Accenture announced a strategic investment through Accenture Ventures in Aliro Quantum, a provider of multi-purpose, end-to-end entanglement-based secure quantum networks. The investment will help Accenture and Aliro equip clients with secure quantum networks that establish safe and secure data and communications. Quantum computing uses fundamental physics and math principles to deliver insights and simulations accurately and incredibly fast. This…
At this year’s World Satellite Business Week in Paris, Accenture announced an investment and collaboration with Open Cosmos, a space technology company that focuses on the design, manufacturing and integration of satellites. Open Cosmos builds and operates space missions, providing access to high quality satellite data and insights on a global scale via a data services platform.…
Accenture has invested in New York-based Praxis Labs, a software-as-a-service virtual reality (VR) company with an end-to-end immersive learning platform that helps users develop soft skills to drive equity, inclusion, and value in the workplace and beyond. The investment was led by Accenture Ventures as part of its broader Project Spotlight initiative. Funded through Accenture’s Black Founders Development Program, this investment reflects…
Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Stardog, a leading enterprise knowledge graph platform enabling organizations to do more with, and achieve greater value from, their data in this age of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graphs, with their ability to make real-world context machine-understandable, are used by companies to facilitate better enterprise…
Accenture has made a strategic investment through Accenture Ventures in Looking Glass Factory, a leading hologram company. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. Looking Glass, with headquarters in Brooklyn, New York and additional operations in Hong Kong, has developed an end-to-end holographic platform, with a lineup of displays that can show content in life-like 3D, without requiring…
Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Forma Vision, a provider of live-streamed, volumetric video technology that enables 3D holographic images of people, objects and environments to be beamed into the metaverse from any office, home or other location. Until now, the metaverse opportunity has been constrained to enterprise use cases appropriate for avatar-to-avatar…
Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in KETOS, Inc., a data intelligence innovator that uses a proprietary technology platform to help organizations monitor and address water efficiency and quality. KETOS is the latest company to join Accenture Ventures’ Project Spotlight, an engagement and early investment program that connects emerging technology startups with the Global 2000…
Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Talespin, a spatial computing company focused on workforce talent development and skills mobility. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. Talespin’s platform offers an end-to-end solution for creating, distributing and measuring the impact of immersive learning content, a statement said. The World Economic Forum projects that by 2030, over…
Accenture announced it has invested in Los Angeles-based SwayBrand, a multicultural media technology platform that helps brands connect with diverse influencers. This marks the first startup investment in North America made through the company’s Black Founders Development Program, the statement said. Founded in 2018, SwayBrand is focused on disrupting how brands and influencers interact by bringing equity to…
Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Imburse, a cloud-based, payments-as-a-service enterprise platform that simplifies the way businesses around the world access the global payments ecosystem. Founded in Zurich, Switzerland in 2018, Imburse works with global insurers, banks and other large companies to easily connect outdated legacy systems to the global payments ecosystem through…