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Arturo Alvarez Demalde is announcing the release of a new one-on-one interview providing a rare and uniquely comprehensive glimpse of the vaunted venture capitalist. The interview, which was conducted by Kimra Bettasso and is immediately available for review at kimrabettasso.com/2016/01/15/interview-arturo-alvarez-demalde/, offers a more holistic view of Alvarez-Demalde by featuring not just questions regarding his frequently lauded professional endeavors as a venture capitalist, but also includes questions aimed at revealing more about his personal and professional views on subjects such as philanthropy and social justice.

ThinkCX, the social customer insights company that is changing the Advanced and Predictive Analytics landscape, has raised $1 million in a Series Seed round led by Vancouver Founder Fund (VFF) with the participation of various new and existing Angel investors. An emerging member of Vancouver's enterprise software community, ThinkCX provides their clients with a machine-learning analytics solution that helps them mitigate the losses caused by customer churn.

People with hemophilia have prolonged abnormal bleeding as a result of trauma. Hemophilia A, also called factor VIII (FVIII) deficiency, is the most common form of the genetic disorder caused by missing or defective blood clotting protein called factor VIII. Severe hemophilia occurs in about 60% of cases where the deficiency of Factor VIII is less than 1% of normal blood concentration. While it is passed down from parents to children, about 1/3 of cases are caused by a spontaneous change in the gene.

Startup Grind Charlotte, part of the Google for Entrepreneurs-backed global startup community, award-winning venture capital firm SierraMaya360 and Charlotte area tech and marketing company, Red Ventures, awarded up to $250,000 in funding and on-going advisory services to Fletch during a meet-up and pitch contest event at the tech company's headquarters on Dec. 16th.

The UK-based lending business Sensible Lender Limited has just raised £7 million in the first round of venture capital investments with lead investor Venture Capital Partners to accelerate growth of its global peer-to-peer lending platform, with the remainder coming in three separate tranches over a 6 month period.

Caregiving application startup company Care Monster, Inc. has been listed as a "Trending" and "New and Notable" equity fundraise project on the crowdfunding site Fundable.com for the second straight week. Fundable is a business crowdfunding platform that enables start-ups to raise capital from accredited investors, customers, and friends. Care Monster recently completed its seed phase of funding and is seeking $750,000 in start-up capital to expand its workforce and finalize development of the next generation of its caregiving application.

With over 500,000 new businesses started each year in the United States, it is safe to say that the entrepreneurial spirit is alive now more than ever. The SaaS marketplace has converted the formerly prohibitive fixed costs of starting a business into far more affordable services, leading to the proliferation of creative startups. Although many of the barriers to entry have been broken down, early stage startups are still having a hard time attracting investors.

Dayton, Ohio-based startup company Care Monster will pitch its caregiving app to the nation's top four pediatric care institutions at the first-annual Impact Pediatric Health Startup Pitch Competition to be held at SXSW on March 16, 2015 in Austin, Texas. Care Monster is one of only 10 finalists in the event. The Impact Pediatric Health Competition, scheduled to take place at the Hilton Austin Downtown at 500 E 4th Street, is part of the official SXSW Interactive Schedule. Billionaire angel investor, Shark Tank member, and father of three Mark Cuban will emcee the event.

With the economic crisis businesses everywhere are suffering with many of them being forced to close. However, there is one type of business that is thriving despite the doom and gloom of the economy, that business is the e-cigarette's business. With an estimated 42 million people smoking in the United States, and with cigarettes increasing all the time in price, it is no wonder men and women are turning to e-cigarettes making it one of the fastest growing industries in America as well as the world. Now thanks to the e-cigarette store and their franchise opportunity, entrepreneurs can now become involved in a multi-million pound industry.

The creator of the Screw Grabber, a new invention that securely holds non-magnetic screws on the end of a screwdriver, has added a $40.00 Super Contractor’s Pack reward level to his crowd funding campaign on Kickstarter. If the project meets its funding goal of $18,000 by March 22, supporters who pledge $40.00 or more will receive an assortment of 30 large and 10 small Screw Grabbers. The Screw Grabber can be pre-ordered online at at Kickstarter.com for a pledge of at least $7.00. So far, the campaign has attracted over 600 supporters who have pledged a total of $11,205.00.