Catching Up On Readings: RPA Software 2019

This report from Gartner says that Robotic process automation (RPA) software revenue grew 63.1% in 2018 to $846 million, making it the fastest-growing segment of the global enterprise software market. It is expected to reach $1.3 billion in 2019. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: RISE 2019

This feature from CryptoNewsZ covers the highlights of the PITCH competition for startups at the 2019 edition of the RISE conference held in Hong Kong last week. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: State of OTT

This webinar-related report from Comscore takes an in-depth look at today’s over-the-top content consumption and device usage and
platform’s imminent surpassing of DVR tech. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: Acquisitions in 2019

This feature from Nasdaq looks at major acquisitions in the first half of 2019. Though the number of M&A deals in the first half of 2019 is up by nearly 10%, the average value of the deals is down by 15.5%. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: AI in FinTech

This feature from The Banking & Finance Post covers the growth of the FinTech industry and the disruption due to AI. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

June 26 – Rendezvous Meetup to Discuss How to Compete with Heavily Funded Competitors

For entrepreneurs interested to meet and chat with Sramana Mitra in person, please join us for our bi-monthly and informal group meetups. If you are living in the San Francisco Bay Area or are just in town for a visit, we hope you will add these meetups to your calendar and join us. Pre-registration is required, REGISTER HERE.

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Catching Up On Readings: E3 2019

This feature from The Verge covers at the highlights of the biggest video game event E3 held in Los Angeles last week. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: Unicorn IPOs 2019

This feature from PitchBook analyses the IPO frenzy from unicorns. So far, there have been some hits and some misses. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.