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Nottoway and Liberia: Two Sides of the Same Plantation Coin
A few days ago, Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation—the largest surviving antebellum mansion in the American South—was destroyed by fire. Built in 1859 by sugar planter…
Doji Raises $14M to Personalize Online Fashion Try-Ons With AI Avatars
Doji, a new AI-powered fashion tech startup, has raised $14 million in seed funding to enhance its virtual try-on platform using lifelike digital avatars.…
Jacmel Partners Makes Strategic Investment in LaGuardia Airport
by Tony O. Lawson Jacmel Partners is a New York-based alternative investment firm co-founded by Nick Jean-Baptiste. The firm specializes in partnering with private companies…
NBA Players Launch Eazewell, an AI-Powered Funeral Planning Platform
NBA veterans Russell Westbrook and Kemba Walker have teamed up with entrepreneur Donnell Beverly Jr. to launch Eazewell, a new AI-powered startup designed to…
How Bay Street Hospitality Is Deploying $430M Across Global Hotel Markets
by Tony O. Lawson Hospitality real estate includes a segment that institutional capital overlooks and individual buyers cannot easily underwrite. These are sub-scale hotel portfolios,…
5 Things a 17th Century Samurai Taught Me About Investor Relations
Contributed by Maude Delice I travel to Japan a lot. Like many millennials, I’m obsessed with vintage finds, great food, and anime culture. On…