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Why Convoy’s Dan Lewis expects digital freight to go mainstream within the year

TechCrunch

But when he was struck by the urge to start a company, he researched the money-attracting industries of the world, and then, using AngelList, saw how many companies were trying to disrupt those industries. So YC viewed this as a major disruptive play. What do you think made Convoy stand out? Is that still a good method?

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Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat

TechCrunch

Hence the parallel goal of tackling a variety of gaps (territorial, gender, socio-economic, generational and so on) that might otherwise be exacerbated by a more single-minded rush to accelerate the size of the digital sector. We accelerate also that path — into innovative entrepreneurship system. “First is investment.

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Innovation Insider: Intensive Care

OurCrowd

This large-scale global pandemic made healthcare – an industry traditionally slow to adopt innovation because of cumbersome regulatory and governmental pathways, low IT budgets, legacy systems, lack of trained personnel, and more – ripe for disruption.

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Meet your healthcare providers post Covid-19: Greater agility, better infection containment, fast diagnostics & telemedicine

OurCrowd

This large-scale global pandemic made healthcare – an industry traditionally slow to adopt innovation because of cumbersome regulatory and governmental pathways, low IT budgets, legacy systems, lack of trained personnel, and more – ripe for disruption.

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Top Ann Arbor Tech Companies and Startups to Watch in 2022

StartupNation

It accelerates enrollment and improve retainment of trial participants. Genomenon , a genomics health IT company cofounded by serial Ann Arbor software entrepreneur Steve Schwartz, helps pharma and clinical diagnostics labs accelerate research and work for solutions for patients with rare genetic diseases and cancer. FreightVerify.

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Newsletter: Some good news for a change

OurCrowd

Funds from this $5M SAFE at a 20% discount with a $20M cap will be used to set up operational centers in Mexico and Spain, accelerate production capabilities, and scale up sales and marketing. Animal agriculture emits more greenhouse gases than the entire transportation sector. Learn Mo re. Top carmaker invests in Connected Energy.

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