founders' Fortune Cookie – „The one thing somebody should have told you before you started“
Every Fortune Cookie hides a question: Check out how our founders are reacting – in our new social video series "Founders' Fortune Cookie“.

Why startups should hire external back-office services
Sharing your financials and managing growth requires proper accounting procedures and digitised systems.