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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Dream It

Matt Murphy and Grace Ge, Menlo Ventures Which trends are you most excited about in construction robotics from an investing perspective? We are active in construction with investments such as HOVER and Fieldwire and believe the entire sector is right for a digital and automation overhaul. About 10 percent of our time.

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A Seed Fund Grows in Brooklyn: Announcing Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

I am ecstatic to announce the creation of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --my new seed investment fund. I got a term sheet out less than 100 days into the job and was lucky enough to get to work with my friend Rob May as a Board Member for my first investment, Backupify. The last year was especially helpful to me in my career development.

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Here are four startup myths that hold innovation back. businesses that were started during a recent eight-year period (2007 to 2014). According to the EEOC, 83 percent of tech executives are white.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. So Fox ludicrously set up a quasi internal innovation center called Slingshot Labs. This was Politburo-style innovation and was laughable. then bought GeoCities for $3.6 Enter Facebook.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. Founded in 2007. Time will tell.

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i2E leads $11.5 million investment in Oklahoma City-based Linear Health Sciences

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Oklahoma City, OK-based Linear Health Sciences has developed a globally patented medical device known as the Orchid Safety Release Valve (SRV), designed to limit disconnection of IV catheters for patients worldwide. iMCI), recently led an $11.535 million go-to-market investment in Oklahoma City-based Linear Health Sciences.

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