April 10, 2025 – Abu Dhabi, UAE: Strategic Development Fund (SDF), an Abu Dhabi based investment company wholly owned by EDGE Group PJSC, and QuantCube Technology, a Paris-based expert in real-time macroeconomic intelligence, announced today that they have entered into an agreement to establish a joint venture in Abu Dhabi. The announcement, made during the AIM Congress 2025, reflects a shared ambition to align with the UAE’s focus on artificial intelligence and data-driven decision-making. 

The joint venture, to be jointly owned by SDF and QuantCube Technology, will build on QuantCube’s advanced capabilities in alternative data and AI to deliver real-time, actionable economic and financial intelligence. Designed for institutional investors, corporates, financial institutions, and government agencies across the region, the platform will support strategic planning, forecasting, and data-driven decision-making. 

In addition to macroeconomic and financial analytics, the partnership will enable dynamic tracking of global supply chains and physical asset flows, leveraging QuantCube’s real-time nowcasting and geospatial data tools to support operational readiness and strategic insight. By combining powerful AI-driven analytics with deep regional integration, this collaboration aims to unlock new use cases and broaden access to advanced intelligence solutions for organizations navigating increasingly complex environments. 

“This joint venture with QuantCube reflects our commitment to introducing innovative technologies that can be customized, implemented, and delivered across different industries in the region through the UAE, providing them with strategic and financial value,” said Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Chief Portfolio Management Officer, SDF. “As a strategic investor in QuantCube, we recognized significant potential in applying this capability across various sectors to optimize supply chain management. This joint venture is an opportunity to unlock and bring advanced, AI-powered and customizable data & analytics solutions and insights to the UAE and regional markets – making timely intelligence more accessible to private and government clients.” 

“We are excited to collaborate with SDF, one of our strategic shareholders in QuantCube, to bring our nowcasting expertise to the UAE and wider region,” said Thanh-Long Huynh, Co-Founder & CEO, QuantCube. “Through this joint venture, we aim to deliver innovative solutions that provide institutions across various industries with timely, accurate insights and forecasting analytics. These capabilities will help drive their growth within the region’s thriving economy and support more informed, strategic decision-making in a rapidly evolving global landscape.” 

The joint venture builds on SDF’s initial investment in QuantCube in 2022, which was followed by further investments over the past few years, and reflects SDF’s continued confidence in the company’s capabilities. By establishing operations in the UAE, the partners aim to make AI-powered nowcasting tools and alternative data analytics available to decision-makers in the region.  

As the collaboration evolves, the joint venture is well positioned to enable data-informed strategies and broaden the use of advanced analytics as practical tools for organisations navigating an increasingly complex regional landscape.   

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PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC. August 30th, 2024 – Skyvia, a leading no-code data integration platform, is pleased to announce its recognition by TrustRadius as a 2024 Top Rated Award winner in the categories of Data Integration Tools and Data Pipeline Tools. Skyvia achieved the highest average ratings in both categories, based entirely on customer reviews and feedback. The platform also distinguished itself by securing second place in the Data Extraction Tools category.

Skyvia’s data integration platform provides a no-code solution for a variety of integration needs, including ETL, ELT, Reverse ETL, data synchronization, and migration. It supports all major cloud services, such as Salesforce, NetSuite, HubSpot, Google Sheets, and others. Skyvia provides simple tools for basic use cases and advanced solutions designed for complex enterprise scenarios.

“We’re thrilled to be recognized by TrustRadius and our customers,” said Oleksandr Khirnyi, Chief Product Officer at Skyvia. “Our mission is to make data integration accessible to businesses of all sizes and to all clients, regardless of their coding expertise. Receiving this award confirms that we are moving in the right direction by creating an easy-to-use yet feature-rich solution capable of handling complex scenarios. We’re grateful for the support and feedback from our customers that made this award possible.”

This recent recognition from TrustRadius enhances Skyvia’s growing list of achievements in data integration, backup, and management. Prior to this, Skyvia had been honored by other prominent platforms, further strengthening its position as a leading data integration solution. G2 ranked Skyvia second in the Top 20 Easiest To Use ETL Tools and named it an ETL Tools Leader for 2024. Capterra also highlighted Skyvia in its Best Ease of Use Integration Software list. Additionally, Gartner Peer Insights revealed that 96% of customers would recommend Skyvia, underscoring the platform’s outstanding performance and customer satisfaction.

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PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC. 30th August, 2024 – Skyvia, a top data integration platform, has received the “Editor’s Pick” distinction on Zoho Marketplace for its Skyvia for Zoho Desk solution. Skyvia supports multiple Zoho Desk integration scenarios, enabling users to sync Zoho Desk data with other data sources. It offers a collection of tools to deal with every common data-related task, including data import, export, synchronization, replication, backup, and more.

“We’re honored to receive this recognition from Zoho. Zoho Desk is a powerful helpdesk platform, and our integration solution helps customers get even more value from their Zoho investment by facilitating seamless data flow between Zoho Desk and other services,” said Oleksandr Khirnyi, Chief Product Officer at Skyvia.

Skyvia for Zoho Desk enables users to import data from external sources, export data to CSV and store it locally or upload to file storage, as well as replicate data from Zoho Desk to databases or data warehouses for further enrichment, advanced reporting and analytics, or better performance for queries. Customers can sync data between Zoho Desk and other cloud apps and databases to ensure consistent, up-to-date information across them. The solution features advanced querying functionality, enabling users to effortlessly retrieve, manipulate, and analyze data within Zoho Desk, driving informed decision-making. Skyvia requires no coding to set up and run data integration workflows.

Beyond Zoho Desk, Skyvia delivers ready-to-use integration solutions for a range of Zoho platforms, including Zoho Inventory, Zoho People, Zoho Books, Zoho Invoice, Zoho Projects, Zoho CRM, Zoho Billing, and Zoho Sprints.

Skyvia is a universal cloud data platform for ETL, ELT, Reverse ETL, data migration, one-way and bidirectional data synchronization, workflow automation, real-time connectivity, and more. With a vast library of 190+ connectors, Skyvia provides seamless integration among various cloud applications, databases, and data warehouses, including Salesforce, Dynamics CRM, QuickBooks Online, SQL Server, Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, and others. 

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Skyvia offers flexible pricing plans for each product, making it suitable for businesses of any size. The company is trusted by thousands of organizations in over 50 countries. For more details, visit Skyvia.

Zoho Desk is a cloud helpdesk software for managing customer conversations across multiple channels, such as email, chat, phone, social media, developed by ZOHO Corporation.

LONDON, UK, 10th May 2023 – OnlyStats has launched the most comprehensive and user-friendly search engine and analytics platform for OnlyFans. With over 1.2 million indexed accounts from more than 200 countries, and over 400k free accounts, OnlyStats is set to revolutionise the way fans and creators interact with the popular platform.

Based in London, OnlyFans is a subscription-based site where content creators can host their work and earn money from subscribers (fans). Many YouTubers, models, fitness trainers and content creators use the platform to expose their work to a wider audience and monetise their profession. There are over 2 million content creators and over 190 million fans on the popular site. 

OnlyStats has designed a platform to provide a seamless experience to users of OnlyFans. The new tool allows fans to search for OnlyFans creators using keywords, niches, age range, price range, and location. The search results can be ordered by price, relevance, or like count, ensuring fans find the perfect creators that cater to their interests. 

Diving deeper, the platform offers unparalleled analytics, earning the title “SocialBlade for OnlyFans.” Each creator’s statistics page presents vital information such as name, bio, location, social media links, and subscription pricing over time. Graphical representations of post distribution and like count over time provide fans with a clear overview of the creator’s content and popularity. 

Beyond personalised search capabilities, OnlyStats also curates exclusive content recommendations to enhance the user experience. Their dynamic lists showcase the best of OnlyFans creators across various categories, providing a one-stop destination for discovering the most engaging and exciting content. Users can immerse themselves in the diverse world of OnlyFans with ease, as OnlyStats brings the best of the platform right to the user’s fingertips.

The platform collects and updates creator data at random intervals. Data collection times are based on a creator’s popularity, with top creators having their stats checked and updated weekly, while smaller creators may only be checked and updated every few months. This system helps OnlyStats maintain the accuracy of their data and ensures the privacy and security of their users.

OnlyFans content creators can also use OnlyStats to bring their content to more users. The platform offers three promotional tiers to elevate creator profiles: Basic, Plus, and Agency. These tiers offer various levels of support, exposure, and direct access to OnlyFans pages, boosting visibility and engagement with fans.

The platform is very serious about the privacy and security of their users and has worked hard to ensure all necessary protection measures are in place across the site. OnlyStats does not store any private user information, including photos, on its servers. Instead, all photos are links to the official OnlyFans site. In addition, they extract age and location data from the user’s bio, and this information is not stored in a personally identifiable manner. 

On top of the privacy and security measures in place, creators and users can easily remove their profiles from OnlyStats by emailing the support team. Furthermore, if a user deletes their OnlyFan account, their user page will automatically be removed from OnlyStats. The platform is dedicated to the privacy of its users and works hard to accommodate all requests for page removal in a timely manner. 

OnlyStats is committed to giving back to the community. As part of their charity pledge, they will donate 15% of all revenue to various sex-worker safety charities, supporting the well-being of creators worldwide. 

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NU Borders has partnered with the Painted Dog Conservation (PDC), a non-profit organization located in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe to provide PDC with access to the Business Intelligence for Trade Enforcement (BITE) platform – an analytical tool suite to help analyze and track wildlife, look at the movement patterns and trends of the animals and gain better insight into how PDC resources can be optimized to support anti-poaching efforts. 

 

NU Borders is a Data Science and Data Analytics company focused on helping enforcement and compliance operators identify threats and illicit activity in their supply chain across a variety of domains including customs enforcement, intellectual property theft, wildlife trafficking, human trafficking and money laundering. In 2018, NU Borders created the Business Intelligence for Trade Enforcement (BITE) platform, a Software as a Service (SaaS) technology, to assist our clients with big data ingestion, analysis of data using cutting edge tools and using the output to make informed decisions. BITE contains large, open-source commercial trade datasets and screening lists, made available to users across all domains. NU Borders’ BITE platform includes cutting-edge visualization tools, an integrated workflow management system and access to hands-on training with our Data Scientists and Subject Matter Experts. 

 

The PDC was founded in 1992 for the protection of African Wild Dogs’ and their efforts have increased Zimbabwe’s wild dog population since its creation. Rangers engage with and incorporate local communities to provide educational resources and outreach programs for the sole purpose of creating an environment where the wild dog population can thrive. PDC’s operations include daily patrols from members of the Anti-Poaching Unit to provide a blanket of protection from illegal poaching, and daily monitoring of study packs provides data on the health status of dogs and their packs, as well as the PDC run Rehabilitation Facility where injured or orphaned dogs are treated before safely releasing them to the wild. 

 

Big Data analytics and real-time analyses are critical to conservation groups who are focused on protection of species and their habitats. Through analyses and visualization of large datasets in rapid time, rangers can quickly see where resources can be better allocated to assist their efforts and day-to-day operations for conservation efforts. Advanced analytics help conservationists quickly analyze large, varied datasets including GPS coordinates from dog collars, and can be further enhanced by overlaying environmental data which provides a holistic view of the habitat.

 

NU Borders delivered hands-on training of the BITE platform to PDC rangers, in July 2021. This session enhanced PDC’s analytical capabilities and focused on data ingestion and cleaning of wildlife trafficking data; how to create a dashboard with visualizations using the BITE tool suite; and technical support of the BITE platform. NU Borders is proud to continue our partnership with the PDC to enhance their advanced analytical capabilities to protect African Wild Dogs’ and their habitats.

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NU Borders LLC, a Boston, MA and Washington, DC-based data analytics company, continues to grow its presence in the conservation and anti-poaching domain. In September 2021, NU Borders partnered with the Zambesia Conservation Alliance (ZCA), a non-profit organization focused on increasing awareness of wildlife conservation efforts through meaningful and impactful initiatives within the Zambesia region of Africa, comprising the countries of Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. ZCA and its affiliates on the ground leverage advanced technology including geo-location devices for anti-poaching units (APUs) and GPS tagging for endangered species, to track and protect animals targeted for illegal wildlife trade (IWT). 

NU Borders will work closely with ZCA and its partners to collect, ingest and analyze data collected in-the-field, using the Business Intelligence for Trade Enforcement (BITE) Big Data analytics platform. The platform includes cutting-edge technology to identify poaching and illegal wildlife trade activity across a spectrum of trade and enforcement data. The goal is not only to identify individual actors involved in poaching activities, but to target transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) driving the global IWT supply chain by joining international manifest data to geo-tagged data. The BITE platform has already been deployed in Southern Africa to support endangered species protection with a focus on African painted dogs.

“BITE quickly identifies trends and suspicious patterns within the data we ingest from the field and allows operational groups to make intelligence-driven decisions for their day-to-day operations,” said NU Borders Chief Operating Officer and retired Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent, Dr. Tim Gildea.

 

The company’s core business function is focused on helping enforcement, regulatory and compliance operators identify threats and illicit activity in their supply chains for several law enforcement domains including strategic trade controls, intellectual property theft, wildlife trafficking, human-wildlife conflict, drug smuggling and money laundering. In 2018, NU Borders created the BITE platform, a Software as a Service (SaaS) technology, to help clients ingest and analyze voluminous, complex operational datasets. BITE contains large, open-source commercial trade datasets and screening lists, made available to users across all domains. NU Borders’ BITE platform includes visualization tools and access to hands-on training with our Data Scientists and Customs/ Border Enforcement Subject Matter Experts. 

 

The ZCA was founded with the vision to become an effective and credible collaborator for their conservation outreach and strategic partners in the Zambesia region. ZCA’s mission is to drive global awareness for wildlife conservation through its engaging initiatives including the Ranger Alert Campaign, #WeShareAfrica and #SportForConservation, and the Alliance’s Conservation Games. After the Conservation Games were held, ZCA was able to support the Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit (APU), Bumi Hills APU, Save Valley Conservancy and the Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust. ZCA works with wildlife trusts and IWT initiatives on the ground in the Zambesia region to increase public awareness and communications across relevant industries. 

 

Luke Brown and Robin Brown, Co-Founders of ZCA, recently said, “Conservation practices in the Zambesia region have been stalled by an often inefficient collection, interpretation and communication of expository information. Our partnership with NU Borders will help to solve this critical process, preventing IWT by bringing factual data to the forefront and allowing more effective and positive action to take place. If we are able to gather broad area data across multiple areas and patch it together with BITE, we stand a chance in reducing the impact of commercial poaching.”

 

Big Data analytics and real-time analyses are critical to APUs, frontline workers and conservation groups who are focused on protection of species and their habitats. Through analyses and visualization of large datasets in rapid time, BITE end-users can search on millions of records to identify potential transshipment points of highly trafficked species at risk. Advanced analytics help law enforcement groups quickly analyze large, varied datasets including legal court case information, and can be further enhanced by overlaying manifest data to provide insight on the global IWT supply chain. NU Borders’ BITE tool suite includes workflow management and search functions which can be used on the ground by APUs and law enforcement to quickly create cases, search on other datasets and share/export case information. NU Borders is proud to partner with the ZCA to bring big data analytics solutions to the Zambesia region and help frontline conservation groups combat IWT and protect the global supply chain.

 

For more information on the NU Borders and Zambesia Conservation Alliance partnership, contact info@nuborders.com or info@zambesia.com today! 

Athstat, a leading sports analytics and data management company, today announced the appointment of 3 new company advisors.

Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira, Stanislas Vilgrain and John Mitchell join Athstat to help move the company to the next level.

‘The appointment of these 3 prominent individuals – each a star in their own field – reflects Athstat’s commitment to bringing the best and brightest ideas into the company,’ said Thariq Kara, Athstat CEO and Co-Founder.

‘We are really committed to having a solid product that truly helps sports organizations leverage their data, and to make better decisions at any level, be it amatuer or professional sports.’

Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira is a retired 14 year rugby veteran. He is widely considered as one of the best to have played his position. On the field he won some of the most coveted accolades, chief among them, the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

John Mitchell is an elite rugby coach known for his cutting edge and innovative coaching ideologies that have made his sides tough to beat. He has coached some of the best teams in the world, including the New Zealand All Blacks. His most recent roles have been with England, Wasps and Japan.

Stanislas Vilgrain is a seasoned business and industry leader. He is the Founder, and Chairman of Cuisine Solutions; the leading company in the premium fully cooked frozen food using the sous vide technology. Cuisine Solutions is widely recognized as the world’s best food producer; recommended by the best chefs in the world.

Athstat continues to grow across multiple sporting codes, and is used in four continents by organizations and individuals looking to get a better return on investment with its data analysis capabilities. The platform includes the following modules:

Visit www.athstat.com for more information.