DeFi & Blockchain Week

Decentralized Finance’s time has come.  As we get ready to celebrate 🎉 Blockchain Week here in NYC, we see a DeFi movement that is picking up speed.  There are so many new startups that it’s difficult to keep track.  New names like MakerDAO, Moon , Sempo,  SendFriend , Hashcash, BigChainDB, Monax. , DAH, Consensys DAPP and others are reshaping how Money 💰 moves in this new World 🌎

World 🌎 Autism Awareness Day/ April 2

April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day.

Data Quality Engineers with Autism are in huge demand right now in the Tech biz.

Why? They have heightened abilities such as pattern recognition and logical reasoning, enabling them to spot errors and design inconsistencies

Ultra Testing / a NYC based Tech firm is 75% Autistic. They compete with IBM , SAP, Capgemini, Accenture and other IT giants.

Ultra's testers include astro-physicists and mathematicians; managers include seasoned agency and Tech execs.  

Co-founders Rajesh Anandan and Art Shectman  (MIT buddies) started the company in 2012 to revolutionize the $25b software testing business and unlock the talent pool of 2 million Americans on the Autism Spectrum (approximately 80% are unemployed).

They call their mission - promoting neurodiverse workforces. 

BioTech “spit test”

Bruni PR scores CBS coverage for Quadrant Biosciences https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/09/18/saliva-concussion-test/

Send My Bag Wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise

https://www.aol.co.uk/amp/2018/04/20/ni-based-luggage-delivery-business-wins-queens-award-for-enterp/

Send My Bag, the “Uber” of Airline Bags shipping, has won a royal seal of approval.

Quadrant Biosciences ICO covered by Bloomberg News

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-27/how-a-hockey-scare-led-banking-vet-to-issue-first-digital-shares

Bruni PR client Quadrant Biosciences is now on the Media Map 🗺

Companies To Watch in 2018

Which are the hottest startups to watch in 2018?

Bruni PR’s annual list focuses primarily on FinTech this year .

Here are our candidates:

Satispay (Italy)
Moneyfarm (Italy & UK)
Monzo (UK)
Oval Money (Italy)
Revolut (Germany)
Klarna
Betterment (US)
Wealthfront (US)
Mode Finance (Italy)
LunarWay (Denmark)
BigChainDB. (Germany)
ConsenSys (US)
Ripple (US)
Prosper (US)
Orchard (US)
Click-Insurance (Israel)
Starling Bank (UK)
Atom Bank (UK)

Bradford ECAPS reaches Space with Green Propulsion Tech

https://www.space.com/38629-frankenstein-rocket-launches-on-halloween.html

Milan-based MainStreaming Expands US Team

Press contact:
James Bruni / Bruni PR
917 331 7951
brunipr@aol.com


MAINSTREAMING APPOINTS INDUSTRY VETERAN, JAMES HART, AS VICE PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL SALES

Milan, Italy -- August 21 --  MainStreaming, a leading Global Video Delivery Network based in Milan, has appointed James Hart as Vice President of Global Sales.

"We are very excited about Mr. Hart joining us as we expand across Europe, the US, and beyond", CEO Antonio Corrado said. “Hart’s experience and wealth of contacts in the industry make him an extremely valuable hire for our organization at this time.”


Mr. Hart comes to MainStreaming after a long and distinguished career leading Mirror Image, one of the founding CDN’s in the industry, as Global Vice President of Sales where he spent over 16 years helping the company successfully expand its Content Delivery, Streaming Media and Edge Computing Solutions into the major worldwide markets.

"I’ve always paid close attention to the latest trends in the industry as well as involving myself with the latest emerging technologies coming to market so it’s no surprise that I’ve been most impressed with MainStreaming’s patented HyperNode global delivery network,” Mr. Hart said. “The end result is an extremely high performing global network with intelligent distribution algorithms in place to be able to deliver video content with the strongest security levels. It’s the intelligent way to deliver video content in the most efficient manner today."

Founded  by Antonio Corrado (CEO), Philippe Tripodi (COO) and Giovanni Proscia (CTO), MainStreaming provides a global video delivery platform that allows users to distribute the highest quality video on-line in real-time.

About MainStreaming

MainStreaming's patented Video Delivery Network service targets large global broadcasters, OTT TV (Over-the-top TV), digital media organizations and emerging media companies, publishers and local broadcasters, supporting them with encoding, management and video content distribution on a global scale. With its worldwide headquarters based in Milan, Italy, MainStreaming’s US office is based in San Francisco, CA.  

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eShare

It's like Slack for Board Directors .

The worlds of Corporate Governance & Tech are merging fast.  The U.K. is spearheading the use of Tech for boards & entities. eShare, based in London, has had much success with its "BoardPacks" in the U.K. and is moving into the U.S. 

 Qineqt
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Qineqt is building the largest "human" powered Financial database around . 

Set to beta launch in December , the data for Qineqt's platform will be inputted - manually - not scraped - by a team of 1000 researchers in Pakistan.  

Nadir Khan, a former hedge fund executive is CEO and has recruited a former Goldman partner - Lisa Shalett - to his advisory board.

 BRUNI PR helped put Qineqt on the media map last week with a major profile story in Institutional Investor, the leading Wall Street and Finance media outlet. 

http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/3598181/asset-management-hedge-funds-and-alternatives/former-sac-trader-launches-company-focused-on-big-data.html#.WCjjhoWR-Do

NYT covers SendMyBag : "Uber For Airline Bags"

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/travel/how-to-ship-your-luggage.html

RE/CODE Covers UltraTesting

http://recode.net/2016/04/02/testing-firm-finds-those-with-autism-excel-at-spotting-software-bugs/

BigchainDB Launches

2016 is the Year of the Blockchain.  BigchainDB just launched and promises to "blockchain-ify" Big Data.  Based in Berlin, they are part of an exploding European FinTech scene .  

#paid Launches In U.S.

Social Media Influencer Marketing Campaigns are the "next big thing" in advertising- according to Adweek. The hottest player in this space is #paid -  a Canadian startup - that is pioneering algorithms that can put a value on a SM star's fan base.  Bruni PR is proud to be working with this AdTech leader.

NBC News Covers SendMyBag

The "Uber" for airline bags got a huge endorse from NBC News 

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/luggage-shipping-services-offer-fliers-alternatives-sometimes-savings-n409866

Abra: "Human ATMs"

http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2015/04/24/bitbeat-tackling-bitcoin-price-swings-with-eye-on-emerging-markets/

Can you start an army of Uber-like "Human ATMs" who can act as personal bankers, or tellers?  You bet if you're Abra, a hot new SF-based FinTech company.   A recent placement from Mike Casey, top FinTech reporter at WSJ.

Bloomberg News Profiles SaleMove

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-31/toyota-s-scion-to-use-salemove-software-for-virtual-showroom

Ultra Testing / Putting Autism To Work

Digiday features Bruni PR client Ultra Testing / which employs workers on the Autism Spectrum 

http://digiday.com/agencies/spectrum-autistic-employees-helping-industry/

SaleMove Moves Forward

Can Webrooming sell high priced Jewelry and Luxury goods?  

The latest twist is "white glove" webrooming using tech to bring the salesperson into the living room.

Many major Retailers of luxury items are testing SaleMove's "white glove" Tech.

Electronics and car retailers have been spearheading the Tech and Luxury goods businesses are following their lead.

Approximately 10,000 "sales interactions" occurred between  Autobytel's 3,000+ dealerships and potential customers during the last six months utilizing this brand new platform by NY-based SaleMove (salemove.com). 

SaleMove's patent-pending technology also allows Retailers ,insurance companies (Guardian ) and others to enhance the online shopping experience by interacting with consumers in real-time, using the method most comfortable to them, including live video, audio and text-based chat or by phone. 

FORTUNE Profiles SendMyBag.com

The door-to-door bag shipping company to start its U.S. service in the first quarter.

Starting sometime in the first quarter of this year, U.S. airline passengers will have a new option to avoid waiting in line at baggage carousels.
SendMyBag, a Northern Irish startup launched in 2011, is adding U.S. domestic flights to its list of services. Currently, American flyers can only use the door-to-door baggage delivery company when flying to another country.