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Market Overview The days of pencil, paper, and books are coming to an end, it seems, as trends in digital and e-learning continue to grow rapidly. Global Industry Analysts, a publisher of market analysis, accurately projected the growth of e-learning to reach $107bn by 2015, and now project 3X this, $325bn, for 2025. We used…

Sector Analysis   Mindfulness, an act of focusing on the self and self-awareness, is rapidly gaining traction in the market in both capital raises and acquisitions. Empowered through technology, wearables, and the general push toward awareness in health, mindfulness companies are becoming more prevalent across the US and overseas. To understand the landscape further, we…

  Sector Analysis On April 30, 2019, Investopedia published an article “Predicting The Future for 5 Top Cannabis Stocks“. Interestingly, there has been some major volatility in these stocks, including Aurora Cannabis (ACB) and Tilray Inc (TLRY). Building on this, Cyndx Finder wanted to map the entire cannabis market to uncover both the private and…

Sector Analysis   As developing worlds gain access to technology more readily, individuals will also need to be able to transfer funds, in order to pay bills or loans, relatively quickly and easily. What comes to mind is mobile payments. To first identify the global market for companies involved in mobile payments (or the business…

Apple’s ARKIT and Google’s ARCore augmented reality have made retail enhanced AR experiences a reality. Brands and software developers are working together to find ways to bring technology to traditional brick and mortar retail.  Whether it’s augmented showrooms or at shelf product enhancements, AR can facilitate the delivery of information, advertising and turn retail into…

About the Sector Wearables are becoming increasingly popular with more Apple Watches and Fitbits being released each year.  Smart wearable devices provide both users with the ability to monitor their own health condition. These wearables are available in many formats such as clothes, watches, earphone, headphone, patches and more. We elected to do a combine…

Tech behemoths such as Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft dominate a wide variety of markets. Now, in a recent announcement, it’s expected that Google will soon be entering a new industry after years of planning and strategic effort: video games. Stadia, announced Tuesday March 19th 2019, aims to disrupt the $140bn video game industry by allowing…

As the competitive level of professional sport increases and there is more on the line for athletes, where a micro-second can make the difference between a win or defeat, more team managers and coaches are turning to performance analytics to for key team decisions. Data-driven insights are taking professional sports beyond “gut” feeling and well…

Humanitarian efforts using cryptocurrency have becoming increasingly popular and are allowing for simple and efficient transmission of funds overseas with fewer intermediary parties. The emergence of cryptocurrency is also enabling banking services to those people in third world countries who have not been serviced by traditional banking in the past. We take a look at…