Insurance co’s stand to lose billions from disasters like the LA fires; Comulate raises $20M to build tech to help them work more smoothly

Unimaginable disasters like the fires in Los Angeles with their hundreds of billions of dollars in destruction put a huge focus on the role the insurance industry plays in the…

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Ghanaian fintech Affinity bags $8M to scale digital banking in a mobile money-driven market

Africa’s top digital banking platforms typically dominate high-growth, populous markets like Nigeria, South Africa, and Egypt. But Affinity Africa, an upstart from Ghana, wants to join the conversation. The startup…

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What’s at stake for Washington’s flagship research institutions in the legal battle over NIH funding

The famed cherry blossoms on the University of Washington campus in Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) The fight now unfolding over the Trump administration’s sudden limit on National…

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