Thomas A. Rizk is the CEO and Co-Founder of Rizk Ventures. He is a venture capitalist and owner of diverse business interests in real estate, technology, and healthcare.
Sunday, August 30, 2015
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Monday, August 17, 2015
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Is Your Business Sector at Risk of Human Trafficking?
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U.S. Department of State report identifies 11 sectors found to be the most likely to have risk of human trafficking. |
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Fishing Industry May Be Connected to Human Trafficking
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Huffington Post reports that one out of three fish being consumed may be connected to human trafficking. |
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Monday, August 10, 2015
Woman or Child Trafficked Every 10 Minutes in the United States
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Force of Compassion reveals a statistic of a woman or child being trafficked every 10 minutes in the United States. |
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Sunday, August 9, 2015
Friday, August 7, 2015
Education Startup Panaroma Raises $12 Million in Funding
Panorama Education secured $12 million in new funding to help schools better understand their students. The company seeks to find the best ways to gather and organize feedback from students to their schools.
“‘’There’s all this talk about data and education, but ‘data’ has really been a buzzword and not very meaningful because we’re still looking at test scores, not at how engaged students are,’ says Feuer. ‘There’s a disconnect between the things we care about and the things that we’re actually measuring and judging schools by.’”
Source: Tech Crunch
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Netflix Launches First Market in Asia
Netflix announces it will launch in Japan, making it the first country in Asia to receive the video-streaming service. The company already has markets across the Americas, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
Source: Venture Beat
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Facebook's Mission To Connect Internet With Drones
As one of their missions, Facebook wants to connect rural areas with the Internet using drones. The company uses balloons to life the drones up to 90,000 feet, which will fly up to three months and transmit information.
“'We want to actually speed up Internet adoption -- and in order to speed that up we need to work on the infrastructure challenges we’re working on today,' said Jay Parikh, Facebook’s vice president of engineering. 'Our mission in the company is to connect everybody in the world.'"
Source: Bloomberg
“'We want to actually speed up Internet adoption -- and in order to speed that up we need to work on the infrastructure challenges we’re working on today,' said Jay Parikh, Facebook’s vice president of engineering. 'Our mission in the company is to connect everybody in the world.'"
Source: Bloomberg
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Security Firm Zscaler Lands $100 Million in Funding
Zscaler, a cloud-based security company, has raised $100 million in its second round of funding led by TPG Growth. The business focuses on "making it safe for enterprise networks to connect to the internet by scanning and filtering traffic for possible malware, viruses, or advanced persistent threats -- anything that indicates network information has leaked."
To date, the company has secured 5,000 enterprises and 13 million users globally, with about 50% of sales from the United States.
Source: Venture Beat
To date, the company has secured 5,000 enterprises and 13 million users globally, with about 50% of sales from the United States.
Source: Venture Beat
Monday, August 3, 2015
Samsung Creates Fund For Cancer Stricken Workers
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it will create a 100
billion won ($85.8 million) fund to compensate workers plagued with cancer and
their families. Aside from compensation Samsung also plans on using the funds
to prevent such diseases at its chip and display factories. The South Korean
activist group Sharps says they’re aware of around 200 workers who’ve fallen
ill after working at a Samsung plant and about 70 of them have died. This proposal
stems from negotiations between the South Korean firm, workers and their
families, and outside experts over the company’s responsibility for the workers
who attribute the illnesses to prolonged exposure to radiation or dangerous
chemicals used in Samsung’s factories.
Source: Reuters
Saturday, August 1, 2015
Latest View of Tesla's Gigafactory
Tesla's new gigafactory in the desert near Reno, Nevada is soon to become the biggest battery factory in the world. These batteries will be needed to launch the company's first electric SUV, the Model X, and the Model 3 in 2017.
Source: Bloomberg
Source: Bloomberg
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