Broncus Holding Corporation Closed Series D Financing

HONG KONG, Jan 28, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Broncus Holding Corporation (“Broncus”), a global leader in diagnostic and therapeutic technology for lung diseases, announced today the closing of a Series D round of funding led by FountainVest Partners. Other investors include Exome Asset Management, Summer Capital, and Valliance Capital. Broncus is dedicated to the […]

Blockpass Provides Powerful On-chain KYC(TM) Utility for EasyFi DeFi Lending Platform

HONG KONG, Jan 28, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Blockpass, the pioneer of On-chain KYC(TM), is proud to announce a groundbreaking partnership with EasyFi Network – a scalable, open and inclusive Layer 2 DeFi lending protocol for digital assets, built on Matic Network. The partnership features a powerful use case for on-chain KYC data via […]

Olympus to Acquire Quest Photonic Devices B.V. to Bolster Surgical Endoscopy Capabilities

Tokyo / Hamburg, Jan 28, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Olympus Corporation (Olympus – Director, Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO: Yasuo Takeuchi) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Quest Photonic Devices B.V. (Quest – CEO: Richard Meester) for up to EUR50 million including milestone payments to strengthen its surgical […]

New benchmark set to deliver optimal osteoporosis care throughout Asia Pacific

The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) has today (Thursday, January 28, 2021) launched the first pan-Asia Pacific clinical practice standards for the screening, diagnosis, and management of osteoporosis, targeting a broad range of high-risk groups. Published in Osteoporosis International today, ‘The APCO Framework’ comprises 16 minimum clinical standards set to serve as a benchmark […]

Fractal, Kilt Protocol and Polkadex Collaborate to Provide Decentralized Kyc Solution for Exchange

Berlin, Germany and Tallinn, Estonia, Jan 28, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Fractal, KILT Protocol and Polkadex today announced a partnership to create a decentralized KYC system for exchange customers. Polkadex and Fractal will use the KILT Protocol as the underlying infrastructure for managing the KYC credentials required by Polkadex, to simplify and streamline the […]

Lasting Antiviral Effectiveness against Covid-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2) by TAKEX CLEAN EXTRA

Osaka, Japan, Jan 27, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Takex Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Suita City, Osaka Prefecture / President and CEO: Kumi Okada), engaged in the research and development of bamboo extract in sanitizer for 34 years since 1987. A lab test was conducted with TAKEX CLEAN EXTRA SANITIZER against Covid-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2). Positive result […]

Solargram Farms Announces Approval and Receipt of Health Canada Sales and Processing License and Captiva Verde Land Corp Added to Psychedelic Index

Vancouver, BC, Jan 27, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Captiva Verde Land Corp. (CSE: PWR) (the “Company”), is excited to announce that Solargram Farms Corporation (“Solargram”), a holder of a Canadian Federal Health Canada License to cultivate, test, harvest and sell cannabis, has now additionally been approved for a Canadian Federal Health Canada Sales and […]

Marketing in a polarized nation: Providing trust, truth and sanctuary creates a pathway for US brands

LONDON, Jan 26, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – As the United States welcomed a new president, there remains concern among citizens and brands about the country’s deep polarization. WARC’s first Spotlight US series, “Marketing in a polarized nation,” explores how brands can chart a path forward. While some brands embrace polarization, WARC explains how most […]

McDonald’s Japan Chooses Adra(R) by Trintech to Simplify and Automate Financial Close Process

DALLAS, SYDNEY & JAPAN, Jan 26, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Trintech, a leading global provider of integrated Record to Report software solutions for the office of finance, today announced that McDonald’s Japan has chosen and gone live with its Adra Suite to simplify and automate its reconciliation and financial close processes. By combining effective […]

Materials coloured like a peacock

Tsukuba, Japan, Jan 26, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Melanin-like compounds can be precisely designed and arranged to colour materials using a mechanism similar to that found in a peacock’s feathers. Chemist Michinari Kohri of Chiba University in Japan reviewed the latest research on these ‘melanin-mimetic materials’ and their potential applications for the journal Science […]

Amber Solutions Closes 2020 With Series B Funding Totaling More Than $8.5 Million

DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA , Jan 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Amber Solutions, the young Silicon Valley company that is making the digital control of electricity in solid-state architecture a commercial reality, today announced that its 2020 series B funding round raised more than $8.5 million from new and existing investors, following a successful year of […]

BTCST Welcomes Top Bitcoin Mining Partners including BTC.TOP and Genesis Mining

HONG KONG, Jan 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Standard Hashrate Group (SHG), the project team behind the Bitcoin Standard Hashrate Token (BTCST), today welcomed several world-class mining institutions as partners. Joining the SHG project as tokenization miners are Atlas Mining, BTC.TOP, Easy2Mine, Genesis Mining and Hengjia Group, each major stakeholders in the current mining […]

JBM (Healthcare) Limited to Be Spun Off from Jacobson Pharma Corporation Limited

HONG KONG, Jan 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – JBM (Healthcare) Limited (“JBM Healthcare” or “Company” and, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), a Hong Kong-based company that markets and distributes branded healthcare products with product footprint across Greater China, Southeast Asia and certain other countries, today announced details of the proposed listing of its […]

World Champion! UNISOC Tops the Tables at the MOT20 Challenge

SHANGHAI, Jan 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – On January 19, 2021, at the internationally authoritative MOT20 Challenge (the benchmark for Multiple Object Tracking), the Multimedia Lab UNISOC algorithm outshone, exceeding 70 on the MOTA index, and wins the global championship! And its the only algorithm with more than 70 points on the MOT20 leaderboards, […]

Greenbriar Capital Corp. Partners with Ridge Utilities Ltd. to Unlock the Huge Potential of Micro-Generation in Southern Alberta

Stirling, Alberta, Jan 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Greenbriar Capital Corp. (TSXV: GRB) (“Greenbriar”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a unique industry leading marketing partnership with Ridge Utilities Ltd. (“Ridge”). The partnership will see Greenbriar support the development of micro-generation capacity for numerous commercial and agricultural sites across southern Alberta, […]

Verofax is the Winner of Bahrain Islamic Bank’s ‘BisB Innovation Challenge’

BAHRAIN, Jan 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB), a leading Bank in the Arab Gulf region, has announced Verofax as winner of the ‘BisB Innovation Challenge’, a Fintech Competition run as part of the Bank’s partnership with ‘FinHub 973: CBB (Central Bank of Bahrain) Digital Lab’, the Kingdom’s open application programming […]