Compton doesn't mind funding the team's losses, but he expects Sharks management to turn them into a winner off the ice, too.
This crowd can't even afford to send their children to college without resorting to student loan industrial complex, never mind funding a start-up.
Corporate welfare fans; crony capitalists; politicians who are looking for campaign cash and favors; commuters who are happy with second class service; transportation nostalgiacs who don't feel advances in transportation technology should be integrated into a modern transit system; people who don't mind funding agencies who have repeatedly broken past promises.
Funded by Barnsley clinical commissioning group (CCG) through its Future in Mind fund, the initiative works by embedding mental health practitioners in secondary schools so children don't have to be taken out of school to access treatment.
Mind Fund Studio, for those unfamiliar, is a studio backed by Hong Kong VC fund Mind Fund, early investors in Flipagram.
Already, Mind Fund invested directly in the program, while others, such as 500 Startups, are closely involved.
The app began as a personal project by Mind Fund Studio's CTO Leo Tumwattana,, who says he struggled with keeping up with tasks and requests that continually change.
Tak Lo, founding partner of Zeroth, left his role at early-stage venture firm Mind Fund to start the project in 2015, which is Asia's first dedicated AI and machine learning accelerator program.
In addition to a product update, the company had some significant news: it's about to raise $2.4 million in a round led by Mind Fund (based in Hong Kong), with participation from Aria Ventures, Detroit Ventures Partners.
"It's important to have these mentors because of the level of AI and machine learning expertise that they have, the familiarity with the space and their experience dealing with extremely technical companies and founders," said Lo. Lo has also invested in AI startups through his venture fund Mind Fund which he started when he moved back to his native Hong Kong from London eight months ago.
